New Yorker on Savage: “A Heratic Among Heratics”

The August 3 issue of  The New Yorker includes an in-depth profile of TRN talker Michael Savage.  It’s a thoughtful piece that paints Savage in a largely positive light.  Author Kelefa Sanneh calls Savage’s show ”one of the most addictive and least predictable shows on radio” and describes Savage as ”a marvellous storyteller, a quirky thinker, and an [...]

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Media Matters Debuts Daily Talk Radio “Hate” Report

  Media Matters for America, the liberal media “watchdog” group, this week debuted a daily two-minute synopsis of what it considers the most “hateful rhetoric, offensive commentary and  conservative paranoia” heard on talk radio. The first three installments include snippets from Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Glenn Beck, Dennis Miller and Quinn and Rose.  There are also cameos by local talkers, [...]

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Allen Hunt To Add Weeknight Show

  Allen Hunt will soon be the hardest working man in talk radio.  The minister-turned-faith-and-values-talker will debut a weeknight show later this year while continuing his Saturday and Sunday evening programs. A source at the Allen Hunt Show confirms the weeknight show will air 9pm – midnight with a start-date sometime before the beginning of the Fall ratings period.  Hunt [...]

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