The Blaze Radio: An evolution of thought and freedom
I have raved before about how much I enjoy The Blaze Radio Network when my friend Doc Thompson acquired a job with them. As a long time AM radio listener going back several decades now, I enjoy news stations and talk radio the way an air traffic controller might enjoy monitoring sky traffic through radio chatter. It is assuring to me to hear intellectual activity from minds talking over the radio about their thoughts and opinions on given matters. Formally it was the local Cincinnati station of 700 WLW, which is how I came to know Doc, that I most listened to sometimes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But not anymore.
The trouble with WLW��and stations like it is that they have way too much sports broadcasting and in Cincinnati where the teams are often a disappointment, I get sick of hearing about things that are not important. But in the old days I had to put up with it to get to the good stuff, the news at the top and bottom of every hour and the talk radio programs that discussed the news of the day. But when Glenn Beck created The Blaze Radio Network he basically took the best of what made stations like WLW so appealing, and turned them into a full-time broadcast. Now after a few years under their belt, The Blaze Radio has become my new favorite friend providing information and content at all hours of the day all through the week. It is excellent broadcasting designed by a long time radio guy and my friend Doc starts the day off each day with hard news, humorous opinion and high quality research that comes from hours of tireless investigating.
The Blaze Radio Network is a conservative libertarian American radio network programmed by The Blaze and available via Internet streaming on SiriusXM channel 796, The Blaze’s website, its iOS app, or ClearChannel‘s iHeartRadio��Website, app on iOS or Android��devices, or Roku channel. It is one of the most listened to internet streams in the United States.[1]
The network also produces and operates The Blaze Radio News, the exclusive provider of news updates at the top of every programming hour on SiriusXM Patriot.
All episodes from shows on The Blaze Radio Network (with the exception of The Weekend With Joe Pags and all of the shows on Sunday) are available on-demand to listen or download at Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, and iTunes.
On October 28, 2013, The Blaze Radio Network launched a localized radio station broadcasting The Blaze Radio Network content augmented by Philadelphia local updates like weather and traffic several times an hour. The Blaze Radio/Philly��is available on the same apps mentioned above. Additionally, to promote the launch, The Blaze Radio Network was broadcast on WWIQ-FM 106.9 for the week of October 28-November 3, 2013, prior to its format change to WKVP.
The Glenn Beck Radio Program��simulcasts on The Blaze Radio and many Premiere Networks affiliates. The Morning Blaze with Doc Thompson and Skip Lacombe is also syndicated to terrestrial radio on a few affiliates, mainly on the West Coast.
Current Lineup
Weekdays
ET
End
Program
Host
Notes
Original Run
6 a.m.
9 a.m.
The Morning Blaze with Doc Thompson
Doc Thompson Skip LaCombe
Live
2012���present
9 a.m.
noon
The Glenn Beck Radio Program
Glenn Beck Pat Gray Stu Burguiere
Live
2000���present
noon
2 p.m.
The Buck Sexton Show
Buck Sexton
Live
2013���present
2 p.m.
5 p.m.
The Jay Severin Show
Jay Severin
Live
2012���present
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
Pat & Stu
Pat Gray Stu Burguiere
Pre-recorded (audio rebroadcast of Noon – 2 P.M. TV show)
2012���present
Saturdays
6 a.m.
8 a.m.
The Jeff Fisher Show
Jeff Fisher
Live
2014���present
8 a.m.
9 a.m.
Pure Opelka
Mike Opelka
Live
2014���present
9 a.m.
noon
The Glenn Beck Weekend
Glenn Beck Pat Gray Stu Burguiere
Pre-recorded
2014���present
noon
3 p.m.
The Chris Salcedo Show
Chris Salcedo
Live
2013���present
3 p.m.
6 p.m.
The Mike Slater Show
Mike Slater
Live
2014���present
6 p.m.
9 p.m.
The Weekend with Joe Pags
Joe “Pags” Pagliarulo
Pre-recorded
2013���present
Sundays
10 a.m.
1 p.m.
Wallbuilders
David Barton
Pre-recorded
2013���present
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
Handel On The Law
Bill Handel
Pre-recorded
2014���present
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
The Jacki Daily Show
Jacki Daily
Live
2015-present
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
Gun Talk Radio
Tom Gresham
Pre-recorded
2014���present
7 p.m.
10 p.m.
Hollywood 360
Carl Amari
Pre-recorded
2014���present
10 p.m.
12 a.m.
The Jeff Fisher Show
Jeff Fisher
Pre-recorded
2014���present
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The magic for me of late has come from my T-Mobile account where they provide free data to my iPhone over iHeart Radio. That has turned out to be one of the greatest gifts of this modern age, because it allows me to essentially monitor The Blaze Radio all hours of the day without worrying about consuming my data. That���s important because on most days through the week I bike for about three hours a day���(bicycle). Often I am in complete dead zones in the middle of nowhere and just a few years ago there was no Internet coverage in these zones. But, T-Mobile now covers those areas so I can essentially leave my driveway and go to all the places I do for exercise listening to The Blaze Radio without a signal drop���really for the first time.
When I was a little kid I used to sit in my bunk bed and listen to the Voice of America radio all night for much the same reason���I liked hearing the thoughts of people across the world and my clunky 1970s AM radio allowed me that freedom���which has never become old to me. But now, I get the same impact off a simple miniature computer that fits in my pocket not much bigger than a credit card. So the miracle of the iPhone is not lost to me and I keep it always turned to The Blaze. I had one of those special moments the other day during sunrise. I was in the middle of a vast field of wetlands as the hint of spring was emerging from the 25 degree air with snow heavily coating the ground. A train was roaring across the plain as some ducks took to the sky in fear of the roar and I just stopped my bike to take it all in. On The Blaze Doc and his partner Skip were doing a new segment of weekly news updates and it was very funny, and informative. At that moment I took a minute to marvel at all those elements. When The Blaze Radio is playing, I feel the world is not lost off its rocker, because it connects those still having a mind with others who feel the same way and it bypasses all that ridiculous nonsense so common on other mainstream news outlets. It was a real pleasure to listen to Doc Thompson���s radio broadcast to the entire world from my bicycle in the middle of a wetland as a train roared through the early spring countryside from my iPhone. There are so many inventions that it took to make that moment possible and I thanked them all in that moment.
I am so happy to have The Blaze Radio as an option. It has become my best news friend because no matter how bad things get, they have a way of delivering the news in a way that makes nothing seem impossible. They are a beacon in the darkness where thought is still appreciated. Buck Sexton is a gift to have someone like that on the radio everyday at noon. Jay Severin comes on after Buck and he���s great too. Then of course there���s Pat and Stu who are really truly funny while at the same time being extremely informative from a critical thinking point of view. They are quite good at what they do and they can only be heard on The Blaze Radio. Everyone who loves conservative talk radio should have this station tuned in at all times. With the Internet and satellite radio options now available, there is no reason not to tune in to them. I think they are the best available now, and it is simply an amazing time that we live in where every individual no matter where they are can now have access to that station at all times.
In just 35 or so years radio technology has went from a young boy trying to angle his antenna to capture a strong signal complete with static on a battery operated AM radio to a mini computer that can pick up a broadcast from anywhere in the world in real-time��without a drop in coverage and with a crisp clarity that seems even today, unfathomable. The Blaze Radio may be one of the most listened to Internet streams available, but it���s so new that its full impact has not yet been realized. It was only a few years ago that I was driving a delivery truck through the mountains of the South trying to get WLW��radio in Cincinnati on the peeks���just for news updates. Now, I can just listen to The Blaze Radio and there is never a loss in broadcast quality no matter where I am on a mountain, or in the valley of a deep canyon. If you have a smart phone and access to iHeart Radio, you can get The Blaze anywhere, anytime you wish. And that is a gift unto itself that the new radio station is poised to uniquely deliver.���� If I didn���t know better I would declare that the new Net Neutrality grabs from the FCC were specifically targeted at outlets like The Blaze Radio. After all, Voice of America brought down communism by broadcasting American goodness across the oceans into poor countries hampered by communism. Now, with a much smaller network The Blaze Radio is able to pipe in that same goodness over the current federal government hell-bent on liberalism and collectivist objectives. For the young minds out there still hungry to think, The Blaze Radio is food for their thoughts and is a miracle of modern science, and a necessary ingredient for the perpetuation of freedom���which starts with questions and answers contemplated over conservative talk radio the world over.
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Rich Hoffman
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