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Where The HOMETOWN
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HEROES
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Tribune’s
From America’s
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The NTS 2008 Local Talk Legends
Network/
Syndicator
Directory
The Interview:
TALK RADIO’S MAJOR MARKET
HOMETOWN
HEROES
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coverage of News, Talk and Sports
radio, along with relevant news and
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TALK RADIO’S MAJOR MARKET
HOMETOWN
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ost Talk radio stations today offer a combination
of both local shows and nationally syndicated
programming. And while even the most casual
Talk fans can easily recite the names of some of the format’s
biggest national stars, like Rush, Hannity, Dr. Laura, Imus,
or Savage, in cities and towns across America there are
literally dozens of local Talk radio stars who may not be
well known to the national press, but who are honest-toGod “hometown heroes” to their respective stations and
to their thousands of loyal listeners.
We’re talking about those hosts who seem to pop
up at every event in town, who are recognized by sight when
walking down the streets of their city or dining at a local
restaurant. They’re the ones on the front lines of stations’
annual charitable events and manning the microphone
when a local emergency hits. They’re the familiar voices
that start listeners’ days, drive them home from work in
the afternoon, and provide friendly companionship in the
dark of night. Hosts who are so firmly entrenched that
their names are synonymous with the stations from which
they broadcast and their lives inextricably intertwined into
the fabric of the communities they serve.
That’s why we’ve chosen to spotlight a number
of Talk radio’s “Hometown Heroes” in this special issue
of NTS Aircheck. With thousands of Talk-formatted
stations across the country, and limited page space in
this publication, saluting all those who are deserving of
recognition as local legends is simply not possible. So, for
this special feature we’ve focused on just some of Talk
radio’s best-of-the-best from America’s major markets.
We’re well aware that our list will provoke the expected,
“Hey, why didn’t you include…” feedback from readers.
Frankly, we expect it and we welcome it, because your
input can only help us develop a future feature saluting
dozens more of local Talk radio’s “hometown heroes.”
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Talk Radio’s Major Market Hometown Heroes
The Interview: Tribune Company’s Lee Abrams
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elcome to Austin, the 2008
NAB Radio Show and to
our latest print edition of
NTS Aircheck! Along with
this special convention issue, the
mission behind our daily and weekly
e-publications is to offer you clear,
concise, unbiased and experienced
coverage of News, Talk and Sports
radio, along with relevant news and
insights into the rapid changes in
technology that are expanding the
format into a media world that goes
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far beyond transmitters and towers.
Despite the ongoing changes
in our industry, when it comes to doing successful Talk
radio one thing never changes – the need for highly
talented and entertaining individuals who understand the
importance of creating great content and truly connecting
with local listeners day-after-day. Beginning on page 3, we
salute some of Talk radio’s most successful major market
hosts who we believe you’ll agree can rightfully be called,
“Hometown Heroes.”
Also in this issue, Tribune Company Chief Innovation
Officer Lee Abrams is the subject of “The Interview.” In our
exclusive one-on-one, Abrams talks about the challenges
of his new role, what he learned from ten years in satellite
radio, and why he thinks the future looks particularly bright
for Talk radio. “Talk is a format that is truly made for radio,”
says Abrams. Read more beginning on page 14.
Finally, we close this special edition with our 2008 NTS
Network/Syndicator Directory – a listing of programs,
providers and contacts that you’ll want to keep for handy
reference all year long.
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HOMETOWN HEROES
CHARLIE BRENNAN
HOWIE CARR
MARK DAVIS
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WBAP/Dallas
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KABC/Los Angeles
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GRANDY & ANDY
ROGER HEDGECOCK
BOB GRANT
BILL HANDEL
JOHN & KEN
WFLA/Tampa
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KOGO/San Diego
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HOMETOWN HEROES
JOHN “FOOTY” KROSS
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DORI MONSON
SPIKE O’ DELL
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HOMETOWN HEROES
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THE I N T E R V I E W
AP:
Tribune’s Chief Innovator
LEE ABRAMS
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I’d say about 60% of what radio
stations do is pretty much evergreen
-- play the right songs, talk about
the right topics, say your call letters
often enough, etc. But, there is a good
40% of what most stations do that I
believe is ready to be thrown out the
window.
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n the world of radio programming gurus few have
established better credentials, or attracted more
attention, than Lee Abrams. For nearly four
decades Abrams, who was recently named Chief
Innovative Officer of the Tribune Company,
has distinguished himself in the media industry
with a resume that is chock full of accomplishments
and ground breaking success stories. Named by
Newsweek magazine as one of America’s “100 Cultural
Elite” for his contributions to the creation of modern
day radio, Abrams is a guy who can be described
pretty well in three words: charismatic, competitive
and controversial.
Their faith in Abrams was rewarded with the kind
of success he was having in cities across America
in those days. And it marked the first time i watched
Abrams convince traditional media managers to think
beyond their comfort zones, try new things, and think
about their business in entirely new ways. It was a
skill i would watch him employ time and time again
over the course of his multi-media career.
Today, in his new role with the Chicago-based Tribune
Co., Abrams may be facing his greatest challenge
ever to convince managers and employees to think
untraditionally in a company that is steeped in history
and old media tradition. As “CIO” Abrams has been
challenged by new Tribune COO Randy Michaels
with getting employees and managers at the company
to question the norms and modernize their thinking
across the legendary media company’s considerable
assets. I recently caught up with Lee to talk a bit
about the challenges of his current job, his views on
today’s broadcast media industry, and why he thinks
the outlook is bright for Talk radio and other spokenword formats in the media industry of the future.
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Unfortunately the
radio business, which
was once a place with
very few rules, has
evolved into a business
with a whole lot of
rules.
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I first met Lee when i was the Program Director of a
struggling Rock radio station in Rochester, NY back in
the mid-1970s. At the time he was the architect of the
enormously successful Burkhart/Abrams’ Superstars
album rock format. As the station’s Program Director,
I knew I needed help convincing management that
changes were needed in the station, but having
management bring in another programmer as a
“consultant” was more than a little unsettling to this
still pretty green PD. But all apprehension was gone
when i met Abrams in person.
Looking just slightly incongruous among the
restaurants’ mostly business suited patrons in his
jeans and a rock band t-shirt, Abrams was a guy about
my own age who was weaving a tale of ratings and
revenue riches that awaited those radio managers
smart enough to see the value of targeting a radio
station for the then 18-34 baby boomers. Amazingly
the “suits” at my radio station were not only listening,
they were actually buying-in to his plan to transform
their radio station from the safe and bland soft rock
format favored by management and sales, to a full-out
counter culture rocker that would definitely not be a
favorite of the GM’s buddies at the country club.
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AP:
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Talk is a format that is truly made for
radio and I think it would be a shame if
people don’t continue to experiment with
new shows and different approaches by
hosts to maximize what the format brings
to the medium.
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THE I N T E R V I E W
AP: You’ve held several unusual titles over the course
Tribune’s Chief Innovator
LEE ABRAMS
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I’d say about 60% of what radio
stations do is pretty much evergreen
-- play the right songs, talk about
the right topics, say your call letters
often enough, etc. But, there is a good
40% of what most stations do that I
believe is ready to be thrown out the
window.
”
I
of your career, but your current one is pretty unique.
Just how do you define “Chief Innovation Officer?”
LA: Most companies have a CFO to oversee finance, or a Chief
Technology Officer to handle technology issues, etc.. Here at Tribune
we’re in a mode to really reinvent things so we have a CIO -- a
Chief Innovation Officer. My position is to help inspire and oversee
innovation in our newspaper, TV and online operations. Frankly I
would say ‘hats off’ to Tribune for taking innovation and creativity
seriously and elevating it to be an important part of the executive
mix.
AP: I suspect you do not exactly have a lot o
of
counterparts in the media business to trade stories
with.
LA: Well, at some companies you see innovation as something that
a lot of people who work there sort of work on, but it’s more of
a sideline position. The marketing people will get into it, or the
finance people will add their two cents, but there’s nobody really
dedicated to it and no position that puts it on an equal level with
other important executive areas. Tribune is doing that today and I am
lucky enough to be the guy who gets to serve in that role.
AP: How do you encourage those with the ability to
enact change to think differently and move forward in
ways they may never have thought about before?
LA: I think there are three things you have to do. First, don’t
underestimate the value of the big group meeting, where you speak
in an almost evangelical style and point out where opportunities for
change exist right now, as well as citing other areas that are in need
of attention. Next, you take it down to the one-on-one level to talk
and share information with the people involved in a specific situation
individually. Finally, you still need to follow-up those conversations
with something in writing so that everyone can study and read the
plan for themselves.
AP: When you mention having a group meeting
first, what should you hope to accomplish in such a
gathering?
LA: Initially you have to get very specific and ask, ‘Why do we do
it this way?” Point out lots of areas where there are opportunities
and ask, “What would happen if we did this?” I call it the ‘creative
batting average.’ If you come up with 100 ideas and 30 of them
work, then you’re an all-star. From where I stand my job is to
present ideas, get people thinking, challenge them, and even piss-off
or upset some people. That comes with the territory, too. But in the
end it gets people thinking and that is my number one goal.
battle-tested, so to speak, and there’s a lot of radio’s ‘war tactics’ that
we’ve learned over the years that can be applied to this situation.
When I first got into the business, radio was one of the last great
bastions of creative thinking. There were no rule books, you could
come up with a new format idea in your basement, take it out and try
it somewhere, and if it worked you were in business.
Unfortunately the radio business, which was once a place with very
few rules, evolved into a business with a whole lot of rules. So I
think our idea in tapping the minds of a number of great, creative
radio people is to bring back some of that early radio thinking -the balance of science and emotion. That’s where all great ideas
start --emotionally -- then you use the science to determine whether
or not you’re full of it. In most big media today everything starts
scientifically and the whole emotional component gets left out
entirely. I have always believed that you have to begin with just pure
creativity, then use the research and science to see if you’re on to
something or not.
AP: How do you think traditional Talk radio can
remain relevant on what the folks at Edison Research
call today’s “infinite radio dial?” Is radio headed in the
same direction as broadcast TV, which went from 3
or 4 local/network stations to 500 digital channels of
programming serving smaller and smaller niches of
fans?
LA: I absolutely believe that terrestrial radio broadcasters will
weather the changes and continue to prosper in that environment.
Sure, the days of those big, huge monster shares that some stations
have seen are probably over, but I think you can still pick a niche in
the radio business, do it well, and still be very successful at it. But
I do think that there are some characteristics of most radio stations
that really need to be looked at and updated.
AP: Can you offer an example?
LA: Well for one thing, the sound of most stations I hear. I probably
listen to more Talk radio than I do any other format and one thing
I notice is that they all sound very much the same. They all have
a similar sounding station production voice -- a kind of pissed off
sounding white guy -- and the same old Star Wars sound effects,
which were very cool in 1978, but geez they’re now 30 years old.
You’re in the radio business -- the theater-of-the-mind business.
The production on radio should be magical but, for the most part,
it’s not. It all sounds like the same FCC-approved safe production.
Part of changing the model to compete successfully in the future
is to challenge the things we all just sort of take for granted, like
“
Talk is a format that is truly made for
radio and I think it would be a shame if
people don’t continue to experiment with
new shows and different approaches by
hosts to maximize what the format brings
to the medium.
”
AP: So I take it you put your asbestos suit on when you
begin to preach the gospel of changing old thinking?
LA: Oh yeah, you have to. Especially in areas like our print division
where I’ve sometimes been the guy who says what people have been
afraid to say for years like, ‘are some of the stories we run boring?’
Well, yeah they are. After I said that in one meeting even some of
the people who wrote the stories said they secretly agreed they were
boring, but said they were writing them the way it’s always been
done. Others were totally outraged at the suggestion, especially
coming from a radio guy. So if you are going to try to instill change
in an organization and its people you better be prepared to take a lot
of flack. It comes with the turf.
AP: Have you found throughout your career that there
are more people who are ready to embrace change
than there are those who resist it?
LA: Hey, some people will never get it, but I’ve found there are
always those who do. Those are the people who you need to liberate
so they can help move your operation forward. Here at Tribune, for
example, I’ve found people -- particularly in the design area -- who
have really been sort of closeted, but who have many phenomenal
ideas graphically. So it’s my job to liberate those kinds of people -let them speak and let them have their ideas taken seriously. Again,
you have to realize that some will get it and become real contributors,
while others just won’t.
AP: Do you find it unusual that there seem to be a lot
of radio guys now running a company that’s down to
just one radio station, albeit one of America’s great
News/Talkers, WGN? How did that happen?
LA: I think it has to do with the fact that there are a lot of radio
people who have experienced a level of competition that print and
even television people have not really seen. Radio people have been
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production. I know that in Talk radio it’s all about the host and his
or her opinion, and that’s important. But as critical as that is, there
are all the other elements that surround the host that can make the
station a greater experience for the listener.
AP: Any other good suggestions for making quick
improvements to the sound of the average Talk radio
station?
LA: I’d suggest you build something that we did when I first
joined XM and that is a cliché buzzer. Every time somebody says
something, or comes up with an idea that’s the same old tired stuff,
have that buzzer handy and use it. It’s an exercise that points out
pretty quickly just how many clichés are part of the average radio
station. Eliminating them can quickly make a lot of improvement in
the way your station sounds to listeners.
AP: You noted previously that radio used to be the last
bastion of creativity in mass media. Do you think that
today Talk is really the last bastion of creativity in the
medium of radio?
LA: Absolutely. Talk really is probably the most creative form of
radio left. Although I think there are many things that music radio
could do to become infinitely better, the fact remains that today there
are many compelling places to get music other than from radio. On
the other hand, Talk is a format that is truly made for radio and I
think it would be a shame if people don’t continue to experiment
with new shows and different approaches by hosts to maximize what
the format brings to the medium.
AP: Has Talk radio, like television, really become a
medium where it’s all about the show vs. the radio
station? Is that something managers and programmers
need to come to grips with, that listeners are really
loyal to hosts and not stations?
LA: Yes, I think that’s true. And it’s a real marketing challenge for
an industry that is used to marketing the whole station to listeners vs.
specific shows. But it’s a whole new competitive world out there and
it’s time for all of us to blow up the old playbooks.
AP: What did you learn from spending a decade in
satellite radio after a lifetime spent in the traditional
media business?
LA: I learned a couple of things. First, when I initially went there
and we started interviewing people from radio for positions, 99%
of them literally didn’t ‘get it.’ They saw no real need for change
or why people would choose satellite over traditional radio. Quite
honestly a lot of them were those ‘big name’ guys that on paper
looked like they’d have been great hires for us. But they just didn’t
get it and saw no need to try something new.
But then there was that 1% who, when given a chance to let
their creativity flow freely, really stood out. We discovered some
tremendously creative and adventurous people who were either still
“
Unfortunately the
radio business, which
was once a place with
very few rules, has
evolved into a business
with a whole lot of
rules.
”
working in the radio business or who had been downsized out of
it that still really wanted to do radio for the reason they got into it
in the first place. They weren’t always the biggest names, but they
were the ones with the biggest and most creative ideas. So the whole
hiring process for satellite radio was totally different from anything
I’d experienced in traditional radio. It was a real joy and one of the
things I learned was to isolate and hire those people who have ideas
and want to move forward, instead of just going for the ones with
track records.
The other thing I learned was just how much rethinking our industry
really needs and how much we are all conditioned to doing things
strictly out of habit. I’d say about 60% of what radio stations do is
pretty much evergreen -- play the right songs, talk about the right
topics, say your call letters often enough, etc. But, there is a good
40% of what most stations do that I believe is ready to be thrown
out the window. And while radio hasn’t been forced to make those
changes at XM we had to, because the mandate was that nobody
was going to pay for satellite radio if it was just the same old thing
that you could get from traditional radio. It was refreshing to have
a Board of Directors dictate that our job was to ‘make it different.’
That was an enlightening change and a terrific challenge.
AP: But can broadcasters really compete against a
new media challenger like satellite or something else
in an environment where they can’t afford to miss
their budgets for a quarter, let alone shrug off losses
for years and years as satellite radio has done?
LA: I think that’s really the big excuse that gets used because there’s
plenty broadcasters can do to make themselves better that doesn’t
involve not making money. As I noted earlier, fix the production
quality, get rid of dated-sounding ‘pukey’ voices and sound effects,
dump all the slogans that are pretty much all BS. Again, just going
through the process of de-cliché-ing your radio station can make
it sound infinitely better, fresher, and more imaginative without
upsetting the core values of the station.
But that’s not how things tend to work at the average radio station.
Going all the way back to my consulting days I can recall being
hired by stations and we’d go into the market and spend all day and
night holed up in a hotel room listening with the GM and the PD.
We’d pour out of the room at 4am with dozens of ideas and pages of
yellow pads full of notes of what the station could do to sound better,
or to compete more effectively. Several weeks later I’d come back to
town with those notes in hand and ask, ‘Hey, did we do this?’ and the
answer would usually be, ‘No, we knew corporate would never go
for that,’ or, ‘We had a committee meeting after you left and decided
this idea, or that idea, would never work in our market,’ etc.
The bottom line is there would be a lot of talk about doing something
new, but in the end very little ever got implemented. Radio is
traditionally really great at coming up with ideas, but absolutely the
worst at taking those ideas and actually implementing them. The
industry talks a lot about how it’s reinventing itself and says it’s
changing, but for the most part it’s not. It’s all mostly slogans. That’s
why at XM we came up with a mandate for new ideas we referred to
as ‘A.F.D.I.’ -- actually f--king do it! I think the radio industry needs
to adopt that philosophy now more than ever.
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Networks & Syndicators,
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RADIO NET WORKS
america listens to abc
Associated Press
Home of:
ABC News Radio, Paul Harvey News and Comment,
The Sean Hannity Show, Imus in the Morning,
MoneyTalk with Bob Brinker,
The Mark Levin Show, ABC Sports Radio.
Home of:
AP Radio News
Contact: Tom Callahan, GM Phone: 202.641.9051
Email: tcallahan@ap.org
Home of:
Ray Lucia, Phil’s Gang, American Scene, Investor’s Edge,
Big Biz Radio, Invest Express, Gabe Wisdom Show
and Doug Stephan’s Good Day
Contact: Stacy Horton, Director/Affiliate Sales
Phone: 203.323.7300
Contact: Affiliate Relations Phone: 972.991.9200
Email: shorton@businesstalkradio.net
Website: www.abcradionetworks.com
Advanced Radio Networks
Home of:
Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline
Contact: Dave Graveline Phone: 305.824.9000
Email: dave@graveline.com
Home Of:
The Allen Hunt Show
Contact: Phil Tower Phone: 616.292.0172
Email: phil@allenhuntshow.com
Home of:
CBS Radio News
Contact: Jim Jones Phone: 301.628.2510
Email: jjones@westwoodone.com
Bloomberg Radio Networks
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The Thom Hartmann Program, The Lionel Show,
The Young Turks, The Rachel Maddow Show,
Doing Time with Ron Kuby, Clout with Richard Greene,
Ring of Fire This is America with Jon Elliott,
The Charles Bender Program, Marc Sussman’s Money
Message, 7 Days in America, State of Belief,
Black Politics, Radio Nation with Laura Flanders,
Politically Direct with David Bender,
Free Speech Radio News, On The Real with Chuck D.
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CNNRadio News
Contact: Affiliate Relations Phone: 212.318.2201
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Home of:
The Dan Patrick Show
Contact: Karen Peterson Phone: 214.221.7979
Email: kpeterson@thecontentfactory.com
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The George Putnam Show,
Ed McMahon’s Lifestyles Live, Sports Byline
Contact: Erin Farrell Phone: 818.352.7152
Email: efarrell@crni.net
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American Biker Minute; American Media Services
Interactive, AudioBitXchange, BitXchange, Cheap
Psychological Tricks with Dr. Buff, Don’t Quote Me,
Family Matters Radio, The Final Verdict, Guest Services,
Lex & Terry, Pump Audio, Think Green Radio, Today’s Bits,
Todd n Tyler, VIP Services
Home of:
The Third Shift on FOX with Ben Maller, The First Team
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Craif Shemon & James Washington, The Drive on FOX
with Chris Myers & Sean Farnham, GameTime Live with
Andrew Siciliano & Krystal Fernandez, GameTime ReAct
w/JT the Brick, MoneyBall, Race Day on FOX.
Contact: Danno Wolkoff Phone: 216.831.3761
Contact: Kurt Kretzschmar Phone: 602.374.6351
Email: dannow@envisionradio.com
Email: kurtk@fsr247.com
Home of:
Mike & Mike In The Morning, The Herd with Colin Cowherd,
The Mike Tirico Show, The Scott Van Pelt Show, The
SportsBash, The Pulse, Football Tonight, GameNight, All
Night, NBA Game of the Week/NBA Finals, MLB Game of
the Week/World Series, College Bowls Including the BCS,
ESPN Deportes Radio and ESPN Radio HD.
Home of:
Bob & Sheri, The Matt & Ramona Show
Contact: Tony Garcia Phone: 704.374.3689
Email: tgarcia@gmclt.com
Contact: Jim Roberts Phone: 972.776.4613
Email: jim.roberts@espnradio.disney.com
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The Dave Ramsey Show, The Daily Money Makeover
Contact: Suzanne Simms
Phone: 877.410.DAVE, ext. 129
Email: suzannes@daveramsey.com
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The 2008 Radio Hall of Fame Inductee
“Focus on the Family with Dr. James Dobson”
and other great family programming
Contact: Brian Krause Phone: 719.531.3309
Home of:
The Handyman Show with Glenn Haege
Contact: Rob David Phone: 248.305.5995
Email: rob@masterhandyman.com
Email: brian.krause@fotf.org
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Cooper Lawrence Show
Contact: Kirk Stirland Phone: 212.419.2926
Email: findoutmore@dial-global.com
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The Neal Boortz Show, The Clark Howard Show,
The Schnitt Show, The Stephanie Miller Show,
The Ed Schultz Show, The Bill Press Show,
Midnight Radio Network, The Clark Howard Minute,
Something You Should Know, Newsweek On-Air,
Wall Street Wake-up with Chris Byron,
Fight Back with David Horowitz,
REal Sports Heroes with Ross Porter, the SportsPunch
Contact: Jessica Sherman Phone: 212.824.2999
Email: jsherman@dial-global.com
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FOX News Radio, Alan Colmes, John Gibson,
Brian & The Judge, Cavuto Money Report, Tom Sullivan
Contact: Doug Murphy Phone: 212.301.5439
Home of:
The Lou Dobbs Show, The Michael Dresser Show,
Computer America, Make It Happen with Mel Robbins,
The Good Stuff, and The Frankie Boyer Show.
Email: doug.murphy@foxnews.com
Contact: Stacy Horton Phone: 203.323.7300
Email: shorton@lifestyletalkradio.com
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Home of:
The Dan Patrick Show
Contact: Karen Peterson Phone: 214.221.7979
Email: kpeterson@thecontentfactory.com
Home of:
The George Putnam Show,
Ed McMahon’s Lifestyles Live, Sports Byline
Contact: Erin Farrell Phone: 818.352.7152
Email: efarrell@crni.net
Home of:
American Biker Minute; American Media Services
Interactive, AudioBitXchange, BitXchange, Cheap
Psychological Tricks with Dr. Buff, Don’t Quote Me,
Family Matters Radio, The Final Verdict, Guest Services,
Lex & Terry, Pump Audio, Think Green Radio, Today’s Bits,
Todd n Tyler, VIP Services
Home of:
The Third Shift on FOX with Ben Maller, The First Team
on FOX with Steve Czaban, Out Of Bounds on Fox with
Craif Shemon & James Washington, The Drive on FOX
with Chris Myers & Sean Farnham, GameTime Live with
Andrew Siciliano & Krystal Fernandez, GameTime ReAct
w/JT the Brick, MoneyBall, Race Day on FOX.
Contact: Danno Wolkoff Phone: 216.831.3761
Contact: Kurt Kretzschmar Phone: 602.374.6351
Email: dannow@envisionradio.com
Email: kurtk@fsr247.com
Home of:
Mike & Mike In The Morning, The Herd with Colin Cowherd,
The Mike Tirico Show, The Scott Van Pelt Show, The
SportsBash, The Pulse, Football Tonight, GameNight, All
Night, NBA Game of the Week/NBA Finals, MLB Game of
the Week/World Series, College Bowls Including the BCS,
ESPN Deportes Radio and ESPN Radio HD.
Home of:
Bob & Sheri, The Matt & Ramona Show
Contact: Tony Garcia Phone: 704.374.3689
Email: tgarcia@gmclt.com
Contact: Jim Roberts Phone: 972.776.4613
Email: jim.roberts@espnradio.disney.com
Home of:
The Dave Ramsey Show, The Daily Money Makeover
Contact: Suzanne Simms
Phone: 877.410.DAVE, ext. 129
Email: suzannes@daveramsey.com
Home of:
The 2008 Radio Hall of Fame Inductee
“Focus on the Family with Dr. James Dobson”
and other great family programming
Contact: Brian Krause Phone: 719.531.3309
Home of:
The Handyman Show with Glenn Haege
Contact: Rob David Phone: 248.305.5995
Email: rob@masterhandyman.com
Email: brian.krause@fotf.org
Home of:
Cooper Lawrence Show
Contact: Kirk Stirland Phone: 212.419.2926
Email: findoutmore@dial-global.com
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The Neal Boortz Show, The Clark Howard Show,
The Schnitt Show, The Stephanie Miller Show,
The Ed Schultz Show, The Bill Press Show,
Midnight Radio Network, The Clark Howard Minute,
Something You Should Know, Newsweek On-Air,
Wall Street Wake-up with Chris Byron,
Fight Back with David Horowitz,
REal Sports Heroes with Ross Porter, the SportsPunch
Contact: Jessica Sherman Phone: 212.824.2999
Email: jsherman@dial-global.com
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FOX News Radio, Alan Colmes, John Gibson,
Brian & The Judge, Cavuto Money Report, Tom Sullivan
Contact: Doug Murphy Phone: 212.301.5439
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The Lou Dobbs Show, The Michael Dresser Show,
Computer America, Make It Happen with Mel Robbins,
The Good Stuff, and The Frankie Boyer Show.
Email: doug.murphy@foxnews.com
Contact: Stacy Horton Phone: 203.323.7300
Email: shorton@lifestyletalkradio.com
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NBC News Radio
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America Tonight, Todd Feinberg Show,
Tom Martino Troubleshooter
Contact: Bart Tessler Phone: 301.628.2505
Contact: Jenny Dedes Phone: 312.640.5000
Email: btessler@westwoodone.com
Email: Jenny@MatrixMediaInc.com
Home of:
Bill Bennett’s Morning In America,
The Mike Gallagher Show, The Dennis Prager Show,
The Michael Medved Show, The Hugh Hewitt Show,
National Geographic Weekend with Boyd Matson;
plus 24/7 SRN News coverage including long-form
events anchored from our Washington, DC-based news
team
Contact: Greg Anderson, President Phone:
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Doug Stephan’s
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Bill Press Show, Marios Solis Marich Show,
Cappy McGarr Show and more
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Email: pwoodhull@americanprogress.org
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The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Jim Rome Show,
The Glenn Beck Program, Coast to Coast AM with
George Noory, Costas on the Radio, Maria Bartiromo,
The Dr. Dean
Edell Show, Keep Hope Alive with Reverend Jesse
Jackson,
Handel on the Law, Mike McConnell, Leo Laporte the
Tech Guy, At Home with Gary Sullivan
Stephan Multimedia
Home of:
Doug Stephan’s Good Day, Good Day Weekend,
Talk Radio Countdown
Contact: Bob K Phone: 508.877.8840
Email: bobk@dougstephan.com
Contact: Affiliate Relations Phone: 212.445.3900
Website: www.premiereradio.com
Metro Networks/Shadow Broadcast Services
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Metro Traffic, Metro News
Contact: John Frawley Phone: 301.629.2650
Email: jfrawley@westwoodone.com
Home of:
Doug Stephan’s Good Day, The G Gordon Liddy Show,
The Gregg Knapp Experience, The Michael Reagan
Show, Dateline Washington, Car and Driver Saturdays,
Sound and Vision Saturdays, Road and Track Saturdays,
Home and Family Finance Sundays
Home of:
The Money Pit Home Improvement Show,
The Cigar Dave Show, Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk,
The Dr. Whitaker Show, Free Talk Live,
Bobby Likis Car Clinic, The Small Business Advocate
Contact: Affiliate Relations Phone: 800.807.4703 ext.
250
Email: skip@talkshowsusa.com
Contact: Skip Joeckel Phone: 719.579.6676
Email: affiliates@radioamerica.org
Squeaky Door Productions
Home of:
The Money Pit Home Improvement Show
Contact: Skip Joeckel Phone: 732.663.1071
Email: skip@moneypit.com
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Home of:
The David Stein Show, The Tim Brando Show,
2 Live Stews, Matt Spiegel, Tim Montemayer,
The Arnie Spanier Show, Todd Wright Tonight
Contact: Clancy Woods Phone: 602.635.4177
Email: cwoods@sportingnews.com
Home of:
Al Sharpton Show, Ed Schultz Show,
Warren Ballentine Show
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Home of:
The Rick & Bubba Show, Peter Greenberg Worldwide,
Pet Talk with Harrison Forbes, DC & The Family Morning
Show, The Roger Hedgecock Show, The Fresh Grocer
Tony Tantillo, America’s Car Show with Harry Douglas,
Prescriptions For Health with Dr. James Bragman,
Personal Finance Minute with Kristin Arnold,
Listen To Life with Dr. Joey Faucette, The Lynn Woolley
Show, Peter Greenberg’s Worldwide Travel Minute,
Harrison Forbes Pet Talk Tip of the Day,
Wright on The Edge, The Chuck Woollery Show,
The Allen Hunt Show,
The C.A.R. Show with Roger Kwapich
Home of:
The Lou Dobbs Show
Contact: Bob Lagrega Phone: 212.852.6817
Email: bob@loudobbsradio.com
Home of:
The Dennis Miller Show, The Radio Factor w/Bill
O’Reilly, The Lars Larson Show, The Phil Valentine
Show, The Jim Bohannon Show, Larry King Live,
America in the Morning, First Light, The Mike O’Meara
Show, The Tom Leykis Show, Dr. Drew Live, America
This Week, Week in Review, Meet the Press, The Twilight
Zone, The Tasting Room
Contact: Dennis Green Phone: 212.641.2069
Email: dgreen@westwoodone.com
Contact: Steve Downes Phone: 203.431.0790
Email: info@syndicatedsolutions.com
Home of:
The Dr. Laura Program
Contact: Corinne Baldassano Phone: 818.461.5479
Email: cbaldassano@totdradio.com
Home of:
The Wall Street Journal Report, The Dow Jones Money
Report, The Wall Street Journal This Morning,
The Wall Street Journal This Weekend
Contact: Nancy Abramson Phone: 212.659.1202
Email: nancy.abramson@dowjones.com
Home of:
The John and Jeff Show, Car and Driver Radio, The
SpeedFreaks, Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont,
Road and Track, This is America with Jon Elliott,
Preppermint, Worker’s Independent News, Little Known
Facts, Breakfast with the Beatles, Retro Stars, Magic of
the 80’s
Contact: Adam Wilbur Phone: 831.247.7068
Website: www.wilburentertainment.com
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(TRN-FM); The Savage Nation, The Rusty Humphries
Show, Insights with Barry Farber, The Robert Scott Bell
Show, Legends of Success, Motor Trend, Watchdog
on Wall Street (TRN); The Laura Ingraham Show, The
Tammy Bruce Show, The Jerry Doyle Show (TRN
Enterprises); Science Fantastic and Extreme Results
(TRN Entertainment)
Contact: Affiliate Relations Phone: 888.383.3733
Website: www.talkradionetwork.com
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Home Of:
The Kim Komando Show,
The Other Side with Steve Godfrey,
The Kim Komando Digital Minute
Contact: Kristen Bechtold Phone: 602.381.8200
Email: kristenb@weststar.com
Home of:
World Class personality talkers Dr. Joy Browne, Steve
Malzberg, Joey Reynolds, Dr. Ronald Hoffman and
spectacular weekend programs on automotive, food,
gardening, money, pets, shopping, travel and more.
Perfect categories for local sponsorships.
Contact: Affiliate Relations Phone: 212.642.4533
Email: info@worradionet.com
We Have C o n t a c t s!
Home of:
The Rick & Bubba Show, Peter Greenberg Worldwide,
Pet Talk with Harrison Forbes, DC & The Family Morning
Show, The Roger Hedgecock Show, The Fresh Grocer
Tony Tantillo, America’s Car Show with Harry Douglas,
Prescriptions For Health with Dr. James Bragman,
Personal Finance Minute with Kristin Arnold,
Listen To Life with Dr. Joey Faucette, The Lynn Woolley
Show, Peter Greenberg’s Worldwide Travel Minute,
Harrison Forbes Pet Talk Tip of the Day,
Wright on The Edge, The Chuck Woollery Show,
The Allen Hunt Show,
The C.A.R. Show with Roger Kwapich
Home of:
The Lou Dobbs Show
Contact: Bob Lagrega Phone: 212.852.6817
Email: bob@loudobbsradio.com
Home of:
The Dennis Miller Show, The Radio Factor w/Bill
O’Reilly, The Lars Larson Show, The Phil Valentine
Show, The Jim Bohannon Show, Larry King Live,
America in the Morning, First Light, The Mike O’Meara
Show, The Tom Leykis Show, Dr. Drew Live, America
This Week, Week in Review, Meet the Press, The Twilight
Zone, The Tasting Room
Contact: Dennis Green Phone: 212.641.2069
Email: dgreen@westwoodone.com
Contact: Steve Downes Phone: 203.431.0790
Email: info@syndicatedsolutions.com
Home of:
The Dr. Laura Program
Contact: Corinne Baldassano Phone: 818.461.5479
Email: cbaldassano@totdradio.com
Home of:
The Wall Street Journal Report, The Dow Jones Money
Report, The Wall Street Journal This Morning,
The Wall Street Journal This Weekend
Contact: Nancy Abramson Phone: 212.659.1202
Email: nancy.abramson@dowjones.com
Home of:
The John and Jeff Show, Car and Driver Radio, The
SpeedFreaks, Beyond the Beltway with Bruce DuMont,
Road and Track, This is America with Jon Elliott,
Preppermint, Worker’s Independent News, Little Known
Facts, Breakfast with the Beatles, Retro Stars, Magic of
the 80’s
Contact: Adam Wilbur Phone: 831.247.7068
Website: www.wilburentertainment.com
Home Of:
Mancow’s Morning Madhouse, The Phil Hendrie Show
(TRN-FM); The Savage Nation, The Rusty Humphries
Show, Insights with Barry Farber, The Robert Scott Bell
Show, Legends of Success, Motor Trend, Watchdog
on Wall Street (TRN); The Laura Ingraham Show, The
Tammy Bruce Show, The Jerry Doyle Show (TRN
Enterprises); Science Fantastic and Extreme Results
(TRN Entertainment)
Contact: Affiliate Relations Phone: 888.383.3733
Website: www.talkradionetwork.com
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Home Of:
The Kim Komando Show,
The Other Side with Steve Godfrey,
The Kim Komando Digital Minute
Contact: Kristen Bechtold Phone: 602.381.8200
Email: kristenb@weststar.com
Home of:
World Class personality talkers Dr. Joy Browne, Steve
Malzberg, Joey Reynolds, Dr. Ronald Hoffman and
spectacular weekend programs on automotive, food,
gardening, money, pets, shopping, travel and more.
Perfect categories for local sponsorships.
Contact: Affiliate Relations Phone: 212.642.4533
Email: info@worradionet.com
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