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WESTWOOD ONE LAUNCHES THE MONICA CROWLEY SHOW --New Program to Air Saturdays, Noon - 3 p.m. ET-- Beginning Saturday, April 1, 2006 New York, NY Monday, Mar 20, 2006 - Westwood One (NYSE: WON) is proud to announce the national launch of The Monica Crowley Show, the three-hour talk program hosted by author and news personality Monica Crowley. The show begins Saturday, April 1, 2006, and will air from noon to 3 p.m. ET. The Monica Crowley Show will debut on major market stations across the country including: WABC-AM New York, WTKK-FM Boston and WTNT-AM Washington DC. The show will...

When US President George Bush talks about his drinking days, he usually speaks in serious tones and often with a moral lesson attached, but he found a chance to laugh about them at the weekend. During a meeting he held at a BMW vehicle factory in South Carolina with plant workers and suppliers, Spartanburg Steel Products president Stephen Thies told the President his company had an affiliate that was the only American maker of beer kegs. "I quit drinking in '86, but I bet some of the people out here use the product," Mr Bush said. "I'm not going to...

Just over 10 years ago, when the US economy was in recession and Germany suffering from the post-unification surge of its currency, BMW startled itself - and the world - by opting to become the first European carmaker to produce vehicles on American soil. It chose to build its first non-German assembly plant in the bible-belt of the south, at Spartanburg, South Carolina, now the hub of a region that produces more cars than the "rustbelt" heartland of the US auto industry, around Detroit. After doubling output in the past three years and jobs in the past five, the German...

City rolls out red carpet for AME conference Spartanburg will get both a spiritual and economic lift this weekend when hundreds of African Methodist Episcopal members attend their annual conference, the first time in 35 years the event has been held here. By Benny Smith Recent stories by this writer Spartanburg will get both a spiritual and economic lift this weekend when hundreds of African Methodist Episcopal members attend their annual conference, the first time in 35 years the event has been held here. First AME Church will play host to the 125th annual conference Sunday through Sept. 28....