Talkster

As talk radio listeners, we've all groaned through listening to bad calls in the past. These range from a caller who is purposely rude to a caller who is misinformed to the truly clueless. If you do decide to take the plunge and put your name and voice in front of, potentially, millions of your fellow listeners, here are a few hints to help things go smoothly.

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Talk Radio hit Broadway again February 25 with the revival of the Pulitzer Prize nominated play by Eric Bogosian, starring Liev Schreiber (Cotton Weary from the Scream Trilogy), as a controversial late night talk radio host.

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The board of the largest US radio broadcaster, Clear Channel Communications, is considering a possible leveraged buyout by the Mays family, which holds a controlling interest. Mark Mays, the CEO of Clear Channel has overseen a spinoff of «the company's live entertainment unit, Live Nation Inc., and sold shares of its outdoor advertising unit, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., in an IPO.»

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XM and Sirius satellite radio subscribers have a great new way to listen to broadcasts at home, the office or anywhere else that a relatively fast internet connection is available. Both companies offer «streaming» online. Now there are Yahoo «Widgets» available to make streaming simpler for both services.

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Disney is selling the ABC radio network and 22 radio stations owned by ABC to Citadel Broadcasting in a cash and stock deal valued at $2.7 billion. How this will pan out for talk radio isn't certain, but San Francisco's number one rated talk host Dr. Michael Savage claimed on his program Monday that he is «blacklisted» by Disney executives, but his program is carried by some Citadel stations. Sean Hannity has high hopes for the deal - a new printer for his office computer.

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