Times to launch syndicated radio show - Investigations, exclusives on tap

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Times to launch syndicated radio show - Investigations, exclusives on tap
Tom LoBianco
Monday, March 23, 2009

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/23/times-to-launch-syndicated-radio-show/

The Washington Times will launch a syndicated radio show later this spring, dedicated to the newsroom's investigative reporting and accountability journalism, Executive Editor John Solomon said Sunday.

The three-hour morning show will feature investigations by The Times, exclusive interviews with national newsmakers and discussions with reporters from The Times newsroom.

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The show will air live from 6 to 9 a.m. Mr. Solomon said he plans to announce a host for the show in about a month.

The Times has produced many "high-impact" investigative exposes, including a groundbreaking series on medical experimentations on war veterans by the Veterans Affairs Department and enterprise reporting about ethical conflicts involving administration nominees and members of Congress.

"Our distinctive news reporting is reaching millions of new consumers across this country, and we are pleased to be partnering with Mark and one of the best news talk radio companies in the world to help spread our enterprising journalism to the radio format," said Thomas P. McDevitt, president and publisher of The Times.

"In a time of large economic and national security challenges, Americans will be able to get distinctive, authoritative news from one of America's most influential newspapers delivered through an innovative radio show produced by the best in the business."

Traffic to the Web site has increased 500 percent over the past 13 months, Mr. Solomon said.

The Times is planning to start providing hourly newscasts for radio listeners, as well, although it is uncertain how soon that will start.

"The newspaper has an incredible engine - every day, there's two, three, four scoops in the paper," Mr. Solomon said. "I think we have plenty of fuel in the tanks to make some scoops on the radio."

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As a talk show junkie I look forward to this radio show and hope it will live up to its promises.

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1. The Moonie Journal is launching an investigative radio show?

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2. You may be a talk show junkie

But if John Solomon's body of work and the Washington Times isn't a sufficient tip-off for you, think back to the hazy, lazy, crazy days of Whitewater and Vince Foster's suicide. This is the "promise" they will be living up to: Innuendo disguised as facts, opinion dressed up to look like analysis, and lie stovepiped on dubious premise to construct an edifice that the muttering conspiracy theorist would be ashamed to own.