Proving the adage “Money isn’t everything,” Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Ryan Seacrest may have made less money than Howard Stern ($95 million) last year, but all are “more powerful” according to the latest Forbes magazine Most Powerful Celebrity List.  Rankings are based on several factors other than money, (press coverage, web coverage, social rank, etc.) According to the list Limbaugh is ranked 19th and made $69M last year. Beck ranks 23 (right between Jennifer …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Fox News weekend anchor and correspondent Geraldo Rivera has signed a deal with Cumulus Media to host 10am to noon on WABC-AM New York.  Rivera starts his new gig on January 3 replacing Joe Crummey who ended his show last week. Cumulus is hoping that Rivera, who is a Republican but expresses liberal views on issues like immigration and abortion, will broaden WABC’s audience which is best known for having the conservative heavy hitters Rush …

Premiere syndicated radio talker Rush Limbaugh is #23 on the new Forbes Celebrity 100 list of the world’s most powerful celebrities with an estimated recent yearly pay of $64 million. #24 is KIIS-FM, Los Angeles and Premiere Radio syndicated Ryan Seacrest, $61 million.  Sirius XM star Howard Stern is #26 on the list with $76 million. And #30 is Premiere talker Glenn Beck, with an estimated $40 million in pay.

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 …

Dial Global syndicated radio talker Michael Smerconish is ending his national morning show in January to focus on his syndicated midday show. Smerconish’s flagship station, CBS Radio’s WPHT Philadelphia, will move his show from mornings to the 3p-7p  slot, leaving Premiere Radio Network’s  Sean Hannity temporarily without a Philly home.
“Michael is currently producing seven hours of live radio every day which is a Herculean task,” Dial Global SVP/GM Amy Bolton said. …

Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck are at the top of  yet another “power” list of media pundits and personalities. Newsweek’s “Power 50″ ranks the politicians, ex-politicians, pundits and media personalities who parlay the giving of opinions into lucrative financial earnings for themselves. Contributors to what Newsweek calls the “commercialization of political personality” also include,  (and you’ll notice a certain political slant here) syndicated radio personalities Sean Hannity,  Don Imus and ex-syndicated radio talk show …