WSCR, Chicago Unveils New Lineup; Windy City Native Parkins Comes Back from KCSP, Kansas City. The recent retirement of original "Score" personality
Terry Boers led industry watchers to expect at least an addition to the staff and that's what program director
Mitch Rosen is announcing. Chicago native and recent six-
year KCSP, Kansas City sports talk host
Danny Parkins is heading home to partner with
Matt Spiegel to co-host the 9:00 am to 1:00 pm "Spiegel and Parkins" show. Current midday personality
Jason Goff moves to the afternoon drive slot (1:00 pm to 6:00 pm) to partner with
Dan Bernstein for the "Bernstein and Goff" show. The changes take effect next Tuesday (1/17). Rosen states, "The retirement of beloved 'Score original' Terry Boers after 25 years, coupled with the exciting achievements of the station over the last year, led us straight to Jason as the perfect match with Dan in afternoons. As a hometown native, Danny brings passion to middays, and I couldn't be more thrilled to hear what he and Matt create together for our loyal listeners." Goff first started with "The Score" in 2000 as a producer. He's worked on air at
CBS RADIO's WZGC, Atlanta, as well as
SiriusXM.
Trump Press Conference, Russian Hacking Allegations/McCain Releases 'Trump Dossier,' Trump Business Separation Plan, Trump Cabinet Nominations Hearings, Obama Farewell Address, ObamaCare Repeal Efforts, and NFL Playoffs Among Top News/Talk Stories Yesterday (1/11). President-Elect Donald Trump's first press conference since winning the White House; the allegations Russia was behind the hacking of the DNC emails and John McCain's delivering the "Trump dossier" purportedly documenting bizarre sexual behavior by Trump while staying in Moscow to BuzzFeed; Donald Trump's plan to put his business into a trust run by his sons in order to avoid conflicts of interest; the hearings of Trump cabinet nominees Rex Tillerson and Jeff Sessions; President Barack Obama's Tuesday evening "Farewell Address"; the efforts by the GOP to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act; and the NFL playoffs were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.
Michael Medved's New Book Cracks NYT Bestseller Top 10 in Religion Category. Nationally syndicated talk show host
Michael Medved's latest book,
The American Miracle: Divine Providence in the Rise of the Republic (Crown Forum 2016), has cracked the top 10 in The New York Times Bestseller list in the religion, spirituality and faith category. The
Salem Radio Network talk host's book looks at important moments in the history of the United States and suggests that "at moments of crisis, when the odds against success seem overwhelming and disaster looks imminent, fate intervenes to provide deliverance and progress." He writes that many notable leaders over the years have believed that the country's good fortune came straight from the hand of God. Read more about the book
here.
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 of 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.
