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New York — September 10, 2007 — CBS Interactive announced today that it is joining forces with CBS owned Television, CBS RADIO and CBS Affiliated stations to make the CBS Audience Network hyperlocal. With the addition of 29 owned television, 144 radio, and up to 183 affiliated station websites, the CBS Audience Network will expand exponentially in terms of the number of partners and online reach. While some have already launched, most of the partnership sites will be up and running at the start of CBS Television Network’s Fall season later this month.    » read more »

Students from Fort Worth, TX; Berkeley, CA; and Richmond, VA
Chosen for Prestigious Training Program

September 7, 2007, Washington, D.C. – Three recent graduates with degrees from The University of Texas at Austin, New York University, Brown University, the University of Virginia and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism have joined NPR News as the 2007-2008 Joan B. Kroc Fellows.    » read more »

One-game tie-breaker, if necessary, would be played on Monday, Oct. 1 and carried by TBS and ESPN Radio

09/07/2007 -- A series of coin tosses was conducted today by Major League Baseball to determine the sites for various potential two-team tie-breakers that would impact the 2007 postseason. Teams within five games of a respective postseason berth were included in the coin flips, while additional coin tosses will be held as they become necessary over the rest of the 2007 regular season.    » read more »

EXTENSIVE NEWS, INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS ACROSS TELEVISION, INTERNET, MOBILE PRODUCTS, RADIO, MAGAZINE, DEPORTES AND INTERNATIONAL

September 6, 2007 -- ESPN will offer the season’s most comprehensive NFL coverage with programming across television, radio, Internet, cell phones, broadband and magazines. Led by its dynamic presentation of Monday Night Football, sports television’s most storied series, ESPN’s season-long coverage through Super Bowl XLII in Phoenix, Ariz., will also include coverage on ESPN Deportes and ESPN International.

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September 5, 2007 -- At the State Police Academy in Meriden, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell today unveiled a new $1 million radio system that enables first responders across the state to communicate in emergency situations. The technology, called Cross Band, plugs into existing police radio systems. The new system will keep portable radios synchronized.    » read more »

August 29, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Oregon Scientific Weather Radios

Units: About 66,000

Manufacturer: Oregon Scientific Inc., of Tualatin, Ore.    » read more »

Highly anticipated Grateful Dead channel will feature original radio shows hosted by members of the band, rare concert performances and insider interviews

In cooperation with Audible, XM and the NEA introduce national radio show on September 10 featuring audio recordings of classic novels, plus interviews, commentary and readings by Mary Louise Parker, Robert Duvall, Colin Powell, Cheech Marin, Sandra Day O'Connor, Garrison Keillor, Alice Walker, Edward Albee, Amy Tan, Tony Hillerman, and many others

08/28/2007 -- Tomorrow, Wednesday, Aug. 29, will mark the first of 10 Baltimore Orioles games that will be broadcast on 102.7 JACK-FM instead of the club's flagship station, WHFS-FM (105.7). The changes are necessitated by coverage of University of Maryland football programming on WHFS-FM.    » read more »

Multi-Platinum, Grammy® Award-Winning Artist and Actor Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges to Premiere New Season of His XM Radio Show September 8

“Washington National Opera on XM” to feature performances by Plácido Domingo, Heinz Fricke, Sonia Ganassi, Alan Held, Hei-Kyung Hong, André Previn, and Verónica Villarroel

Network Creates New "Regional GM" Positions

Aug 21, 2007 -- Boston, MA - Today, Romney for President launched its newest radio ad, "Exceptional." The ad highlights Governor Romney's plan to cut back federal funds from cities that adopt sanctuary policies and ignore federal immigration laws. Governor Romney has a record of enforcing our immigration laws. He deputized the State Police to enforce federal immigration law, opposed drivers' licenses for illegal immigrants, and insisted that our children learn in English.    » read more »

08/21/2007, ANAHEIM, CA - The Los Angeles Angels Tuesday announced the club has reached an agreement with KWKW ESPN Deportes on a five-year contract to air Angels Baseball in Spanish during the 2008-2012 Major League Baseball seasons in an announcement made by club President Dennis Kuhl and KWKW President Jim Kalmenson.

KWKW ESPN Deportes (1330 AM) will broadcast all of the Angels' regular season games and any postseason contests. In case of programming conflicts, the games may be aired on KWKW's affiliate station, KWKU (1220 AM).    » read more »

15 August 2007 -- It's been a turbulent week for Don Imus. While the controversial radio host reached an August 14 settlement with his former employer, CBS Radio, he also faces a lawsuit from a member of the Rutgers University women's basketball team.

The settlement allows the 67-year-old shock jock to return to broadcasting at a different station, four months after making a racist and sexist remark about the Rutgers team members. It also pre-empts Imus' threatened $120 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.    » read more »