The Townhall Review Joining NewsTalk 1540 Lineup

As part of its expanded weekend lineup on NewsTalk 1540 WYCL, is proud to announce that The Townhall Review will now be heard in the Mahoning Valley, airing at 8:00 a.m. every Sunday.

The Townhall Review is a weekly news magazine that provides a comprehensive review of the week’s news from voices you can trust. Radio host and Executive Editor of Townhall.com Hugh Hewitt serves as host. The Townhall Review provides a fast-paced, yet thoughtful look at current events and the forces shaping our culture today.

Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, and Larry Elder are all regular contributors. The Townhall Review is compelling and insightful weekend programming tthat is sure to become appointment radio for our listeners.

Be sure to check back to TalkMahoningValley.com tomorrow for the reveal of the final program joining our weekend lineup, along with the full listing of our new weekend lineup.

Dave Ramsey Show weekends on NewsTalk 1540

Starting this Saturday, “The Dave Ramsey Show” joins the NewsTalk 1540 WYCL lineup, airing each Saturday and  Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

Dave Ramsey is America’s trusted voice on money and business, but his beginnings as a personal money-management expert were anything but a walk in the park. Nearly 25 years ago, Dave began his radio show in Nashville a few years after climbing out of personal bankruptcy. In order to understand Dave’s passion and sincerity, to understand the intimate connection he makes with each listener, you need to know his story. This story is what drives him to put on the radio headset every day. The goal? To provide a real, authentic, and life-changing message.

The Dave Ramsey Show is about real life and how it revolves around money. Dave Ramsey teaches you to manage and budget your money, get out of debt, build wealth, and live in financial peace. Managing your money properly will reduce stress, improve your marriage, and provide security for you and your family.

Larry Elder hosts evenings on News Talk 1540

America’s “truth detector” is now Larry Elder. and he hosts 6pm to 9pm ET weekdays on News Talk 1540.  After 20 years leading the way in Los Angeles on KABC, Larry joined Salem Media Group,  and in April 2016 SRN re-launched his nationally syndicated radio show.    Larry was originally syndicated by the ABC Radio Network from 2002 to 2007, before joining the Salem Radio Network.  Known as “the Sage from South Central” Larry is unafraid to take on liberals and the Black Lives Matter movement with common sense.

Larry graduated from Michigan University Law School and later practiced law,  before being discovered by SRN host Dennis Prager who recommended him as a host to the legendary George Green,  the General Manager at KABC.  The rest is history.

Larry says his philosophy is to entertain, inform, provoke and “to hopefully uplift.” His calling card is “we have a country to save,” and to him this means returning to the bedrock Constitutional principles of limited government and maximum personal responsibility. Larry added, “I see the Constitution as a contract that restrains the federal government, leaving everything else to the states and to the people.” As for those who need help, Larry says, “It’s the moral responsibility of the people, not the federal government, to assist. Compassion is our job, not the Feds.”

Larry is a New York Times best-selling author of four books, including his latest “A Lot Like Me: A Father and Son’s Journey to Reconciliation.” His national TV show “Moral Court” was syndicated across the country and was at one time top rated in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.  He won a Los Angeles Emmy for “Best News Special” in 1999, and in 2015 was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“I am thrilled and delighted to be joining the Salem Radio Network. What a great time to be on the radio, helping listeners make sense of one of the craziest election cycles we have ever seen,” added Larry. He says, “The question is not which party has my back, but which party can get government off our back–so that we might all realize our God given capabilities.”

Rich Eisen set for afternoons on News Talk 1540

Rich Eisen joins News Talk 1540 weekdays from 3:oo P.M. – 6:00 P.M. ET and has the distinction of being the first on-air talent added to NFL Network’s roster in June 2003, five months before the network’s launch in November 2003.

Eisen hosts NFL Total Access Kickoff on NFL Network every week prior to the Thursday Night Football match-up. Since 2010, Eisen has served as host of the Emmy-nominated NFL GameDay Morning on NFL Network, the most comprehensive NFL pregame show on television.

Eisen also anchors NFL Network’s special on-location coverage of the NFL Draft, NFL Scouting Combine, Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Weekend and Super Bowl.

Eisen is the host of The Rich Eisen Show on DIRECTV’s Audience Network, DIRECTV’s ROOT Sports-branded regional sports networks in Pittsburgh, Denver and Seattle, and NFL Now.

The Rich Eisen Show airs Monday-Friday from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET and allows Eisen to use his engaging blend of insightful football analysis, with an offbeat mix of humor and pop culture while continuing to attract the most recognizable names in sports and entertainment.

In 2010, Eisen added to his already versatile resume by launching NFL.com’s first-ever podcast, ‘The Rich Eisen Podcast,’ currently available through iTunes.

A four-time Sports Emmy nominee in the Outstanding Studio Host category, Eisen has also served as emcee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Canton, OH.

One of television’s most visible anchors and personalities from the past decade, Eisen was a mainstay on ESPN’s SportsCenter from 1996 to 2003. Outside the world of sports, Eisen recently served as the host of TNT’s first-ever reality competition program “The Great Escape.”

Prior to joining ESPN, Eisen worked at KRCR-TV in Redding, California, as a sports anchor (1994-96). His television journalism career includes serving as the Medill News Service’s Washington correspondent (1994) and as a production assistant for the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and Connie Chung in 1994.

In 2007, Eisen penned Total Access: A Journey to the Center of the NFL Universe about his experiences as host for NFL Network. He worked in print journalism as a staff writer for the Staten Island Advance (1990-93) and at the Chicago Tribune covering Chicago public high school football and basketball (1993-94).

Eisen is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and earned a Master of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1994.

Eisen lives in Los Angeles with his wife and long-time ABC, FOX and TNT sports broadcaster Suzy Shuster. Together, they have three children and a yellow lab rescue dog, Hudson.

For more information on Rich Eisen and “The Rich Eisen Show”, visit http://www.richeisenshow.com/.

Colin Cowherd leads sports lineup on News Talk 1540

Colin Cowherd joins News Talk 1540 daily from Noon – 3 p.m., as one of the most thought-provoking sports hosts in the country, joining FOX Sports in September 2015 as a television, radio and digital personality.

Cowherd’s three-hour sports talk program, THE HERD WITH COLIN COWHERD, airs simultaneously on FS1 and the FOX Sports Radio Network on weekdays. THE HERD is also available on www.FOXSportsRadio.com, www.FOXSports.com and has a dedicated iHeartRadio station, available live and throughout the day.

Cowherd also appears on FOX NFL KICKOFF, the Sunday morning NFL pregame show leading into FOX NFL SUNDAY, and contributes to coverage of many of FOX Sports’ marquee events.

THE HERD: THE EARLY YEARS Cowherd was host of ESPN Radio’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd,” airing nationally weekdays and simulcast on ESPNU. Before joining ESPN, Cowherd hosted a popular three-hour morning drive program, “The Herd,” at KFXX 910-AM in Portland, Ore.

BEYOND THE HERD

Cowherd also hosted “Colin’s New Football Show” on ESPN2 in 2013 and 2014, in addition to a variety of programs on ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN Classic. He was the original co-host of “SportsNation” on ESPN2. Cowherd joined ESPN Radio in 2004 when his program launched as an hour-long broadcast on the West Coast. He also anchored weeknight sports and Sports Sunday for KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8. Cowherd’s rise in the industry also includes serving as sports anchor at Tampa’s WTVT-TV, where he received a local Sports Emmy for “Buc Sunday,” and as sports director at KVBC-TV in Las Vegas, where he earned multiple Nevada Sportscaster of the Year awards. He began his career as the play-by-play voice for the Pacific Coast League’s Las Vegas Stars baseball team.

BEYOND RADIO & TV

In 2013, Cowherd’s first book, “You HERD Me!” was a “New York Times” bestseller, spending five weeks on the list in hardcover. His second book, “Raw: My 100% Grade-A, Unfiltered, Inside Look at Sports,” was released in October 2015. In August 2015, Rogue Ales & Spirits, based in Newport, Ore., partnered with Cowherd to release “Blunt N’ Bitter” microbrew – the official beverage of Cowherd and THE HERD.

PERSONAL

A native of Grayland, Wash., Cowherd graduated in 1985 from Eastern Washington University, where he got his broadcasting start. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Ann, and has two children.

Mike Gallagher set for middays on NewsTalk 1540

The 6th Most Listened to Talk Show debuts on NewsTalk 1540, weekdays from 9 a.m. – Noon.

Mike Gallagher is one of America’s most entertaining conservatives, displaying a sense of humor and timing honed over three decades in the cauldron of local and national radio talk show experience. Mike connects with his audience in a very personal way by creating compelling programming targeted at the issues men and women all over America really care about. He has used his program to shine the white hot light of scrutiny on extremist groups and political charlatans. His regularly-scheduled one-on-one interviews with people like U.S. Senator John McCain, Vice- President Dick Cheney, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and other leading conservatives consistently generate national headlines. Mike continues to be a leading contributor to the top-rated FOX News Channel as well as a columnist at the leading conservative website Townhall.com. His weekly sparring with Chris Wallace of the FOX News Channel on his radio show is truly appointment radio. And listeners have shared the joys and sorrows of Mike’s family life, including his late wife Denise’s courageous public battle with cancer.

Mike Gallagher doesn’t just jawbone the issues. He regularly takes his audience wherever major stories are happening: from his live broadcast from the Empire State Building in New York City as jetliners were crashing into the World Trade Center on 9/11; broadcasting live outside Columbine High School the night of the horrific high school shootings in Littleton, Colorado; to his solid reporting from the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions; bringing his listeners to the site of vicious tornadoes in Kansas or originating his show from the aftermath of campus tragedy at Blacksburg, Virginia. The Mike Gallagher Show is second to none is bringing his radio audience live reports from the scene of major events wherever and whenever they happen.

Mike Gallagher’s road to being the 6th most listened-to radio talk show host in the country (Talkers Magazine) began in 1978 as a 17-year-old high school senior in Dayton, Ohio. Mike talked his way into an on-air shift at WAVI-AM in his Ohio hometown and has been talking on the radio and television ever since. Mike’s broadcasting career has taken him from Dayton to WFBC-AM in Greenville, South Carolina (now WORD-AM) where his ratings and revenue success led to his eventual promotion to station manager. From there, he became the afternoon drive-time leader in Albany, New York on upstate powerhouse WGY-AM.

From Albany, it was just a short drive south to the nation’s number one market, New York City, where Mike enjoyed a two year stint as morning drive host on WABC-AM, the nation’s most listened-to talk radio station. In 1998, The Mike Gallagher Show was launched nationally with 12 radio stations. Today, Talkers Magazine reports that he’s the sixth most listened-to talk radio host in America with over 3.75 million weekly listeners. According to the Benchmark Company, he is the 8th most-recognized talk radio personality in America. Mike has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time, and Forbes.

Mike is also an accomplished public speaker, frequently being invited to speak on college campuses, civic organizations and businesses. Recently, he was one of 35 speakers who spoke to the annual conference of Young America’s Foundation in Washington, D.C. In a roster that included the great George Will, Mike was voted the single most popular speaker by the attendees.

Besides his talk radio duties, Mike is equally comfortable in front of television cameras, too. He’s a Fox News Channel Contributor making frequent appearances on all of the Fox News Channel programs as well as occasionally guest hosting one of the talk shows on the cable news giant. In addition to his busy broadcasting career, he’s also added “author” to his resume as he recently wrote his first book, which became a New York Times Bestseller, “Surrounded by Idiots — Fighting Liberal Lunacy in America”, published by William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins.

In addition to being wildly popular with listeners, Mike is enormously respected by his peers in the radio industry. At the start of 2006, he was chosen by the radio and music industry trade magazine Radio and Records as one of the nominees for “Nationally Syndicated Personality of the Year” in the talk radio category. In the same year, Talkers Magazine ranked Mike the 8th most influential talk host in America, from a field of some 4,500. For 11 consecutive years, Mike has been included in Talkers Magazine’s prestigious “Heavy Hundred” List, a compilation of the 100 most popular talk radio hosts in the country.

Mike’s proudest achievement is his family. On the morning of June 29, 2008, the love of his life, his wife Denise, died at home after a valiant and dignified year-long battle with endometrial cancer. She passed away the day before her 52nd birthday. Mike was holding her when she died, their four boys — Bryan, Trevor, Matthew, and Micah — all present as well, which is just how Denise wanted it. Two of the Gallagher sons live in South Carolina, and the other two live near Mike, which is a great comfort to him. As he promised to Denise, Mike is sleeping each night with beloved beagle Buster and puggle Rory, who constantly shadowed her every move but now seem quite content to take care of him.

Now in Mike’s 11th year of national syndication, the combination of solid conservative values, a fast-paced, fun delivery each day, and Mike’s first-name basis relationship with leading newsmakers from coast-to-coast make The Mike Gallagher Show one of the most consistently popular programs on national radio today.

Warren JFK alumnus Hugh Hewitt hosts mornings on NewsTalk 1540

NewsTalk 1540 debuts its new on-air lineup with Warren JFK alumnus Hugh Hewitt in mornings from 6 a.m. – 9 a.m.

Hugh Hewitt is a broadcast pro who has informed and entertained on radio and television for over a decade. Hewitt is co-host of the weeknight television Life & Times Tonight, a three-time Emmy award winner on KCET-TV, Los Angeles.

Author of five books, Hewitt continues to write widely on diverse topics from politics to religion to culture for magazines and newspapers across the United States. He is a frequent contributor on television’s most watched programs including CNN, Fox News, Nightline, The Today Show, and Larry King Live.

A 1978 honors graduate of Harvard University and a 1983 honors graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Hugh Hewitt served for nearly six years in the Reagan Administration in a variety of posts, including Assistant Counsel in the White House. He is also a member of the California Arts Council and the Orange County Children and Families First Commission.

SRN News to be heard on News Talk 1540

Beginning Monday December 3, News Talk 1540 will rely upon the world class resources of Salem Radio Network News at the top and bottom of each hour from Town Hall News.

Originating from its state-of-the-art international News Center just 10 minutes from the White House and Capitol Hill, SRN News fields a team of the finest anchors and reporters in Christian journalism providing on-the-spot coverage of breaking news from around the world.

Reliable news has never been more important to your listeners. You now have a clear choice. SRN News breaks the ivory tower approach of the traditional networks. Nothing silly. Nothing sensational. SRN News simply focuses on the news and information that affects your listeners.

SRN News is the only Christian-focused news organization with fully-equipped broadcast facilities at the U.S. House, Senate, and White House manned by full-time correspondents — ensuring timely, on-the-spot coverage of breaking news.

Written, produced and anchored by respected news pros, SRN News is family-focused and credible — specifically created for Christian-formatted and Conservative Talk radio stations.