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The article features former Illinois Representative Joe Walsh who was approached by an AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois to do a three-hour talk show after losing to Representative Tammy Duckworth.

The article profiles Derek A. Hunter, the Washington D.C.'s WMAL and Baltimore's WBAL radio host who founded the First Fridays Capitol Hill happy hour. Hunter stated that he volunteered in political campaigns but he was not active in the College Republicans or campus politics since Michigan's Wayne State College did not allow partisan student organizations. After working at the Heritage Foundation bookstore, Hunter worked as press secretary for former Senator Conrad R. Burns.

The article focuses on Ted Bird, a disc jockey who will host his last morning talk show on the radio station K103 Radio of Kahnawake, Quebec on May 11, 2012. It discusses the contribution of Bird to the radio station in making the show popular in the community. It also presents the views of his co-hosts including Paul Graif, Java Jacobs and Joe Delaronde who share their experiences of working with him.

The article provides information on Errol Louis, New York City journalist and radio show host, and his career development. He is currently the host of the political television show "Inside City Hall," He got his masters degree in government from Harvard University and his political science masters degree from Yale University. His first article was published when he was 19 and he worked for the New York Daily News, after his tenure at the African American newspaper, City Sun.

The article presents information on the dual role of Al Sharpton, one as an activist and the other as a host of a radio talk show.

The author reflects on the attack of radio program host Rush Limbaugh against the women who access birth control. She remarks that a private citizen using birth-control pills has called by Limbaugh as prostitute, which is considered as a big deal. She says that Limbaugh serves is the voice for the anti-women voters and politicians in the U.S. Meanwhile, she mentions the all LGBT people have been described as a sev-deviant with unequal law protection.

The article presents reports on the termination of the relationship between radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh and his sponsor radio station Satan.

The article reports that the conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has denied that his radio show is losing advertising sponsors and money in the midst of his controversy over his dirty remarks to Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke in Washington, D.C.

An interview with Mark Levin, a U.S. radio talk show host, author and former chief of staff to Attorney General Edwin Meese, is presented. Levin explains what drives his Utopian idea in his book "Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America." He also cites the source of his notions of individual sovereignty, the civil society, natural law, and inalienable rights. In addition, he explains how he rates the Republican leadership in Congress.

The article presents an obituary for radio talk show host and political expert Thomas E. Roeser.

The article features Scott Hennen, a radio talk show host who launched the first radio talk show in North Dakota in the 1980s and who wrote the book "Grassroots: A Commonsense Agenda for America."

Sirius XM Radio announced on Monday that it had signed the radio host Laura Schlessinger to a daily show - just three months after her use of a racial epithet drew wide criticism and led her to quit her current contract. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Dispatches from the campaign bedlam: Overseeing Democratic Party election efforts in Illinois, United States Senator Richard J. Durbin examines the midterm elections with the intensity of a sports radio talk host dissecting the beleaguered Bears offense -- as well he might. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the return of radio talk show host John Stokes to his radio program in Kalispell, Montana. It states that Stokes got back after 11 months when Flathead County Sheriff's Office shut down his Kalispell radio station. Stokes shares a little commentary regarding the reasons for his absence from the airwaves.

Listeners who tuned in Monday to ''The Leonard Lopate Show'' on WNYC expecting to hear its regular host got an unusual surprise: Christopher Walken, below, the ''Deer Hunter'' and ''Behanding in Spokane'' star, lent his lifelong interest in broadcasting and his growing skills (not to mention his unmistakable stop-and-start delivery) to the program, where he acted as guest host for the afternoon, and conducted interviews with friends and colleagues like Jack O'Brien and Richard Easton; his ''Behanding'' co-star Zoe Kazan; the chef Lidia Bastianich and her mother, Erminia Motika; and the dancer and choreographer Jacques d'Amboise, who shared his airtime with a surprise guest, Eddie Izzard. After taking the rest of Monday to recuperate from his debut, Mr. Walken said on Tuesday that the experience was ''pretty intense'' and ''very thrilling.'' ''I'm a nervous person,'' Mr. Walken said in a telephone interview. ''But of course, it was completely unknown territory. And really being on the other side of the interview.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers business-related news briefs. VE Commercial Vehicles is to invest Rs. 2.8 billion for medium-duty engine development in India. Georgia-based GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. considers a joint venture for mobile-robot solutions manufacturing and selling license in India. Azad Khan hosts a South Asian talk show "Bol Ke Lab Azad Hain Tere" in the Dallas-Forth Worth area on weekdays.

The trial of Harold C. Turner, the incendiary talk show host accused of threatening the lives of three federal judges, has once again ended without a verdict, as a judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday. The decision came after the jurors told the court that they were unable to reach a verdict after three days of deliberations in United States District Court in Brooklyn. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses various topics related to mass media in Arizona including the arrival of talkshow host Garrett Lewis in Tucson and the effort of Thirteenth Street Media Inc. to acquire more newspapers in Phoenix. It is stated that Lewis will host the radio station KNST 790-AM and aims to get listeners interested in his show. It emphasizes that Thirteenth Street Media is on the process of negotiation to buy several newspapers including East Valley Tribune and Surprise Today.

The article reports that radio morning show host Howard Stern is reconsidering whether to re-sign with Sirius XM Radio Inc. when his contract expires at the end of 2010. The hiring of Stern in 2004 is said to increase the subscribers of the radio. Chief executive officer (CEO) Mel Karmazin stressed his desire to keep Stern in the Sirius XM during an interview in November 2009. It notes that the compensation of Stern represents a significant expense for the firm.

The National Public Radio newscast anchor Carl Kasell, right, will retire from the job at the end of the year, NPR said Monday. But Mr. Kasell will continue to keep score for NPR's weekly quiz show ''Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!'' as that program's official judge. A familiar voice for millions of morning listeners, Mr. Kassell has read the news on ''Morning Edition'' for 30 years. ''After 30 years of waking up at 1:05 a.m.'' to prepare for the newscasts, NPR said in a memo to employees, Mr. Kasell ''has decided the time has come to sleep in.'' He will anchor a final newscast on Dec. 30. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers updates concerning the conditions of the mass media in Tucson, Arizona. Radio talk show host Jim Parisi switched to KVOI 1030-AM because of his desires to own and run his own show. A breach of contract lawsuit was filed by staff writer A. J. Flick against news and information company Gannett Co. Inc. on November 16, 2009 to seek pay and value of benefits. The annual call for entries for Addy Awards had been placed by the Tucson chapter of the American Advertising Federation.

Al Sharpton urged the N.F.L. in a letter released Monday to reject the conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh's potential bid to buy the St. Louis Rams. He also asked for a meeting with N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell. It was the latest indication of the controversy Limbaugh's involvement in the bid has caused, months before N.F.L. owners are expected to consider a new ownership group for the Rams. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The lowly Rams have someone who loves them. The conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday he was teaming with the St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts in a bid to buy the Rams, owners of the N.F.L.'s longest losing streak at 14 and just 5-31 since 2007. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As both sides hurl insults at each other in the three-month-old political crisis in Honduras, a radio talk show host's anti-Semitic comments have reverberated far beyond Central America. The remarks by the Honduran radio host, David Romero, have ricocheted through the media and the blogosphere since they were published by the Anti-Defamation League over the weekend. The league's national director, Abraham H. Foxman, said that Jews appeared to have become a ''convenient scapegoat'' during a period of turmoil. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As both sides hurl insults at each other in the three-month-old political crisis in Honduras, a radio talk show host's anti-Semitic comments have resonated far beyond Central America. The remarks by the Honduran radio host, David Romero, have ricocheted through the media and the blogosphere since they were published by the Anti-Defamation League over the weekend. Describing a ''a troubling undercurrent of anti-Semitism in the situation in Honduras,'' the league's national director, Abraham H. Foxman, said that Jews appeared to have become a ''convenient scapegoat.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers news briefs concerning mass media in Tucson, Arizona, in 2009. KVOI, which has transferred at 1030-AM in July 2009, continues to do some engineering upgrades to improve its coverage. Talk show hosts Jon Justice, Johnjay Van Es and Rich Berra are the 2009 finalists for the Marconi Radio Award annually given by the National Association of Broadcasters. The television series "The High Chaparral" will have its filmed 98 episodes to be aired at Old Tucson starting October 17, 2009.