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Whoopi Goldberg has signed a syndication deal for a morning radio show with Clear Channel Radio, Billboard Radio Monitor reports. “Wake Up with Whoopi” will launch July 31, likely originating in New York, and will air live weekday mornings from 5-9 a.m., featuring comedy, listener call-ins, guests and locally programmed music.
The program will be syndicated by CC’s Premiere Radio Networks to both Clear Channel and non-Clear Channel stations; the network plans to issue an affiliate list closer to the launch. Goldberg joins Clear Channel’s growing list of celebrity radio hosts, including Ryan Seacrest, Ty Pennington, Donald Trump, Jesse Jackson and Steve Harvey.
In commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington and the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, Clear Channel has 38 local stations nationwide collaborating on a radiothon on Thursday, Aug. 28.
The radiothon, in conjunction with the Washington,…
The popular evangelical pastor Rick Warren - author of The Purpose-Driven Life - is said to be in talks with Reader’s Digest Association about a magazine, possibly called Purpose.
Of the magazine, editor Joe Treen, former editor at People and…
A study of the Obama Campaign’s text messaging efforts has revealed that as many as half of the people who subscribed to receive a text message announcing Obama’s vice presidential running mate may not have received the message.
The broadcast nets will finish the summer up from last year in terms of ratings, with the Big Four up a total of 17 percent in total viewers, and up 10 percent in 18-49s, mostly thanks to NBC’s airing of…
The Onion has launched a local site that will provide event listings and restaurant information for Chicago - in essence, a competitor to CitySearch.
More cities will be unveiled in coming months, writes TechCrunch.
The site, Decider, is a “straight” site, without…
The paper catalog is still the largest revenue generator - nearly 50% of sales in both 2007 and 2008 - among all channels used by companies that sell goods to consumers and businesses from a remote location, though web sales…
