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As first reported yesterday by Outkick.com, we have separately confirmed that Cumulus Media and Westwood One has agreed to terms with conservative commentator Dan Bongino to host a daily three-hour show from 12-3pm eastern. Bongino currently hosts a daily podcast for Westwood One that since March 2020 has been repurposed into a one-hour syndicated show on over 100 stations including 790 KABC Los Angeles and 560 KSFO San Francisco. The new show would air live in the timeslot currently held by Limbaugh on many if not all Cumulus owned Conservative Talk and News/Talk stations. Bongino is a former NYPD officer...

I've been asked by fans of Chris Plante if I have a list of terrestrial radio stations where he can be heard out of. Many people are on vacation in the summer months and listen to Chris on their car radio. WMAL did not have a list, nor does Westwood One, but this posted list is what I've gathered so far. It's unofficial and incomplete. LISTENING TO CHRIS PLANTE VIA TERRESTRIAL RADIO UNOFFICIAL COMPILATION OF U.S. RADIO STATIONS GATHERED BY SILVIE - 8/9/18 (Not a complete list. If the local radio station where you listen to Plante is not listed...

Celebrated conservative radio talker Mark Levin has cut a long-term extension with Westwood One-Cumulus, meaning one of the nation’s most influential talk show hosts will be on the air for another five years, well past the upcoming 2016 presidential election. Westwood One announced the contract extension for “The Mark Levin Show” through 2020 Thursday morning. They called Levin, a legal scholar who also runs Landmark Legal Foundation, “one of the most trusted voices in radio.” Five-year contracts are rare in the media. Levin started on radio in 2002 and his current show was launched on WABC in New York. He...

The Dennis Miller radio show debuts next Monday on at least 80 stations including many owned by religious owner Salem Communications...guests for the first show will include Dana Carvey, David Horowitz, and Rudy Guiliani. Westwood One says: "...upon its March 26th debut, The Dennis Miller Show will air on more that 80 stations, in seven of the top 10 markets including: KRLA-AM Los Angeles, WIND-AM Chicago, WNTP-AM Philadelphia, KNEW-AM San Francisco, KSKY-AM Dallas, WDTK-AM Detroit, and KTRH-AM Houston" It's possible WTTT AM in Boston may carry the show but nothing definite yet. Dennis' latest rant: "Would I ever vote for...

R&R has learned that layoffs at Westwood One have claimed upward of 70 jobs throughout the company. In an internal memo obtained by R&R, President/CEO Peter Kosann said the action "is part of several steps our company will take — and must take — to increase productivity and improve the utilization of all our resources." Concurrently, WW1 has initiated an evaluation of its services to Metro Networks affiliates in its smaller markets — namely those ranked by DMA under No. 60 — as part of a plan to reduce local operating costs. "Our plan is to continue to provide quality...

WESTWOOD ONE LAUNCHES THE MONICA CROWLEY SHOW --New Program to Air Saturdays, Noon - 3 p.m. ET-- Beginning Saturday, April 1, 2006 New York, NY Monday, Mar 20, 2006 - Westwood One (NYSE: WON) is proud to announce the national launch of The Monica Crowley Show, the three-hour talk program hosted by author and news personality Monica Crowley. The show begins Saturday, April 1, 2006, and will air from noon to 3 p.m. ET. The Monica Crowley Show will debut on major market stations across the country including: WABC-AM New York, WTKK-FM Boston and WTNT-AM Washington DC. The show will...

The connection was obvious to senators of both parties, though nobody said so publicly. Four days before Sen. Joseph Biden declared he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination if he could find the financing, he held hostage an important, non-controversial Bush diplomatic appointee. His intent: to force President Bush to reappoint a billionaire backer of Biden to a government oversight board. Nobody expected Biden's move when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened last Wednesday to send routine nominations to the floor. Biden, the committee's ranking Democrat, blocked Senate consideration of White House personnel director Dina Habib Powell as the State...

Scarborough Country Heads To Radio Former Congressman and MSNBC personality Joe Scarborough will take his Scarborough Country to the radio, starting Feb. 7, 2005, as Westwood One and the host agree to terms on a deal that has Scarborough hosting a daily talk show set to air from 10am-1pm ET. The program will originate from WW1 studios in New York and provide listeners with a behind-the-scenes perspective on politics and current events. Scarborough will continue to host the Scarborough Country television program, which airs daily at 10pm ET on MSNBC. "As a kid who spent nights growing up in Middle...

Since the shock of September 11th, and parallel to military intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq, U.S. government officials in various agencies have sought to "win hearts and minds" in the Arab and Muslim world by crafting publicity schemes and media projects. All of those produced so far have been characterized by a combination of bombast, naivete, and silliness that, according to many friendly watchers and listeners in the targeted publics, does more to undermine than to reinforce American credibility. First there was Charlotte Beers, a former executive at such leading advertising firms as Ogilvy & Mather, named Undersecretary of State...

The WNEW/New York afternoon talkers and Westwood One syndicated personalities are off at least through the end of this week after news broke of their contest encouraging couples to have sex in the city's riskiest places; the couple who had their encounter in St. Patrick's Cathedral - just feet from worshippers - were even arrested. At press time, officials at Westwood One were unable to confirm if Opie & Anthony's time off was scheduled or an enforced vacation.