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Jim Bohannon to Be Enshrined Into the NAB Hall of Fame

In a release, the organization said the ceremony will take place at April’s Achievement in Broadcasting event at NAB Show in Las Vegas. 

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Nationally syndicated radio host Jim Bohannon will be enshrined into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Broadcasting Hall of Fame. 

In a release, the organization said the ceremony will take place at April’s Achievement in Broadcasting event at NAB Show in Las Vegas. 

The Jim Bohannon Show airs from 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. (ET) Monday through Friday on over 300 radio stations.

“Jim encompasses the spirit of radio. His distinct voice, humor, and engaging programs have informed and entertained listeners for 50 years while addressing historic milestones affecting our nation,” said NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith.

Bohannon began his radio career in 1960 at KLWT-AM in his hometown of Lebanon, Missouri. Bohannon also worked in Washington D.C. at WTOP and WWRC. 

He was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2003 and into the Missouri Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2020.

Bohannon hosted his own Saturday night phone-in program starting in 1984 and served as the principal back-up for Larry King on the “Larry King Show.” In February 1993, Bohannon took over the prestigious nighttime radio talk show slot formerly held by King.

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Glenn Beck: Russell Brand is the UK’s Howard Stern

“You knew exactly what you were getting in those days with Russell Brand, ok? Just think Howard Stern.”

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Comedian Russell Brand has been accused of rape and sexual misconduct by four women, which led to his popular YouTube channel being demonetized. Glenn Beck shared his belief that Russell Brand is akin to Howard Stern.

While discussing the situation on The Glenn Beck Program, the nationally syndicated radio host argued that the similarities between Brand and Stern are striking.

“Russell Brand is kind of like they’re Howard Stern,” Beck said. “You knew exactly what you were getting in those days with Russell Brand, ok? Just think Howard Stern.”

Beck then read a portion of a report from the BBC claiming that Brand was the face of the “seedier side of pop media culture” in the 2000s.

“Could I just ask the BBC to turn on the radio and listen to the lyrics of songs they’re now playing? Because I guarantee there’s something playing on the BBC about somebody’s butt doing something,” said Beck.

Glenn Beck then used a specific example that equated Brand with Stern.

“In a Brand interview with Jimmy Savile, he apparently offered up his very attractive assistant to go meet him naked. Sounds like Howard Stern, right? This is in 2007. He said this to the BBC host. Another BBC host said ’You go ahead and take my assistant here she Oh, she’ll get naked’. Ha. Funny,” joked Beck before noting that at the time, no one knew Savile was a serial child predator.

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Rudy Giuliani Denies January 6th Groping Allegations

“First of all, I’m not gonna grope somebody at all, and number two, in front of like a hundred people? Plus, that day, I had extra security and I had my entire staff around me virtually all day…”

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77 WABC host Rudy Giuliani has denied allegations made by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson that she was groped by the radio host and attorney during the January 6th Insurrection.

In an excerpt from her new book, Hutchinson — who was viewed as a star witness during the January 6th Committee hearings last year — claimed Giuliani viewed her like “a wolf closing in on its prey” before he put his hand up her skirt.

“I feel his frozen fingers trail up my thigh,” Hutchinson wrote. “He tilts his chin up. The whites of his eyes look jaundiced. My eyes dart to John Eastman, who flashes a leering grin.”

During an interview on Newsmax’s Eric Bolling The Balance, Rudy Giuliani strongly denied the accusation. He interrupted Bolling before the host could finish his line of questioning.

“She claims that I groped her in a tent on January 6, where all the people went in that were very, very cold as a result of the president’s speech, etcetera. I’m gonna grope somebody? With a hundred people? First of all, I’m not gonna grope somebody at all, and number two, in front of like a hundred people? Plus, that day, I had extra security and I had my entire staff around me virtually all day because I took them to the speech as kind of a reward for all the work they did,” Giuliani argued after calling the accusation “totally absurd” and “completely, absolutely false”.

“So I brought 10 people to the speech and they were with me virtually at every moment that I was there, and if I wasn’t talking to them, I was taking pictures with people. So there would have been no occasion for this to happen. It’s completely absurd, it’s as crazy as her statement that the President jumped over the seat and took over the car.”

The accusation against Rudy Giuliani comes after he was sued earlier this year by a former employee. Noelle Dunphy alleged that Giuliani raped and sexually abused her during her tenure working for the former New York Mayor. She launched a lawsuit in May claiming she was owed $2 million by the radio host and was required to work naked. Additionally, she alleged Giuliani made racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic remarks in her presence, and also peddled Presidential pardons in exchange for payments.

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Former CBS News Radio GM Michael Freedman Dies

In total, news organizations overseen by Freedman won 14 Edward R. Murrow Awards during his tenure.

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Former CBS News Radio General Manager Michael Freedman died earlier this week after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Freedman was named GM of the network in 1998 and persuaded Walter Cronkite to work for CBS News Radio for special coverage and voiceover work after his retirement.

Before joining the news network, Freedman oversaw the broadcast division of United Press International. He also worked as a press secretary on Capitol Hill and as the public affairs director at George Washington University, where he returned after his stint leading CBS.

In total, news organizations overseen by Freedman won 14 Edward R. Murrow Awards during his tenure.

Freedman is survived by his wife, two sons, a brother, and five grandchildren.

Michael Freedman was 71 years old.

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