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Clear Channel Pulls Plug on Portland Progressive Talk Radio, Supporters Scramble to Save KPOJ

Portland, Oregon’s only left wing commercial talk radio station has suddenly been switched from politics to sports. KPOJ was the first Air America affiliate in the country, according to its supporters, who learned early on Friday that the host of the locally produced morning show had just been fired by Clear Channel effective immediately. That […]

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Smiley and West returns to Chicago airwaves on commercial stations

Smiley and West returns to Chicago airwaves on commercial stations

This weekend Public Radio International’s Smiley and West program returned to the Chicago airwaves. Commercial progressive talk station WCPT starting airing the program Sunday, Nov. 4, and will continue airing it on Sundays at 3 PM. WVON, a commercial AM talk station focused on the African-American community, will carry the program on Saturdays at 11 […]

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Pitch Your Radio Story for World Radio Day

In honor of the 2nd annual World Radio Day on February 13, Fundación Comunica and the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) are creating a series of short radio pieces on the topic of radio. They are inviting radio researchers and broadcasters to submit their radio story ideas online through October 19. The resulting […]

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NAB debating the future life or death of AM Radio

Inside the radio industry there has been quite a bit of hand-wringing about the AM dial. Though conservative talk stations and sports stations in big markets continue to generate ratings and revenue, there’s an increasing recognition that other AM stations aren’t doing as well. Many blame overcrowding on the dial which leads to more interference, […]

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Chicago's WXRT celebrates 40 years serving up an increasingly rare format

Chicago’s WXRT celebrates 40 years serving up an increasingly rare format

It’s an increasingly rare thing to find a station that has maintained its format (and call letters) for more than a decade, nevermind 40 years. This week Chicago commercial rock station WXRT begins celebrating its fortieth year on air with something called “40 years in 40 days.” Starting Monday, each day the station is highlighting […]

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KOZT’s Community-Oriented Approach to Commercial Radio

Over the weekend I was driving around Mendocino County sampling the radio options. A three hour drive north of San Francisco, the region is comprised of coastal towns, mountains, forests, and inland valleys. Mendocino itself is a big tourist destination, with its quaint New England-style inns, restaurants, and charming shops. Further south, Anderson Valley is […]

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Hole in the bucket? SEC charges radio host with offering “misleading” financial advice

San Diego based radio investment guy Ray Lucia faces Security and Exchange Commission charges that his seminars left attendees with a “false sense of comfort” about his “Buckets of Money” retirement strategy. The SEC complaint Order questions whether Lucia’s schemes are properly “backtested,” which the agency defines as “the process of evaluating a strategy, theory, […]

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