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 …

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 …

Talker Magazines’ Mona Lipschitz is reporting that the log jam between two of syndicated radio’s top progressive talkers is about to be let loose. In a rare act of cooperation between syndicated voices Ed Schultz and Thom Hartmann (both distributed by syndicator Dial Global and airing in the same 12P-3P daily time slot,)  Hartmann has agreed to move his daily show to 3P-6P. The move will allow stations to air them both live without having …

Dial Global syndicated radio talker and MSNBC “The Ed Show” host Ed Schultz used the opening segment of his MSNBC show Wednesday night to apologize for calling Talk Radio Network rival Laura Ingraham a “right-wing slut” on his radio show Tuesday. As a result of his radio on-air comments, MSNBC executives announced yesterday that the network  had suspended him for one week, without pay. Schultz made the comment while responding to an Ingraham criticism …

Ed Schultz, Dial Global syndicated radio talker and host of MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” is being sued by NBC employee Michael Queen for fraud and breach of contract claiming that he was never properly compensated for helping Schultz secure a TV deal. The lawsuit alleges that in 2008 Schultz and Queen got together to pursue a TV deal, which fell through. A year later, Schultz was hired by MSNBC.  Queen’s suit …

Rush Limbaugh has once again landed on top of the Talkers Magazine “Heavy Hundred” ranking the 100 most important radio talk show hosts in America. Limbaugh’s place on the 2011 list marks the fifth year in a row that the EBI/Premiere Radio Network syndicated radio talker has claimed the top spot. Conservative syndicated radio talkers  Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Michael Savage remain at the 2,3, and four positions while Laura Ingraham  moves into the …

Premiere Radio Networks syndicated radio talker Randi Rhodes is set to re-join the weekday lineup at Access.1 Communications owned WWRL-AM New York beginning November 8th. Rhodes was last heard in the market when the station served as the New York  flagship of the now-defunct  Air America Radio.  “New York!  I missed you!  Thank you WWRL for bringing me back home,” stated Rhodes, a Brooklyn native. The Progressive Talk outlet is also home …

Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller are among the Dial Global talk personalities that will populate a new format created by Dial Global for AFRN (Armed Forces Radio Network) called “PowerTalk.” Dial Global talkers Neal Boortz,  Bill Press and Thom Hartmann will also appear on the new format.  “PowerTalk will feature the very best of American talk talent,” said DG Senior VP/News & Talk Amy Bolton. “We’re thrilled that Neal, Ed, Bill, …

Access.1 Communications has announced the debut of the Superadio Advocacy Network, a “unique collaboration between the syndicators of some of Talk’s leading programs.” Reaching a reported 15 million listeners weekly, the network was created “to provide advocacy groups and national organizations with an effective and efficient platform to reach and influence this highly engaged audience.” Sponsorship packages will be represented exclusively by NYC-based Media Management Group. MMG reports that Dial-Global syndicated talkers …

Talkers Magazine has released it’s annual list of Talk Radio’s “Heavy Hundred” and Premiere Radio Network and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck (#5 in 2008) has leaped over Michael Savage as the 3rd most influential talker in America, behind Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. The list “heavily” weighted toward conservative talk hosts,  is part of Talkers Magazine’s yearly “Talkers 250“, and also features some  lower rated non-conservative or progressive talkers like Thom Hartmann (#10) Ed …