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The Fighting Spirit: What are Don Imus' Chances of Beating Prostate Cancer?

Ben Sherwood | Posted 04.16.2009 | Media

Read More: The Lancet, Prostate Cancer, Fighting Spirit, Don Imus, Relative Survival, Will to Live, Dr. Steven Greer, Survival, Radio, Media News
Ben Sherwood

Imus is a tough guy, people will say, and he'll whip this disease like a defenseless guest on his show. But does the fighting spirit really make a difference in this kind of survival challenge?

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Montel Williams Gets Air America Show "Montel Across America"

Reuters | Steve Gorman | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Air America, Montel Across America, Montel Williams Air America, Montel Williams, Radio, Media News

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran TV personality Montel Williams has signed a deal to host a new flagship talk show on Air America, the struggling radio...

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Paul Harvey... Good Day

Ken Levine | Posted 04.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Ken Levine, Paul Harvey Dies, Paul Harvey, Paul Harvey Obituary, Paul Harvey News and Comment, Radio, Media News
Ken Levine

Paul Harvey was the greatest salesman that ever lived. I used to listen to him every chance I got, not for the news, not for the profile of the guy who invented leotards, but for the commercials.

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Celine Dion is Stalking You

Timothy Karr | Posted 03.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Congress, Free Press, Limbaugh, Radio, Big Media, Lpfm, Indepenendent Radio, Local Community Radio Act, Media News
Timothy Karr

The Local Community Radio Act would unleash the potential of new music for millions of listeners across the country. The bill tasks Washington with licensing thousands of Low Power FM radio stations (known in radio geekdom as LPFM).

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Behind President Hugo Chavez (AUDIO)

Worldfocus | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

Read More: President Chavez, Venezuela President, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Radio, Venezuela Chavez, Venezuela Hugo Chavez, Venezuela Term Limits, Worldfocus, Chavez Term Limits, Venezuela President Chavez, World News

Venezuelans recently voted for a referendum to end term limits, which could potentially extend President Hugo Chávez's term indefinitely. Chávez i...

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Sirius Could File For Bankruptcy As Early As Tuesday

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 03.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Sirius, Sirius Bankruptcy, Sirius Money, Radio, Sirius Radio, Media News

Financially strapped Sirius XM Radio Inc. said Friday that it could file for bankruptcy as early as Tuesday if it cannot successfully negotiate with t...

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Jordanian Government Rejects Jordan Valley Women' Radio

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

Read More: Jordan, Media, Amman, Community Radio, International Women's Rights, Radio, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Women from the Jordan valley produce programming from their community. We are able to do what appears to be an illegal act in a totally legal way.

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Critics Say U.S. Radio Program for Darfur Goes Soft on Sudan

Sheri Fink | Posted 03.05.2009 | World

Read More: Humanitarian Aid, Frank Wolf, Radio, Darfur, Radio Afia Darfur, Alhurra, Sudan, Middle East Broadcasting Network, Broadcasting Board of Governors, World News
Sheri Fink

Funded by the U.S. State Department, Radio Afia Darfur, a half-hour shortwave radio program, is beamed three times a day into war-torn Darfur, Sudan, and refugee-packed eastern Chad.

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Obama on my Lap(top)

Kate Southwood | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Fireside Chats, Franklin Roosevelt, Radio, Internet, Barack Obama, Banking Crisis of 1933, Obama Youtube, Barack Obama YouTube, Media News
Kate Southwood

Obama's use of the Internet indicates not only political savvy and an understanding of the Internet's vast power, it suggests a crucial understanding of how Roosevelt succeeded.

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To Live and Die in L.A. -- the Passing of Indie 103.1

Max Tolkoff | Posted 03.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Los Angeles Radio, Indie Music, Los Angeles, Clear Channel, Radio, Indie 103.1, Media News
Max Tolkoff

A brief look at an entity that gave hope and voice to many a struggling band. It's entirely possible we will never experience this type of radio again in our lifetime.

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Bobby Flay Radio Show To Debut On Sirius XM

AP | J.M. HIRSCH | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Bobby Flay, Bobby Flay Radio, Radio, Sirius XM, Bobby Flay Sirius XM, Media News

Celebrity chef Bobby Flay is launching a talk radio show on which he will offer advice to men on everything from dating, dining, dressing and how to n...

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The Need for a Performance Right

Ann Chaitovitz | Posted 02.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Congress, Songs, Entertainment, Performance Pay, Economy, North Korea, Radio, Telecommunications, Royalties, Iran, Musicians, Singing, Iraq, Music, Performance, Entertainment News
Ann Chaitovitz

Because we do not have a performance right, performers, labels, and our economy) lose more than 100M dollars annually that is collected overseas for the broadcasts of U.S. recordings.

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Bill O'Reilly Ending Radio Show

AP | Posted 01.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill O'Reilly, Bill O'reilly Radio, Radio, Media News

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel said popular cable TV host Bill O'Reilly will step down as the host of his syndicated talk radio show early next yea...

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How the Wal-Mart Stampede Made a Long Holiday Season Longer

Jason Notte | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Wal Mart, Christmas Radio, Frank Capra, Wal-Mart Stampede, Walmart Stampede, Bill O'Reilly, Capitalism, Frosty the Snowman, Dimytai Damour, They Shoot Horses Don't They?, John Gibson, Christmas, Wal Mart Trampling, Radio, Bill O'Reilly War on Christmas, Wal Mart Pr Campaign, Salvation Army, A Christmas Story, Business News
Jason Notte

I'm talking to you, dentist office filing clerk. While your boss is busy snaking a vacuum tube under someone's tongue, turn the radio from the all-Christmas station.

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Bill Drake 1937-2008

Ken Levine | Posted 01.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bill Drake, Radio, Entertainment News
Ken Levine

If God did station liners Bill Drake is who He'd sound like. I am devastated by the loss and very blessed that I got to know him.

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Radio's Revenue Drops Even Though Audience Grows

New York Times | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Radio Revenue, Radio Advertisements, Radio, Clear Channel, Media News

Can radio save itself? Listeners are diverted by iPods and Internet and satellite radio. Companies are loaded with debt. Advertisers are heading to t...

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Dr. Frederick Goodwin, Radio Psychiatrist, Earned $1.3 Million From Drugmakers

New York Times | Gardiner Harris | Posted 12.25.2008 | Media

Read More: The Infinite Mind, Dr. Frederick Goodwin, Frederick Goodwin, Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, Radio, Frederick K. Goodwin, Media News

An influential psychiatrist who was the host of the popular public radio program "The Infinite Mind" earned at least $1.3 million from 2000 to 2007 gi...

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Recession Strategy for the Radio Industry: Cut Spot Costs Now and Make Long-Term Deals

Jack Myers | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Clear Channel, Money, Radio, Media Business, Advertising, Radio Advertisements, Radio Industry, Media, Business News
Jack Myers

The time for radio, newspaper, magazine, local television, yellow pages and other media companies to institute turnaround strategies has long-since past.

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Obama's Team Can Use YouTube Better

Robert Kubey | Posted 12.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Youtube, Barack Obama, Radio Appearance, Saturday Speech, Radio, President Obama, Obama 2008, Barack Obama YouTube, Youtube Address, Video, Media News
Robert Kubey

President-elect Obama's team needs to keep our new leader from making the sort of speech he made this weekend.

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KCRW's Left Right and Center 11.21.2008

Huff Radio | Posted 12.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Robert Scheer, Tony Blankley, Radio, Matt Miller, Kcrw, Arianna Huffington KCRW, KCRW Left Right & Center, Arianna Huffington, Media News
Huff Radio

As the economy tanks, the panelists agree with Paul Krugman's observation in today's New York Times that we don't have two months to wait. They talk Hillary Clinton and Janet Napolitano.

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Nielsen Entering Radio Ratings Business

New York Times | Posted 12.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Nielsen Radio Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Radio, Nielsen, Media News

The Nielsen Company is entering the radio ratings business in the United States. In a deal to be announced Tuesday, the radio broadcaster Cumulus M...

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Obama's Armageddon Evidenced by Increased Gun Sales?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Conservatives, Liberals, Radio, Armageddon, Dave Ryan, Gun Control, NY Times, Barack Obama, Guns, Anarchy, Politics News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Ryan's theory was that all the Midwest conservatives were concerned about Obama tightening gun legislation and were therefore out buying weapons en masse.

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Obama Spent Big On Radio Ads

Silicon Alley Insider | Nicholas Carlson | Posted 12.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Obama Radio Ads, Political Advertising, Obama Radio Ad Spending, Advertising, Radio, Barack Obama, Media News

Conventional wisdom has it that the Internet -- specifically Facebook fans, my.barackobama.com and Internet advertising -- won the White House for the...

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My First Racist Letter Arrived Today

Eric Deggans | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: N-Word, Barack Obama, Black President, John F. Kennedy, Radio, Media, Race, John McCain, Election, Bigotry, Election Day, Election 2008, Politics News
Eric Deggans

Gotta be honest, I expected this way before now. And it's probably a measure of how scared some racists are that America is on the verge of electing its first black president.

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You May Have Missed the Best Interview of the Election

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Npr, Socialist, Socialism, Nicole Wallace, Barack Obama, Michele Norris, John McCain, McCain Campaign, Radio, Media News
Brett Ashley McKenzie

A word of advice: if you're going to call someone a socialist, you had better make certain you understand what one is prior to a national media appearance.

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