Talk Radio Shoots Off Another Toe

From yesterday’s Taylor on Radio newsletter…
Emmis breaks up KLBJ, Austin’s Todd & Don Show, after the “wetback” protests.
That’s considered to be a particularly objectionable term of derision by many Mexican-Americans, and Don Pryor kept employing it on last Tuesday’s show…
Wetback? What broadcaster in his right mind is using that kind of language in 2009?  The answer is: too [...]

New FCC Boss Names Media Activist to Top Slot

In yet another sign of the challenge commercial broadcasters now face in Washington, new FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has chosen a well-known media activist to serve as his press secretary.  Jen Lewis comes to Genachowski’s staff from Free Press, an advocacy group that opposes “Big Media” and would like to see government “intervention” ($) to save newspapers and boost [...]

FMer’s Lack of Judgment Could Cost Talk Radio

The morning show at rocker KRXQ-FM/Sacramento is set to return to work on Thursday after igniting a firestorm on May 28th by  making some harsh remarks about sexually-confused and transgender teens.  The “Rob, Arnie and Dawn in the Morning” team plans a huge show of penance, including an on-air apology and an interview with a representative of a gay/lesbian/transgender advocacy group.
KRXQ will recover [...]