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 Radio Networks syndicated radio talk host and Fox News Channel TV personality Sean Hannity is hosting an exclusive concert series this holiday season, “Sean Hannity’s Holiday Concert Salute to the Troops” will stop in four major markets across the U.S. including New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Washington, DC. “Hannity’s Holiday Concert Salute to the Troops” will feature three-time Grammy winner Michael W. Smith, best-selling author Oliver North and recording artist John Ondrasik and will …

The date September 11, 2001 is seared into the American consciousness because of the terrorist attacks on the United States that would forever change the way we live and how we see and relate to each other.  The date is also significant because it marks the 10 year anniversary of Premiere Radio (and before that ABC Radio Networks) syndicated radio talker Sean Hannity’s appearance on the national radio stage. Ten years after 9-11,  Hannity’s show …

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 …

The Politico has reported that the Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint accusing Premiere Radio Network syndicated radio host Sean Hannity of illegally raising cash for a Republican congressional candidate. The commission concluded Hannity was acting as a member of the media and serving a “legitimate press function.” Hannity came under fire when he e-mailed 43,000 listeners asking them to donate to his longtime friend John Gomez.  New York Democratic …

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 …

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 …

File this under  “you can’t pay for this kind of promotion.” Clear Channel radio kicked off two new FM talkers in North Carolina today, both dubbed “Rush Radio” with the Premiere Radio Networks syndicated radio host anchoring the lineup at both Raleigh’s WRDU-FM and Greensboro’s WGBT-FM. The Raleigh lineup also includes Premiere Radio Networks’ Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Jason Lewis and Coast-To-Coast AM with George Noory, as well as Compass …

The special NAB Radio Show issue of Al Peterson’s industry e-mag NTS (News/Talk/Sports) Media Online, has revealed the results of it’s “Talk Radio 25 Big Ones ” readers poll. The survey lists the 25 syndicated radio talkers who the newsletters readers felt best “moved the meter” and stood above the crowd. The survey lists the usual suspects in the top slots including Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck, but it also includes some surprises. …