Read more radio stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/153/radio.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:54:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69932/where-glenn-beck-came-from.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne could be forgiven for thinking that Glenn Beck emerged, fully formed, from some radio talk-show host birthing chamber. But the Beck of today was once a pot-smoking teen from a broken home in Washington who considered suicide, a Salon profile reveals. Beck would later clash with Mormons at an...http://www.newser.com/story/69932/where-glenn-beck-came-from.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 18:24:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69557/maybe-obamas-half-white-side-is-racist-limbaugh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRush Limbaugh yesterday capped off a free-wheeling show on the scourge of racism in America by suggesting that Obama’s white half is racist because he hasn’t thrown a bone to his Kenyan relatives, Media Matters reports. “I'm just going on Newsweek , that we're all born racists, and Obama had a...http://www.newser.com/story/69557/maybe-obamas-half-white-side-is-racist-limbaugh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 12:08:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68545/imus-joins-fox-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDon Imus has completed a deal to simulcast his radio show on Fox Business Network TV beginning Oct. 5, Mediabistro reports. Imus has gotten out of his simulcast deal with RFD-TV. On FBN, he'll add more business news, and Fox Business Morning hosts Jenna Lee, Connell McShane, and Ashley Webster...http://www.newser.com/story/68545/imus-joins-fox-business.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 12:03:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66056/radio-was-gonna-kill-newspapers-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs newspapers hemorrhage cash, the refrain is getting louder: the Web is sucking away their audiences and can never replicate the serious journalism they offer. The argument sounds familiar, Jack Shafer writes for Slate: It’s the one newspapers used against radio 80 years ago. Radio was then seen as the...http://www.newser.com/story/66056/radio-was-gonna-kill-newspapers-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 11:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65779/beneath-the-growl-michael-savage-is-a-softie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Savage is on a roll: First the Brits take him off the "hate promoters" list that had him banned from the country, and now Kelefa Sanneh has an affectionate profile of the heretical conservative shock jock in the New Yorker . The toxic soundbites that emerge from Savage's show, and...http://www.newser.com/story/65779/beneath-the-growl-michael-savage-is-a-softie.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 10:57:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63710/casey-kasem-hangs-up-his-headphones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCasey Kasem counted down the week's hit songs on his radio show this weekend, then quietly dropped a bomb: He's through, effective immediately. Kasem, 77, introduced the countdown format, peppering his shows—"American Top 40," now hosted by Ryan Seacrest, was his signature achievement—with factoids, trivia, and famously sappy...http://www.newser.com/story/63710/casey-kasem-hangs-up-his-headphones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 18:41:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61726/247-online-artist-channels-point-to-radios-future.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMusicians want to connect with fans, and radio needs to survive in the Web 2.0 era: Enter artist personal experience (a.p.e.) radio. Clear Channel launches the 24/7 online channels, featuring artists’ personal radio shows, next month. “We feel that the old model of trying to get...http://www.newser.com/story/61726/247-online-artist-channels-point-to-radios-future.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 11:21:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59146/rasputin-axelrod-razzed-on-npr-quiz-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagObama adviser David Axelrod took the bait and appeared for a taping last night of NPR’s quiz show, Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me! —with by turns earnest and hilarious results, Politico reports. When host Peter Sagal asked if he’d been in on the presidential pooch decision, Axelrod demurred. “I...http://www.newser.com/story/59146/rasputin-axelrod-razzed-on-npr-quiz-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 16:25:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58764/googles-radio-ad-conquest-falls-flat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGoogle has hit a stumbling block in its quest for world domination: A bid to “conquer radio” with its advertising program didn’t go as planned, and the firm is dropping the effort at the end of the month, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Internet giant bet its automated model...http://www.newser.com/story/58764/googles-radio-ad-conquest-falls-flat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 12:48:32 CDT