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Doug Stephan is This Week’s Guest on Harrison Podcast

Nationally syndicated talk radio host Doug Stephan is this week’s guest on the award-winning PodcastOne series, “The Michael Harrison Interview.” After starting out as a music DJ more than a half century ago, Stephan has chalked up a remarkable career as a pioneering syndicated talk show host heard on hundreds of stations weekday mornings with his general-appeal program titled, “Good Day.” After 36 consecutive years on the air, the durable show, currently co-hosted by Jai Kershner, recently surpassed the late Rush Limbaugh’s mark as the longest running Monday thru Friday syndicated talk property in the business. Stephan is now in the process of reconfiguring “Good Day” to suit the demands of the digital era and radio economics to ensure further longevity by transitioning it into a fresh weekend news/talk entity with modular application to weekday broadcasts. Stephan’s firm, Stephan Multimedia, is also a major radio producer/syndicator of several specialty radio programs hosted by Stephan and others including, “Good Day Health,” the “Talk Radio Countdown Show,” and a program that is achieving notable traction in the world of agriculture called the “American Family Farmer.” The latter taps directly into his qualifications to tackle the challenges facing independent 21st century farmers and champion their causes. In addition to his work in radio, the indefatigable Stephan is the longtime owner/operator of a well-known dairy farm located just outside of Boston in Framingham, Massachusetts. Harrison and Stephan talk about the state of radio, syndication, media entrepreneurism, food, health, and agriculture including his educated take on the current bird flu/cow issue. Listen to the podcast in its entirety here.

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FOX News Media and the National Merit Scholarship Program select Diana Jachman and Nathaniel King as the recipients of the fifth annual Dr. Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship (awarded annually to eligible children of network employees). Jachman, the daughter of FNC Atlanta bureau ENG field photographer Thomas Jachman, will attend the Georgia Institute of Technology in the fall and plans to major in journalism. King, the son of FNC’s Dallas bureau ENG field photographer Scott King, intends to attend Utah State University this fall where he will major in physics. FOX News Media president Suzanne Scott says, “We are pleased to name Diana and Nathaniel as the recipients of the fifth annual Dr. Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship. Their thirst for knowledge and academic curiosity perfectly embody the spirit of Dr. Krauthammer, whose storied legacy we are proud to honor through this scholarship.”

PodcastOne announces that it has acquired the exclusive sales and distribution rights to the “Dumb Gay Podcast” hosted by Bravo stars and comedians Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard. PodcastOne president and co-founder Kit Gray states, “Julie and Brandy are the comedic voices of a generation and we’re excited to have them join our roster of smart, outspoken and headline-making podcasters at PodcastOne. ‘Dumb Gay Podcast’ is the perfect blend of reverence and irreverence delivering hot takes on the most topical subjects from breaking news to reality tv breakups. Our hands-on team is looking forward to growing this podcast with both listeners and advertisers.”

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Lee Habeeb of Our American Stories is This Week’s Guest on Harrison Podcast

Going all the way back to the beginnings of language, meaningful communication between human beings has been built on the foundation of storytelling. One of modern talk radio’s greatest storytellers, Lee Habeeb, is this week’s guest on the award-winning PodcastOne series, “The Michael Harrison Interview.” Habeeb is the hostim and founder of “Our American Stories,” a storytelling radio show and podcast featuring narratives that represent the best of America: history, sports, music, free enterprise, charity, faith, family and more. It can be heard five days a week, two hours a night, on well over 250 affiliates, including many heritage outlets, across the country. And archives of the show are available as an evergreen series of podcasts. In 2021, “Our American Stories” was signed to a syndication deal with Premiere Networks, giving it an added layer of distribution muscle as the property continues to show non-stop growth and display tremendous compatibility with more traditional forms of news/talk radio programming. According to Harrison, “Lee Habeeb is one of the most positive, as well as successful, players in the news/talk radio community with a compelling message of goodness and unity. He is a shining light of hope and growth for our industry and America.” Listen to the podcast in its entirety here.