Bill Bennett Radio Show ``Morning in America'' Launches Today on 66 Stations Across Country; First Day Guests Include Rush Limbaugh, Donald Rumsfeld, and Mario Cuomo.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2004 Salem Communications Salem Communications (NASDAQ: SALM) is a media company specializing in religious and conservative talk radio which operates in the United States, with 99 U.S. commercial radio stations (pending acquisitions) that are primarily concentrated in the nation's biggest markets, Corporation (Nasdaq:SALM), the leading radio broadcaster focused on religious and family themes programming, announced that former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett launches his national talk radio show "Morning in America "Morning in America" is the common name of an effective political campaign television commercial formally titled "Prouder, Stronger, Better" and featuring the opening line "It's morning again in America." The ad was part of the 1984 U.S. " on 66 radio stations across the country today. The guest list for the first show includes: Rush Limbaugh Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American conservative radio talk show host and political commentator. Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, he is a self-described conservative, who discusses politics and current events on his program, , Donald Rumsfeld, Pittsburgh Steelers
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Governor Mario Cuomo, Pat Sajak, former Clinton attorney and D.C. lawyer Bob Bennett, Tim Russert, Naomi Judd and author/commentator George Will. "We are delivering a fast-paced, eye opening national morning show with news, headline-making guests from the worlds of politics, media, sports and entertainment, and we'll open up a dialogue with listeners from coast-to-coast every morning," said Bennett. The show broadcasts live from Washington, D.C. every weekday from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (Eastern) via Salem Radio Network (SRN SRN (formerly in Britain) State Registered Nurse ), which already features such nationally known talk hosts as Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, and Hugh Hewitt. SRN is a division of Salem Communications Corporation. Bennett is co-director of the Washington, D.C.-based Empower America and the Washington Fellow of the Claremont Institute. Joining Bennett as co-host and executive producer of Bill Bennett's "Morning in America" is Tom Tradup, former president/general manager at WLS-AM&FM in Chicago. Tradup most recently served as national program director, news/talk for Salem Communications. The show will be broadcast nationally on XM Satellite Radio at Channel 166, on the web at www.bennettmornings.com, and on a range of stations including Salem Communications stations KRLA-AM (870 AM) Los Angeles, KSKY-AM (660 AM) Dallas-Ft. Worth, and WNPT-AM (990 AM), Philadelphia, plus Entercom's KTTH/Seattle and Citadel-owned WETR/Knoxville, plus dozens of other news/talk outlets across the nation. Salem Communications Corporation, headquartered in Camarillo, California, is the leading U.S. radio broadcaster focused on religious and family themes programming. Upon completion of all pending transactions, the company will own and/or operate 95 radio stations, mainly comprised of three primary formats: Christian Teaching/Talk; News/Talk; and Contemporary Christian Music Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM; also by its religious neutral term Inspirational music) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. . In addition to its radio properties, Salem owns the Salem Radio Network, which syndicates talk, news and music programming to some 1,600 affiliated radio stations; Salem Radio Representatives, a national sales organization; Salem Web Network Salem Web Network represents the largest faith-based audiences on the Internet and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia with offices in Dallas and Nashville. Salem Web Network is owned and operated by Salem Communications Salem Corp. , the leading Internet provider of Christian content and online streaming; and Salem Publishing, a Christian magazine publisher. For more information, visit Salem Communications' web site at www.Salem.cc. |
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