The Atlantic Wire, a new online news site whose main focus is to aggregate and distill the political pundit clutter launched Tuesday. Among the highlights of the new site is the The Atlantic 50, defined as “The all star team of the most influential commentators in the nation.” Premiere Radio Networks host Rush Limbaugh is ranked #2 on Atlantic’s list, while Premiere Radio Networks personality Glenn Beck (#7) is the only …

Premiere Radio Networks’ Sean Hannity, Jason Peters and Glen Beck are set to be a part of the lineup when CBS Radio flips Charlotte Sports/Talk WFNZ 1160 to WBCN. Those legendary calls, long associated with the Boston rocker, will become the home of  “America’s Talk.”and will compete with heritage news talker WBT. Speaking of Glen Beck-the advertiser fall out on the television side continues over remarks about President Obama. According to Target …

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” …

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 …

Alan Colmes the voice of reason on the FOX News Channel’s Hannity and Colmes show, said yesterday he will leave the program sometime in January after 12 years of co-hosting the show.  Colmes will continue to host his nightly FOX News Radio show and will also develop a new weekend program for FNC. No word yet on whether or not a new partner will be named to replace Colmes opposite Hannity. …