WKBN/Youngstown morning host Robert Mangino will be starting his day just a little bit later come February 15th when he joins KDKA/Pittsburgh to host 6-10pm on the CBS Radio News/Talker. Mangino will takeover the slot previously occupied by KDKA veteran Mike Pintek who moved to middays earlier this week. A western Pennsylvania native, Mangino first joined WKBN in 1996, following a stint in afternoons at his hometown radio station WKST/New Castle, PA. “As a teenager in New Castle, I would dream of what it would be like to work at KDKA in Pittsburgh,” said Mangino. “Now – to be following the great talk show hosts like John Cigna and Fred Honsberger – and to work with Larry Richert, John Shumway, Marty Griffin and Mike Pintek – the dream has come true!”

With more and more Talk radio personalities adding podcasts to their media arsenal, a new study by Edison Research, in conjunction with the Association for Downloadable Media, offers good news for both current and would-be Talk podcasters. The Podcast Consumer Attitudes Study found that while many active podcast users are increasingly turning away from some mass media ad approaches, they’re receptive to advertising and sponsorship messages in downloadable media. Edison VP Tom Webster said, “These are attractive, affluent consumers that mass media is losing. 90% of respondents indicated they had taken some kind of action as a result of podcast advertising or sponsorship.” The just released research study also notes that active podcast users “show a significant tendency to consume podcasts on their mobile phones.” Get additional details and insights from the study HERE.

NTS MediaOnline Today has confirmed that WERC/Birmingham PD Paul Cashin (pictured here with a couple of buddies) is heading north for the same role at Clear Channel sister outlet WOOD/Grand Rapids. The search is on for Cashin’s successor in Alabama … The folks at Westwood One were none too happy about a recent Forbes article putting the media network on a list of U.S. companies at “financial risk.” The network has fired back with a statement calling the Forbes piece, “misleading and based on outdated and inaccurate information.” Read WW One’s full statement HERE … Late yesterday (1/28) we posted news about Arbitron partnering with radio maker Eton to “fly-in” solar/crank powered radios to Haiti. Read our story HERE.

Following last week’s announcement by Salem Radio Network that Janet Mefferd (pictured) was joining SRN to host a new daily show targeting Christian Talk stations, comes word that current SRN Christian talker Janet Parshall will be moving to Moody Radio to host a new daily national radio program beginning this spring. SRN VP/News and Talk Programming Tom Tradup strikes an amicable tone about the whole deal telling NTS MediaOnline Today, “The launch of the The Janet Mefferd Show promises to be the most exciting story in nationally syndicated Christian Talk radio in 2010 (she debuts Monday on 80 radio stations nationwide). Meanwhile, Janet Parshall is joining Moody Radio, so everybody wins. The number of nationally syndicated, female, daily Christian-issues Talk radio hosts just doubled!”

While Talk radio broadcasters have already shown much generosity in giving time and money to help the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti, NTS MediaOnline Today reminds you of this Monday’s (2/1) scheduled Broadcasters For Haiti Day. Along with airing specially recorded messages from First Lady Michelle Obama and others, the National Association of Broadcasters is urging station personalities to produce localized PSA’s and to “roadblock” specific times on Monday dedicated to fundraising for relief efforts. The NAB has list of resources for broadcasters, and a selection of downloadable public service announcements in support of this worthwhile national radio effort HERE.

Why Liberal Talk Isn’t Dead Wanna Sell Nat’l Talk Shows? Syndicator Calls Out Pandora

Why Liberal Talk Isn’t Dead – Some see last week’s shut down of Air America Radio as the death of liberal Talk. Industry execs who disagree speak out beginning on page one.

Wanna Sell National Talk Shows? – Experienced sellers needed to develop new biz for big name talkers. More in “Gig Alerts” on page two.

Syndicator Calls Out Pandora – What do you do if you’re David and Goliath steals your identity? Find out in “Network/Syndication Notes” on page two.

Read it all here in NTS MediaOnline Weekly.

This time around it’s radios that are ‘flying in’ as the ratings giant partners with radio manufacturer Eton to send solar and crank-powered multi-function radios to Haiti for the victims of the recent earthquake. Although many radio stations in Port-Au-Prince were reported wrecked by the ‘quake, several are back on the air and broadcasting vital information to Haitians as only over-the-air radio can do. “Sources have indicated that Haitians are depending on radio for information on where to obtain medical help, food, supplies, and locating missing loved ones,” said recently appointed Arbitron President/CEO William Kerr. “We felt it was important to ensure that they had access to this necessary resource.” See the Eton Red Cross Radio that makes a good addition to anyone’s home emergency kit HERE.

After an eight year run as group programmer for Seattle-based Fisher Communications, and as PD of the company’s Emerald City all-newser KOMO, veteran programmer Dennis Kelly has elected to step down from day-to-day duties, but will continue to consult both KOMO and conservative Talk clustermate KVI through his own company, News Talk Concepts. KVI PD Travis Box remains in his current role, with a new PD for KOMO expected to be named in the near future. Kelly (pictured) tells NTS MediaOnline Today that his departure is a personal decision of his own choosing that will allow him more time with his family and the opportunity to focus his energies on the successful consulting business he stepped back from when he took on full time duties at Fisher. “I love fixing broken brands,” he said. “The time has come for me to return to my core business.” Kelly also reports that over the next couple of weeks he’ll have additional announcements about new consulting clients that his company will soon be working with. You can reach out to him HERE.

Premiere Radio Networks host Rush Limbaugh, who is in Las Vegas this week as an invited judge for the annual Miss America pageant, joined his fellow judges on stage yesterday for a press conference at Sin City’s Planet Hollywood. Las Vegas Sun reporter John Katsilometes reports that while Limbaugh was “easily the hottest property” on the panel of judges, questions from the press for El Rushbo were limited to “only queries addressing his direct affiliation as a judge for this year’s pageant.” At the end of the press conference Limbaugh (pictured with this year’s judging panel) drew laughs as the judges all posed for a group photo and received applause from the assembled press gallery. “This is the first time I’ve ever been applauded by the press,” he joked. Read more on Limbaugh’s Vegas week HERE. (photo by Scott Harrison/RETNA/www.harrisonphotos.com)

Citadel Media syndicated talker and MSNBC personality Joe Scarborough and his co-host Mika Brzezinski were aboard a Delta Connection flight that made an emergency landing late yesterday in Myrtle Beach after smoke was reported in the plane. The duo, who were en route to South Carolina to moderate tonight’s Republican gubernatorial debate, continued on to Charleston by car. That’s Mika pictured with a member of the airport’s Hazmat team on the tarmac following the unexpected landing … The 2010 co-located NAB Radio Show and RAB confab will be held at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC, September 29-October 1 … WMCS/Milwaukee pink slips Morning Magazine co-hosts Joel McNally and Cassandra in a financial cutback at the Urban talk outlet.  Radio One syndicated morning personality Yolanda Adams joins the station for wake-ups … KLMS/Lincoln, NB flips from ESPN Radio to Oldies … Talk Radio Network Syndications President Phil Boyce tells NTS MediaOnline Today that the search for a new co-anchor to replace Melanie Morgan on America’s Morning News — the network’s joint venture with the Washington Times — is continuing and says a decision on who will join John McCaslin will be made “shortly.” Citing medical issues, Morgan exited the daily nationally syndicated morning show earlier this month to return to her hometown of San Francisco.