KROQ Los Angeles and Westwood One Loveline syndicated radio co-host “Psycho” Mike Catherwood will join former syndicated radio personality Wendy Williams as contestants when the new season of  Dancing With the Stars debuts on March 21.  Other contestants will include Kirstie Alley, the “Cheers” and “Look Who’s Talking” star; Ralph Macchio, the original “Karate Kid”;  hall of fame boxer Sugar Ray Leonard; Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward; professional wrestler Chris Jericho;  …

Westwood One has announced a partnership with Dees Entertainment to take over syndication of the Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and Top 20 countdowns for  Top 40, Hot AC, and Mainstream AC Stations. As part of the new deal Westwood also adds new syndicated radio shows from Dees including The Daily Dees, Rick Dees 80′s at 8, Rick Dees 90′s at 9, Weekly Top 40, and the Teen Top 20 with Kevin Dees.  25 Cumulus …

Westwood One announced that it’s picked up nine Cumulus Media markets when “The Robert Wuhl Show” debuts on January 17th. Hosted by sports fanatic, actor and comedian Robert Wuhl, the three-hour daily show will air live weekdays from 3-6pm ET.
“There is a real buzz in the marketplace for Robert Wuhl from sports talk stations around the country,” said Executive VP Westwood One Affiliate Sales Dennis Green. “With so much going in the …

Westwood One has announced a multi-year joint marketing agreement with the Performance Racing Network (PRN) that adds the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR Nationwide Series to Westwood One’s sports programming offerings. The agreement, which includes ad sales, research and affiliations, gives Westwood One a year round presence in live play-by-play sports. PRN also self-syndicates 13 Sprint Cup Series races and ten Nationwide Series events and produces “Fast Talk,” “The Pit Reporters,” “Garage Pass …

Westwood One is partnering with Broadcaster Marketing Services to launch  Westwood One’s Sports Prep, a sports prep service that aggregates sports stories, combines them with audio, and makes the material available via a searchable Web-based platform. “As stations continue to seek out products and utilities to help simplify their operations, Westwood One is meeting their demand head on,” Westwood One EVP/Affiliate Sales Dennis Green said. “Westwood One’s Sports Prep not …

Westwood One has signed Doug Urbanski , known as “America’s Guest Host’” to host a three-hour daily talk show airing live Monday-Friday beginning in January, 2011.  Urbanski who has who has guest hosted for Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Dennis Miller, Laura Ingraham, Fred Thompson, Michael Savage and others gained wide acclaim in talk radio and entertainment where he has won awards for his theatrical productions on Broadway and London’s West End. As …

Westwood One which recently has focused more on sports play-by-play, is getting back into the sports talk business,  signing actor-comedian Robert Wuhl (“Bull Durham,” “Arliss”) for a daily, PM drive sports talk show. The Robert Wuhl Show is being billed as a “fresh, new sports talk program with a unique comedic twist.”  The three hour daily syndicated radio show will air live Monday – Friday from 3p-6p ET from the Westwood …

Gary Schonfeld and Westwood One jointly announced today that Gary Schonfeld, President of the Network Radio division, is leaving the company to return to his company, ADLARGE Media. Rod Sherwood, President of Westwood One, will oversee Network Radio, including all operations and sales. Sherwood will be working closely with the other members of the Office of the Chairman which includes newly elected Chairman Mark Stone and Norman Pattiz, …

Syndication One talker Warren Ballentine lost a portion of his 3 hour syndicated radio show in Atlanta this week when CBS Radio WAOK (1380 AM) dropped the first hour of his daily show to make room for Westwood One’s Gayle King Show . The loss of the 10A-11A hour is a setback for Ballentine who fought to get back into the Atlanta market after Radio One Urban AC WAMJ-FM dropped both Ballentine and Al Sharpton …

Arbitron’s latest RADAR 105 report released today shows that radio reaches more than 239 million persons aged 12 and older over the course of a typical week, up from 213 million listeners one year ago in RADAR 101. Radio syndication company Dial Global held onto to the top ratings positions in the report that was released Monday (June 21) and covers the period April 2, 2009 to March 31, 2010.
Dial Global’s Contemporary, Complete FM and …