New York, NY – February 3, 2010 -- United Stations Radio Networks, Inc., (USRN) an independent leader in the creation and marketing of network radio programming, today announced that it has added Doug Stephan’s Good Day, Good Day Weekend and the TalkRadio Count Down to its growing lineup of information and talk programming. United Stations will handle all network functions including affiliate relations and national ad sales for the trio of programs. The announcement of the new programming partnership was made jointly by Doug Stephan and USRN’s President/COO, Jim Higgins.
Now in its 22nd year, Doug Stephan's Good Day is among the top syndicated talk shows in the country. The program features caller-friendly morning talk, with a full line-up of news, weather, entertainment, business, travel and other lifestyle topics, and is broadcast live Monday-Friday from 4am to 10am Eastern Time. Good Day has over 280 affiliates, and Talkers Magazine recently estimated Stephan's audience to be the 6th largest in the nation among all talk radio programs. Doug's TalkRadio Count Down is heard on weekends on stations across the USA. That program showcases the hot topics heard the previous week on America's News/Talk Radio Stations based on a Top 10 list compiled by Talkers Magazine. The Good Day Weekend program, focusing on Food and Health, features Doug Stephan three hours live each Saturday morning from 6am to 9am Eastern along with co-hosts Dr. Ken Kronhaus (on Health) and The Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert (on food).
"Doug Stephan's Good Day gives affiliates, listeners and advertisers exactly what we feel is needed today…a chance to start the day with a non-confrontational and non-controversial block of topical and lifestyle news along with interviews with celebrities and newsmakers," says USRN’s Jim Higgins. "We are excited to have a chance to help him to grow his show and maximize his hard work." Stephan added, "I've known and respected the folks at United Stations for a long time, and I’m excited to be to tapping into their skills and their contacts to help us to expand our reach."
Doug Stephan has always been passionate about radio. Since his days at Heidelberg College in Ohio, he’s been dedicated to creating entertaining and engaging broadcasts. He worked on-air in New England wherever and whenever he could, sometimes on 3 stations at the same time, and in the process he landed at WEEI-AM, Boston as their Operations Manager. In 1988, the American Radio Network chose Doug to host a new program called GOOD DAY USA. Doug eventually took control of that program, changed the name of the show to DOUG STEPHAN’S GOOD DAY, purchased his own satellite time, set up a studio in his home and secured his own affiliates. In the process, Doug has created one of the largest and most successful independent radio organizations in the country. To support GOOD DAY, he worked on-air at national powerhouses such as KABC, Los Angeles and KMOX, St. Louis. Doug is now among the top national talk radio personalities according to TALKERS magazine, and that publication has named Doug Stephan among its "100 Most Important Talk Hosts in America," every year since it began publishing such a list. Doug’s reach has extended to Podcasting and the Internet and his company, Stephan Multimedia, maintains offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington DC.
United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. is the nation’s leading independently owned and operated radio network. The company maintains offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Nashville and Dallas and provides programming and/or services to over 4500 radio stations across the country. The New York-based company was founded in 1994 by radio pioneers Dick Clark and Nick Verbitsky
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