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November 19, 2010
Talk Host Joe Madison Campaigning To 'Take Action Against Rush Limbaugh'
RADIO ONE Talk WOL-A/WASHINGTON and XM SATELLITE RADIO THE POWER host JOE MADISON has launched a campaign to "take action against RUSH LIMBAUGH" for comments the PREMIERE RADIO NETWORKS host has made. LIMBAUGH's criticism of President … more »
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November 11, 2010
President's Budget-Cutting Panel Proposes Cutting CPB Funding
The panel convened by President OBAMA to make recommendations on the federal budget has recommended cutting funding to the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING to zero. The bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility proposed the $500 … more »
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October 6, 2010
President Obama Guests On Baisden Show
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA was the featured guest of CITADEL MEDIA’s MICHAEL BAISDEN today. The President spoke on the importance of voting in the upcoming midterm elections as well as improvements for the country’s education system and the state … more »
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June 28, 2010
Obama To 'Nearly Double' Wireless Spectrum
As radio does more and more to provide content to wireless devices, we should pay attention to the government making moves to make more wireless spectrum available. THE WASHINGTON POST reports "the OBAMA administration said SUNDAY it intends to … more »
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January 15, 2010
Limbaugh Haiti Comments Draw White House Rebuke
RUSH LIMBAUGH's comments WEDNESDAY on the HAITI earthquake and donations to relief efforts drew widespread disapproval and a rebuke from the WHITE HOUSE THURSDAY. The PREMIERE RADIO NETWORKS host was reported by several outlets to have told listeners on … more »
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January 11, 2010
Sirius XM's Madison Invites Obama, Reid To 'Bourbon Summit'
SIRIUS XM RADIO "THE POWER" Talk channel host JOE MADISON has jumped on the controversy over Senate Majority Leader HARRY REID's comments about then-candidate OBAMA's skin color and lack of "Negro dialect" by inviting REID and … more »
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December 14, 2009
FCC's Lloyd Rips Critics, 'Right Wing Smear Campaign'
FCC Chief Diversity Officer MARK LLOYD lashed back at critics in his speech MONDAY to the MEDIA ACCESS PROJECT's 2009 Policy Forum Series on Social Media, Net Neutrality, and Future of Journalism. Denying that he supports a Fairness Doctrine or other … more »
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September 9, 2009
Secret Service Ends Probe Of Florida Talker
The SECRET SERVICE has dropped its investigation of HERNANDO BROADCASTING CO. Talk WWJB-A/BROOKSVILLE, FL host BOB HAA, reports the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES. HAA was probed after a listener complained that he heard HAA on JULY 31st tell a caller who was … more »
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August 4, 2009
Salem Collects 1 Million Signatures For Health Care Petition
SALEM RADIO NETWORK and the NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS have gathered over 1 million signatures on their "Free Our Health Care Now" petition calling on Congress to stop the nationalization of the American health care system. The … more »
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July 15, 2009
Health Care Bill Won't Strip Tax Break (For Now)
The health care bill making its way through the House has been introduced without a controversial provision that would have stripped away the present tax deduction for prescription drug advertising by pharmaceutical companies. The provision was … more »