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Answers to the Riverfront Times 2012 News Quiz

In January Riverfront Times published its annual "News Challenge" -- 78 multiple-choice questions testing how well readers paid attention to current events over the past twelve months. Within a week, more than 100 of you submitted your answers to us. A few weeks later a dozen readers e-mailed a simi ... More >>

Fox News Goes After Mizzou For Respecting Wiccan, Pagan Holidays, Religious Diversity

The University of Missouri's respect for a diverse range of religious holidays -- not just the main ones, like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Hanukah -- goes "beyond political correctness." It's "almost like an excuse to do nothing." So says radio host Tammy Bruce, in an eye-opening Fox News story tha ... More >>

John Cusack Should NOT Play Rush Limbaugh in Upcoming Biopic

John Cusack's production company, New Crimes, has announced it's going to make a biographical film based on the life of conservative radio firebrand (and Cape Girardeau native) Rush Limbaugh. Sounds like a fruitful idea, for Cusack is a died-in-the-wool loony liberal, while Rush is a paranoid reacti ... More >>

Ted Nugent's Outrageous Remarks at the NRA Conference: What the Videos Don't Show

While reporting our current feature on the 2012 NRA Conference, I happened to be walking past right when Ted Nugent made these remarks: As you've probably heard, the Secret Service has arranged a meeting today with The Nuge in order to do "appropriate follow-up," but Nugent ain't concerned.

UPDATE: Sculptor Hard at Work on Bust of Rush Limbaugh for Missouri State Capitol

Update, March 6: More information at the end of the post, including Senator Claire McCaskill's protest and an answer to commenter Mike N's question about whether this wad of bronze is funded by taxpayer money. ------- The eagle-eyed bloggers at Fired Up! Missouri posted the news earlier this after ... More >>

Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin: Defending the Republic

Can you feel it? Discontent has been in the air this week. The news has been full of #OccupyWallStreet and its various regional sympathy protests. On the face of it, it's hard to think of something more diametrically opposed to the Occupy movement than "Defending The Republic," a rally/appearanc ... More >>

Schafer's Talking Pujols on WGEM

In case you were wondering, no, that's not me. I have much better legs. ​Yesterday morning I was a guest on the ESPN affiliate in Quincy, Illinois, with Josh Houchins, the host of their morning drive program. WGEM has some of their audio files archived now, so you can go back and listen if you lik ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Pushing Tea in Joplin

Rush Limbaugh is cashing in on the tea party schtick with, yes, tea.​As if that tornado wasn't bad enough, this weekend, the town of Joplin, Missouri, got a visit from Rush Limbaugh.The bombastic radio host (and Missouri native) was there to promote a new product called Two if By Tea -- a bottled ... More >>

Kyle Turley Back in St. Louis -- This Time as a Musician, Not a Football Player

courtesy of Gridiron EntertainmentKyle Turley​Remember ex-Rams offensive lineman Kyle Turley? The long-haired, tattooed guy with all those anger-management issues? The man who once got so pissed off, he tore the helmet off a guy's head and flung it across the field? Oh yeah, that Kyle Turley ... More >>

Used Condoms Can't Keep Charles Jaco Off Air, but KTRS Can; Jaco Replaced by JC Corcoran

Charles Jaco​Effective October 22, St. Louis will lose one of its few -- if only -- politically liberal talk-radio hosts. As announced today, KTRS 550 AM plans to replace Charles Jaco in the 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. slot with J.C. Corcoran, the longtime St. Louis classic-rock host whose morning show on K ... More >>

PAC Behind St. Louis Tea Party Leads to Name Calling, Bruised Right-Wing Egos

Jamie Allman: Hungry for a fight and smells bacon.​I don't make it a habit of listening to the conservative talk station 97.1 FM (home to everyone's favorite local Tea Party babe, Dana Loesch), but a show this week did provide some quality entertainment and follow-up fireworks. It all began on Wed ... More >>

That Didn't Take Long: Black NFL Players Say They Won't Join Limbaugh-Owned Rams

Limbaugh: Said to favor a "conservative" game. Likes plays to develop on the right -- far right. ​A few days after Rush Limbaugh publicly announced his intention of buying the St. Louis Rams (and just 48 hours after Limbaugh again made another borderline derogratory/racist comment about black athl ... More >>

Think the Rams Couldn't Get Any More Despicable? Meet Their Possible New Owner...

​Move over Jerry Jones. Sorry, Al Davis. We bid you farewell, Bill Bidwill. The NFL soon could have a new most-hated owner. Ladies and gentlemen, through that cloud of pomp, pollution and hubris we present you Rush Limbaugh. Today the right-wing radio host confirmed that h ... More >>

Ashanti, Chingy, Ginuwine, Nelly and Other Celebs with Two Names Set for All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball

On Sunday afternoon, July 12, celebrities and baseball legends will gather on the field at Busch Stadium for the Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game. Musicians scheduled to play include Backstreet Boys member Brian Littrell, Nelly, Chingy, Ashanti and Ginuwine. (No word yet on if th ... More >>

Alleged Tranny Calls in Radio Show to Discuss Affair with St. Louis Rapper Chingy

This tidbit courtesy of St. Louis hip-hop blogger extraordinaire Byron Crawford. I have no idea if the claim is true. Frankly, I don't care. To me, the real entertainment value here is watching radio hosts drink white wine from Dixie cups as they take the alleged tranny's story as gospel.

What Rhymes with "Blowhard?"

www.rushlimbaugh.com Sing for me, America! Sing for me!Break out your rhyming dictionaries and begin honing your sense of political commentary to Jon Stewart-esque sharpness. New Line Theatre, the company that brought you Johnny Appleweed and the first non-Broadway staging of High Fidelity, ... More >>

Fuzzy Math: Why the BCS Doesn't Work

So I was in my automobile last night, driving along as I often do, and I heard something really interesting. So interesting, in fact, that I very nearly drove right off the road into some nice person's front yard. Luckily, my reflexes were good enough to save both myself and someone rhododendrons.&n ... More >>

Izzy a Free Agent? That's OK By Me

A Bitter End

No End in Sight

Special Amnesty Edicion

The Mexican says: Learn to write good English!

Film Openings

Week of October 26, 2006

Name That Loon

Who'll replace Howard Stern in the STL?

Best Radio Pitchman

John Carney

Best AM Radio Personality

Chuck Norman
WGNU (920 AM)

Swirl, Smack and Spit

We're curious about Bill Roberti's intentions, Brent Feeney's exodus and Joe Edwards' alibi; plus, Missouri will taste damn good in a waffle cone

Best Hard Candy

Crown Candy Kitchen

Best Sports Call-In Radio Show

Motorsports Weekly, KFNS (590 AM)

(LOW) POWER FOR THE PEOPLE

Depending on whom you believe, the FCC's new ruling permitting low-power FM stations will either put radio in the hands of the little people or clutter up the dial

Short Cuts

Radio Free St. Louis

A visit to Chuck Norman's Christmas Party for the Handicapped turns up some of the folks who give free speech a workout on the host's radio station, WGNU-AM

Frequent Fire

A lawsuit is the latest salvo in the continuing battle over a donated AM radio station