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The Daily Wire Partners With Westwood One to Offer Michael Knowles Show to Radio Stations

Knowles had the top podcast in America throughout most of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Knowles has the 64th most downloaded podcast in the United States, according to podcastinsights.com.

Published

6 months ago

November 19, 2020

Ryan Hedrick

The Daily Wire and Westwood One have struck a deal to offer the Michael Knowles Show to radio stations starting in 2021. Knowles reaches a vibrant, young conservative demographic which stations hope to capitalize on.

Knowles had the top podcast in America throughout most of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Knowles has the 64^th most downloaded podcast in the United States, according to podcastinsights.com.

Knowles has a massive social media following with 1.12 million Facebook followers, nearly 400,000 Twitter followers, more than 350,000 YouTube followers, and 150,000 Instagram followers. He also serves as a guest host for the Ben Shapiro Show.

In 2016, Knowles was invited to join The Daily Wire beginning as regular guest and cultural correspondent for The Andrew Klavan Show podcast.

In April of 2019, Knowles gave a speech at the University of Missouri-Kansas City called “Men Are Not Women.” The speech was given during his YAF national college speaking tour. Student protestors disrupted his talk, calling it transphobic.

Ryan Hedrick

Ryan Hedrick serves as the Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. He started in radio at 17 years old, doing sports and news for his high school radio station. He then spent several years at WFMD in Frederick, MD before joining WBEN in Buffalo, NY. In 2016, while working at WIBW-AM in Topeka KS, Hedrick earned the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) award for Major Market enterprise reporting. Hedrick grew up in Southern California where he attended Cal State University of Northridge. He can be found on Twitter @SureToCover.

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WTOP Collects Four Regional Murrow Awards

Award for Overall Excellence was 10th in 12 years for the D.C. all-news outlet

Published

15 hours ago

May 7, 2021

Troy Coverdale

WTOP continued its success in the Radio Television Digital News Association’s annual regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, claiming 4 honors.

The Washington, D.C. all-news outlet won the Overall Excellence Award for the 10th time in 12 years.

Other award winning efforts were the station’s coverage of the June 1, 2020 clearing of Lafayette Square protesters, the podcast “Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America” hosted by JJ Green and Chris Core and digital award for overall coverage of news in 2020.

“I am so proud of what our team accomplishes everyday but to be recognized for the work we produced in 2020 is special. 2020 was a year unlike any other in the journalism profession,” said Julia Ziegler, WTOP’s Director of News and Programming. “We are humbled to be recognized for our work across so many of our platforms – radio, web and podcasting.”

Troy Coverdale

Troy Coverdale is the Assistant Content Director for BNM and a reporter/anchor for KMAN, Manhattan, KS. A former news/sports director for KFKA in Greeley, CO, Troy has served as the play-by-play voice for University of Northern Colorado football and basketball. A proud Kansas State alum, he can be found on Twitter @troycoverdale.

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Dr. Laura Hits Podcasting Milestone

Schlessinger’s podcast is a segment from her daily SiriusXM show

Published

1 day ago

May 7, 2021

Ryan Hedrick

Legendary talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger reached a major milestone in her illustrious career recently when her Call of the Day podcast reached the 100 Million download mark.

The podcast is a feature that is taken from Dr. Laura’s daily SiriusXM talk show in which she features a call she designates as the best from each day’s show.

“We set forth to make this podcast a new avenue to hear Dr. Laura,” said Take On The Day LLC president Geoff Rich. “It turns out we made it one of the most popular focusing on families and parenting.”

The Call of the Day podcast was launched in 2017 and has consistently ranked #1 in Parenting on ApplePodcasts, is top ranked in Kids and Family, and is among podcasting Global 200 according to Chartable.

Schlessinger moved her daily talk show from terrestrial radio to satellite radio 10 years ago. She was inducted in the Radio Hall of Fame in 2018. Dr. Laura is the author of 13 New York Times best-sellers.

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Abrams to Step Down from KYW Newsradio

Abrams career stops included WHUM, WIP and WPEN before KYW.

Published

1 day ago

May 7, 2021

Ryan Hedrick

Longtime Philadelphia anchor, editor, and reporter Mark Abrams announced his retirement from KYW Newsradio Thursday. The multi-talented Abrams worked as journalist for several different companies in both the print and radio industries.

Abrams’ career spanned 24 years. He came to KYW from WHUM in Reading, Pennsylvania. He also anchored at WPEN and WIP. He served as reporter, columnist and desk editor for the Reading Eagle and Reading Times newspapers.

He covered the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the Catholic community extensively for KYW, including the papal visit in Philadelphia in 2015. He covered the selections of two different popes, live from the Vatican, both in 2005 and 2013.

“Mark Abrams has long been a versatile part of the KYW Newsradio family,” said midday news anchor Michelle Durham. “I wish you the best of luck in retirement. Your family’s always been your priority, and I’m so thrilled that you will have an opportunity to spend more time with them.”

Morning drive sports reporter Dave Uram: “I think a perfect way to describe your role on KYW for nearly 24 years is versatile. Reporter, anchor, editor — you did it all, and you did it with professionalism, enthusiasm and leadership.”