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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (June 15-19)

Here are the most-talked-about stories of the past week (6/15-19) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. U.S.-Iran Agreement
  2. Gas Prices / Financial Markets Activity
  3. Primary Races / Georgia Shelves Redistricting
  4. DNI Hearing Cancelled / Voter ID Law
  5. JD Vance Book-Appearance on “The View”
  6. Newsoms Investigation
  7. AI Concerns / Data Centers Pushback
  8. SpaceX IPO / Musk First Trillionaire
  9. Ukraine Strikes Moscow
  10. Obama Library Opening

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. JD Vance
  3. Marco Rubio
  4. Benjamin Netanyahu
  5. Rick Jackson / Burt Jones / Mike Collins
  6. Mike Johnson
  7. Jay Clayton
  8. Gavin & Siebel Newsom
  9. Elon Musk
  10. Barack & Michelle Obama

To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.

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TALKERS 2026 Video: Lee Habeeb Presents “The Art of Storytelling”

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Noted raconteur and documentarian Lee Habeeb kicks off TALKERS 2026: Radio’s Next Chapter with an engaging morning presentation titled, “The Art of Storytelling.” Habeeb, the charismatic producer, host, and writer of the wildly popular syndicated news/talk radio series “Our American Stories,” makes a case for the effective use of storytelling in all aspects of talk radio citing several iconic episodes of American history as examples of the endless wealth of material available to hosts. Stay tuned to TALKERS daily posts of new video of the outstanding sessions that recently took place (6/5) at the 28th installment of the talk media industry’s longest running and most important national gathering. To see the Habeeb presentation in its informative and inspirational entirety, please click here.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (June 8-12)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (6/8-12) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Iran War / Agreement or No Agreement?
  2. Trump in NYC / NBA Finals
  3. The Economy / Inflation / Gas Prices
  4. Primary Elections / Trump Face the Nation Interview
  5. Trump UFC Controversy
  6. Trump Great American State Fair Performers Controversy
  7. Trump Ballroom Project Controversy / Trump DC Reflecting Pool Controversy
  8. AI / Data Center Controversy
  9. Strong El Niño Formed / World Cup
  10. Epstein Files

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Marco Rubio
  3. Benjamin Netanyahu
  4. Todd Blanche
  5. Scott Bessent
  6. Mike Johnson
  7. JD Vance/Pete Hegseth
  8. Zohran Mamdani
  9. Kristen Welker
  10. Jay Clayton

To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (June 1-5)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (6/1-5) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Iran War / War Powers Resolution
  2. Primary Races
  3. Pelley Firing / Status of “60 Minutes”
  4. “Anti-Weaponization” Fund Nixed
  5. The Economy / Gas Prices
  6. Redistricting
  7. Delaney Hall Protests
  8. Ballroom Project
  9. 250th Celebration Performers Controversy / Kennedy Center Ruling
  10. Bolton to Plead Guilty

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Thomas Massie / Tom Barrett / Brian Fitzpatrick / Warren Davidson
  3. Scott Pelley / Bari Weiss / Nick Bilton
  4. Todd Blanche
  5. Scott Bessent
  6. Mike Johnson
  7. Joe Biden
  8. JD Vance
  9. David Venturella
  10. John Bolton

To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.

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Nielsen: News/Talk Remains Top Format for Total Radio Listening

Nielsen issues its quarterly “report card” – called The Record- on listening by U.S. consumers and says that, for persons 18+, 62% imgof Americans listen to AM/FM radio as part of their daily audio consumption. Podcast listening gets 20% with ad-supported streaming getting 16%, and ad-supported satellite radio accounting for 2%. The report also indicates that the news/talk radio format maintained its position as the top format with 10.9% share of total radio listening (P18+), a slight uptick from the 10.8% it captured in Q4 2025. All-news listening also increased, climbing from 2.7% to 2.9%. See more about the report here.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (May 25-29)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (5/25-29) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Iran War
  2. Trump Candidates’ Primary Success
  3. Redistricting Cases
  4. The Economy / Gas Prices
  5. DOJ to Investigate E. Jean Carroll
  6. Ballroom Project
  7. Biden Recordings Suit
  8. Pope Leo’s AI Encyclical
  9. White House Attacker Shot
  10. Ebola Outbreak

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Benjamin Netanyahu
  3. Ken Paxton / John Cornyn
  4. James Talarico
  5. Howard Lutnick
  6. Jean Carroll
  7. Todd Blanche
  8. Joe Biden
  9. JD Vance
  10. Pope Leo XIV

To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories This Past Week (May 18-22)

Here are the most talked about stories of the past week (5/18-22) on news/talk radio and related talk media according to TALKERS:

Stories

  1. Trump’s Primary Victories
  2. Iran War / War Powers Vote
  3. Gas-Food Prices
  4. “Anti-Weaponization” Fund / Trump Immunity
  5. U.S.-Cuba Tensions / Ebola Outbreak
  6. DNC 2024 “Autopsy”
  7. Xi-Putin Meeting / U.S.-Taiwan Relations
  8. Deadly Mosque Shooting / Rededicate 250 Prayer Rally
  9. End of Colbert Show / Springsteen vs Trump
  10. Kyle Busch Dies

People

  1. Donald Trump
  2. Thomas Massie
  3. JD Vance / Pete Hegseth
  4. Todd Blanche
  5. Joe Biden / Kamala Harris
  6. Raul Castro
  7. Xi Jinping / Vladimir Putin
  8. Lai Ching-te
  9. Stephen Colbert / Bruce Springsteen
  10. Kyle Busch

To see the full TALKERS Stories, Topics, and People Charts, please click HERE.