10/10/26. - Farewell To A Broadcasting Innovator
Host Doug Stephan along with Michael Harrison, Editor/Publisher of Talkers Magazine, review the most talked about stories and people on news/talk radio for the week of October 5th, 2026 through October 9th, 2026. Compiled by the research department at Talkers Magazine - The Bible of Talk Radio and the New Talk Media - www.talkers.com (http://www.talkers.com/)
STORIES
Midterm Elections / Trump on Campaign Trail
The Economy / Gas Prices
Iran War / B1s Leave UK Air Base
AI Concerns / Data Center Controversies
Cornell Protests / France Protests
New SCOTUS Term
Russian Pneumonic Plague Case
CNN Absorbed by Skydance
Christa Pike Case
Hurricane Isaias
PEOPLE
Donald Trump
Ken Paxton / James Talarico
Abdul El-Sayed / Mike Rogers
Scott Bessent
Dario Amodei
Sam Altman
Jensen Huang
Xi Jinping
Vladimir Putin
Christa Pike
2 Oct 2026
10/3/26 - Inside The Flight Deck Of Flight 1073
10/3/26 - Inside The Flight Deck Of Flight 1073
Host Doug Stephan along with co-host Jennifer Horn, review the most talked about stories and people on news/talk radio for the week of September 28th, 2026 through October 2nd, 2026. Compiled by the research department at Talkers Magazine - The Bible of Talk Radio and the New Talk Media - www.talkers.com (http://www.talkers.com/)
STORIES
Midterm Elections
The Economy / Rising Consumer Prices and Mortgage Rates
Jack Smith Hearings
SCOTUS ICE Deportations Ruling
Trump AI Execs Meeting
UK Base Attack Thwarted / FlyDubai Flight 1073 Incident
Hegseth’s Pentagon Cuts / U.S.-Iran War
Cornell Rape Allegations
U.S.-China Relations
Christa Pike Execution Attempt
PEOPLE
Donald Trump
Ken Paxton / James Talarico
Abdul El-Sayed / Mike Rogers
Jon Ossoff
Jack Smith / Eric Schmitt
Pete Hegseth
Masoud Pezeshkian
Benjamin Netanyahu
Xi Jinping
Christa Pike
25 Sept 2026
9/26/26 - Topping This Week's List: Trump’s White House Media Ban
9/26/26 - Topping This Week's List: Trump’s White House Media Ban
Host Doug Stephan along with co-host Jennifer Horn, review the most talked about stories and people on news/talk radio for the week of September 21st, 2026 through September 25th, 2026. Compiled by the research department at Talkers Magazine - The Bible of Talk Radio and the New Talk Media - www.talkers.com (http://www.talkers.com/)
STORIES
Trump’s White House Media Ban
Iran War / Netanyahu at UN / Trump Addresses UN
Xi Jinping Welcomed to Washington
Midterm Elections
The Economy / Bond Selloff
AI Fears
U.S.-Denmark-Greenland Agreement
Trump Invites Putin to G20
Trump-Mamdani Presser
PA Measles Outbreak
PEOPLE
Donald Trump
Kaitlin Collins
Xi Jinping
Benjamin Netanyahu
Abdul El-Sayed
Jon Ossoff
James Talarico
Scott Bessent
Vladimir Putin
Zohran Mamdani
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