Political

Wild cheers erupted from tens of thousands of demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square after word spread that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned. Demonstrators chanted "Egypt is free!" upon hearing the news.

Talkers Magazine is out with their "Heavy Hundred" top talkers list for this year, and guess who's number one again?

Responding to many, many requests over the past two years for more live programming, starting on Monday, 2/7, and continuing on weekdays TFN, here’s the new NewsTalk 1280 WGBF program schedule:

A California State Senator, Leland Yee, has been receiving threatening messages by fax ever since criticizing Rush Limbaugh's pidgin Chinese remarks on his radio program last week. Rush, in his usual non-politically-correct manner, was poking fun at the Chinese President's remarks during his visit to the U.S. last week.

Doug Stephan, host of NewsTalk 1280's early morning show, "Good Day," heard weekdays at 5am, is on the road, looking for warmer weather and friendly radio affiliates to visit on his trek to the west coast from his Massachusetts farm. Along for the ride is his trusty dog, Charlotte. When asked by Talkers Magazine about his trip, Stephen says:

President Obama's 2011 State of the Union (titled "Winning the Future") focused heavily on all political parties working together -- Republican and Democrat congress members even watched in a mixed seating arrangement, rather than occupying separate sections of the House. Obama also announced his administration would move forward with health care reform, work on immigration law, build in

Current County Commissioner Lloyd Winnecke is throwing his hat in the ring for the upcoming Evansville Mayor's race.

The after effects of the Tucson mass murder continue to be felt in the Talk Radio world as the moderate Republican Governor of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee bans all state workers from appearing on any talk radio program.

As the entire country struggles with the why and how of the Tucson shooting rampage allegedly perpetrated by an imbalanced and confused loner, the "Sean Hannity Show" today on WGBF has scheduled a special guest:

The state of Arizona is wasting no time in bringing alleged killer Jared Lee Loughlin to justice: after Saturday’s shocking shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (who remains in critical condition but is able to communicate) and nine others, charges were quickly filed on Sunday afternoon and he’ll appear in court on Monday. Says The New York Times‘ Caucus blog: