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20 Years of Fox News Radio

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Fox News Radio Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Fox News Radio celebrated its 20th anniversary on June 1. Launching on June 1, 2005, the network debuted on 60
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I know feelings can run strong about anything 'Fox News' related, but I think it's a good thing for radio in general when a large media conglomerate still sees it as worthy to invest in radio based content. Their TOH news updates are competent amd they do provide some other well produced content. Having sustained something for two decades that began well after the great days of radio is a noteworthy milestone IMO.
 
umfan said:
radioinsight.com

Fox News Radio Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Fox News Radio celebrated its 20th anniversary on June 1. Launching on June 1, 2005, the network debuted on 60
radioinsight.com radioinsight.com

I know feelings can run strong about anything 'Fox News' related, but I think it's a good thing for radio in general when a large media conglomerate still sees it as worthy to invest in radio based content. Their TOH news updates are competent amd they do provide some other well produced content. Having sustained something for two decades that began well after the great days of radio is a noteworthy milestone IMO.
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I follow Gary Baumgarten of Fox News Radio on Facebook; he's a good guy.
 
gr8oldies said:
It's hard to bias 3 minutes, though Townhall tries.
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I didn't really notice what Townhall did, but it was on the standards station in Charlotte prior to 2018 when that station went back to simulcasting Christian talk.

I don't know if they used that the whole time they were standards, but I do recall it changed names.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I didn't really notice what Townhall did, but it was on the standards station in Charlotte prior to 2018 when that station went back to simulcasting Christian talk.

I don't know if they used that the whole time they were standards, but I do recall it changed names.
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Townhall is a separate company.(I think owned by Salem). Most noteable thing I ever heard was no mention of John McCain's funeral while it was happening.
 
gr8oldies said:
Townhall is a separate company.(I think owned by Salem). Most noteable thing I ever heard was no mention of John McCain's funeral while it was happening.
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Yep, it's Salem's in-house news service for their right-wing talkers. The brand originated as an internet extension for National Review in the early 2000s.
 
gr8oldies said:
It's hard to bias 3 minutes, though Townhall tries.
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Oh, it's certainly possible -- choice of which stories get covered, how they get covered, and even choice of adjectives used to describe people can result in a lot of bias even in a short newsbrief.

I'm not a fan of Fox News, but if they're keeping their Fox Radio News updates unbiased they do deserve credit for doing so.
 
I used to enjoy Jon Scott's 6 pm Fox News TV show on the weekends but they've moved him to an earlier hour.

I've heard a Jon Scott or John Scott on either Townhall or SRN radio news, I forget which.

Anyone know if that's the same person?
 
umfan said:
I know feelings can run strong about anything 'Fox News' related, but I think it's a good thing for radio in general when a large media conglomerate still sees it as worthy to invest in radio based content.
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It's basic brand extension. It's a minimal investment with maximum value. They don't have to own radio stations, which is an expense that Fox has wisely avoided. It's exactly what all the networks have done since, one by one, selling their radio stations. In Fox's case, they partner with either Premiere or Westwood One to do the distribution. Fox was the last TV network to do this. Even MTV for a while had a branded radio service.

Disney was one of the pioneers at this. They found they could spend millions on radio advertising, or invite radio stations to broadcast live from their parks and get hours of free publicity. Fox News is doing the same thing here. Instead of buying time on radio, they let the brand do the talking. Fox has a built in radio audience, and along the way, they've managed to damage the credibility of their competition. What could be better?

In addition to the hourly newscasts, they also have their own branded syndicated talk shows, distributed by Westwood One/Cumulus.
 
In the past 10 years or so I haven't perceived any bias in the TOH Fox Radio News reports. In the 2000's there was some, but that was when conservative talk radio was still a hot format.
 
Nathan Obral said:
Yep, it's Salem's in-house news service for their right-wing talkers. The brand originated as an internet extension for National Review in the early 2000s.
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Is SRN Salem? Several stations I listened to in the mountains have that. There may be a bias since the stop story was that under Trump, no aliens had been released into the wild (slightly different wording than that), unlike in "the Biden regime".
 
vchimpanzee said:
Is SRN Salem? Several stations I listened to in the mountains have that. There may be a bias since the stop story was that under Trump, no aliens had been released into the wild (slightly different wording than that), unlike in "the Biden regime".
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SRN News is Salem's in-house news network. Always has been.
 
While much of the controversy concerning Fox has surrounded its radio and TV commentators, its radio newscasts have (mostly) played it straight over the years. While I personally had problems with some of the network's tag lines ("Fair and balanced,", "We report. You decide,"), the actual news is usually the same stories found on most other news media, including NPR.
 
vchimpanzee said:
Then what is Town Hall?
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An alternate brand used mostly for their conservative talk stations. Same content and personnel.

Townhall originated as an extension of National Review Online before Salem bought it in the early 2000s. It became a radio brand not long after Phil Boyce became an executive at Salem IIRC.
 


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