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    It’s a Cinch!

    October 15th, 2009

    Today, we’re excited to launch Cinch. We took the service a bit further than Dave Winer suggested some time ago, and we’re thrilled where we ended up.
    As its name appropriately reflects, Cinch (which can be found at CinchCast.com) is the easiest way to create a podcast, pure and simple. You create a Cinch using any [...]

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    Black Enterprise Points to Alan Roger Currie as a Shining Example of Online Success

    September 27th, 2009

    More and more, the mainstream media is giving BlogTalkRadio hosts their props. And we couldn’t more proud!
    Seven weeks ago, Wayne Today, the daily paper in his hometown of Wayne, N.J., profiled WZAP Internet Radio host Zachary Sang.
    Three weeks later, KOAA-TV, the NBC affiliate in her hometown of Pueblo, Colo., profiled Movie Addict Headquarters host Betty [...]

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    Introducing Enhanced Reminders and Live Twitter Feed

    September 8th, 2009

    Fresh off from Labor Day weekend, we’re pleased to update you on two new BlogTalkRadio features:
    An enhanced reminder function and a live Twitter feed.
    -Reminder function: Now there’s no reason to miss your favorite BTR shows.
    On all upcoming episodes, below the host name, there’s a “Remind Me” button that allows you to schedule a reminder that [...]

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    Unearthing Gems from the BlogTalkRadio Archive

    July 20th, 2009

    You may have noticed some changes to the BlogTalkRadio homepage in the last few days.  We’re trying something new!
    In the past, the Featured Talk Radio Shows area has been used to spotlight recently-aired programming that was not spotlighted in other ways on the site, or that was happening spur of the moment.  We still have [...]

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    SoundBits: Having Triumphed Over Depression, Elizabeth Grant Can’t Help Helping Others Do the Same

    June 23rd, 2009

    Some people were born to dedicate their own lives to improving the lives of their fellow men and women. While we can’t say for sure that Elizabeth “The Quantum Coach” Grant falls into that category, she sure seems to be an excellent candidate. As host of The Elizabeth Grant Show, the Chicago native helps listeners [...]

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    BlogTalkRadio Today, June 10, 2009

    June 10th, 2009

    Keep your laptops close and your headsets closer, online radio fans. Our assortment of guests today runs the gamut from comedians to actors to authors to television personalities. If you haven’t already looked into BlogTalkRadio’s mobile site, may I encourage you to do so? You’re not going to want to miss any of this! Check [...]

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    SoundBits: Louie ‘Marxx’ the Hotspots

    June 9th, 2009

    We got to give Louie Marxx his props, if only for being the first-ever SoundBits subject to “DJ” one of his responses. But the Smooth Jazz Hotspots host, who lives in Long Beach, Calif., and cites Paul Hardcastle as his favorite smooth-jazz artist, also gets points for having a terrific sense of humor – and [...]

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    It’s A Psychological Edition of ‘The Mix’

    June 8th, 2009

    No, we’re not messing with your mind. This week’s edition of The Daily Mix does in fact explore the human psyche, answering, along the way, such important questions as:
    —Why Tori Amos’ eight-year-old daughter Natashya tells the pop diva, “Mummy, I think I need to create an empire.”
    —Why funnyman Dane Cook says he had “What I [...]

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    What's Up With the Weather?

    June 5th, 2009

    I don’t know what it’s like in your neck of the woods, but the East Coast has had more of its fair share of rain lately. We’ll have a day of beautiful, summery weather, followed by a week of rain, a pattern I can live without.The recent weather events have found me researching the contents [...]

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    H-h-h-h-h-heeeere’s Jay! ‘Stuttering John’ Melendez: ‘I Definitely Have a Job’ on Leno’s New Show

    June 5th, 2009

    Well, that mystery’s cleared up.
    Come September, former Tonight Show announcer “Stuttering John” Melendez will join boss Jay Leno in the lantern-jawed funnyman’s 10 p.m. slot.
    How can we be certain?
    Last night on Olivia Wilder Times, John told host Olivia Wilder in no uncertain terms that he’s still in Jay’s good graces.
    “I definitely have a job. I’m [...]

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