Michael Savage Sues Radio Syndicator Talk Radio Network

Controversial radio personality Michael Savage has sued his syndicator, Talk Radio Networks, claiming his contract with the network amounts to "indentured servitude."

Under his contract, which expires at the end of this year, Talk Radio Networks has the right to match any competing contracts. Savage claims that Courtside Radio has offered him a superior deal, including syndication and promotion through the Westwood One network, which includes NFL football, NCAA basketball, CNN News, NBC News, and CBS News. But Talk Radio Networks isn't letting him go, enforcing the "right to match" clause in a move Savage claims amounts to "indentured servitude."

Talk Radio Networks "is attempting to force Dr. Savage into accepting a substandard agreement containing what can only be described as an indentured servitude provision," Savage claims in the lawsuit. "TRN can perpetually renew Dr. Savage's employment ad infinitum, thus completely restricting Dr. Savage's ability to move as an employee," the lawsuit goes on.

In a statement, Talk Radio Networks CEO Mark Masters denied any issue, claiming that he has successfully signed Savage to a contract extension and that he will hold him to his contract.

"Michael's lawsuit against us is unjustified and frivolous," he said. "Michael's contract is crystal clear, and we are 100% confident that the courts will justify our position. The Michael Savage Show will remain on the air."

Comments

[SoSorry]

10:19 AM on 12/29/2010

Dr Savage? What is he a doctor of? Racism, condoning/encouraging violence and fanning intolerance?

[Wild Turkey]

05:06 PM on 12/27/2010

I have the displeasur­e of hearing him in Chicago, during WCPT commercial­s.

His "Borders, Language, and Culture" shtick would make him right at home in Germany circa 1935.

I daresay even Joseph Goebbels couldn't chop Nazi ideology down to such a concise credo.

[Wild Turkey]

05:03 PM on 12/27/2010

I have the displeasure of hearing him in Chicago, during WCPT commercials.

His "Borders, Language, and Culture" shtick would make him right at home in Germany circa 1935.

I daresay even Joseph Goebbels couldn't chop Nazi ideology down to such a concise credo.

[RPRuss]

03:35 PM on 12/27/2010

Well, he could be working at Jack in the Box and making minimum wage, that is, if he were lucky enough to get that job. Anyone shedding any tears for this embarrassment?

[DrObvious]

02:27 PM on 12/27/2010

Apparently he's a real Ph.D.,    ..... according to Wikipedia ...
 
"  ,,,,earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in nutritional ethnomedicine."
 
Too bad he didn't study some humanities,  political science,  psychology, sociology ... maybe he would not have fallen into the blackhole that substituties for considered conservative thought

[Wild Turkey]

04:58 PM on 12/27/2010

His practice didn't last long. He went right to hocking supplements in infomercials.

[DrObvious]

02:23 PM on 12/27/2010

He didn't sue his own network.   He doesn't own one.   Or am i really confused?  Happens

[fieldon13]

01:29 PM on 12/27/2010

I used to listen to talk radio on my way to work at night and he was the "best" show on the air and it was late 2000 early 2001 when Bush was in office and EVERYTHING that was wrong was the Democrats fault, I got so tired of his baloney I went out and bought a satellite radio.

[Dogwithoutaleash]

09:20 AM on 12/27/2010

Dr. Savage? He's a doctor? Doctor of what? Insanity? Dr. Insanity.

[tcny]

12:27 PM on 12/27/2010

Dr. Demento?

[FredKnowsBest]

02:26 PM on 12/27/2010

"He holds master's degrees in medical botany and medical anthropology and he earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in nutritional ethnomedicine. "

[Dogwithoutaleash]

08:58 AM on 12/28/2010

Really? Well, that certainly doesn't explain why he is so crazy.

[Crankshaw]

06:47 AM on 12/27/2010

Michaels real last name is Weiner.

Michael Alan Weiner.

The Weiner Nation.

[tcny]

12:27 PM on 12/27/2010

Now, THAT seems like a more appropriate description of his fan-base.

[cargofuzz]

02:47 PM on 12/27/2010

Is that pronouned Whiner...or Weener? Either works.

[harriettubman]

12:57 AM on 12/27/2010

Poor Mike, he's forever saying someone is doing something to the poor white man. I guess this contract issue is just another one of those topics.

[ramsha]

10:21 PM on 12/26/2010

I listened to him while driving a few times as I was searching for something worth while to listen to. My initial reaction was shock from the hatred and the foul language he was spewing from his mouth. But after several minutes I realized that it got monotonously repetitious and boring.

[BlackJAC]

07:15 PM on 12/26/2010

Be a good capitalist and sign the contract, Mikey.  Your corporate masters have every right to cut your salary to benefit themselves.

[SoSorry]

10:22 AM on 12/29/2010

Fanned. Very nice way of telling Weiner to shut his mouth and taste his own disgusting medicine.

[Moxo]

04:50 PM on 12/26/2010

Yet he supports GOP plans to force everyone to work until they die.

[jalowe1957]

10:48 AM on 12/26/2010

Cry me a river of crocodile tears. Boo-hoo-hoo, wah-wah-wah-wah-wah.

[mynameispaul62]

02:34 AM on 12/26/2010

Shut up Savage and serve your corporate owner. LOL