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Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004 11:40 p.m. EDT Seattle Station Says Firing Not About CBS Document Flap A radio station Sunday denied a talk show host's claim that was fired because he criticized CBS newsman Dan Rather's handling of challenges to the authenticity of memos about President Bush's National Guard service. KIRO-AM Radio, a CBS affiliate here, canceled "The Brian Maloney Show" because of scheduling conflicts, the station's general manager said Sunday. Story Continues Below "The primary reason Brian Maloney's show was canceled is because KIRO's broadcasts of the Seattle Seahawks football games significantly reduces our Sunday talk lineup and we...

Station: Rather not the issue in cancellation By PEGGY ANDERSEN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER SEATTLE -- A time crunch is the primary reason the weekly "Brian Maloney Show" was canceled by KIRO AM-Radio, not any comments Maloney may have made about CBS newsman Dan Rather, the station's general manager said Sunday. Maloney said Saturday he was fired for criticizing Rather's handling of challenges to the credibility of memos aired on "60 Minutes II" about President Bush's National Guard service. In a statement Sunday, station manager Ken Berry said that wasn't the issue. "Several of the talk show hosts on Newsradio 710...

SEATTLE - A radio station Sunday denied a talk show host's claim that he was fired because he criticized CBS newsman Dan Rather's handling of challenges to the authenticity of memos about President Bush (news - web sites)'s National Guard service. KIRO-AM Radio, a CBS affiliate here, canceled "The Brian Maloney Show" because of scheduling conflicts, the station's general manager said Sunday. "The primary reason Brian Maloney's show was canceled is because KIRO's broadcasts of the Seattle Seahawks football games significantly reduces our Sunday talk lineup and we felt the remaining time slots would be better filled by other hosts,"...

Posted on Sun, Sep. 19, 2004 Host Says Rather Criticism Got Him Fired PEGGY ANDERSEN Associated Press SEATTLE - A radio talk-show host said Saturday he has been fired for criticizing CBS newsman Dan Rather's handling of challenges to the authenticity of memos about President Bush's National Guard service. "On the talk show that I host, or hosted, I said I felt Rather should either retire or be forced out over this," said Brian Maloney, whose weekly "The Brian Maloney Show" aired for three years on KIRO-AM Radio, a CBS affiliate here. Maloney says he made that statement on his...

Saturday, September 18, 2004 · Last updated 5:42 p.m. PT Radio station fires talk-show host over CBS document flap By PEGGY ANDERSEN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER SEATTLE -- A radio talk-show host said Saturday he has been fired for criticizing CBS newsman Dan Rather's handling of challenges to the credibility of memos about President Bush's National Guard service. "On the talk show that I host, or hosted, I said I felt Rather should either retire or be forced out over this," said Brian Maloney, whose weekly "The Brian Maloney Show" aired for three years on KIRO-AM Radio, a CBS affiliate here....

CBS Radio Host Fired After Criticizing Rather A talk host at the CBS Radio Network's Seattle affiliate was fired just days after he called for CBS anchorman Dan Rather to resign or be fired for airing forged military records in a bid to hurt President Bush's reelection chances. "I said I felt Rather should either retire or be forced out over this," former KIRO-AM radio host Brian Maloney told the Associated Press. "I really felt he was taking the network's credibility down with him." Story Continues Below But KIRO execs apparently felt that Maloney crossed the line. "What they have...

Okay late night FReepers, here is your chance to FReep a late night call in talk show in Seattle. The station that fired the Talk Show host that says he was fired for being critical of Dan Rather and the fake docs. I just called and got right through. Told him I had heard about some crazy story on the interenet that a talk show host at their station had been fired for being critical of Dan Rather. I asked him if it was true. He said he did not know, that management was not talking about it. He said...

CBS Radio Host Fired After Criticizing Rather A talk host at the CBS Radio Network's Seattle affiliate was fired just days after he called for CBS anchorman Dan Rather to resign or be fired for airing forged military records in a bid to hurt President Bush's reelection chances. "I said I felt Rather should either retire or be forced out over this," former KIRO-AM radio host Brian Maloney told the Associated Press. "I really felt he was taking the network's credibility down with him." But KIRO execs apparently felt that Maloney crossed the line. "What they have expressed is essentially...

Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004 11:02 p.m. EDT CBS Radio Host Fired After Criticizing Rather A talk host at the CBS Radio Network's Seattle affiliate was fired just days after he called for CBS anchorman Dan Rather to resign or be fired for airing forged military records in a bid to hurt President Bush's reelection chances. "I said I felt Rather should either retire or be forced out over this," former KIRO-AM radio host Brian Maloney told the Associated Press. "I really felt he was taking the network's credibility down with him." But KIRO execs apparently felt that Maloney crossed the...

SEATTLE - A radio talk-show host said Saturday he has been fired for criticizing CBS newsman Dan Rather's handling of challenges to the authenticity of memos about President Bush's National Guard service. "On the talk show that I host, or hosted, I said I felt Rather should either retire or be forced out over this," said Brian Maloney, whose weekly "The Brian Maloney Show" aired for three years on KIRO-AM Radio, a CBS affiliate here. Maloney says he made that statement on his Sept. 12 program. He was fired Friday, he said. "What they have expressed is essentially that my...

SEATTLE, WA (Talon News) -- Liberal Seattle radio talk show host Mike Webb continued his personal assault against Talon News and threatened the correspondent who exposed his death threats against the president with a "lawsuit." As Talon News has been reporting over the past couple of weeks, a listener to The Mike Webb Show, which airs from 10:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. on 710 AM KIRO in Seattle, Washington, said that Webb had "called for the death of President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld for 'war crimes'" during his program on Tuesday, May 18. However, Webb has subsequently responded several times by stating...

Radio Host Who Allegedly Threatened Bush, Rumsfeld Incensed By 'Vicious, Hateful Lying Web Sites' By Jimmy Moore Talon News May 24, 2004 SEATTLE, WA (Talon News) -- In an expletive-filled response to a Talon News story from last week where a listener accused him of making death threats against President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, liberal Seattle radio talk show host Mike Webb declared his innocence and decried "lies told by right wing web sites." Talon News reported last week (see earlier story) that a listener to The Mike Webb Show, which airs from 10:00 p.m.-1...

SEATTLE, WA (Talon News) -- A liberal radio talk show host in Seattle has been accused of making death threats against President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during his broadcast on Tuesday night. A listener to The Mike Webb Show, which airs from 10:00 p.m.-1 a.m. on 710 AM KIRO in Seattle, Washington, informed Talon News that Webb had "called for the death of President Bush and Secretary Rumsfeld for 'war crimes.'" The listener said that he was "very upset at this." The concerned listener said he "will not tolerate a threat upon President Bush" and...