Tag Archives: radio

Gay Radio Reporter Murdered In Brooklyn

Veteran openly gay ABC radio news reporter George Weber was found stabbed to death in his bed yesterday. Police are speculating that Weber was murdered by a someone he picked up on the internet. WABC newsman George Weber was slain in a struggle so violent that his killer’s blood splattered across the reporter’s Brooklyn home, police sources said Monday. Weber’s …

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Don Imus Has Prostate Cancer

Racist shock radio DJ Don Imus revealed today that he’s been diagnosed with nappy-headed prostate cancer. The cancer diagnosis was the latest twist in a storied career of the radio morning man. In 2007, Imus was fired by WFAN after he called the Rutgers women’s basketball team, “nappy-headed hos.” He also lost his MSNBC TV simulcast of his radio show …

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NPR: Gays Conducting Witch Hunt

Plenty of people are pissed off about a NPR report yesterday that characterized gay activists as conducting a “witch hunt” against donors to Yes On 8. “This seems to be an effort to indiscriminately go after anyone who contributed money, regardless of their position on gay issues,” says Frank Schubert, spokesman for the Yes on 8 campaign. He says the …

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And Let’s Hope It Was A Domestic

Wingnut talk radio listeners are peeved because President Obama was seen drinking a beer at an NBA game “while the economy tumbles.” One caller to WWL complained, “People are losing 5, 10, 20 thousand dollars a day in the stock market, and he’s sitting there drinking a beer!” She also said, “It’s insulting… there’s a lot of people suffering.” She …

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And That’s The End Of The Story

Radio pioneer Paul Harvey died this weekend at age 90. Known for his resonant voice and trademark delivery of “The Rest of the Story,” Harvey had been heard nationally since 1951, when he began his “News and Comment” for ABC Radio Networks. He became a heartland icon, delivering news and commentary with a distinctive Midwestern flavor. “Stand by for news!” …

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Sexual Or Violent Lyrics Banned From Jamaica’s Airwaves

Curious development down in Jamaica: Jamaican regulators say they are forbidding all explicit references to sex and violence over the airwaves. The new rules from the island’s broadcast commission ban any song or music video that depicts sexual acts or glorifies gun violence, murder, rape or arson. The Saturday announcement follows a Feb. 6 ban that specifically targeted dancehall tunes …

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Crank Calling Sarah Palin

A Canadian radio duo managed to convince Sarah Palin that French President Nicolas Sarkozy was on the line. Hilarity ensues. (Via – Boy Culture)

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Autism Comments Fallout: Seven Stations Fire Michael Savage

Days after his claim that 99% of autistic children just need to be smacked into proper behavior, a seven-station radio network has cancelled Michael Savage’s radio show. Super Talk Mississippi, which owns and operates seven conservative radio stations in Mississippi, issued a press release today stating that Michael Savage and his radio show Savage Nation had been canceled effective immediately. …

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More Idiocy From Hate Radio’s Biggest Closet Case: Michael Savage

Via Media Matters: Responding to a caller who said, “I had to explain to my young son why these two men were holding hands the other day,” radio host Michael Savage stated, during the June 16 broadcast of The Savage Nation, “You’ve got to explain to the children … why God told people this was wrong.” He went on to …

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Sore Losers

In this clip from his Sirius radio show yesterday, Michelangelo Signorile tears into a Hillary supporter because the guy says he’ll now vote for McCain. Here’s Signorile’s post about what he calls a “rough day” on the show. An excerpt: That’s why I got tough on Wednesday with many angry Clinton supporters — understandably demoralized — who called in to …

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Monkey Meat & Machetes

Right-wing radio blowhard Michael Savage took issue with the AIDS plan Dubya announced during his State of the Union address on Tuesday. Via Media Matters: On The Savage Nation, a caller identified by Michael Savage as “Kojo” asked Savage: “[D]o you know how the AIDS got there [Africa]?” Savage responded: “It got there because it was spread from eating green …

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Today On OutQ: Angels & Gassies

Today Michelangelo Signorile broadcasts his annual “Angels & Gassies” show on Sirius OutQ. Michelangelo Signorile salutes the year’s heroes – and skewers the year’s villains – with his annual “Angels and Gassies” awards. For newbies: The “Gassies” are the hate-filled, dangerous gasbags, monsters, liars, cheats, war-mongers on the right. The “Angels” are those who fight them. It’s four hours of …

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