http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/radio/ en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:47:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411734/posts DECEMBER 20, 2009 Citadel Broadcasting to File for Bankruptcy BY MIKE SPECTOR AND SARAH MCBRIDE Citadel Broadcasting Corp., the third-largest radio broadcaster in the U.S., plans to file for bankruptcy as soon as Sunday, according to people familiar with the matter. Citadel is expected to file in a deal supported by many lenders collectively owed $2 billion, known as a "prearranged" deal in bankruptcy parlance. Wall St. Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411734/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:47:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411904/posts It's Sunday night again. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio programs. Listen Live Info WAMU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411904/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:44:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410730/posts 24/7 Catholic radio is now beaming across metro Phoenix and beyond thanks to the newest station to come on line in the ever-expanding Immaculate Heart Radio network. This follows the recent launch of another powerhouse Catholic radio station in Salt Lake City, which is now broadcasting 24/7 Catholic programming across the great State of Utah. . . . Patrick Madrid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410730/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:36:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410692/posts Bear in mind that some of the following actually did air on Christmas days past. But if you're any kind of old-time radio nut---and I am, certifiable, glazed, and dry-roasted---you have got to love the cornucopia of surviving Christmas-themed radio shows. (No, Virginia, this nice Jewish boy does not have a problem with what amounts to saying "Happy birthday!" to a nice Jewish boy!) You could consider the survival of these shows something of a miracle in itself. (When you consider that a lot of the original sponsors and even network outlets saw fit to trash several thousand shellac discs... Multiple sources http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410692/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:29:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410550/posts Phoenix, Ariz., Dec 18, 2009 / 02:40 am (CNA).- A new Catholic radio station launched in Phoenix on Thursday, becoming the 24th station of the Immaculate Heart Radio network in the western United States. The local bishop says it will be a “channel of evangelization.”The new station, broadcast at KIHP 1310-AM, is the result of a five year effort to bring Catholic radio to the Phoenix market, the Phoenix Business Journal reports. The last three letters of its call sign stand for Immaculate Heart Phoenix.Though the radio station used by KIHP was priced at four or five million dollars... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410550/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:02:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409616/posts Please listen, if you don't live near a radio station that airs the show you can listen online http://www.liddyshow.com/ On the right hand column where it says multi-media click on listen live. The topic is Climategate/ The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409616/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:11:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409360/posts Phil Hendrey talks to hisself and gets folks riled up to call in. He basically makes fools of those who do not know what it is all about. He crosses levels always yet today perhaps one too far. He purported to have a Republican on who promoted TEA PARTY meetings and Used this monicker to do what dems do all the time. This "other" person was equating obamacare to Holocost. It was so extreme wrong. There were folks calling in and buying into this level by discussion. It was "Jews this and Jews that" killed . Cordwood. It was too... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2409360/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:28:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406916/posts The TERRY ANDERSON SHOW.. Articulating the Popular Rage! A warrior in the fight against illegal immigration and those who promote it for over a decade! From the streets of Los Angeles to the halls of congress, Terry has been there. No one has the passion and common sense of Terry Anderson...He is A MUST listen! The BEST one hour of radio you'll find anywhere. Sunday Nights- Listen on the radio! 12-1 AM EDT, 11-12 PM CDT, 10-11 PM MDT, 9-10 PM PDT KRLA - 870 AM - Los Angeles -- KDWN - 720 - Las Vegas -- KFNX - 1100... The Terry Anderson Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406916/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:19:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2404685/posts I ran across this post today from an Evangelical Protestant commentator named Michael Spencer. He described how he spent the better part of a day recently listening and thinking about Catholic radio and the greater and lesser degrees of effectiveness of the men and women who host shows on major Catholic radio networks like EWTN and Ave Maria. Though I don't agree with all his observations (Scott Hahn is indeed the intellectual heavy-weight Protestants make him out to be), I found myself agreeing with some them and, on one or two points, agreeing wholeheartedly. But even in the areas where... Patrick Madrid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2404685/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:37:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401786/posts The TERRY ANDERSON SHOW.. Articulating the Popular Rage! A warrior in the fight against illegal immigration and those who promote it for over a decade! From the streets of Los Angeles to the halls of congress, Terry has been there. No one has the passion and common sense of Terry Anderson...He is A MUST listen! The BEST one hour of radio you'll find anywhere. Sunday Nights- Listen on the radio! 12-1 AM EDT, 11-12 PM CDT, 10-11 PM MDT, 9-10 PM PDT KRLA - 870 AM - Los Angeles -- KDWN - 720 - Las Vegas -- KFNX - 1100... The Terry Anderson Show http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401786/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 02:12:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401723/posts It's Sunday night again. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio programs. Listen Live Info Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401723/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:42:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401052/posts My apologies if you've heard this before, but it bears repeating. It's one of those things in our present society that would be funny if it weren't realistic. There are certain segments of the population, on both extremes of the financial spectrum, both educated and uneducated (maybe even more prevalent with "elite, East Coast, intellectual" politicians and economists) that ignore the old saying, "money doesn't grow on trees". They actually believe it does. No, really, I'm not even kidding! The below sound clip took place in the liberal wonderland of Detroit, MI (WJR radio. THE FREEDOM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401052/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:54:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397211/posts I'm curious to hear everyone's opinions of among the different Talk Radio Hosts. Which radio hosts do you think is most entertaining? is most intelligent? most closely reflects your views? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397211/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:37:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396566/posts It's Sunday night again. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio programs. Listen Live Info WAMU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2396566/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:48:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389025/posts Classical station has new business model: support of donors Boston is following a trend in radio that’s taking place in other cities across the nation: Its only 24-hour classical music station now depends on listeners - not advertisers - to keep it afloat. Last week’s Federal Communications Commission approval of WGBH’s $14 million purchase of WCRB-FM (99.5) means the classical musical station is now a public broadcaster, with a business model that draws revenue from donations and corporate sponsorship instead of relying on advertising. Because classical music fans tend to be older, and advertisers typically want to court a younger... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389025/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:36:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387115/posts It's Sunday night again. Warm up the tubes for another 4 hours of classic radio programs. Listen Live Info WAMU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387115/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:30:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379966/posts I don't know that I've ever posted a vanity, but a young Christian college radio show host who is a friend of mine needs his show promoted. Would you please visit the link and vote for the "The Rise and Shine Time w/Bro. Dominic Garrisi?" http://wblwradio.com/index.php?page=Survey Thanks in advance, refreshed vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2379966/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:31:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2377085/posts The Rev. Pawel Franciszek Szurek is taking his message of Christian empowerment from the pulpit to the airwaves with a new show, "Change Your Attitude … Change Your Life," debuting this morning at 9 on New York-based The Apple 970 AM, a 50,000-watt conservative-talk radio station. Szurek — born in Krakow, Poland, and pastor for two years at St. Philip the Apostle Church in Clifton — never dreamed he'd rise to the level of The Apple. Szurek recently became an instant hit at a radio gig on WMTR 1250 AM by offering messages of spiritual strength, despite, he says, an... northjersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2377085/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:43:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2374574/posts Anticommunist radio fans out there, listen to this and remember when it was mainstream to consider Communism to be evil. Quite a departure from the pop culture of today. At the time this was the most expensive radio drama produced by a major network. http://fbicommi.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=325682 The Web http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2374574/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:14:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374301/posts Jury Awards $16 Million To Family In Fatal Radio Prank October 29, 2009 A Sacramento jury today awarded $16 million to the family of a woman who died during a 2007 radio station contest gone awry. The Sacramento County Superior Court jury concluded that Entercom Sacramento, which operates KDND-FM (107.9) "The End," was negligent after ignoring several warnings that a morning show contest could have fatal consequences, according to KTXL-TV (Channel 40) in Sacramento. Jennifer Strange, a mother of three from suburban Rancho Cordova, died of apparent water intoxication hours after a failed attempt to win a Nintendo Wii video... LATimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374301/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:24:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374068/posts <p>A Sacramento County jury has awarded $16.5 million to the family of a 28-year-old woman who died after participating in a radio station's water-drinking contest.</p> <p>Jennifer Strange, a mother of three, died of acute water intoxication in January 2007 after the challenge to see which contestant could drink the most water without using the restroom. A Nintendo Wii video game was the prize for winning the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" contest.</p> SF Gate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374068/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:17:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372572/posts This is going to be a very interesting show with some amazing insights and sound clips from Jesse in the first hour. In hour number two we will have author David Conn speaking about the Obama Cult of Personality. He is very sharp and will open your eyes concerning Obama , if they are not already opened. Hour number three is the manhood hour with Dr. Robert Brumfield, pastor of the Oakgrove 1st AME church of Detroit. He will be discussing the inner cities moral poverty that is rampant and the solutions to it. Tune in, you will love this... Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372572/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:45:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372245/posts His talk-radio brethren have less of a problem with his histrionics than with his evolving libertarianismWarning that popular talk radio and Fox News host Glenn Beck was “Harmful to the Conservative Movement,” Peter Wehner wrote on Commentary’s “Contentions” blog in September: “he seems to be more of a populist and libertarian than a conservative, more of a Perotista than a Reaganite. His interest in conspiracy theories is disquieting, as is his admiration for Ron Paul and his charges of American ‘imperialism.’ (He is now talking about pulling troops out of Afghanistan, South Korea, Germany, and elsewhere.)” Wehner is not... The American Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372245/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2371650/posts National Public Radio’s Kevin Whitelaw blames “right wing ideologues” for destroying the reputation of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, more commonly known by its acronym—ACORN. “By relentlessly focusing on ACORN’s election fraud, mismanagement, embezzlement and other criminal activities, right wing fanatics are overshadowing the significant accomplishments of this great organization,” Whitelaw contends. “They’ve gotten millions enrolled for welfare. They got millions to vote for Obama.” Whitelaw characterized recent revelations that ACORN employees advised applicants on how to set up an illegal prostitution business as “misguided zealotry.” “It’s easy for those who earn an honest living to ridicule... A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2371650/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:48:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2371589/posts http://neoconair.com The Champlain Valley's only reliable conservative radio station. Stay tuned for this season's podcasts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2371589/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:22:44 GMT