Bad news for radio listeners everywhere: Leonard Lopate, disgraced WNYC host accused of harassment, bullying, and general “inappropriateness,” will be back on New York radio with a show on WBAI called Leonard Lopate at Large.
David Mueller, the radio DJ who was recently found guilty of groping Taylor Swift in 2013, just got a new job hosting a radio show under the name ‘Stonewall Jackson,’ the name of a Confederate general.
The public broadcasting network the BBC was ordered by the British government to publicly disclose the salaries of its top stars on Wednesday.
Annie Lennox has a social media presence too and she uses it, when appropriate, to mock scammers and idiots.
Racist shock jock Anthony Cumia, who assaulted his girlfriend in an attack, the aftermath of which she broadcast live on Periscope, pleaded guilty last week to third-degree assault and criminal obstruction of breathing. If Cumia completes rehab and and a batterers intervention program, the charges will be reduced and…
Terrible news, friends: Shifting radio tastes could put beloved radio personality Delilah in jeopardy. Or at least, changes in the way radio audiences are measured. (Depends on who you ask.)
Several media outlets are reporting that a second sexual assault trial against disgraced Canadian radio star Jian Ghomeshi won’t proceed. Citing sources close to the case, they all say that the charges against Ghomeshi will be formally dropped Wednesday. The new case was centered around an assault that allegedly took…
Anthony Cumia, a sexist, racist, Islamophobic shock jock recently arrested for alleged strangulation and false imprisonment against his then-girlfriend, has entered rehab. Cumia didn’t specify what he’s seeking treatment for, but expressed hope, in a pre-recorded radio message, that it would help him avoid getting…
For weeks now, I have been haunted by FM morning radio.
Serial, the blockbuster podcast whose first season inspired a million thinkpieces, has announced the premiere dates for its second and third seasons, so get ready for more opinions. Variety reports Sarah Koenig will be returning as host, and revealed the new seasons will be “very different...but no less interesting”…
Disgraced Canadian radio host Jian Ghomeshi is heading to trial on five sexual assault charges. The prosecution announced Tuesday that they’re dropping another two charges against him because they believe there is “no reasonable prospect of conviction,” according to several reports.
Attention, attention, this is a War on Christmas special bulletin. Though it is fucking March and we should be turning our attention to sandals and sunglasses, there's a new radio station planning to play Christmas music YEAR-ROUND.
Among the many allegations against former Q host Jian Ghomeshi were those of a former coworker who claimed that her old boss once said he wanted to "hatefuck her." Now, that employee—who was previously anonymous for professional reasons—has come forward with more details about what a fucking ordeal working for…
Increasingly unhinged-sounding Canadian DJ Jian Ghomeshi was fired from his job at the CBC last weekend after allegations surfaced that he had been subjecting women to sexual violence to which they did not consent for years. But before he was fired, he made sure he showed his colleagues a film he thought would prove…
Author Reva Seth has become the ninth woman to go on the record about Jian Ghomeshi's alleged sexual abuse, and the second to identify herself by name. You know that feeling you get when your favorite team is on a winning streak? This is the opposite of that feeling.
This weekend, Canada's media world was rocked by news that Jian Ghomeshi, co-creator and host of CBC's popular radio show Q, had been fired by the broadcast network due to "personal issues." Those "personal issues" turned out to be allegations of a long record of creepiness culminating, in some cases, in sexual abuse.
Residents of Houston, Texas, are no longer able to tune into the boring, droning, informative news radio, after the city's only all-news station has ceased broadcasting. Its replacement? Beyoncé.
A woman won a lawsuit filed against a radio station who publicly misidentified her as an adult film star.
On an episode of Loveline that aired last week, cohost Dr. Drew Pinsky fielded a call from a man in Florida who mentioned the pain his fiancee feels as a result of her endometriosis. In response, Dr. Drew referred to endometriosis as a "garbage bag disorder" and suggested that the man's fiancee wasn't really sick;…
Oh good news, ladies. There's a man who thinks we don't belong in sports! And not just that! We should just shut the fuck up about it, period because we're just ruining it for all the men!
