CRG Media launches with Duke and the Doctor and Rick & Bubba
John Clark, President of CRG Media, announced the creation of CRG Media, a company dedicated solely to managing affiliate relations for independent syndicated radio programs. National talk shows Duke and the Doctor and Rick & Bubba have already signed on. Duke and The Doctor, a health program co-hosted by Dr. Jan McBarron and Duke Liberatore, is consistently named one of the "Top 100 most powerful talk radio shows in the country" by Talkers magazine. Rick & Bubba is a morning show originating from Citadel's WYSF-FM Birmingham, AL where it's #1 in the market. Rick & Bubba is also simulcast on Turner South.
Clark has worked with Premiere Radio Networks, Westwood One and Unistar Radio Networks. Contact him at 770.798.9910.
Herb Cohen to present opening keynote at RAB2005
Herb Cohen, the man known as The World's Best Negotiator, will be the opening Keynote Speaker at RAB2005. Cohen is the world-renowned author of You Can Negotiate Anything and his recent bestseller, Negotiate This! His Keynote presentation will be Friday morning, 2/11/05, as RAB2005 swings into high gear at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition, Cohen will present a special, limited-attendance workshop session later that morning.
Talker calls Condi "Aunt Jemima"
John Sylvester, PD and morning man on WTDY-AM Madison, WI, drew criticism last week after calling Condoleezza Rice an "Aunt Jemima" and saying she isn't competent to be secretary of state.
Sylvester said in a phone interview with the AP he used the term on Wednesday's show to describe Rice and other blacks as having only a subservient role in the Bush administration.
Sylvester, who is white, also referred to Powell as an "Uncle Tom" He said later he was referring to remarks by singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte that the price of admittance for blacks to the Bush White House was subservience.
As for Rice, "they're using her for an illusion of inclusion," he said, adding that he feels her history as national security adviser showed a lack of competence.
The station's corporate office received about 100 calls about his comments, Sylvester said.
He added that he has a long history of commitment to civil rights and has supported Madison's black community.
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