The National Association of Broadcasters has announced that Premiere Radio Network syndicated radio and Z100 New York morning man Elvis Duran will host the  2011 NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show that will take place September 15 at the 2011 Radio Show at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, Illinois. “Elvis is the ’host of the party’ on his national radio show” said NAB Executive Vice President of Radio John David. “We couldn’t be more …

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 …

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 …

CBS Radio is flipping one of its two Los Angeles news stations, KFWB, to News/Talk on Tuesday, September 8, with Take On The Day syndicated radio host, Dr. Laura Schlessinger as a linchpin of the new lineup. KFWB will become the flagship station for the Dr. Laura program, (which just announced a partnership deal with Talk Radio Network) as it moves over from crosstown KFI. “When the opportunity to add Dr. Laura, one of …

Dial-Global and Triton Media are sponsoring the event, but it’s Talk Radio Network’s Laura Ingraham who will be hosting the NAB’s 2009 Marconi Awards dinner which will be held during the NAB Radio Show September 23-25 in Philadelphia. Ingraham’s daily syndicated radio show which has benefited from TRN’s successful campaign to increase the number of FM stations programming talk, airs on more than 300 station nationwide, covering politics, news, and media.

RadioTime Inc., a developer of technology for finding and listening to radio online, has released the first RadioTime.com Top 19 Programs, a list of the most listened-to programs on RadioTime.com for the month of June 2009. The inaugural list is dominated by well known syndicated radio talkers but also shows how RadioTime enables listeners to discover lesser-known shows airing around the world.The five most popular programs are “Rush Limbaugh,” “Steve Harvey,” “The Savage Nation,” “Glenn Beck” …

As expected after stunting with Christmas music all weekend, Cox Radio flipped Rhythmic CHR KPWT-FM San Antonio to Talk as “FM Talk 106.7″ Monday at 5pm. The mostly syndicated lineup includes Talk Radio Network’s Mancow Muller (5-8am), Cox Radio Syndication’s Neal Boortz (8-11am), TRN’s Laura Ingraham (11am-2pm), Cox/Dial Global syndicated talker Clark Howard (2-5pm), TRN’s Michael Savage (5-9pm) and Take On The Day’s Dr. Laura (9pm-midnight). “The New FM Talk 106.7 is San Antonio’s next …

The migration of the talk radio format from AM to FM is beginning to pick up some steam. Wilks Broadcastings  Smooth Jazz KJZN-FM has flipped to talk as “105.5 The Truth” with a lineup including Talk Radio Network hosts Erich “Mancow” Muller, Laura Ingraham, Jerry Doyle, Rusty Humphries and Phil Hendrie, and Citadel Media’s syndicated Curtis Sliwa. TRN’s Michael Savage will also join “The Truth” in June when his deal on crosstown KMJ-FM is up in …

Talkers Magazines 2009 “Talkers 250″ list is top heavy with conservative talkers, Rush Limbaugh is followed by Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Glen Beck, Laura Ingraham, finance guru Dave Ramsey, Lou Dobbs,  Mancow (this is a surprise), and the only progressive talk host in the top ten Thom Hartmann. Even with all the recent buzz surrounding Randi Rhodes she’s way down at #46. For a look at the rest of the Heavy 100 …

There is some shuffling going on with a couple of conservative talkers and its affecting the landscape in a number of radio markets. WIND-AM Chicago is the latest and the 17th Salem Communications station to drop Talk Radio Networks Laura Ingraham for Salem Radio Network host Mike Gallagher. Other Salem markets affected include Los Angeles, San Diego, Atlanta, Denver, Orlando, Louisville, Phoenix, Tampa and Honolulu. As Salem continues the rollout for Gallagher, TRN has acquired …