Talk Radio (XM)

Infobox Radio Station


airdate = 2001
name = Talk Radio
frequency = XM165
area = USA
format = Talk radio
owner = Clear Channel Communications
erp =
branding = "Talk Radio"
affiliations = WLW News
Fox Sports Radio
slogan = The best talk radio on your radio
class = Satellite Radio Station
sister_stations = XM11, XM21, XM22, XM24, XM152, XM154, XM157, XM158, XM161
website = [http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=165 XM Talk Radio]

Talk Radio, often branded on-air as Talk Radio 165, is a talk channel on XM Satellite Radio featuring terrestrial radio show simulcasts from around the country, most of which come from Premiere Radio Networks. Talk Radio is a channel for call-in talk shows, even though it was originally begun as a channel for experts and advice shows.

The channel is one of two produced by Clear Channel Communications exclusively for XM Radio, the other being Extreme XM. It is Clear Channel's most listened to channel on XM Radio, going by average quarterly hour, as of the Spring 2007 Arbitron book. The channel is programmed out of Cincinnati, Ohio, and was programmed by Sean Compton until 2008-04-01. Advertising sales are handled by Premiere Radio Networks.

Ask! (2001-2006)

Ask! had always been an oddball in the XM talk lineup, trying to cater to the advice shows out there while at the same time not having enough of said subgenre of talk radio and having an overabundance of the other. While Ask! did carry plenty of experts/advice related shows like Dave Ramsey, Dr. Dean Edell, Coast to Coast AM, and Bruce Williams, other shows on the lineup like Paul Finebaum, G. Gordon Liddy's show and The Ed Schultz Show have never meshed too well with the rest of the lineup. Previously, XM channel 167 only carried part of The Ed Schultz Show and part of The Randi Rhodes Show, but to make room so that both left-wing shows could enjoy a full live show with only one liberal talk channel on the platform, Ask!'s Dr. Laura was moved over to America Right, despite not being a real right wing talk show, and was replaced with Ed Schultz on Ask!. For roughly a year, Ask! was often referred to in promos as Clear Channel 165. Eventually, the company realized that the name Ask! was becoming more irrelevant to the channel's content, and the name was changed.

Talk Radio (2006-)

On 2006-04-17, Ask! changed its name to Talk Radio, and there was a significant lineup change the following month. Glenn Beck was swapped with G. Gordon Liddy on America Right. Minor weekend shows were swapped and shuffled. Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline moved over to America Right, but Matt Drudge's program came over to Talk Radio. The channel also debuted a live morning show, The War Room with Quinn and Rose, which replaced the Coast to Coast AM replay. Dr. Dean Edell was moved to weekends on Extreme XM, while Finebaum was dropped from XM altogether. In place of Edell, XM 165 welcomed Ian Punnett's edition of Coast to Coast AM. Punnett made his channel debut broadcasting from the XM Satellite Radio studios in Washington, D.C. that weekend.

In mid-August 2006, Dave Ramsey finally got an afternoon drive timeslot, moving Ed Schultz to Extreme XM. Some people even switched to Sirius to hear the show live, which didn't last when Sirius removed their Sirius Advice channel. Ramsey's old timeslot was filled by a replay of the recently syndicated Mike McConnell. In the same month, Jesse Jackson and Bill Handel's weekend syndicated programs moved to Extreme XM. Weekends also welcomed Bob Costas' new program, Costas on the Radio, which began in September 2006. Beginning Monday October 2nd, 2006, USA Radio Network had their news coverage dropped in favor of news from 700 WLW and Fox Sports Radio's "Fox Sports Report." The :30 news portions are produced by Clear Channel Worldwide News.

In May 2007, XM received a cease and decist over comments made on The War Room with Quinn and Rose. The comments made their way to FreeRepublic.com, which cited the XM show, "Dean called Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius early, around 5 am, one morning after the tornado had destroyed the town of Greensburg, Kansas and discussed with her what to say about the tornado and how to blame the war in Iraq and the Bush administration on a slow response to the aftermath." XM responded to the cease and desist order saying that they are not responsible for content on channels programmed by Clear Channel, and that further issues should be taken up with the show and Clear Channel.

Beginning 2007-11-19, Bruce Williams and Quinn and Rose will no longer be heard on Talk Radio 165, as they will be moving to a new talk channel, America's Talk on XM 158. In their places will be replays of the Mike McConnell show and Coast to Coast AM respectively. This will be the first time Coast to Coast has had a complete morning replay on 165 since May 2006.

Personalities

Current

*Glenn Beck - A popular mid-morning talk show host, currently third most popular in America with adults 25-54 according to the Fall Arbitron book. The show is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.
*Mike McConnell - Hosts a weekday morning show taped locally from 700 WLW, and Saturday mid-day show syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.
*Dave Ramsey - Host of "The Dave Ramsey Show", a weekday afternoon financial advice show. The show has been growing fast since the end of 2005, now syndicated to over 300 stations. The show is self-syndicated.
*Rollye James - Late night host of "The Rollye James Show", a general topic talk show exclusive to XM since March 2008.
*George Noory - Host of Coast to Coast AM Monday through Friday nights. Coast to Coast AM is currently the most listened to overnight talk show in America. The show is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.
*Ron Wilson - Host of "In the Garden with Ron Wilson", a gardening show that airs early Saturday mornings. The show is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.
*Gary Sullivan - Host of "At Home with Gary Sullivan" which airs live weekend mid-mornings. The show is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.
*Bob Costas - Famous sportscaster and host of the recently launched "Costas on the Radio", which is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.
*Ian Punnett - Host of the Saturday evening edition of "Coast to Coast AM", syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.
*Art Bell - The weekend overnight host, and original creator, of "Coast to Coast AM", syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks.
*Selma Schimmel - Host of the Sunday afternoon cancer awareness show, "The Group Room", syndicated by Syndicated Solutions.
*Bill Cunningham - 23-year popular midwest talk show host, he replaced Matt Drudge in this time slot in October 2007. His show is also carried on XM 173 - WLW.

Former

*Ed Schultz - Mid-day liberal talk show host who used to do afternoon drives on 165. He was soon moved to broken timeslots on Extreme XM, until XM took him back on their Air America 167 channel.
*Bill Handel - Saturday morning host of "Handel on the Law". Show moved to Extreme XM.
*Jesse Jackson - Sunday morning host of "Keep Hope Alive". Show moved to Extreme XM.
*G. Gordon Liddy - Mid-morning conservative talk show host. Show moved to America Right.
*Paul Finebaum - Evening host of hour-long Alabama based talk show. The show was dropped from XM Radio in 2006.
*Dr. Dean Edell - Host of daily medical advice show. This hour-long program went through a few timeslot changes before being moved to Extreme XM.
*Dr. Laura - Former afternoon host who moved to America Right. Ed Schultz replaced her.
*Matt Drudge - Former host of "The Drudge Report" every Sunday night. Matt retired from his show.
*Jim Quinn & Rose Tennant - Hosts of "The War Room with Quinn and Rose", a Pittsburgh based political talk show syndicated by Clear Channel-owned WPGB. This program moved to America's Talk on November 19, 2007.
*Bruce Williams - Evening host of "The Bruce Williams Show", a 25-year-old business advice show. The show is syndicated by the Lifestyle Talk Radio Network, after a syndication run with Westwood One. This program moved to America's Talk on November 19, 2007.

Programming Lineup

Weekdays

External links

* [http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=165 Talk Radio]
* [http://www.xmradio.com/pdf/talkradio_schedule.pdf Talk Radio Lineup] - Printable PDF grid featuring the complete Talk Radio lineup.