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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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Radio Gaining Audience, But Not Ad Revenue

AdAge | Andrew Hampp | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Radio Audience, Radio, Media News

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Radio has been right behind newspapers as the old-school medium most adversely affected by digital developments. New research,...

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Palin Says Obama Would Diminish "The Prestige Of The United States Presidency"

Politico | Andy Barr | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Race Baiting, Race, Barack Obama, Laura Ingraham, Radio, Sarah Palin, Diminish, Palin Prestige, Palin Prestige Obama, Palin Diminish, Politics News

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin attacked Barack Obama Thursday for not being honest about his association with 1960's radical William Ayers. "Barack Obama ha...

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OJ Simpson's Attorney Speaks Out

Graham Bensinger | Posted 10.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Football, Trial, Conversation, Prison, OJ Simpson, Nfl, Yale Galanter, Interview, Las Vegas, Alfred Beardsley, Bruce Fromong, Radio, Tom Riccio, Court, Tmz, Murderer, OJ Simpson Robbery, OJ Simpson Jail, OJ Simpson Trial, Entertainment News
Graham Bensinger

OJ Simpson is standing trial after being charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, robbery, assault, and kidnapping with a deadly weapon. Simpson's Attorney Yale Galanter spoke exclusively with me.

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Lynching Advocate Toby Keith: Obama "Talks, Acts, And Carries Himself As A Caucasian"

Max Blumenthal | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Johnny Cash, Neko Case, Country, Conservatives, Barack Obama, Son Volt, Toby Keith, Dolly Parton, Right-Wing, Radio, Racism, Race, Bill Monroe, Glenn Beck, Republicans, Toby Keith Obama, Politics News
Max Blumenthal

Now, Toby Keith has trained his sights on Barack Obama, attacking him in language that startled even the notoriously reactionary radio jock Glenn Beck.

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ADA Watch Founder: My First Reaction To Michael Savage's Tirade Was "Sadness Followed By Anger"

Ron Mwangaguhunga | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Michael Savage, Autism, Health, Radio, Michael Savage Autism, Media News
Ron Mwangaguhunga

On July 26th, which should have been a day of celebration as it marks the 18th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act, Ward had to deal with the fallout of the high-profile remarks of Michael Savage.

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7 Days: The Week That Ended a War & a Candidacy, with Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin and Arianna, Bender & Green

Mark Green | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, 7 Days in America, Air America, Obama Bearing, Carl Levin, Radio, Obama Presidential, Politics News
Mark Green

Our conversation converged on the conclusion that Obama looked "presidential" while McCain looked like a biblical Job wandering around from golf carts to supermarket aisles shopping for news and votes.

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Three Swells

Sam Greenfield | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media

Read More: Talk Radio, Laura Ingraham, Talkers Magazine, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Bob Grant, Al Franken, Radio, Joe Madison, New Media Seminar, Media News
Sam Greenfield

This year at the New Media Seminar, awards were given to people who have made a real impact on the radio profession. I just think there have to be other people who might be more humane, or even human.

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Imus Should Apologize For the Latest Racial Insult

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Rutgers Womenes Basketball Team, Don Imus, Farid Suleman, Black Athletes, Al Sharpton, Wabc Radio, Radio, Shock Jocks, Racial Bigotry, Adam Pacman Jones, Citadel Broadcasting, Media News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Old habits die hard for Imus, especially when it comes to racially stereotyping African-Americans. Citadel Broadcasting must issue a public reprimand of him.

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Is the Tyranny of Right-Wing Radio Coming to an End?

Rory O'Connor | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Shock Jocks, Mark Levin, Fcc, Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Radio, Hugh Hewitt, The Fairness Doctrine, Mike Pence, Fairness Doctrine, Media News
Rory O'Connor

Conservative fears of an impending Democratic attack on right-wing talk radio continue to escalate, despite ample evidence that such an assault is unlikely to occur.

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I'm Mad as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take It Any More

Norman Horowitz | Posted 06.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Big Brother, Media Consolidation, Radio, The Fairness Doctrine, Media, Censorship, Media News
Norman Horowitz

Certainly I do not want the government defining "fairness". What could be more frightening then the government trying to impose their definition of "fairness" on America's radio stations?

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Radio Audience Drops 14%, College Graduates Tuning Out 8 Times Faster Than Nongrads

New York TImes | Alex Mindlin | Posted 06.17.2008 | Media

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

Over the last 10 years, the average share of Americans listening to radio at any given time has shrunk about 14 percent, or 2.3 percentage points. Tee...

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Barack Obama, Michael Smerconish Radio Interview: Pakistan, al Qaida, Iraq And Illegal Immigration

Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Smerconish Interview, Obama Audio, Barack Obama, Pakistan, Radio, Obama Radio Interview, Audio, Illegal Immigration, 2008 Campaign, Iraq, 2008 Elections, Michael Smerconish, Michael Smerconish Obama Interview, Politics News

Today, Senator Obama gave an interview to Pennsylvania radio host Michael Smerconish. The focus of the interview was on foreign policy, specifically ...

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The Power and Responsibility of our Nation's Broadcasters

Tim Robbins | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Association of Broadcasters, Broadcasting, Television, Clear Channel, Radio, The Fairness Doctrine, Tv, Tim Robbins, Broadcast Media, Politics News
Tim Robbins

Broadcasters have the power to turn this nation away from the hatred and the divisive dialogue that has rendered such a corrosive effect on our body politic.

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