(UPDATED 1:15PM) NEW YORK CITY – Bill O’Reilly says he’s too busy to continue hosting “The Radio Factor,” despite being one of the most successful shows on the air right now. That opens a 2-hour scheduling gap at hundreds of stations nationwide, including two in our area.
Nothing yet on their website or sent out to their E-Mail Club, but Utica-Rome’s Newsradio 950 WIBX is reportedly adding “The Glenn Beck Weekend” to its lineup.
Watertown engineer Michael Ring, whose work on rebuilding the WTNY tower was featured in our most recent Picture of the Week, writes in with some important information to help fellow engineers using the new Broadcast Tools DSC20 dual satellite controller.
A day after Premiere Radio Networks announced the cancellation of Leeza Gibbons’ Hollywood Confidential, we find out the reason why. Gibbons has signed with Westwood One to host a five-hour nightly show called Leeza at Night.
Got relationship problems? Need to know if you can get pregnant after having sex standing up? Starting Sunday night, K-Rock (WKRL) will have all the answers to your “intimacy issues” with a unique spin that only hosts Dr. Drew Pinsky and Adam Carolla can provide. The nationally syndicated Loveline will air Sunday through Thursday nights from 10 p.m. until midnight. K-Rock’s evening guy, Kevin, moves up an hour to the 6 – 10 p.m. time slot.
Syndicated conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham earlier this week launched a new web site.
After Bruce Williams and Westwood One parted company earlier this month, WSYR has dropped the advice show for conservative talker Laura Ingraham. The spirited gab-fest can be heard weeknights from 7PM ’til 1AM (when there’s not a baseball game on, of course).
Sid Rosenberg, the recently fired sports anchor for “Imus in the Morning” is back on the air after apologizing for his on-air comments about Venus and Serena Williams. Saying that he didn’t intend to hurt anyone and that “what I said was not appropriate”, Rosenberg expressed his regrets over comments including that the sisters are more suited to National Geographic than to Playboy.
Nationally syndicated talk host Jim Bohannon has signed a three-year contract extension with Westwood One. Bohannon’s late-night call-in show airs on more than 300 radio stations nationwide, including WSYR AM 570 here in Syracuse and WIBX AM 950 in Utica.
R&R ONLINE has confirmed rumors of a pending split between Westwood One Radio Networks and veteran talk host Bruce Williams. A WW1 spokesperson said affiliates have been notified of the June 15th final air date for the show, but it’s still not officially known if Williams will be moving to Las Vegas-based Talk America Radio Networks. Williams’ show is heard locally on WSYR.
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