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radio stories: 93 news summaries

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 Not Just iPhone—iRadio! 

The new gadget supports AOL Radio's new app, for free

Jun 13, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple’s new iPhone will provide free, CD-quality radio from 200 stations in 25 genres—even if that does cut into iTunes' music business, Saul Hansell blogs in the New York Times. But Apple knows that it will "fare best if it makes the iPhone as useful as possible,... More »

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radio • AOL • CBS • iPhone • Apple • AT&T • iPhone applications • streaming content

Bird Lives! And He Does It in Fanatic Detail

NY radio jock keeps jazz boppin', stumps die-hard know-it-alls

May 17, 08 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A white guy from Queens may be our best link to a music rooted in black history. Phil Schapp grew up in a home full of jazz, and has hosted a radio show obsessed with the music's minutiae for decades, the New Yorker reports. He's liable to digress on Charlie... More »

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music • radio • New York City • jazz • Charlie Parker • Phil Schaap • Dizzy Gillespie

 Raunchy Stern Prank
 Enrages Dolly 

Shock jock's audio tricks have Dolly spewing hate

May 15, 08 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dolly Parton has become the latest victim of a Howard Stern audio mashup and the country legend is livid, reports E! Online. The shock jock and his henchmen chopped up and remixed Parton quotes to make it sound as if she was spewing out raunchy and racist remarks. The fuming... More »

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radio • Sirius • shock jocks • Dolly Parton • Howard Stern

 Underwood Joins
 Grand Ole Opry 

Emotional 'Idol' enters country's elite club

May 11, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - "American Idol" winner Carrie Underwood ratcheted up her country cred last night, reports the AP, and can now call herself a Grand Ole Opry cast member. Underwood joined the longest-running radio show, fighting back tears as Garth Brooks handled her induction. "This really seems like a great family... More »

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music • radio • American Idol • awards • country music • Grand Ole Opry • Carrie Underwood

Magic of 'This American Life' Returns to Small Screen

Second season debuts tonight

May 4, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The stories on the small-screen version of “This American Life” start out small—a husband’s protest over the oppressive American trend of lawn-mowing, a young man living with spinal muscular atrophy—and become something universal, both dark and light, even a little magical, writes Heather Havrilesky on Salon.... More »

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television • radio • art • Ira Glass • Showtime • This American Life • biography

Forget Video: Radio Killed the Radio Star

Industry scrambles
to keep listeners in post-Howard Stern era

May 3, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Howard Stern gone and Don Imus chastened, today's commercial radio is fighting to be heard, the Wall Street Journal reports. What's more, consolidation is depriving stations of a local touch and squelching chances for would-be stars. Plus there aren’t as many “heirs apparent,” said one... More »

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radio • Sirius • CBS • Don Imus • talk radio • Howard Stern

Stern Sidekick Quits on Air
After Fight

Artie almost physically attacks assistant
during show

Apr 11, 08 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Longtime Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange walked off the show Thursday after an intense on-air shouting match with his personal assistant, Newsday reports. Lange tried to physically attack the assistant but was held back by studio members. Soon afterward Lange resigned, saying he couldn’t promise he wouldn’t act... More »

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radio • shock jocks • infighting • Howard Stern • Artie Lange

 Gossiper Trades Fat for Fortune 

Perez Hilton loses weight, adds radio show to media empire

Apr 9, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Starbucks barista who turned his Perez Hilton alter ego into a web and TV sensation is bulking up his multimedia ventures by adding a radio show and slimming down his waistline, reports the Hollywood Reporter. "I want to frickin' jog shirtless in Malibu by the Fourth of... More »

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blogosphere • radio • entrepreneurs • Los Angeles • weight loss • blogger • Perez Hilton

Zell Turns to Radio Talent
to Shake Up Newspapers

Tribune chief hiring radio veterans to help company

Apr 7, 08 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - New publishing mogul Sam Zell is recruiting colorful veterans from the radio industry in a bid to help save his struggling Tribune Company, the Wall Street Journal reports. Zell is hoping the imports will spark innovation at the company, whose debt has swelled to $12.8 billion amid declining newspaper... More »

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radio • newspaper • Chicago Cubs • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • Clear Channel • Los Angeles Times • Newsday • local TV stations • Chicago Tribune • Lee Abrams • Randy Michaels

 Satellite Merger Clears Hurdle 

Justice Dept. doesn't see threat to competition; FCC must still weigh in

Mar 24, 08 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department today approved the proposed merger between satellite radio firms Sirius and XM, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FCC must still sign off, but the pair appears to have allayed antitrust concerns about the merger of the industry's two largest companies by arguing that they face competition... More »

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radio • Department of Justice • satellite radio • music industry • Sirius • FCC • mergers and acquisitions • competition • XM Satellite Radio • music distribution • consolidation

Seacrest Media Empire Still Expanding

'American Idol' host runs 6 companies and wants to 'try everything'

Mar 23, 08 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ryan Seacrest has a mission, and he’s proud to admit it: He aims to be the Dick Clark, Merv Griffin, and Larry King of his generation. Since childhood, the "American Idol" host has plotted every step to get closer to his goal, writes Tom Shales in the Washington ... More »

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television • radio • American Idol • fashion • advertising • Larry King • Dick Clark • Merv Griffin • red carpet • host • Ryan Seacrest • E! Entertainment Network

opinion

It's Not Too Late
for Old School Technology

If inventions can evolve, they can survive, says New York Times

Mar 23, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Older technologies frequently face predictions of their demise as they are replaced with cutting-edge innovations, but so-called progress is rarely the sea change it’s chalked up to be, writes Steve Lohr in the New York Times. If old tech can adapt, it can often stay alive. Case in point:... More »

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television • radio • film • innovation • personal computers • movies • mainframe computers • legacy technology

NPR Prez Abruptly Resigns 

Board turned off
by his new-media
expansion plans

Mar 7, 08 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - National Public Radio chief executive Ken Stern stepped down yesterday amid increasing static from the board about his ambitious plans for the network, reports the Washington Post. Stern oversaw rapid expansion that boosted revenue from $65 million to $200 million since joining NPR in 1999, and made the organization into... More »

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radio • radio stations • broadcasting • podcasts • new media • NPR

Blogs Find Their Audio Outlet

BlogTalkRadio.com gives just about anyone a platform, claims 2M listeners

Feb 28, 08 5:39 PM CST
(Newser) - It's no NPR yet, but the latest radio phenomenon is gathering steam—and it's not even really radio, Portfolio reports. The 18-month-old BlogTalkRadio.com lets anyone with a broadcasting itch host a show for free; users select a time slot, genre, topic and start gabbing—the audio blog even... More »

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radio • Internet • Brad Pitt • online media • John Kerry • blog • BlogTalkRadio

Date Game With Murder Suspect Drew Peterson Ditched

Radio boss decides it's not such a fab idea

Jan 24, 08 3:12 AM CST
(Newser) - After some careful reflection, Chicago radio executives have decided their station won't host a dating game featuring former cop Drew Peterson, who's suspected of killing his missing fourth wife—and his third wife. Peterson may be back in the market for a new spouse because he told Chicago's WJMK-FM in... More »

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radio • Chicago • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • Joel Brodsky

Heckler May Have Menaced Navy Ships

Voice warned 'You will explode' in standoff with Iranian boats

Jan 14, 08 6:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Threats transmitted during a recent faceoff between US Navy vessels and Iranian boats may have come from a prankster known as the “Filipino Monkey,” the Navy Times reports. Towards the end of last month's faceoff in the Strait of Hormuz, a voice transmitted: “I am coming to... More »

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Iran • radio • threats • US Navy • Strait of Hormuz • Iranian speedboats

HD Radio Poised for Turnaround

New features, falling prices could lead consumers to tune in to digital revolution

Jan 9, 08 3:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The broadcast industry hopes 2008 is the year listeners finally tune into HD Radio—and conditions are right for a turnaround, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ford and other automakers are on board, and receiver prices have dropped. It's the nifty new features, though—you can, for example, "tag"... More »

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radio • iTunes • Ford • high definition • digital broadcasting • HD Radio

Sirius, XM Stocks Rise as Merger Looms

Analyst predicts Justice Department won't block Sirius from buying XM

Nov 30, 07 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - XM Satellite Radio and Sirius stock prices got a boost Friday when an analyst predicted the Justice Department won't block Sirius from buying out the larger XM. Morning trade saw XM shares jump 9.4% and Sirius shares 4.6%, reports CNN. The analyst said that shares could hit $20... More »

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radio • satellite radio • Sirius • mergers and acquisitions • XM Satellite Radio

Stern Extols
the Pleasures
of Satellite

Funny man finds the troubles at CBS Radio the best joke of all

Nov 24, 07 6:51 AM CST
(Newser) - It's been almost two years since Howard Stern switched to satellite radio, and the never-modest shock jock is reveling in his success on Sirius—and the woes of his former network, CBS, and rival, Don Imus, back in terrestrial radio. In a sit-down with the AP, Stern crows that his... More »

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radio • satellite radio • Sirius • Don Imus • shock jocks • Howard Stern

Your Heart Won't Go On

Tunes like Dion's Titanic ballad not having
time of their life as directors opt for old hits

Nov 11, 07 4:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Anyone heard Hollywood's radio silence lately? Movie tunes like "My Heart Will Go On," "Up Where We Belong," and "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" aren't ruling the airwaves like before. And star directors like Cameron Crowe and Wes Anderson are opting for known... More »

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radio • Sirius • 50 Cent • Wes Anderson • Burt Bacharach • Celine Dion • Cameron Crowe

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