Michael Harrison and Sid Rosenberg Talk About Sports, News/Talk, Radio, Personal Demons, Redemption and Life. In a powerfully candid conversation, WABC, New York mid-morning co-host
Sid Rosenberg is this week's guest on the award-winning
PodcastOne series, "Up Close and Far Out with
Michael Harrison." For the past year, Rosenberg has been successfully co-hosting the station's 10:00 am to 12:00 noon program with his old friend,
Don Imus show executive producer,
Bernard McGuirk. The daily news/talk
program, "The Bernie and Sid Show," has done so well in attracting an audience and creating positive buzz in its first 11 months that WABC has just expanded it by an hour to a 9:00 am start. Rosenberg came up through the ranks of NYC and South Florida sports talk radio, recently making the transition to news/talk – although he still serves as a sports commentator on the Imus show that precedes the mid-morning program. Rosenberg has a colorful track record of landing big jobs based on his sheer talent and enthusiasm…and then losing them due to highly-publicized issues he's faced battling personal demons. It seems that Rosenberg has gained control over these problems and as Harrison puts it, "is on a healthy track to redemption and success." Harrison continues, "Sid Rosenberg is one of the most authentic, vibrant and 'human' radio personalities on the air today. He exudes infectious energy and captures the very essence being a New Yorker – thus contributing greatly to WABC's local flavor. What a great radio story! I'm rooting for him to stay on his present path and go all the way." To listen to the entire podcast in its entirety, please click
here or click the "Up Close and Far Out" player box located in the right-hand column on every page of Talkers.com.
Chad Benson Show Added to KSTE, Sacramento in Middays. The program is syndicated nationally by
Radio America and announces it is now airing in the 10:00 am to 12:00 noon slot at
iHeartMedia news/talker KSTE, Sacramento "Talk 650" KSTE. KSTE program director
Bill White says of the
Chad Benson show, "Chad's experience abroad and here at home, along with his Sacramento roots, makes him a great addition to the Talk 650 KSTE lineup." Radio America COO
Mike Paradiso adds, "Chad is the next generation of talk and the perfect fit following '
Armstrong and
Getty' on 'Talk 650' KSTE. We're excited to be working with iHeart's great team in Sacramento."
CBS RADIO News Now on Amazon's Alexa. The company says it's the first commercial news network to make its product available via Amazon's Alexa Voice Service. CBS Radio News listeners are now able to hear full five-minute newscasts and one-minute news briefs on all Alexa-enabled devices such as the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Amazon Tap and Amazon Fire TV. Listeners can get the latest news updated hourly through the Flash Briefing on those devices. By going to the settings menu on the Amazon Alexa app and selecting Flash Briefing, listeners will be able to activate both five-minute newscasts and shorter one-minute news briefs to play on demand.
Golden Globes Anti-Trump Speeches, Russian Hacking Allegations, Jeff Sessions AG Hearings, GOP ObamaCare Plans, Trump Names Kushner to WH Post, and NFL Playoffs Among Top News/Talk Stories Yesterday (1/9/). The controversy over Meryl Streep's and other celebrities' anti-Trump speeches at Sunday's Golden Globes Awards; the ongoing talk of allegations Russia hacked the DNC's emails and President-Elect Donald Trump's disagreement with the intelligence community on the matter; anticipation of today's confirmation hearings for attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions; the Trump Administration's and the GOP's plans to overhaul the Affordable Care Act; Trumps names son-in-law Jared Kushner to White House staff, raising questions about violation of the anti-nepotism law; and the weekend's NFL playoff games were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.
Cool Office Gig. Oregon's "Radio Station of the Year," NEWS TALK 860 KPAM, Portland and sister station Sunny 1550, has an immediate opening for a traffic manager to manage all phases of commercial traffic and billing for two radio stations. The successful candidate will have at least four years' experience in radio or television broadcast traffic. Experience using Marketron traffic software is preferred, but not mandatory. We offer comprehensive compensation and benefits plans in a locally owned and employee-focused environment. Please send resume to: General Sales Manager,
radiosales@kpam.com No phone calls please. EOE.
