10th Annual Radio & Records Talk Radio Seminar Being Held March 10-12 in Los Angeles

10th Annual Radio & Records Talk Radio Seminar Being Held March 10-12 in Los Angeles

ABC Radio/Fox News Channel Personality Sean Hannity, Westwood One/MSNBC Host Joe Scarborough, Air America Radio Host and Comedian Al Franken, Radioactive President and Former Clear Channel Radio CEO, Randy Michaels, Among Those Set to Appear

LOS ANGELES, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Talk radio's most influential executives, programmers, and on-air personalities will meet at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Los Angeles, March 10-12, for the 10th annual R&R Talk Radio Seminar hosted by the industry trade publication Radio & Records.

The intensity of news on both the international and domestic fronts continued to make News/Talk radio the most listened-to format again in 2004. Talk radio has become America's social "water cooler" in the new millennium as millions of Americans of all ages flock to both AM and FM Talk stations to discuss issues like the war on terrorism, liberal vs. conservative talk and Social Security reform, and also share their opinions about people and personalities ranging from Michael Jackson and Martha Stewart to Paris Hilton and Donald Trump.

The R&R Talk Radio Seminar is an annual event designed to help News/Talk radio executives, programmers and personalities maximize their potential with listeners and advertisers. This year's agenda features a wide range of business, broadcasting and political expertise along with special guest speakers including:

* Sean Hannity, ABC Radio Networks host and Fox News personality. Hannity will host and moderate an exclusive newsmaker luncheon on Friday, March 11 with a special guest to be announced on site at TRS 2005.

* Joe Scarborough, Westwood One talk radio host and MSNBC personality will bring his perspective on current events and issues to TRS 2005 during an exclusive general session on Friday morning March 11.

* Al Franken, Air America Radio talk host, comedian and author will offer a view from the left and his own special brand of comedic commentary on politics and pop-culture at a special morning session on Saturday March 12.

* Randy Michaels, currently president of Radioactive and former CEO of broadcasting behemoth Clear Channel Radio. Michaels will be honored with the 2005 R&R News/Talk Radio Lifetime Achievement Award for his 40 years in the broadcasting industry and his groundbreaking contributions to the evolution and success of modern-day News/Talk radio.

Also scheduled to appear in a special presentation at the R&R Talk Radio Seminar are nationally syndicated radio hosts Phil Hendrie, Tom Leykis, Erich "Mancow" Muller and Bob Rivers. All will appear together at this year R&R Talk Radio Seminar kick-off event, "The Other Side of Talk Radio" on Thursday afternoon March 10.

Making special breakfast appearances at TRS 2005 are Salem Radio Network host Mike Gallagher on Friday morning March 11, and Take On The Day's Dr. Laura Schlessinger on Saturday morning March 12.

Other radio personalities attending TRS 2005 include Glenn Beck; Jim Bohannon: Tammy Bruce; Eileen Byrne; Jeff Carroll; Adam Corolla; Julie, Sheila, Monica, Lian and Liz Dolan; Jerry Doyle; Lara Dyan; Todd Feinberg; Dave Graveline; Bill Handel; Heidi Hanzel; Laura Ingraham; Lars Larson; Stephanie Miller; Dr. Drew Pinsky; Dave Ramsey; Jerry Springer; Doug Stephan; John Ziegler and more!

A complete agenda for TRS 2005 is available at the Radio & Records website at http://www.radioandrecords.com/. Click on the "Conventions" tab at the top of the home page.

The R&R Talk Radio Seminar is hosted by Radio & Records, the nation's leading trade publication to the radio broadcasting industry. Founded in 1973, R&R tracks radio business trends from management, regulatory, finance and programming perspectives.

R&R produces its weekly flagship printed publication along with both daily and weekly format-focused fax publications and a variety of e-mail newsletters. R&R also produces the nation's most trusted music charts that are used by leading radio stations across the country and by many of America's favorite national radio music countdown programs.

As part of TRS 2005 News/Talk radio stations, executives and personalities will be honored on Saturday, March 12 during the annual R&R News/Talk Industry Achievement Awards luncheon. Radio professionals working in the News/Talk radio industry voted earlier this year for nominees on both the local radio station and national network levels. Final ballots have now been tabulated by an independent vote accounting firm and the results will be revealed exclusively at the R&R Talk Radio Seminar awards luncheon on Saturday afternoon March 12. A complete list of categories and nominees follows:

News/Talk Industry Exec of the Year: Jack Abernethy, Fox News Radio Amy Bolton, Jones Radio Network Shane Coppola. Westwood One Bill Hampton, The Dave Ramsey Show Kraig Kitchin, Premiere Radio Networks Mark Masters, Talk Radio Network

News/Talk Radio Exec of the Year: Ken Beck, Entercom Tyler Cox, Salem Communications Gabe Hobbs, Clear Channel Radio Brian Jennings, Citadel Communications Tom Langmyer, Infinity Broadcasting John McConnell, ABC Radio

News/Talk GM of the Year: Mark Krieschen, WGN/Chicago Mickey Luckoff, KGO-KSFO Tim McCarthy, WABC/New York Joel Oxley, WTOP/Washington Tom Severino, WIBC/Indianapolis Rod Zimmerman, WBBM-AM/Chicago

News/Talk PD of the Year: Robin Bertolucci, KFI/Los Angeles Phil Boyce, WABC/New York Laurie Cantillo, KFYI/Phoenix Peter Casey, WBZ/Boston Joe O'Brien, KSTP/Minneapolis Jack Swanson, KGO-KSFO/San Francisco

News Radio Exec of the Year: Thom Callahan, Associated Press Georgeann Herbert, WWJ/Detroit Jim Farley, WTOP/Washington Steve Jones, ABC News Radio Mark Mason, WINS/New York Harvey Nagler, CBS Radio News

News/Talk Station of the Year (Mkts. 1-25): KFI/Los Angeles KFMB-AM/San Diego KGO/San Francisco KMOX/St. Louis WABC/New York WBAP/Dallas

News/Talk Station of the Year (Mkts. 26-plus): KFBK/Sacramento KMJ/Fresno KSL/Salt Lake City WDBO/Orlando WHAM/Rochester, NY WKXW/Trenton, NJ

News/Talk Local Personality of the Year: Chris Baker, KTRH/Houston Chris Core, WMAL/Washington Bill Handel, KFI/Los Angeles Ronn Owens, KGO Rick Roberts, KFMB-AM/San Diego Paul W. Smith, WJR/Detroit

News/Talk Syndicated Personality of the Year: Glenn Beck, The Glenn Beck Show (Premiere Radio Networks) Sean Hannity, The Sean Hannity Show (ABC Radio Networks) Don Imus, Imus In The Morning (Westwood One) Laura Ingraham, The Laura Ingraham Show (Talk Radio Network) Rush Limbaugh, The Rush Limbaugh Show (Premiere Radio Networks) Dave Ramsey, The Dave Ramsey Show (Independent)

Source: Radio & Records, Los Angeles

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