OK, so you just knew somebody in Talk radio was going to latch on to the buzz created by yesterday’s “Beer Summit” in which President Barack Obama, VP Joe Biden, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge, MA police officer Sgt. James Crowley sipped a few brews in the backyard of the White House. Salem Radio News/Talker WIND/Chicago has teamed with the Sundance Saloon in suburban Waukegan, IL to show their appreciation to all police officers around the Chicagoland area by offering a free beer today (7/31) to any officer who presents their badge at the bar. On duty cops will have the option of enjoying a frosty root beer. The free “brews-for-blues” is the brainchild of WIND morning duo Big John Howell and Cisco Cotto who said, “We wanted to show cops in Chicago that we appreciate their service and respect the hard work they do every day. They deserve our support and respect.”

There was some pretty serious on-air talking from some pretty big L.A. morning hosts this week. Orange County Register media maven Gary Lycan picks up on the buzz created in SoCal when KIIS/Los Angeles morning man and big-time-media-mogul Ryan Seacrest called crosstown KROQ morning veterans Kevin & Bean to uh, well, basically bitch about their respective employers live on the air. KIIS is owned by Clear Channel, while KROQ is a CBS Radio outlet. Not exactly the first time a talent has taken management to task on-air, but there were some pretty strong words coming from both ends of the conversation between the wake-up rivals that you can read via Lycan’s column HERE.

Nice to have some good radio personnel news to report as Buckley Broadcasting’s Gotham City flagship promotes Jennifer Buckley to VP/Director of Sales and Scott Lakefield to Program Director. Buckley first joined the WOR sales department in 2001, most recently serving as the station’s DOS. Lakefield joined the legendary News/Talker in 1995 and has served as the stations assistant PD since 2002. “Jennifer and Scott are extremely hard-working individuals who have helped make WOR the exceptional radio station it is today,” said VP/GM Jerry Crowley. “I am thrilled to reward their efforts with these well-deserved promotions.”

Well, we know that Bob & Sheri Show co-host Sheri Lynch will be spending at least some of her summer “vacation” in India as she and Greater Media Director of Syndication Tony Garcia are off to tour the slum areas of Delhi next week on behalf of international charity organization World Vision. Upon her return, Lynch will share with listeners what she saw and learned on her trip to the world’s second most-populous country during the WLNK/Charlotte-based morning show’s second World Vision Radiothon on August 12th.  ”This is one of our favorite projects of the year,” said Greater Media/Charlotte VP/GM Rick Jackson. “Now, more than ever, we are a global community and with the help of World Vision, Bob and Sheri are giving each of us an opportunity to help our neighbors, who are in such desperate need of simple necessities. I’m proud of them and eager to help.”

Check out Talk radio pioneer Bob Grant (pictured) guest-hosting for Sean Hannity today at 3pm (ET) as Hannity hits the road for his annual summer tour of Freedom Concerts that kick off this weekend in Houston and Dallas … Talk Radio Network syndicated host Laura Ingraham will host the annual Marconi Awards dinner at the NAB Radio Show in September. Meanwhile, The National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation (NABEF) will partner with the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) and the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) — that’s “NABEFBEARTNDA” if you’re keeping track — to host a career day on September 23rd during the upcoming NAB Radio Show in Philadelphia. Get more info HERE … Business TalkRadio Network and Lifestyle TalkRadio Network team with Radiolicious to offer the two networks’ programming via an iPhone application branded as National Business TalkRadio and National Lifestyle TalkRadio. BTN and LTN programming will also be available for Blackberry by the end of August …

Social Media 101 Last Call For RHOF Voting Ramsey Marks Another Milestone

Socially Speaking – For those who grew up a generation before mobile devices connected your hand to the world 24/7, and tweeting was something birds did, we offer insights into the growing world of social media and some do’s and don’ts for the new medium.

Cast Your Vote  – Last call to vote your choices for the Radio Hall of Fame’s Class of 2009. We have a one-click link to your virtual voting booth on page two.

Fiercely Independent – Syndicated talker Dave Ramsey has been talking for seven years now, and his show is still growing. More on page two.

Read it all here in NTS MediaOnline Weekly.

On this morning’s show, Citadel Media syndicated talker Don Imus talked about what you might call a ’senior moment’ that took place at the airport in Albuquerque, as the I-Man and his wife Deirdre were escorting a group of youths to the Imus Ranch for kids with cancer. Imus said he went to the airport’s parking garage to retrieve one of four SUV’s used to transport the kids to the ranch. “I left the airport without the kids,” said Imus. Accompanied by WABC/New York GM Steve Borneman, Imus — who was driving — said he proceeded to drive right out of the airport, not even thinking he hadn’t picked up any of the kids who were waiting for him in the airport’s arrival area. “I’m headed down I-25 and Steve says, ‘How we gonna get back to pick up the kids?’ Well, I was mortified, of course and I pulled over at the next exit. Right about then, who was pulling up next to me in another of our SUV’s but Deirdre, who rolls down the window and yells, ‘Get your $$##**!! head out of your @!*%!!‘ Poor Steve had never heard such language, but you know how she is.” The story has a happy ending as the I-Man picked up his group and all are now enjoying their stay at the New Mexico ranch. You can hear the entire story, told as only Imus can, HERE.

The 30-year Windy City radio news veteran has spent the last eleven years as senior producer and Daywatch columnist for the Chicago Tribune’website. A frequent contributor to WGN Radio news, Meyerson (pictured) is an award-winning journalist who has helped lead www.chicagotribune.com to a number of honors, including the Chicago Headline Club’s 2008 Lisagor Award for best news website. Meyerson began his Chicago broadcast career in 1979 as part of the news team at WXRT, moving to WNUA in 1989 as Director/News and Public Affairs. He promises to bring his new media experience to his new job as News Director at WGN saying, “I joined ChicagoTribune.com almost 11 years ago to help create some of the excitement, urgency and fun of radio news. It’s a thrill to now have the chance to bring what I’ve learned on the Internet back to radio.” Meyerson officially begins his new gig on August 6th (photo by Jean Lachat LiVigni).

Late yesterday NTS MediaOnline Today confirmed that Sports/Talker Tony Bruno will move his nightly Content Factory-produced show to FOX Sports Radio. See the full story on our website HERE … Museum of Radio and Television head honcho Bruce DuMont sends us a reminder that tomorrow (7/31) is your final chance to vote for this year’s Radio Hall of Fame nominees. “We have some tight races this year,” DuMont tells NTS MediaOnline Today. “So every vote counts!” Vote your choices for the Class of 2009 by midnight tomorrow at www.radiohof.org … New FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has named William Lake chief of the agency’s Media Bureau. Kris Monteith moves to a deputy chief post in the Media Bureau, while Suzanne Tetrault is named an Enforcement Bureau deputy chief. Genachowski also names Sharon Gillett to lead the agency’s Wireline Competition Bureau.

Even those in other cities who aren’t exactly fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers are cheering the news that the man who is arguably the greatest baseball play-by-play announcer of all time says he’d like to have another year in the Dodgers’ broadcast booth. The 81-year old Scully, who just finished his 60th season calling Dodgers’ games, told the Los Angeles Times yesterday that his health is good and that “God willing” he’ll be the “voice of the Dodgers” for at least one more season. The newspaper calls Scully’s place with the Dodgers’ organization “more enduring than any player, more impactive than any manager, and more intertwined with this city than the color blue” and adds, “Scully is not only the voice of the team, but its soul.” Inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame last April (pictured), Scully called his first game for the then Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950.