23 Facts About Talk radio

Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music.

Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live conversations between the host and listeners who "call in" to the show.

Variations of talk radio include conservative talk, hot talk, liberal talk, and sports talk.

Talk radio listening is enjoyed not only on radios but a wide variety of other devices and services including PCs using iTunes, station directories such as TuneIn, show directory smartphones with apps such as Stitcher, and time-shifting services like DAR.

Talkback radio has historically been an important political forum in Australia and functions much like the cable news televisions in the United States, with live and "saturated" coverage of political issues.

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Local talk radio plays a significant role in the politics of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Talk radio is a popular form of radio entertainment in France, exemplified by Europe 1, RTL, and RMC, plus state-owned France Inter.

The first talk show on public radio was Werner Hofer's Der Internationale Fruhschoppen, a political talk begun in 1952.

The major radio networks broadcasting in the talk radio format are Newstalk ZB and Radio Live.

Second talk radio station called Radio Wnet, which is owned by Radio Wnet sp.

Typically the programming of main talk radio stations is modified whenever there is a major football event, such as a La Liga or a national team match.

Comedy morning talk shows are very popular in music radio stations, where there is strong competition since it is a very important time slot, when typically people going to the workplace listen to the radio in their cars early in the morning.

Talk radio expanded dramatically when the BBC's monopoly on radio broadcasting was ended in the 1970s with the launch of Independent Local Radio.

Pete Price on CityTalk radio is known as the DJ who rushed to the aid of a regular caller who died live on air during a call.

Author Bill Cherry proposed George Roy Clough as the first to invite listeners to argue politics on a call-in Talk radio show at KLUF, his station in Galveston, Texas, as a way to bring his political views into listeners' homes.

Talk radio sent Henry from New York to Los Angeles to turn KLAC into a success.

Since the turn of the 21st century, with many music listeners now migrating to digital platforms such as Pandora Radio, Sirius XM Radio, and the numerous variations of the iPod, talk radio has been expanding on the FM side of the dial as well.

Politically liberal talk radio aimed at a national audience emerged in the mid-2000s.

On January 21,2010, Air America Talk radio ceased live programming citing a difficulty with the current economic environment and announced that it would file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy production and liquidate itself.

Liberal opinion Talk radio has long existed on the Pacifica network, though only available in a small number of major cities, and in formats that more often act as a volunteer-run community forum than as a platform for charismatic hosts who would be likely to attract a large audience.

Talk radio included personal relationship consultants such as Laura Schlessinger and Barbara De Angelis both heard on KFI AM in Los Angeles.

Paranormal Talk radio shows have had a place on Talk radio for several decades; while the format has never been successful on a full-time basis, it has proven popular in the overnight graveyard slot.

Sports talk radio can be found locally and nationally in the US; as of 2013, five national full-time sports talk networks exist.