Roseanne Barr Rebuked by Drug Company after blaming Ambien for racist tweet

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"It was 2 in the morning and I was Ambien tweeting — it was memorial day too-i went 2 far & do not want it defended — it was egregious Indefensible," Roseanne wrote. "I made a mistake I wish I hadn't but ... don't defend it please."

WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. May 30th

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IT WAS MAY 30th … when America’s Town Meeting debuted on NBC Blue (the predecessor to ABC radio). First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the debaters on the opener… When the first major league baseball network telecast saw Cleveland down the Chicago White Sox 7-2… When future Canadian superstar Anne Murray (pictured) signed a contract with C-B-C-TV’s “Singalong Jubilee.’ She would be paid between $71.50 and $99 per show … When an early experiment with sports talk radio came to an end on Vancouver's AM 730 ... ..and when CKPG-AM (Prince George) and its news-talk format gave way at noon, to replacement FM station CKDV 99.3 “The Drive” with a classic rock format. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Surprise! Laura Ingraham’s Fox News Ratings are Up 16% Since Hogg’s Advertiser Boycott

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Her first six weeks since the boycott have shown an improvement over the the previous six weeks in both overall viewers and in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 year-old demographic

‘Roseanne’ Cancelled by ABC After Ms. Barr’s Racist Tweets

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ABC pulls Barr’s revived show and calls racist tweets towards ex-Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett ‘abhorrent and repugnant.’

Canada-born Voiceover Giant, ‘Deep End’ Host Nick Michaels Dies Suddenly

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Based in Toronto, MICHAELS became one of Canada's top voiceover artists before moving to New York in 1977 and becoming the voice for many radio and television stations and shows as well as one of the more prolific commercial voices and narrators.

UPDATED: Morgan Freeman’s Lawyer: ‘CNN Must Retract Sex Harassment Story’

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The 10-page legal letter, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, is addressed to Jeff Zucker, president of CNN, and claims the story has defamed and "inflicted serious injury" on Freeman's reputation and career.

The End of a dream… It’s Really Over! RoundHouse Radio Is Gone…

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Puget Sound Radio heard on Friday, equipment was being removed from the Railtown studios, so we sent our guy down to check it out today....