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 radio’s preeminent talk talents, to our lineup became available, we moved swiftly to bring her …

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” and “Laura Ingraham.” Dan Halyburton President of RadioTime said; “Listeners use RadioTime to find their …

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 generation of talk radio. It’s the first FM talk station on a strong, clear FM …

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 June. Meanwhile WAVH-FM Mobile Alabama has dropped it’s Pirate Radio format for talk as “FM …

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 and the 250 most important talkers in America, as well as the criteria publisher Mike …

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 a new home for Ingraham in each of affected markets and is set to announce …

Laura Ingraham has finally signed off on a multi-year extension with Talk Radio Networks, after months of some pretty nasty negotiations that led to her being “locked off” the air for a time back in June. In an alls-well-that-ends-well press release Ingraham says, “This is a critical time for our country both politically and culturally, and I am thrilled to continue my daily conversation with my listeners coast-to-coast. I feel like I’m just getting warmed up.” She adds, “TRN, led by Mark Masters, has demonstrated a clear talent for fostering …