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Cumulus Media syndicated radio personality Micheal Baisden, not known for humility, has taken it upon himself to create a petition to move his syndicated radio show to WBLS-FM New York after it was ousted from WRKS-FM (98.7 Kiss) in the wake of ESPN’s takeover of the frequency this morning. Cogent points are made in Baisden’s open letter to his fans (see below), but this smacks of desperation.
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Forget Rush Limbaugh‘s rocky first quarter of 2012, he is still the king of the hill when it comes to Talkers magazines annual “Heavy Hundred ” list of the top radio talk show hosts in America. For the seventh year in a row Limbaugh tops the list of talk personalities vying for a place on the list, including Access.1/Dial Global progressive syndicated radio talker and MSNBC host Ed Schultz who vaults into the top five, a …
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Here’s hoping the third time is a charm for syndicated radio host Warren Ballentine. The Syndication One talker returned to the Atlanta airwaves last week on WGUN-AM (1010) anchoring the newly re-formatted progressive outlet. Ballentine (10 am-1 pm) joins a talk lineup on the station that features Dial Global’s Ed Schultz (1 pm to 3 pm), Premiere Radio Network’s Randi Rhodes (3 pm to 6 pm), Dial Global talker Thom Hartmann (6 pm to 9 …
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Cumulus Media Networks reports that some 140 stations have already signed on for Mike Huckabee’s new daily syndicated radio talk show that debuts on April 9th. Earlier this week, The company ent out an email blast to fellow radio station owners with a photoshopped picture of former U.S. Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, promoting him as the conservative talk radio host of the future. Using the slogan “more conversation, less confrontation,” Cumulus has been pitching the …
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Premiere Networks has sent a memo to Rush Limbaugh syndicated radio affiliate stations that it has cancelled all national radio commercials for the Limbaugh show for two weeks. Here is the text of the memo sent to stations:
“We are suspending the requirement to run barter spots for two weeks, March 12th and March 19th, for our News/Talk affiliates only. “Please replace/re-traffic any Premiere barter spots immediately. Contractual requirements to run barter spots are being suspended …
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After sitting on the sidelines for the last three years waiting out an employment agreement with CBS Radio, liberal talker Tom Leykis is set to return to the “airwaves” joining the daily lineup of his New Normal streaming and on-demand network. The CBS agreement ends March 31 and on April 2 Leykis will launch his new daily show. According to Leykis,”When we start the new Tom Leykis Show on April 2nd, we will decide where …
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Veteran talker Kevin McCullough and actor Stephen Baldwin‘s syndicated radio company, XtreMedia is launching “The Dani Johnson Show” hosted by Dani Johnson, the self-made millionaire whose story of being a runaway at 17, pregnant at 19, homeless at 21, and a millionaire by 23 led to her career as an entrepreneur and motivational speaker. The first XtreMedia syndicated radio show not featuring either McCullough or Baldwin, Johnson’s radio show currently airs on Salem Talk WNYM-A …
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Former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is joining the ranks of conservative syndicated radio talkers, picking up the mike in the same time slot as Premiere Radio Networks’ Rush Limbaugh. Cumulus Media Networks is planning an April 2 launch for “The Mike Huckabee Show,” which will run from noon to 3 p.m. on weekdays, and is positioning the show as an alternative to Limbaugh’s. “Governor Huckabee is an important, insightful and influential figure …
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The Nashville based Dave Ramsey Group launches the syndicated radio “El Show de Andres Gutierrez” hosted by former San Antonio talker Andres Gutierrez. Gutierrez has been working with Ramsey since 2009 and previously hosted a popular San Antonio financial radio program and has appeared regularly as a financial expert on the Telemundo television network. “El Show de Andres Gutierrez” broadcasts live daily from 11a.m. to 12p.m. and focuses on life, money, relationships and more. Dave Ramsey …
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Former Talk Radio Network President of Programming and WABC New York program director Phil Boyce joins Salem Communications in the newly created position, VP/Director spoken word format. In his new position Boyce will be in charge of the company’s programming on its news/talk, Christian teaching, talk and business talk stations. Salem Communications Radio Division President Dave Santrella said, “Phil Boyce brings an impressive pedigree to Salem and we are confident that our media platforms, our …
