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Libtalk network Nova M Radio has been shut down, according to the attorney for Randi Rhodes, Robert V Gaulin of New York. … Moments ago, Gaulin sent this letter to your Radio Equalizer: Randi Rhodes’ on-air home for less than a year will shut its doors. In an email message of February 17th from counsel for Nova M Radio, Inc. to Randi’s entertainment attorney, Robert V. Gaulin, the company is said to have been advised to file for bankruptcy protection next week. All payroll deposits were reversed on Tuesday, leaving Nova’s employees unpaid for the past two weeks. On Sunday,...

Liberal radio host Ed Schultz kicked off his show today by addressing a Politico item from last night. "I end up with a front row seat in the first prime-time press conference, and all of a sudden it's all over the blogosphere," Schultz said. Schultz called Politico's Jonathan Martin a "punk" and a "nitwit" for asking if it was an assigned seat. "I have earned that seat," the veteran radio host said on the air. Schultz claimed that conservative hosts had access to the Oval Office during the Bush years, and that wasn't noted by the press. However, I think...

Hhhmmm ... and Barack had him in the front row last night ... curious. Contact the Program Manager, Greg Tantum at: tantumg@redskins.com Business Phone: 301-587-7100 http://www.freedom570am.com/

Imagine for a moment John McCain had won last November, and Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, or Laura Ingraham were seated in the front row of his first primetime press conference. Think the media would have gone completely nuts?

Bitter over the decision, by the owner of the Washington, DC area radio station which carried his show and other left-wing hosts, to drop its liberal talk show format which didn't garner enough listeners to even show up in the latest ratings, Bill Press charged in a Sunday Washington Post op-ed:  There is no free market in talk radio today, only an exclusive, tightly held, conservative media conspiracy. The few holders of broadcast licenses have made it clear they will not, on their own, serve the general public. Maybe it's time to bring back the Fairness Doctrine -- and bring...

Hey Bill, here's a newsflash: liberals make no money (and steal from kids when they try), which is the entire point of producing and airing a program. Yes, the government allows the commercial use of airwaves but only because they have to regulate the signal, not the content. Someone like Press will never understand that.

WASHINGTON – Another Democratic U.S. senator has gone on record as supporting the reinstatement of the so-called "Fairness Doctrine," adding, "I feel like that's gonna happen." Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., told radio host and WND columnist Bill Press yesterday when asked about whether it was time to bring back the so-called "Fairness Doctrine": "I think it's absolutely time to pass a standard. Now, whether it's called the Fairness Standard, whether it's called something else – I absolutely think it's time to be bringing accountability to the airwaves. I mean, our new president has talked rightly about accountability and transparency. You...

We were going to start this story by saying, “Bill Press called called free speech on the radio a ‘failed experiment from the Regan era.’” But we were worried you would react by saying, “Bill who” Press is a yet another failed liberal talk show host. A bitter, angry liberal talk show host. But we repeat ourselves. “Maybe it’s time,” Press said in a Washington Post op-ed piece today, “to bring back the Fairness Doctrine — and bring competition back to talk radio in Washington and elsewhere.” Press is upset because...

Here is audio of Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow talking with liberal radio talk show host Bill Press about bringing back the Fairness Doctrine. Bill Press brazenly asks Stabenow if it is not time to bring back the "Fairness Doctrine," as he wined about the failure of numerous "progressive" talk shows around the country. Stabenow says she is ready to push for consideration in the Senate this year of some kind of "standard," whether it is called the "Fairness Doctrine" or something else, to ensure talk radi is not dominated by conservative voices. There you have it folks. Democrats are enraged...

This morning, radio host Bill Press brought up the recent closing of liberal station Obama 1260 when speaking with Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, and talked about whether there needs to be a balance to right-wing talk on the radio dial.

You might expect the new and idealistic era of Obama to tame the savage breasts[sic] of left-wing talk radio, but that cannot be said of Mike Malloy, the former CNN employee. On January 29, discussing reports of a growing rate of suicides in the Marine Corps (up to 44 in 2008), Malloy unloaded this rant about the Bush legacy and its Republican enablers: "The Republican Party needs to be executed as quickly as possible." --SNIP-- On January 28, Malloy was wishing and hoping for the choking death of Rush Limbaugh: "Some horrifyingly intense America-hater like Rush Limbaugh, who appears to...

Liberals may want to insist on the "Fairness Doctrine" as a business strategy, since liberal talk is barely moving the ratings needle. The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz reported Monday that "President Obama may be riding high in Washington, but OBAMA 1260 is not. The area's only progressive talk station is changing formats, dropping such syndicated liberal hosts as Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller and Bill Press in favor of financial news, starting next week." Technically, Kurtz is wrong, excluding NPR affiliate WAMU (which airs a number of liberal talk shows and zero conservative ones) and radical Pacifica station WPFW. It would...

The cult of personality appears to have ebbed a bit since Barack Obama had to begin governing two weeks ago. The Washington DC radio station calling itself Obama 1260 and featuring liberal talk stalwarts Bill Press, Ed Schultz, and Stephanie Miller has given up the ghost already, a victim of undetectable ratings. Howard Kurtz notes that not all political radio has that problem: President Obama may be riding high in Washington, but OBAMA 1260 is not. The area’s only progressive talk station is changing formats, dropping such syndicated liberal hosts as Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller and Bill Press in favor...

Not profitable radioBy J.J. Jacksonweb posted January 19, 2009So it finally has come down to the brass tacks; the government asking itself for a bailout.  There is nowhere else to run.  There is nowhere else to hide.  We are stuck staring the truth straight in the face as the news is that National Public Radio, a government sponsored entity which does not make enough money to stay afloat without millions of tax payer dollars, is asking for a bailout (i.e. more taxpayer money) in order to fund all sorts of pet projects and big dreams.  PBS is also sticking their...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Does anyone know the name of the National Public Radio interviewer who was so disdainful of Israel's ambassador to the United States on the morning of Dec. 31? I missed his name. I would like to give him an award for sarcasm, rudeness and, well, controlled rage. Maybe he would accept my shoes. The interviewer is perhaps a graduate of one of our country's esteemed anger management centers. Very theatrically, he cut the Israeli ambassador off in the midst of the ambassador's variations on the theme of peace and goodwill and that sort of thing. I wonder...

As you may have heard, changes are happening at WTIC to the on air line up. I briefly spoke with Jim a couple of times today, and to say he was surprised is a bit of an understatement. He’s busy with the Sound Off Daughter’s wedding coming up tomorrow, but asked me to post something here on the blog. After nine years at WTIC, Diane Smith, who co-hosted the morning show with Ray Dunaway, will not have her contract renewed and is leaving the station. She is interested in exploring ways to continue to work with the station, and has...

Lib Radio Host: Record Snows and Cold Caused By Global Warming By Noel Sheppard Created 2008-12-20 17:28 The liberal mind never ceases to amaze me. Our nation is experiencing record snows and cold spells, and Air America host Thom Hartmann actually told his audience Friday: What we are seeing in this cold, that has me trapped in my house here today, is that, what we are seeing is a symptom of global warming. But you wouldn't know that from the crazies on the right. Speaking of lunacy, Hartmann was so proud of this moment in broadcast history that he created...

Those Soft-Voiced Anchors at NPR Make the Big Bucks By Tim Graham | December 12, 2008 - 12:01 Josh Gerstein, a former reporter for ABC News and the New York Sun, blogged about how National Public Radio -- now laying off 64 employees and shutting down two programs -- has some perhaps surprising salary figures for a somewhat public media outlet: NPR reported its five highest paid employees were: 1. Managing Editor Barbara Rehm, $383,139 2. All Things Considered host Robert Siegel [pictured], $350,288 3. Morning Edition host Renee Montagne, $332,160 4. Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep, $331,242 5. NPR...

Wednesday, Dec 10 NPR Layoffs Looming? Related: "NPR's Trimmed Sails and the Future: The Staff Announcement" Related: "NPR Layoffs: The Press Release" More from Paul Farhi... Lots of folks at NPR are nervous today, as the rumor mill speaks of layoffs. One engineer in NY has already been laid off, we hear. >UPDATE: Also, an editor/producer and a reporter in L.A. >UPDATE: 34 people laid off in the News division alone...Linda Wertheimer and Noah Adams among them (update: They're safe). On-Air Fund Raising & Promotion is getting cuts An engineering supervisor is gone, too. >UPDATE: They've been calling people in...

Here's the dirty little truth about the democrats who want to bring back the fairness doctrine. Its just as much of a bailout as the billions being given to the banks or the auto unions. There is a reason why there is very little "liberal" talk radio. PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE PRODUCT. If people want to hear what is on,---- they listen, if they don't.... well there are tons of radio stations, listeners can turn the dial to find what they like. If a radio program doesn't generate listeners, it doesn't get advertising, no advertising, no radio program. It's really...