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Glenn Beck’s The American Story Offered as Fourth of July Radio Special

Premiere Networks nationally syndicated talk star Glenn Beck is presenting a three-hour, Fourth of July radio special for talk radio stations titled, “The American Story.” Billed as a “cinematic-style journey through the chaos, imgcourage, and unlikely twists that built the United States,” the story “uncovers the human drama behind America’s earliest, most pivotal moments. Listeners will meet settlers fighting to survive, preachers sparking mass revival, revolutionaries defying an empire, and founders struggling to invent a functioning nation.” The special will air on more than 350 affiliates of “The Glenn Beck Weekend Program” during the holiday weekend. It’s also available to talk stations in non-competing markets as early as Friday, July 3, and may be aired multiple times throughout the holiday weekend. Hear a clip of the show here.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories Over the Holiday Weekend

The Fourth of July holiday and the deadly shootings in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Indianapolis and Baltimore; the 2024 presidential race; a federal judge issues and order for federal agencies to not order social media to take down posts protected by First Amendment rights; Israel’s military operation in the West Bank town of Jenin and the Hamas attack in Tel Aviv; and the scorching heatwave affecting the Southern U.S. were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media over the long holiday weekend, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.