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70-521: The period of revivals was described by Christian writer John Crowder as "the most extensive public display of miraculous power in modern history. " Some, like critic and radio personality Hank Hanegraaff , rejected the entire healing revival as a hoax, and condemned the subsequent evangelical and charismatic movements as a cult. Divine healing is a tradition and belief that became increasingly associated with Evangelical Protestantism. The majority of American Christianity's fascination with divine healing played

140-534: A "hit piece" for Christianity Today . In 2013, Hanegraaff published the book Afterlife: What You Need To Know About Heaven, The Hereafter & Near-Death Experiences , where he addresses questions that have been raised during his radio show regarding heaven and eternal life . Hanegraaff was born in the Netherlands and raised in the United States from childhood. He and his wife Kathy have twelve children. In

210-962: A 24-hour schedule of news, interviews, discussion, and debate and is a World Media Partner with BBC World Service and is affiliated to IRN / SKY News . Talk Radio Europe broadcasts in FM on the Costa del Sol , Costa Almeria , Costa Blanca , and across the island of Mallorca in English. It is available on the Internet and all smartphone platforms. Talk radio in the United Kingdom is popular, though not as much as music radio. Nationwide talk stations include BBC Radio 4 , BBC Radio 5 Live , BBC Radio 4 Extra , Talkradio , Talksport and Times Radio . Regional stations include BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio Wales . Many BBC Local Radio stations and some commercial stations offer

280-517: A William Branham healing campaign in western Canada were inspired by the sermon and events of the meetings to begin fasting and praying to experience similar things in their church. The fruits of their efforts started the Latter Rain movement which quickly spread internationally and attracted many of the same people participating in the Healing Revival. Joseph Mattsson-Boze was a prominent leader of

350-584: A big Metromedia presence in Los Angeles. He sent Henry from New York to Los Angeles to turn KLAC into a success. The first thing that Henry did was hire the legendary morning team of Lohman and Barkley. Henry had built a strong relationship with programmer Jim Lightfoot, who had joined Henry in Miami. A unique opportunity presented itself when Joe Pyne, who had begun his career as a radio talk personality in Pennsylvania,

420-430: A conference speaker and itinerant preacher in churches, where he pursued the general ministry charter of CRI. The content of The Bible Answer Man show typically includes call-in questions from listeners about general Christian doctrine, biblical interpretation, and denominational particularities, as well as a regular special focus on a particular issue when a notable figure is a guest. A frequently treated special topic

490-748: A financial news station, and Asian Radio Live. Talk radio expanded dramatically when the BBC's monopoly on radio broadcasting was ended in the 1970s with the launch of Independent Local Radio . Some notable British talk radio presenters include Jenni Murray , John Humphrys , Martha Kearney , Jonathan Dimbleby , Libby Purves , Laurie Taylor , Pam Ayres , Melvyn Bragg , Tommy Boyd , James Whale , Steve Allen , Nick Abbot , Iain Lee , James Stannage , George Galloway , Julia Hartley-Brewer , Ian Collins , John Nicoll, Brian Hayes , Scottie McClue , James O'Brien , Nicky Campbell , and Simon Mayo . Pete Price on CityTalk

560-530: A full schedule of talk. In the 1970s and early 1980s, as many listeners abandoned AM music formats for the high fidelity sound of FM radio , the talk radio format began to catch on in more large cities. Former music stations such as KLIF ( Dallas , Texas ), WLW ( Cincinnati, Ohio ), WHAS ( Louisville, Kentucky ), WHAM ( Rochester, New York ), WLS ( Chicago, Illinois ), KFI ( Los Angeles , California ), WRKO ( Boston , Massachusetts ), WKBW ( Buffalo, New York ), and WABC ( New York, New York ) made

630-791: A group of stations with common ownership, although some are formed to distribute their one or two talk radio programs to several stations regardless of ownership. The largest of these is the Corus Radio Network. TSN Radio , the successor to the long-defunct the Team , is one of the newest national networks in Canada, with operations in several major markets. Syndicated programs from the United States which air on Canadian radio stations are typically non-political shows such as The Kim Komando Show and Coast to Coast AM , as well as sports radio shows from

700-648: A less-serious lifestyle and branded content format, although still maintaining a talkback element. Melbourne , 3AW is the highest rating talkback radio station and has also been the highest rating Melbourne radio station for several decades in a row. 6PR personality Garry Meadows was the first announcer to use talkback radio in early 1967. 'Talkback' radio, using a seven-second time-lapse mechanism, began in Australia in April 1967, simultaneously on 2SM , Sydney (with Mike Walsh ) and 3DB, Melbourne (with Barry Jones ). In

770-591: A mail fraud investigation were false, Hanegraaff was unlikely to prove "actual malice." In his 1993 book Christianity in Crisis , Hanegraaff charged the Word of Faith movement with heretical teachings, saying that many of the Word of Faith groups were cults , and that those who knowingly accepted the movement's theology were "clearly embracing a different gospel , which is in reality no gospel at all." Hanegraaff revisited some of

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840-593: A show's producers to maximize audience interest and, in the case of commercial talk radio, to attract advertisers. Talk shows on commercial stations are organized into segments, each separated by a pause for advertisements; however, in public or non-commercial radio, music is sometimes played in place of commercials to separate the program segments. Variations of talk radio include conservative talk, hot talk , liberal talk (increasingly known as progressive talk), and sports talk . Talk radio has historically been associated with broadcast radio; however, starting around 2005,

910-468: A significant role in the popularity and inter-denominational nature of the revival movement. Oral Roberts and William Branham are described by historian David Edwin Harrell as the two giants of the movement. William Branham, who died in a 1965 car accident, is widely regarded as the initiator and the pacesetter of the revival, and described by Harrell as the movement's "unlikely leader." Roberts emerged as

980-450: A staple of radio since the medium's infancy. Aimee Semple McPherson began her radio broadcasts in the early 1920s and even purchased her station, KFSG which went on the air in February 1924; by the mid-1930s, controversial radio priest Father Charles Coughlin 's radio broadcasts were reaching millions per week. There was also a national current events forum called America's Town Meeting of

1050-583: A talk format, for example, BBC Radio London , the BBC's flagship local station. Other notable commercial talk stations include London's LBC which pioneered the newstalk format in Europe . LBC currently operates two services – LBC , a newstalk station on FM (London) and via several digital platforms nationally including DAB and Freeview ; and LBC News , a rolling news station on AM in London and DAB+ nationally. There are many specialised talk services such as Bloomberg ,

1120-558: A talk format. Other stations such as Radio New Zealand National have a large component of talk-based content but do not have talk-back (i.e. listener phone-ins). Newstalk ZB is the New Zealand market leader, but Radio Live is continuing to try to establish itself with a greater presence in the talk radio market since its inception in 2005. Almost all AM radio stations are talk stations. A few stations from Radio Mindanao Network and Bombo Radyo are on FM. Radyo 5 News FM (now True FM)

1190-438: A way to bring his political views into listeners' homes. (He later became Mayor of Galveston ). Cherry gives no specific date, but the context of events and history of the station would seem to place it also in the 1940s, perhaps earlier. The format was the classic mode in which the announcer gave the topic for that day, and listeners called in to debate the issue. In 1948, Alan Courtney – New York disk jockey and co-composer of

1260-433: Is Mormonism , with former Mormons appearing in studio as guests to speak from their experiences. Shortly after the release of Dan Brown 's novel The Da Vinci Code , he co-authored The Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction? with Lutheran historian and apologist Paul L. Maier . In 2013 he wrote Afterlife: What You Need To Know About Heaven, The Hereafter & Near-Death Experiences , from Worthy Publishing . Throughout

1330-455: Is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. They may feature monologues , dialogues between the hosts, interviews with guests, and/or listener participation which may be live conversations between the host and listeners who "call in" (usually via telephone ) or via voice mail . Listener contributions are usually screened by

1400-733: Is also an apologist on doctrinal and cultural issues. Prior to becoming a leading figure in the Christian countercult movement , Hanegraaff was closely affiliated with the ministry of D. James Kennedy of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida . During his association with Kennedy in the 1980s, he applied memory-based techniques (such as acrostic mnemonics ) to help develop and spread strategies and methods for personal Christian evangelism . His work resembles memory dynamics techniques developed in speed-reading courses and in memory training programs used in some executive business courses. During

1470-605: Is also known as the DJ who rushed to the aid of a regular caller who died live on air during a call. Previously, he had kept a teenager talking for 45 minutes before meeting him to convince him not to commit suicide. Talk radio is most popular on the AM band . "Non-commercial", usually referred to as " public radio ", which is mainly located in a reserved spectrum of the FM band , also broadcasts talk programs. Commercial all-talk stations can also be found on

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1540-515: Is known as "talkback radio". The most popular talkback radio station historically was Sydney's 2UE , whose populist programs like The John Laws Morning Show , were widely syndicated across the continent. In recent years though, 2UE has been eclipsed by its Sydney rival 2GB after the defection of 2UE most popular talkback host, Alan Jones . As a result, 2UE and owned by the same company as 2GB) abandoned most of its rigid political and hot topic -driven talkback programming in 2016, moving to

1610-441: Is mainly dedicated to literature, the arts, classical music, and general cultural issues. Several regional stations use a format combining that of all-news and talk radio. In New Zealand , the talk radio format is popularly known as talkback radio. The major radio networks broadcasting in the talk radio format are Newstalk ZB and Radio Live . Their sports sister networks, Radio Sport and TAB Trackside also largely broadcast in

1680-560: Is no Canadian content requirement for talk radio, or "spoken word", programming unless the individual station's license expressly stipulates such a requirement; most do not. (In Canada, prospective radio stations may propose certain restrictions on their license to gain favor with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and have an easier time obtaining a license.) The most recent nationally syndicated, politically oriented weekday talk radio show in Canada

1750-776: Is now a music station. A group of English expats set up OCI International in the early 1990s. Based in Marbella on the Costa del Sol, it was owned by the ONCE National Spanish Network. It provided a link for the English-speaking expats living on the coast, as well as some content for Scandinavian expats. OCI was closed down in 2007 to make way for Radio Europa music. In 2004 REM FM began broadcasting, with shows mostly fronted by former OCI presenters. The station closed in 2008. In 2008, Talk Radio Europe began broadcasting. It offers

1820-461: Is owned by Radio Wnet sp. z o.o., a Polish media company. Its programmes are broadcast in two large cities including Warsaw (87.8 MHz), Kraków (95,2 MHz). The programme is available via Internet. It was founded on 25 May 2009 by Krzysztof Skowroński , Grzegorz Wasowski , Katarzyna Adamiak-Sroczyńska and Monika Makowska-Wasowska , Wojciech Cejrowski and Jerzy Jachowicz . Talk radio in Spain

1890-495: Is popular. Radio 24 , part of the group Il Sole 24 Ore privately owned by Confindustria , is the most important commercial "news/talk" talk radio station in the country. Its focus is mainly on independent news about the Italian and European economy, finance, culture, and politics, but it also hosts programs focusing on sports, personal finance, music, health, science, technology, and crowdsourced storytelling. State-owned Rai Radio 3

1960-461: Is strong competition since it is also a very important time slot, when typically people going to the workplace listen to the radio in their cars early in the morning (around 7   am to 8   am). As Spain has large English-speaking communities from many different countries, it is a natural place for English language talk radio broadcasting. The first Talk radio station in English was Coastline Radio broadcasting from Nerja , Costa del Sol . It

2030-721: Is the Gascony Show . Launched in early 2011, this show is broadcast weekly to the Gascony region of the southwest of France, as well as to the rest of France via Internet streaming. Radio talk shows are popular in Germany and have a long tradition. The first talk show on public radio was Werner Höfer 's Der Internationale Frühschoppen  [ de ] , a political talk begun in 1952. The talk show on wheels Hallo Ü-Wagen ran from 1974 to 2010, begun by Carmen Thomas for WDR . Talk radio in Italy

2100-627: Is the first talk radio station in the Philippines. There is two talk radio station in Poland, called TOK FM , which is owned by Agora SA , a Polish media company. Its programmes are broadcast in 10 large cities including Warsaw , Kraków , Gdańsk , Poznań , and Katowice . The programme is also available via the Internet and transmitted by the Hot Bird constellation . It was founded in 1998 as "Inforadio" Second talk radio station called Radio Wnet , which

2170-419: Is very popular, where the most important radio stations are exclusively dedicated to talk shows, such as Cadena Ser, Cadena Cope, Onda Cero, Radio Nacional, or Punto Radio. There is a very wide variety of topics, such as politics, sport, comedy, and culture. Sport talk shows are particularly relevant, since football attracts a massive interest in Spain, with a special focus on FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF, and

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2240-632: The Oneness and Trinitarian factions within Pentecostalism. Weaver also believed that "fraud and chicanary" by the revivals evangelists also played a major role in the decline. A result of these major healing ministries of the post-War era was a renewed belief and emphasis in divine healing among many Christians, and this was a part of the broader Charismatic Movement , a movement which today numbers about 308 million worldwide. Hank Hanegraaff Hendrik " Hank " Hanegraaff (born 1950), also known as

2310-529: The "Bible Answer Man", is an American Christian author and radio talk-show host. Formerly an evangelical Protestant , he joined the Eastern Orthodox Church in 2017. He is an outspoken figure within the Christian countercult movement , where he has established a reputation for his critiques of non-Christian religions , new religious movements , and cults , as well as heresy in Christianity . He

2380-816: The "signs and wonders" claimed by these churches are fraudulent or result from manipulation, peer pressure , subtle suggestions, altered states of consciousness from repetitive chanting or singing, or expectations of supernatural events. Hanegraaff argues that many of the practices within these movements are not biblically sanctioned or appropriate and are based on misinterpretations of scripture. He contends that these movements rely too much on subjective experiences or feelings. James A. Beverley, professor of theology and ethics at Tyndale Seminary (formerly Ontario Theological Seminary) in Toronto, Canada, reviewed Counterfeit Revival in Christianity Today , and wrote that while

2450-469: The 1990s and 2000s, "talkback" on FM was attempted. The Spoonman was a program hosted by Brian Carlton on the triple m network in the late 1990s and returned in 2005 for three and a half years, the show wrapping up in 2008. It was a show that covered many topics, but the "hot talk" format in the U.S. would probably be the best way to describe the program. Talkback radio has historically been an important political forum in Australia and functions much like

2520-520: The 1990s, Hanegraaff engaged in dialogue with Joseph Tkach Jr. and other leaders of the Worldwide Church of God (WCG), now known as Grace Communion International (GCI). The WCG was founded in the 1930s by Herbert W. Armstrong , and had long been regarded as a cult by evangelicals , primarily for its denial of the Trinity and other traditional Christian doctrines. Following Armstrong's death in 1986,

2590-629: The 24-hour networks in the U.S. Traditionally, politically driven talk radio from the United States does not air on Canadian stations, with a few scattered exceptions (e.g. the now-defunct CFBN , which carried political programming such as the Glenn Beck Program and Dennis Miller , and the also-discontinued talk format of CHAM , which carried Miller). Top political programs such as The Rush Limbaugh Show are never broadcast on Canadian stations, mainly due to high rights fees compared to their relevance to non-American audiences. American stations near

2660-460: The Air which broadcast once a week starting in 1935. It featured panel discussions from some of the biggest newsmakers and was among the first shows to allow audience participation: members of the studio audience could question the guests or even heckle them. Talk radio as a listener-participation format has existed since the 1930s. John J. Anthony (1902–1970) was an announcer and DJ on New York's WMRJ. It

2730-534: The Canadian border can provide many Canadians with access to American talk programs (the signals of Limbaugh affiliates WJR , WBEN , and WHAM , for example, cover almost all of Southern Ontario ). Local talk radio plays a significant role in the politics of Newfoundland and Labrador. Political parties have systematically coordinated call-ins by Members of the House of Assembly when public opinion pollsters are known to be in

2800-555: The FM band in many cities across the US. These shows often rely less on political discussion and analysis than their AM counterparts and often employ the use of pranks and "bits" for entertainment purposes. In the United States and Canada , satellite radio services offer uncensored "free-wheeling" original programming. ABC News & Talk is an example of "repackaging" for the digital airwaves shows featured on their terrestrial radio stations. Expressing and debating political opinions has been

2870-457: The Latter Rain movement, and his magazine Herald of Faith provided publicity to both the Healing Revival and the Latter Rain movement. By the mid-1950s, dozens of ministers associated with Branham and his campaigns had launched similar healing campaigns. In 1956, the healing revival reached its peak, as 49 separate evangelists held major meetings. By 1960, the number of evangelists holding national campaigns dropped to 11. Several perspectives on

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2940-648: The Spirit". A different but related set of phenomena and claims subsequently emanated from churches in Pensacola, Florida , and became known as the Brownsville Revival . One of the book's primary arguments is that many ostensible "manifestations of the Spirit" in Pentecostal , Charismatic , and Neo-Charismatic or "third-wave" affiliated churches are caused by psychological manipulation of parishioners, and that many of

3010-502: The United States. In an odd turn of events, Pyne's radio show led him to television. Henry suggested to John Kluge that Joe Pyne should be put on Metromedia's newly acquired TV station in Los Angeles, KTTV-TV. Kluge told Henry to speak to KTTV-TV general manager Al Kriven, but Henry had already done that, and Kriven had adamantly refused. Kluge telephoned Kriven, and Pyne soon became the nation's first controversial late-night talk television host. The Joe Pyne Show on KTTV-TV quickly shot to

3080-548: The book "exposes some real excesses and imbalances in the current charismatic renewal movements", it is a "misleading, simplistic, and harmful book, marred by faulty logic [and] outdated and limited research". Hanegraaff responded on equip.org, the CRI website, by arguing that Beverley had received funding from the Vineyard in the past and that he was aligned with them generally. Hanegraaff implied that Beverley had been compensated to write

3150-526: The cable news televisions in the United States, with live and "saturated" coverage of political issues. The most important talk radios in Brazil are CBN , Band News and Jovem Pan , which has also sports and news broadcasts. In contrast to talk radio stations in the United States, where syndicated programs tend to make up a significant part of most schedules, privately owned Canadian talk radio stations tend to be predominantly local in programming and focus. There

3220-477: The decline of the healing revival have been offered. Crowder suggested Branham's gradual separation from Gordon Lindsay played a major part in the decline. Harrell attributed the decline to the increasing number of evangelists crowding the field and straining the financial resources of the Pentecostal denominations. Weaver agreed Pentecostal churches gradually withdrew their support for the healing revival, mainly over

3290-664: The field. The provincial government routinely purchases transcripts of calls. A state-owned public channel called YLE Puhe. is broadcast throughout the whole country in the Finnish language. The programs include sports and news broadcasts. Its weekly listenership is about 550,000. Finland's first commercial talk station, Radio Rapu, started operations on March 1, 2014. Talk radio is a popular form of radio entertainment in France, exemplified by Europe 1, RTL, and RMC, plus state-owned France Inter. A premier English language talk radio in France

3360-478: The financial stresses put on local churches by the healing campaigns. The Assemblies of God were the first to openly withdraw support from the healing revival in 1953. Weaver pointed to other factors that may have helped destroy the initial ecumenism of the revival; tension between the independent evangelists and the Pentecostal churches caused by the evangelists' fund-raising methods, denominational pride, sensationalism , and doctrinal conflicts—particularly between

3430-415: The first to explore the medium in the 1950s. A breakthrough in talk radio occurred in 1960 at KLAC in Los Angeles. Alan Henry, a broadcaster in his early thirties, had been hired by John Kluge, president of Metromedia in 1963. Henry had previously worked in such diverse markets as Miami, Florida; Waterloo, Iowa; Hartford, Connecticut; and St. Louis, Missouri. KLAC was dead last in the ratings but Kluge wanted

3500-523: The first to have done so. KABC station manager Ben Hoberman and KMOX station manager Robert Hyland independently developed the all-talk format. KTKK , 630 AM in Salt Lake City, then known as KSXX, adopted a full-time talk schedule in 1965 and is the third station in the country to have done so. KSXX started with all local talent, and KTKK, which now airs on 1640 AM, has a larger portion of its schedule featuring local talent than most other stations that run

3570-599: The group re-evaluated many of its teachings, including the British Israel doctrine and various eschatological predictions. Hanegraaff was one of a handful of evangelical apologists, including Ruth A. Tucker, who assisted in the reforms. The biggest changes to ensure their acceptance among evangelicals were in embracing the doctrines of the Trinity and of salvation by grace through faith . Hanegraaff sued longtime critic William Alnor for alleging that Hanegraaff's fundraising

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3640-540: The healing revival. Other major figures of the revival were Jack Coe and later A. A. Allen . Many of these ministries shared their healing testimonies in The Voice of Healing , a periodical published by Gordon Lindsay , which created cohesion for the group in its nascent years. The Healing Revival was closely connected to the Latter Rain movement , and the two movements deeply influenced each other. In 1948, attendees at

3710-564: The late 1980s, Hanegraaff became associated with Walter Ralston Martin at the Christian Research Institute (CRI), the conservative Protestant countercult and apologetic ministry which Martin founded in 1960. After Martin's death from heart failure in June 1989, Hanegraaff became president of CRI. As part of his duties, Hanegraaff took over from Martin the role of anchorman on the radio program The Bible Answer Man and became

3780-505: The men's national football team. Typically the programming of main talk radio stations is modified whenever there is a major football event, such as a La Liga or a national team match. Daily late-night sport (football) talk shows are also very relevant, with a very intense competition of the radio stations in this time slot which typically starts around midnight. Comedy morning talk shows are also very popular in music radio stations (40 principales, M80 radio, Europa FM, and others), where there

3850-403: The mid-2000s, seeking to save money on ministry operations, Hanegraaff and his wife moved from Southern California to Charlotte, North Carolina . In subsequent years Hanegraaff became increasingly discontented with evangelicalism ; a period of research and seeking led him to the Eastern Orthodox Church . On Palm Sunday , 9 April 2017, together with his wife Kathy and two of their sons, he

3920-559: The most popular figure and left the most lasting legacy, including the university bearing his name. Referring to Branham's first series of meetings in St Louis in June 1946, Krapohl & Lippy have commented: "Historians generally mark this turn in Branham’s ministry as inaugurating the modern healing revival". Branham was the source of inspiration for T. L. Osborn 's worldwide crusade ministry and dozens of other smaller ministries involved in

3990-520: The popular song "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" – began a call-in program for the Storer station in Miami, Florida (WGBS) and then on Miami's WQAM, WINZ and WCKR. The "Alan Courtney Open Phone Forum" flourished as an avowedly conservative and anti-communist political forum with a coverage area over the Southeastern U.S. and Cuba. Joe Pyne , John Nebel , Jean Shepherd , and Jerry Williams ( WMEX -Boston) were among

4060-596: The same issues in his 1997 book Counterfeit Revival , in which he rejected the claims of many Charismatic teachers such as Rodney Howard Browne concerning what became known as the Toronto Blessing . The Toronto Blessing was associated with the Vineyard church located near the Toronto Airport , and was marked by spontaneous and sustained outbursts of bodily phenomena such as laughter, shaking, bouncing, and "resting in

4130-440: The switch to all-talk as their ratings slumped due to listener migration to the FM band. Since the turn of the 21st century, with many music listeners now migrating to digital platforms such as Pandora Radio , Sirius XM Radio , and the numerous variations of the iPod , talk radio has been expanding on the FM side of the dial as well. Hot talk , also called FM talk or shock talk , is a talk radio format geared predominantly to

4200-401: The technology for Internet-based talk-radio shows became cost-effective in the form of live internet website streaming and podcasts . Now, an individual can use a variety of services to host an Internet-based talk-radio show without carriage by a traditional radio station. Also, TV programming from talk and news outlets such as BBC , CNN , Bloomberg , and Fox is now often available expanding

4270-647: The top of the ratings. The format later proliferated on cable television with a variety of new hosts, many of them taking on a similar persona to Joe Pyne. Joe Pyne and Alan Henry were major factors in establishing a new trend in radio and television programming. Alan Henry elaborates on the launching of Joe Pyne on KLAC radio and KTTV-TV in his memoir A Man and His Medium . Two radio stations – KMOX , 1120 AM in St. Louis, Missouri , and KABC , 790 AM in Los Angeles – adopted an all- talk show format in 1960, and both claim to be

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4340-430: The world of talk radio further. Talk radio listening is enjoyed not only on radios but a wide variety of other devices and services including PCs using iTunes, station directories such as TuneIn, show directory smartphones with apps such as Stitcher, and time-shifting services like DAR.fm. SW Radio Africa was a pro-democracy station that broadcast out of London, England , from 2001 to 2014. In Australia , talk radio

4410-727: Was Charles Adler Tonight , hosted by Charles Adler and heard on eleven stations across the country. After 5 years, the show ended in August 2021. Until 2006, Peter Warren's Warren on the Weekend was heard Saturdays and Sundays. Both programs are or were distributed by the Corus Radio Network and, coincidentally, both hosts had hosted different morning call-in programs in the same time slot on Winnipeg , Manitoba 's CJOB 680 before they became nationally syndicated (Adler's show originated from CJOB and retained its original title, while Warren

4480-456: Was an immediate success. Henry encouraged the confrontation with listeners and guests for which Pyne became famous. Pyne coined the line "Go gargle with razor blades," for guests with whom he disagreed. The Pyne show was the beginning of the confrontational talk format that later spread across the radio spectrum. At one point in the 1960s, the Joe Pyne show was syndicated on over 250 radio stations in

4550-611: Was based in Victoria, British Columbia .) before Charles Adler Tonight , Corus had syndicated Rutherford , hosted by conservative Dave Rutherford and originating from its Calgary station, CHQR . Rutherford is no longer syndicated nationally but continues to air in Calgary, Edmonton , and London . Other Canadian talk radio programs which have been syndicated to different markets include: Privately owned talk radio syndication networks in Canada are generally formed to share programs across

4620-475: Was bored with playing music and put a telephone receiver up to his microphone to talk with bandleader Woody Herman . This was soon followed by listener call-ins and Gray is often billed as "the hot mama of talk radio". Herb Jepko was another pioneer. Author Bill Cherry proposed George Roy Clough as the first to invite listeners to argue politics on a call-in radio show at KLUF, his station in Galveston, Texas, as

4690-459: Was fired by KABC in Los Angeles. The speculation was that Pyne was too controversial and confrontational for the ABC corporate culture. Henry hired Pyne on the spot and paid him $ 25,000 a year, which was then a huge salary for a radio personality. Pyne was given the night show on KLAC. Part of the agreement with Pyne was that Henry and Lightfoot would give him broad control of his program content. The show

4760-512: Was located in the Merrick Radio Store at 12 New York Boulevard in Jamaica, Long Island. After some marital troubles, refusing to pay alimony and child support, he sought professional help and began his radio series where listeners would call in with their problems in 1930. Radio historians consider this the first instance of talk radio. While working for New York's WMCA in 1945, Barry Gray

4830-690: Was received by chrismation into St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Church in Charlotte, a parish within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America . Apparently the largest negative reaction to his conversion was that his syndicated radio program was dropped by the Bott Radio Network , which operates at least 119 Christian radio stations in at least 13 states. Some other radio stations did the same. In 2017 Hanegraaff revealed that he has mantle cell lymphoma . Talk radio Talk radio

4900-411: Was under investigation for mail fraud . The allegation was based on an incident of misdirected mail, which was followed by a January 2005 CRI fundraising letter saying the error might have caused "perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars" in donations to be lost. The defamation lawsuit was thrown out based on California 's anti- SLAPP statute. The court found that although Alnor's statements regarding

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