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November 26, 2008Various sources are reporting a mini-shakeup in the works at New York’s right talk radio station WABC.
A deal to begin a local radio show with an eye toward national syndication for MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough has been talked about all day.
The Laura Ingraham Radio Show, usually heard on WNTP-AM from 9AM to Noon, will be replaced by Mike Gallagher’s show beginning September 15 due to a contractual dispute with station owner Salem Radio according to Radio Info.
The move leaves Ingraham without a Philadelphia outlet and, although more stations are expected to be announced in the coming week, there does not currently appear to be an alternative Philadelphia station lined up.
Talk Radio Network promises to identify seven more – to fully replace what it’s losing with the Salem breakup – next week. CEO Mark Masters tells Radio-Info “We continue to think warmly of Salem and our relationship with them” and says the split “was a business decision based on the continuing expansion and demand for the Laura Ingraham show.” That daily conservative talkshow had cleared on 17 Salem stations since the former Westwood personality went to TRN in 2003. Here are the ten new affiliates that are being identified: In Los Angeles – Saul Levine’s KGIL at 1260. In Atlanta, JW Broadcasting’s WCFO (1160). In Phoenix, Embee’s KXAM (1310). In San Diego/Tijuana, Saul Levine’s XESURF (540). In Tampa, Genesis-owned WWBA (1040). In Denver, Crawford’s KLZ (560). In Orlando, another Genesis property, WAMT at 1190. In Louisville, Sports Zone Radio’s WAMT at 1570. In Honolulu, Clear Channel’s KHBZ at 990. And in Hot Springs, AR, Noalmark’s KPZA (590). But next week brings the announcements for new partners in some of Laura’s biggest markets: Seattle, Minneapolis, Sacramento, Cleveland, San Antonio, Portland, Oregon and Colorado Springs.
Ingraham’s web site does not list any Philadelphia radio station at this time.
A list of radio stations offering streaming of the Ingraham show can be found here.
Radar Online has published a pretty equal-opportunity attack on the television pundits who are most hated by the insiders who have to work with them. A lot of names on the list are those you would expect (namely Bill O’Reilly, whose incredible and quite vulgar Inside Edition era flip-out and its various musical remixes are the stuff of YouTube legend). Other well-known tools profiled are Olbermann and Matthews.
