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Review: `Pirate Radio' rolls when it should rock

No movie can be all bad when juiced up with a soundtrack of more than 50 classic rock tunes.

Green Bay talk show host suspended over comments

Conservative Green Bay radio talk show host Jerry Bader was suspended Thursday for two weeks over salacious comments he made speculating on why Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton suddenly dropped out of the governor's race.

NPR's `Wait, Wait' quiz show plays Carnegie Hall

"Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" took the long road to Carnegie Hall.

Senate panel OKs bill to make radio pay fees

Legislation to make radio stations pay royalties to performers when they broadcast their music won the Senate Judiciary Committee's approval Thursday.

Limbaugh predicted outcry over his Rams bid

Along with his sharp tongue, conservative radio pundit Rush Limbaugh has proved to have a pretty accurate crystal ball. He told TODAY that critics would come out of the woodwork to slam his bid to buy football’s St. Louis Rams, and sure enough, they have.

Rush Limbaugh: I love to ‘yank media’s chain’

Rush Limbaugh realizes you don’t become America’s most popular radio talk-show host without having the hide of an elephant. And he’s long subscribed to a theory: His 21 million listeners know him and love him, and the other 280 million Americans, well, they don’t pay the bills.

FBI pays wrongly detained Egyptian man $250,000

The FBI paid $250,000 this week to an Egyptian man detained when a pilot's aviation radio was found after the Sept. 11 attacks in his hotel room overlooking the World Trade Center, his lawyer said Thursday.

Ex-US Rep. Foley makes talk radio show debut

Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley began his new career on a Florida political talk radio, three years after a lurid scandal ruined his congressional career.

Fans seek to rescue Hamptons' NPR station

Imagine the Hamptons without the ocean.

Fans seek to rescue Hamptons' NPR station

Artists, entertainers and community activists are rallying to save Long Island's only public radio station.

Move over, Rush: Ex-US Rep. Foley has radio show

There's a surprising new voice in the world of political talk radio as former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley returns to the spotlight three years after a lurid scandal ruined his congressional career.

2 radio towers in Washington state toppled

Two radio station towers near Seattle that have generated intense local opposition were toppled early Friday in an act of sabotage that bore the initials of the radical Earth Liberation Front.

Online radio service wins ruling over license fees

Personalized Internet radio stations got a boost Friday when a federal appeals court ruled that Yahoo's LAUNCHcast music service was not interactive enough to be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in licensing fees.

Obama to talk health care conservative radio

President Barack Obama plans to discuss his push for health care overhaul Thursday when Philadelphia-based conservative radio talk show host Michael Smerconish broadcasts his program from the White House.

Google sells underperforming radio ad business

Google Inc. has found a buyer for a radio advertising business it has abandoned as part of efforts to cut costs and jettison underperforming operations.

WBCN signs off air in CBS Boston radio shakeup

A major shakeup on the Boston radio dial is marking the end of an era for one of the nation's first progressive rock stations, which helped launch U2 and other prominent artists.

New York Times exits radio with $45M station sale

The New York Times Co. is selling its classical music station and exiting the radio business.

Online radio stations strike big deal on royalties

The future of Internet radio appears more secure after a handful of online stations reached an agreement Tuesday to head off a potentially crippling increase in copyright royalty rates.

Persian radio in Holland gives Iranians news

Until the Iranian election this month, Holland's Radio Zamaneh was more interested in underground music, alternative literature and interviews with Iranian cultural figures than in politics.

Complaint says top musician dissed over royalties

Which top-selling artist purportedly had his new single yanked from some radio station playlists in retaliation for supporting royalties for musicians?

WH adviser Axelrod says neckties a big change

David Axelrod says his hardest adjustment has been the neckties.

Teen says he stabbed NYC newsman in self defense

A 16-year-old charged in the stabbing death of a New York City newsman says he acted in self defense.

WWOZ gives New Orleans Jazz Fest to the world

Hot Club of New Orleans was on stage at Economy Hall tuning up before its set at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. In the big black truck behind the tent, a group of technicians hovered around a high-tech board, ready to send the band's music out to the world.

Singer Tony Bennett wants pay for play on radio

Singer Tony Bennett says it's a crime that performers don't get paid by radio stations when their music is broadcast.

Radio show leads the way for Gaelic comeback

To Seamus Blake's immigrant parents from Ireland, the language of prosperity was English.

The Vine
BBC radio presenter in hot water after playing 'orgasm' clip on school run show
Source: the Mail online

For the parents driving their children home from school, it wasn't exactly what they wanted to hear through the car radio. A BBC presenter used his drivetime show to broadcast a clip of a woman in the throes of an orgasm.

Limbaugh calls Durbin "Senator Turban"
Source: Media Matters for America

"...a lot of people did complain, Senator Turban..."

Captain Midnight And Decoder Rings
Source:

"Regarding Captain Midnight and the so-called "decoder rings" of the era... up front: there were no "decoder rings" offered in the entire era of Old-Time radio.� There were, though, "decoder pins." "The basic origin of "decoders" on Old-Time Radio was the Wander Company.....

Ross Hemsworth Bankruptcy and Donations
Source: extradition.org.uk

UK Citizens Extradition Fight Unfair Extradition Without Evidence Ross Hemsworth Bankruptcy and Donations

Glenn Beck Pretends "South Park" Parody is a Compliment (VIDEO)
Source: The Right Scoop

Playing clips from the most recent episode of "South Park," Glenn Beck, on the radio, laughs and says the depiction of him is a compliment.

Lou Dobbs Abruptly Quits CNN
Source: The New York Times

Jonathan Klein, offered a choice to Lou Dobbs, the channel's most outspoken anchor. Mr. Dobbs could vent his opinions on radio and anchor an objective newscast on television, or he could leave CNN.

on-air vs. on-line

There is a difference between on air and online. Of course on air was first. Before television, most American citizens, read a newspaper or heard it on a radio. The early days of on air goes through CBS, NBC, ABC.

There's a Difference Between Mostly Dead and Really Dead

I seldom think of those idiots in faux broadcasting positions be it radio, television or print.

There's a difference between a conservative of today & a Republican.

Conservative describes more appropriately those to the far right. They comprise the audience of conservative talk radio and preacher land because that is all they have to tune in to.

Verdict Reached In Water Death Case
Source: KCRA.COM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A jury has reached a verdict in the case of a woman who died after drinking 17 bottles of water during a Sacramento radio contest.

Legislation Could Change Landscape Of Local Radio
Source: WXII12.COM

WINSTON-SALEM -- Legislation making its way through the U.S. House and Senate that would require radio stations to pay royalties has stations nervous that radio in its current form could soon be a thing of the past.

I Heard Something that Bothered Me on the Radio!

I was browsing through the stations and since I did not hear anything I liked I left it on one of my presets, then I heard something that made wait for the announcement. It is not important what station it was or which dj's had this conversation, but What a pair of morons.

A Hard Decision.

I have finally deceided that it is time for me to depart Newsvine. My other online work and businesses now have to take priority, so it is with a heavy heart and after much deliberation that I have reached this decision to end my Newsvine Column at the end of this month.

Potential NFL owner Limbaugh declares basketball "the favorite sport of gangs"
Source: Media Matters for America

LIMBAUGH: It's not reasonable that you should understand the insanity that local and state and federal bureaucracies are doing. It's perfectly normal and understandable that none of what they do would make sense to you. My question -- OK, a 1 cent sales tax to fight gang violence.

John Derbyshire: Women Should Not Have the Right to Vote
Source: Care2.com

DERBYSHIRE: Among the hopes that I do not realistically nurse is the hope that female suffrage will be repealed. But I'll say this – if it were to be, I wouldn't lose a minute's sleep. COLMES: We'd be a better country if women didn't vote?

POLL: What is your PRIMARY source for news?

Just curious. With all the differing opinions, I was just wondering where everyone got their news. What is the FIRST place you turn to for news when you want to know what's going on in the world? Do you turn on the television or listen for the town crier?

Radio Show Takes Listeners 'Inside The Mind Of Mark Foley'
Source: WPBF-TV

NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned after sending lurid Internet messages to male teens who worked on Capitol Hill, spoke to WPBF 25 News on the day his talk radio show was set to air.

Glenn Beck becomes damaged goods
Source: Salon.com

When Glenn Beck assumed morning-show duties at KZFM in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1983, the zoo model was ascendant. It was the year Scott Shannon moved to New York to found Z100, where Shannon's "Z Morning Zoo" made the station No. 1 in the market within three months of its birth.

Digital rules of the road key to National Broadband Plan
Source: Congress Blog

By Motion Picture Association of America Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman.

VOTE NOW! New Country Star
Source: http://www.newcountrystar.com/Music.php

VOTE NOW for Country's Newest Star! "It's My Lie" is climbing up Music Row and Billboard/Indiacator charts! Recently featured on WKCN and WSTH in Columbus, GA

How We Use Media (And Vice Versa)
Source: Forbes

So you think you have an ''off'' switch? Look at the numbers.

Right-Wing Talk Show Host Michael Savage Booted From His Flagship Radio Station
Source: Think Progress

Earlier today, the conservative blog Patriot Axom noted that far-right radio host Michael Savage has been taken "off the air" from his San Francisco-based flagship station, Talk 910 KNEW.

Sandilands suspended again over Magda jibe
Source: abc.net.au

Shock jock Kyle Sandilands has been suspended from radio following comments he made about comedian Magda Szubanski.

Put Magda in concentration camp: Kyle
Source: abc.net.au

Shock jock Kyle Sandilands is again courting controversy, this time saying actress Magda Szubanski could become skinny if she was in a concentration camp.

2 radio towers in Washington state toppled. Left wing terrorists strike
Source: Breitbart

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - Two radio station towers were toppled early Friday, and the station's manager said an ecoterrorist group's initials were left at the scene.

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