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Talk Radio Network
large block. In recent months, however, TRN has been in-
creasingly feeding its weekday programming to stations
in multi-program blocks; according to TRN, the network
is "capable of delivering a full turn-key talk operation to
one radio station."
TRN’s director of programming is Phil Boyce, best
known for his long stint as program director at WABC.
Much of TRN’s programming could be heard on CRN
Digital Talk Radio Networks until November 2009, when
CRN dropped the network and replaced it with Air Amer-
ica Media. Most TRN programs returned to CRN in 2010
after Air America’s demise. TRN programming is split up
among CRN2, CRN4 and CRN5, with most weekday pro-
grams on CRN4 and weekend shows airing on CRN5.
Talk Radio Network (abbreviated TRN is an Amer-
TRN) Weekday schedule
ican radio network providing talk radio programming,
All times below are Eastern Time Zone (ET), adjusted sea-
with an emphasis on conservative talk on weekdays and
sonally for Daylight Saving Time.
variety/general interest talk radio on weekends. Some of
the most recognizable personalities in American radio, General market talk
such as Laura Ingraham and Michael Savage, are syndi-
• America’s Morning News with John McCaslin, 6 a.m. to
cated on Talk Radio Network. It is headquartered in Cen-
9 a.m.
tral Point, Oregon.
• The Laura Ingraham Show, 9 a.m. to noon
Mark Masters is the president and CEO of Talk Radio
• America’s Radio News Network, noon to 3 p.m.
Network and its subsidiaries. The company began offer-
• Jerry Doyle, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
ing its syndicated programs in 1993.[citation needed] Bear
• Michael Savage, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Stearns issued a report in 2007 which concluded that TRN
• Rusty Humphries, 9 p.m. to midnight (hour 1 encore
is the second largest provider of top tier nationally syndi-
midnight to 1 a.m.)
cated radio talk shows in the U.S., making TRN (according
• The Phil Hendrie Show, 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. (encore 4 a.m.
to the Bear Stearns report) larger than ABC Radio Net-
to 6 a.m.)
works (ranked 3rd) and CBS controlled Westwood One
• Roy Masters, 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. (encore 3 a.m. to 5 a.m.,
(which is now ranked 4th) for national talk program-
brokered)
ming.[1]
• Mancow’s Morning Madhouse, 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
("best of" 6 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., encore 11 a.m. to noon)
Programming (In conjunction with Dial Global beginning January
2011)
Talk Radio Network’s programming is arranged in the
format of a 24-hour network, such that the programming
rarely overlaps, with the programming split up among
Weekend schedule
three satellites. Aside from encores, almost all of TRN’s • The Ellis Henican Show, 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. Saturday
programs air live. TRN currently carries no short-form • Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski, 8
programming; in April 2007, Talk Radio Network debuted a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday
its first short form program, a daily commentary hosted • Motor Trend Radio Magazine, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
by Dick Morris, but it has since left the air. Saturday and Sunday
TRN’s weekday programs are mostly distributed indi- • Monica Crowley, noon to 3 p.m. Saturday (separate
vidually as opposed to a straight network. As such, shows satellite)
like Laura Ingraham and Michael Savage are heard on • Barry Farber, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
hundreds of stations by millions of listeners, while the • Science Fantastic with Dr. Michio Kaku, 5 p.m. to 8
network’s other offerings air on considerably fewer. p.m. Saturday
TRN’s weekend programming is mostly syndicated as a • Rusty Humphries, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday
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• Just Ask Nish, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday the entire package or include local news segments within
Encores of Talk Radio Network programming fill in the each news block. ARNN is a non-partisan radio network.
gaps.
External links
America’s Radio News Network • Talk Radio Network site
In January 2011, TRN began rolling-out an all news net-
work service for stations, called America’s Radio News Net-
work (or ARNN). ARNN began with a three-hour news
References
block airing from 12 noon to 3 pm (Eastern Time) and has [1] "The TALKERS magazine interview: Talk Radio
since added blocks broadcast from 3 pm to 6 pm and 6 Network (TRN) CEO Mark Masters". Talkers. Nov
pm to 9 pm, five days a week.[2] ARNN calls these news 2008. http://www.trn1.com/talkers-mark-masters-
blocks "long-form" coverage, similar in format to NPR’s interview.
morning and afternoon news magazines. ARNN says the [2] [1]
format is designed to be flexible to all stations to take
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