Talker Magazines’ Mona Lipschitz is reporting that the log jam between two of syndicated radio’s top progressive talkers is about to be let loose. In a rare act of cooperation between syndicated voices Ed Schultz and Thom Hartmann (both distributed by syndicator Dial Global and airing in the same 12P-3P daily time slot,)  Hartmann has agreed to move his daily show to 3P-6P. The move will allow stations to air them both live without having …

Many have been hailed as the lead dog in left leaning talk radio’s fight to answer the dominance of syndicated radio talkers Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck. Now it’s Thom Hartmann’s turn. The  Dial Global syndicated radio host is being called “the most influential progressive voice on the radio.”  An interesting profile on the Hartmann media empire, including his presence on multiple platforms like Free Speech TV, DISH and DirecTV, is here.

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 …

Premiere Radio Networks syndicated radio talker Randi Rhodes is set to re-join the weekday lineup at Access.1 Communications owned WWRL-AM New York beginning November 8th. Rhodes was last heard in the market when the station served as the New York  flagship of the now-defunct  Air America Radio.  “New York!  I missed you!  Thank you WWRL for bringing me back home,” stated Rhodes, a Brooklyn native. The Progressive Talk outlet is also home …

Dial Global progressive syndicated radio talker Thom Hartmann and Free Speech TV’s Laura Flanders will anchor  wall-to-wall coverage of the October 2 “One Nation Working Together” March on Washington, DC. Organizers expect “tens of thousands” to participate in the march to the Lincoln Memorial. The event “will feature labor and community activists, students, entertainers, civil and human rights leaders and progressive politicians, all coming together under the banner …

Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller are among the Dial Global talk personalities that will populate a new format created by Dial Global for AFRN (Armed Forces Radio Network) called “PowerTalk.” Dial Global talkers Neal Boortz,  Bill Press and Thom Hartmann will also appear on the new format.  “PowerTalk will feature the very best of American talk talent,” said DG Senior VP/News & Talk Amy Bolton. “We’re thrilled that Neal, Ed, Bill, …

Access.1 Communications has announced the debut of the Superadio Advocacy Network, a “unique collaboration between the syndicators of some of Talk’s leading programs.” Reaching a reported 15 million listeners weekly, the network was created “to provide advocacy groups and national organizations with an effective and efficient platform to reach and influence this highly engaged audience.” Sponsorship packages will be represented exclusively by NYC-based Media Management Group. MMG reports that Dial-Global syndicated talkers …

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 …

Progressive talker Thom Hartmann picks up a coveted New York affiliate according to the WWRL-AM New York website. Hartmann re-joins the Access.1 Communications owned talk outlet filling the 3p-6p slot vacated by Montel Williams when Air America closed it’s doors last month. Hartmann who last appeared on the station back in 2008 is also adding affiliates in Atlanta and Lansing MI. The Thom Hartmann Show is distributed by Pacifica Radio and Dial Global

Dial-Global progressive syndicated radio talker Thom Hartmann continues his mission to cover every media platform available. In addition to his Dial-Global syndication Hartman is now a Pacifica affiliated show, providing a 3-hour live and delayed show to Pacifica non-profit and community stations around the world with no commercial content. There is also a TV simulcast of the radio show which appears on  Hartmann’s own YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/thomhartmann and was recently picked up …