Motley Crue founder and bass player and Premiere Radio Network syndicated radio personality Nikki Sixx can now add morning show host to his list of credits. Premiere and KEGL-FM (97.1 The Eagle) have announced that Sixx will move to mornings with a customized for Dallas version of Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx effective Monday May 7th. Sixx who joined the Eagle’s lineup for the weekend version of Sixx Sense in February 2010, will now add …

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.
Buffoonery Over Activism: Do we really prefer music and jokes …

Premiere Networks has announced the launch of On with Mario Lopez into national radio syndication. Hosted by popular television personality, producer, actor and best-selling author Mario Lopez, the four-hour, music-intensive program will feature a unique blend of entertainment stories and celebrity interviews from a multimedia star’s point of view. Beginning April 30, On with Mario Lopez will be available to radio stations nationwide to air as a daily four-hour block between 3 p.m. and midnight …

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 …

United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. (USRN) has announced a partnership with Steven Van Zandt’s production company, Renegade Nation to handle both the affiliate relations and national advertising sales for  Little Steven’s Underground Garage.  Created in 2002, the concept for the show is to expose audiences everywhere to the most seminal recordings in rock and roll across its six-decade history. The show highlights everything from the pioneers of rock and roll to the bands who made it …

Premiere Networks launches Big D and Bubba’s Weekend Wake-Up beginning April 14. The four-hour Saturday morning show will feature interviews and performances by Country stars, as well as Big D and Bubba’s skits and banter. The launch of Weekend Wake-Up follows the duo’s third CMA Award nomination in the “National Broadcast Personality of the Year” category in 2011. Big D stated, “Sleeping in on Saturdays is overrated.” Bubba added, “We’re looking forward to waking up …

Syndication One syndicated radio morning personality Rickey Smiley has tasted life on television before-as part of a rotating group of radio hosts who dish on the day’s topics on FOX TV’s “Dish Nation”. Now the syndicated radio host gets to star in a new TV sitcom based on his own complicated life.  TV One, a subsidiary of Radio One has just announced its new lineup for the 2012-2-13 season, and “The Rickey Smiley Show,” based …

Starting in May, Cumulus Media Networks will offer four daily features exploring topics relating to health and wellness hosted by Chief CNN Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Two of the features are targeted for news/talk stations with two geared toward music and entertainment stations. The features are a first in syndicated radio for Gupta who is a practicing neurosurgeon and serves as chief medical correspondent for CNN. Cumulus chairman, president and CEO Lew Dickey says, …

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 …

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 …