Talk Radio Network
Talk Radio Network (abbreviated TRN) is an American radio network providing talk radio programming, with an emphasis on conservative talk on weekdays and variety/general interest talk radio on weekends. Some of the most recognizable personalities in American radio, such as Laura Ingraham and Michael Savage, are syndicated on Talk Radio Network. It is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon.
Mark Masters is the president and CEO of Talk Radio Network and its subsidiaries. The company began offering its syndicated programs in 1993.[citation needed] Bear Stearns issued a report in 2007 which concluded that TRN is the second largest provider of top tier nationally syndicated radio talk shows in the U.S., making TRN (according to the Bear Stearns report) larger than ABC Radio Networks (ranked 3rd) and CBS controlled Westwood One (which is now ranked 4th) for national talk programming.[1]
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[edit] Programming
Talk Radio Network's programming is arranged in the format of a 24-hour network, such that the programming rarely overlaps, with the programming split up among three satellites. Aside from encores, almost all of TRN's programs air live. TRN currently carries no short-form programming; in April 2007, Talk Radio Network debuted its first short form program, a daily commentary hosted by Dick Morris, but it has since left the air.
TRN's weekday programs are mostly distributed individually as opposed to a straight network. As such, shows like Laura Ingraham and Michael Savage are heard on hundreds of stations by millions of listeners, while the network's other offerings air on considerably fewer. TRN's weekend programming is mostly syndicated as a large block. In recent months, however, TRN has been increasingly feeding its weekday programming to stations in multi-program blocks; according to TRN, the network is "capable of delivering a full turn-key talk operation to one radio station."
TRN's director of programming is Phil Boyce, best known for his long stint as program director at WABC.
Much of TRN's programming could be heard on CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks until November 2009, when CRN dropped the network and replaced it with Air America Media. Most TRN programs returned to CRN in 2010 after Air America's demise. TRN programming is split up among CRN2, CRN4 and CRN5, with most weekday programs on CRN4 and weekend shows airing on CRN5.
[edit] Weekday schedule
All times below are Eastern Time Zone (ET), adjusted seasonally for Daylight Saving Time.
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- America's Morning News with John McCaslin, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
- The Laura Ingraham Show, 9 a.m. to noon
- America's Radio News Network, noon to 3 p.m.
- Jerry Doyle, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Michael Savage, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Rusty Humphries, 9 p.m. to midnight (hour 1 encore midnight to 1 a.m.)
- The Phil Hendrie Show, 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. (encore 4 a.m. to 6 a.m.)
- Roy Masters, 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. (encore 3 a.m. to 5 a.m., brokered)
- Mancow's Morning Madhouse, 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. ("best of" 6 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., encore 11 a.m. to noon)
(In conjunction with Dial Global beginning January 2011)
[edit] Weekend schedule
- The Ellis Henican Show, 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. Saturday
- Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday
- Motor Trend Radio Magazine, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
- Monica Crowley, noon to 3 p.m. Saturday (separate satellite)
- Barry Farber, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
- Science Fantastic with Dr. Michio Kaku, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday
- Rusty Humphries, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday
- Just Ask Nish, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday
Encores of Talk Radio Network programming fill in the gaps.
[edit] America's Radio News Network
In January 2011, TRN began rolling-out an all news network service for stations, called America's Radio News Network (or ARNN). ARNN began with a three-hour news block airing from 12 noon to 3 pm (Eastern Time) and has since added blocks broadcast from 3 pm to 6 pm and 6 pm to 9 pm, five days a week.[2] ARNN calls these news blocks "long-form" coverage, similar in format to NPR's morning and afternoon news magazines. ARNN says the format is designed to be flexible to all stations to take the entire package or include local news segments within each news block. ARNN is a non-partisan radio network.
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