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Standing Up in Wisconsin and Beyond for Our Rights in Radio!

Sue Wilson | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Communications Act, Censorship, First Amendment, Private Censorship, Clear Channel, Journal Communications, Media News

There is much talk amongst radio talk show hosts about their rights of Free Speech. I do not condone any kind of censorship (outside incitement to violence,) and agree radio talkers have their rights.

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New Music Seminar: A Conversation With Tom Silverman, Plus Chatting With Marty Stuart and Jesse Winchester

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: New Music Seminar, Pandora, Jesse Winchester, Alison Krauss, Stonewall Jackson, Nicolette Larson, Sean Parker, Ed Bruce, Bmi, Dolly Parton, Jimmy Buffett, Iheartradio, Jimmie Rogers, Steve Forbert, Albert Grossman, Hank Williams, Roger McGuinn, Duane Eddy, Anne Murray, The Everly Brothers, Earl Scruggs, Johnny Cash, Clear Channel, Robbie Robertson, Napster, Lyle Lovett, Marty Stuart, Lester Flatts, Amerequine, New-Music-Seminar, Reverbnation, Entertainment News

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You'll Never Guess LA's #1 Radio Station...

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: LA's #1 Radio Station Pandora, Clear Channel Radio LA, Online Radio, Video, Future of Radio, LA's #1 Radio Station, Pandora Number One LA, Iheartradio, Radio Apps, KIIS FM, Stream Radio Online, Clear Channel Radio, Clear Channel, Top Radio Stations in LA, Pandora, Top Radio Stations in So Cal, Los Angeles News

What is Los Angeles' number-one-listened-to station? Here's a hint: it's not on the radio. Half a million more Angelenos listen to Pandora than to ...

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City Council Tells KFI To Hire Non-White Staff

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.23.2012

Just three days after singer Whitney Houston passed away, KFI AM hosts John and Ken dismissed her as nothing more than a "crack ho." Nearly one month ...

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Rush Limbaugh's Radio Show Faces Another Threat

Reuters | Peter Lauria | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Mike Huckabee Cumulus, The Mike Huckabee Show, Mike Huckabee, Rush Limbaugh, Clear Channel, Reuters, Cumulus, Rush Limbaugh Clear Channel, Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Advertisers, Rush Limbaugh Controversy, Media News

By Peter Lauria (Reuters) - Earlier this week, Cumulus Media sent out an email blast to fellow radio station owners with a photoshopped...

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Gender Slurs: Why What Rush Limbaugh Said Is So Damning to Women

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, Hate Crimes, Political Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, AM Radio, Liberal Talk Radio, FCC Media Consolidation, FCC Chairman, Male Sexuality, Conservative Talk Radio, Sandra Fluke Rush Limbaugh, Religion and Sexuality, Kevin Martin FCC, National Association of Broadcasters, Clear Channel Communications, Rape, Rush Limbaugh, Broadcast Indecency, Clear Channel, Sandra Fluke, Radio Stations, Defamation, Sexual Assault, Sexuality, Women's Sexuality, Talk Radio, Right Wing Talk Radio, Anti-Defamation League, Fcc, Radio, FCC Net Neutrality, Objectification, Media News

Rush Limbaugh's use of "slut" and "prostitute" was a textbook example of how horrifically damning gender slurs are, and why such forms of abuse deserve swift and serious action.

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How to Honor Rush Limbaugh on International Women's Day (VIDEO)

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Prostitute, Michelle Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Slut, Clear Channel, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Boycott, Hillary Clinton, International Women's Day, Robert Greenwald, Sandra Fluke, Sponsors, Brave New Foundation, Video, Rush Limbaugh Slut, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Politics News

Co-Authored by Jesse Lava As of this writing, 49 sponsors have pulled out of The Rush Limbaugh Show after his repeated demeaning remarks about George...

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Ryan Seacrest's TV Network Nabs Surprising Investor

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Ryan Seacrest TV, Ryan Seacrest, Ryan Seacrest Clear Channel, Ryan Seacrest Tv Network, Ap, Clear Channel Radio, Clear Channel, Media News

THE DEALS: Radio broadcasting giant Clear Channel is taking a minority stake in the production company of "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest. Clear Ch...

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SHOCK: Meet The New Face Of San Francisco's Most Liberal Talk Radio Station

Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Air America, Talk Radio, 960 KNEW, Green 360 Glenn Beck, Mike Malloy, Liberal Talk Radio, Bain Capital, Clear Channel, Progressive Talk Radio, Format Change, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Radio, Green 960, San Francisco, Stephanie Miller, Bay Area, San Francisco News

When listeners of Bay Area progressive talk radio station Green 960 tuned into to host Stephanie Miller's weekday morning drive-time radio program on ...

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John and Ken: The Best Apology Is a Farewell Message

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, National Hispanic Media Coalition, Intolerance, John and Ken, Clear Channel, Shock Jocks, Radio, Racism, Immigration, Los Angeles, Bigotry, Chirla, Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, Los Angeles News

If Clear Channel is sincere about their intent to serve Los Angeles' diverse communities they should take John and Ken off the air immediately.

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Bob Pittman Named Clear Channel CEO

AP | By RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Advertising Week, CC Media Holdings, Advertising Week 2011, Bob Pittman Clear Channel, Advertisingweek, Clear Channel, Bob Pittman, Media News

LOS ANGELES -- On the heels of organizing a two-day concert in Las Vegas that kicked off Clear Channel's iHeart Radio online radio service, media vete...

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Chatting with The Summer Set's Brian Dales, Plus Rightsflow's Patrick Sullivan and Tedeschi Trucks Band Video Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: We Are Kings, Lee Dewyze, TV Land, Hoodwinked, Usher, Mark Ballas, Rightsflow, Grey's Anatomy, The Orchard, Viacom, John Gomez, John Field, All Time Low, Dancing With the Stars, Tunecore, Chelsea Kane, Glee, CD Baby, Patrick Sullivan, Kiss, Beyoncé, Nirvana, Switchfoot, The Voice, Clear Channel, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Eat World, Limelight, Legalzoom, The Summer Set, Muzak, Jess Bowen, John Lennon, Stephen Gomez, Taylore Swift, Yellowcard, Josh Montgomery, American Idol, Jay-Z, Bamboozle, Entertainment News

The Tedeschi Trucks Band's new album Revelator features the track "Bound For Glory," and premiering here is a live version of that song. This exclusive comes from Susan and Derek's Center Stage performance in Atlanta on April 8, 2011.

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Support Our Gay Youth... So They Won't Feel Alone Like Me

Jason Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Funny, Youth, Laughfactory, Famous, Comedian, Clear Channel, Zanies, Laughing, Laugh Factory, Gay, Kid, Laughoutloud, Jason, Lol, Younger, Jason Stuart, Comedy, Celebrities, Stuart, Entertainment News

I was the first openly gay comedian to headline mainstream comedy clubs and had a lot of success in the 90s touring around the good old USA.

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Misfiring on Arianna and AOL

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Huffington Post Aol Merger, Huffington Post Aol, Corporate Media, Progressive Writers, Progressive Publications, Arianna and Aol, Clear Channel, Fox, Arianna Huffington, Media News

There's a good reason for applauding HuffPost's deal with AOL, and the largess it reaped. For the first time a progressive media entity has actually attained what seemed an absolute impossibility.

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Mirror Ads Being Installed In Airport Bathrooms

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago News, O'Hare, Ohare Airport, Chicago Around Town, Advertising, Clear Channel, Chicago, Poll, Chicago News

Advertisers are getting in your face, literally. If you're having trouble seeing your reflection in bathroom mirrors at O'Hare International Airport, ...

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Bob Pittman Is Just What Radio Needs

Charles Warner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clear Channel, Bob Pittman, Media News

Radio is lucky to have Bob Pittman back where his heart, and now his money, is. He will increase the size of the radio revenue pie and the rising tide will lift all radio boats.

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Why Liberals Don't Stand a Chance in the Corporate Media

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Ben Nelson, American Crossroads, Karl Rove, Ed Shultz, Randi Rhodes, President Barack Obama, Phil Donahue, Clear Channel, Lawrence O?Donnell, Amy Goodman, James Carville, Anderson Cooper, Keith Olbermann, Democratic Party, Wall Street Journal, Donna Brazile, Msnbc, Joe Scarborough, Blanche Lincoln, Cnn, Mike Malloy, Gerald Seib, Rachel Maddow, Jon Stewart, Deepwater Horizon, Fox News, Megyn Kelly, Thom Hartmann, Stephen Colbert, Media News

No wonder the conventional wisdom in Washington holds, without evidence, that the United States is a "center-right" country. Those making that argument might not be real, informed commentators -- but they play them on TV.

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Management Shifts at Magazine Publishers Signal Redefining of the Business

Jack Myers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Time Magaine, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Meredith, Clear Channel, Hearst, Univeral McCann, Jack Griffin, Time Warner, Conde Nast, Media News

This week I explain why the recent management changes at Hearst, Condé Nast, and Time Warner are positive and demonstrate important industry leadership.

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Hate Radio and the War on Immigration

Sue Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Border Action Network, Arizona SB1070, Sen. Al Franken, Rush Limbaugh, Media Matters, Communications Act, Clear Channel, Rep. Raul Grijalva, Sen. Harry Reid, Minuteman Project, Arizona Immigration Law, Media News

Anti-immigrant rhetoric is ramping up on the public airwaves. That's why AZ Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) told me he is targeting the media as a significant factor in the escalating war over immigration reform.

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New York City Has Right To Limit Billboards

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metro Fuel, Billboards, New York, New York City, New York City Can Limit Billboards, Clear Channel, New York News

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the city did not violate the First Amendment by limiting the number of billboards along ...

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L.A. Homeowners Fight The Glare Of Digital Billboards

latimes.com | Maeve Reston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles City Council, Cbs Outdoor, Digital Billboards, Clear Channel, Los-Angeles-City-Council, Los Angeles News

A bright Disneyland billboard off the 101 near Universal Studios has angered some Hollywood Hills residents, who say it has spoiled their views and ca...

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Randall Mays, Clear Channel President, Resigns

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Randall Mays, Clear Channel, Media News

Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Randall Mays, president and chief financial officer of Clear Channel Communications Inc., plans to step down from his role at t...

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KBCO Abandoning Boulder

Claire Walter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Newsradio, Talk Radio, Bob Greenlee, Clear Channel, Radio, Denver News

KBCO, established in 1977 and as much a part of the Boulder landscape as the Flatirons, Chautauqua Park and the University of Colorado campus, is planning to pull up stakes this spring.

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Peter Boyles' birther billboards coming to a highway near you

Westword | Westword | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama, Clear Channel, Jerome Corsi, KHOW, Michael Roberts, Peter Boyles, World Net Daily, Home News

Last month, we told you about KHOW talk-show host Peter Boyles' plan to put up a billboard questioning the native-born status of President ...

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WATCH: Sarah Palin Cuts Demo For Radio Show

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clear Channel Communications, Talk Radio, Sarah Palin Speech, Satire, Clear Channel, Radio, Sarah Palin, Conservative Talk Radio, Political Satire, Humor and Satire, Sarah Palin Reaction, Comedy News

It appears now that Palin's people are doing more than just testing the waters. We have obtained exclusive footage of Sarah Palin, in the studio, recording a demo to shop to potential syndicators.

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