RadioFR and CNSNews.com Team Up!

Free Republic Network | 2-5-03 | Bob J

[Bob J]

Radio Free Republic Picks
CNSNews.com
As Webcast Radio News Service

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date 2-5-03
Contact: Bob Johnson/BobJ@freeper.org or call 310-937-9797

Redondo Beach, CA – Radio Free Republic, the broadcast arm of the Free Republic Network and strategic partner to the leading Internet forum Free Republic.com, announced Tuesday that it has selected CNSNews.com’s Cybercast Radio News Service for its nightly broadcasts.

Complimenting Radio Free Republic’s line-up of popular talk show hosts will be radio newscasts, stories and news actualities provided by CNSNews.com, which will be broadcast in hourly newscasts between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. PST. CNSNews.com Cybercast Radio News will be incorporated into Radio Free Republic programming beginning Feb. 6, 2003.

“We’re thrilled to have found the right radio news service for Radio Free Republic and we think this partnership is a tremendous step forward in conservative webcast talk radio,” said Radio Free Republic Executive Producer Bob Johnson. “I don’t think we could have found a better match for our audience’s interests.”

The Free Republic Network is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing information, education and tools to grass roots activist organizations and boasts over 50 affiliated chapters with thousands of members. It is partnered with Free Republic.com, the largest political news discussion forum on the Internet that has grown to well over one million page views per day, since its inception in 1997.

"Freepers," take part in on-line discussion and analysis of current events via the site’s heavily used news forum, as well as steady participation in grass roots street activism through email, phone and fax campaigns as well as "pedal to the metal" street rallies and protests. During the election crisis of 2000, "FReepers" organized or participated in over 700 protests in 250 cities. Many credit them with keeping the media honest during that time and Congressman Bob Barr has stated that Bill Clinton would not have been impeached if it weren’t for FReeper pressure on Congress. “Our readers are posting CNSNews.com articles every day of the week, so when they launched their radio news service, it seemed like a natural match,” said Johnson.

CNSNews.com – Cybercast News Service is a multi-media newswire, offering print and radio news to client organizations worldwide. Launched in 1998, CNSNews.com operates five news bureaus on four continents, and is credentialed by the U.S. Congress, the Parliament in London, the Israeli Knesset, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and other domestic and international agencies worldwide.

For more information or to schedule an interview with Radio Free Republic Executive Producer Bob Johnson, email BobJ@freeper.org or call 310-937-9797.

[ken5050]

Don't stop......have another fundraiser to raise enougn to buy MSNBC.....you can probably pick it up for chump change...

[Spiff]

Be sure to provide these newscasts in a downloadable - non-streaming format like MP3. Need to be able to grab and go and listen offline.

[Bob J]

Kudos to everyone involved with RadioFR, the Free Republic Network and of course all FReepers! Keep up the excellent work and let's keep advancing that ball!

The FRee Republic Network!
Educate, Motivate, Activate!
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[Interesting Times]

Great job, Bob.

Looks like all the hard work is starting to pay off.

[Bob J]

Rightnow they are available in WMP and Realplayer...working on MP3!

[Bob J]

Why buy them when we can just take their audience away from them!

BTW - Don't believe we aren't thinking about a conservative investigative news television show...it's on the long term strategic plan!

[The Shrew]

Great news Bob!

I enjoyed our interview with Scott and Mr. Farah! Neither one is exactly a shrinking violet!

Regards,

TS

[Bob J]

I understand that Mr. Farah is also interested in working more closely with the chapters and the Free Republic Network! I'd say we finally hit critical mass at CPAC!

[ken5050]

Actually, if you tried, and succeeded to buy out NBC's portion..all of the MS loathers here of FR would go bonkers.......but when you really think about it.....there are more people here on FR than are watching Donahue....

[Bob J]

Who'd a thunk? We even seem to have surmounted all those pot holes put in our road!

[A Navy Vet]

Congratulations Bob! As you say, "slowly, but surely".

[Bob J]

That's a good point although I'd say NBC isn't ready to give up on their "Titanic" yet.

BTW - A 24/7 news service would be nice, even though Fox is filling that niche right now. We're thinking more along the lines of a "60 Minutes" type show, opposite "60 Minutes" on Sundays...heheh.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Interesting

[Carry_Okie]

We even seem to have surmounted all those pot holes put in our road!

LOL! Is this a case where "pot hole" is a polite term for "land mine"?

[abner]

Yippee!!!!

[Bob J]

Thanks, but it's too bad so many of the really good people who helped get the whole idea of a vibrant, effective Free Republic community off the ground, have left us somewhere along the way. Who knows, maybe they'll be back someday!

[Bob J]

Ha! Well, we haven't lost any limbs yet, but we certainly have been jarred to and fro!

[HighRoadToChina]

bfl

[Molly Pitcher]

Great news. Thanks!