» Breaking News: CBS Radio will flip the switch on October 27 to give Bay Area all-newser KCBS/San Francisco an FM home at 106.9, currently home to Classic Hits KFRC. 106.9 will continue to use the KFRC call letters for the simulcast of KCBS AM 740. "With this announcement we are ensuring our listeners will have access to the superior news and information they've come to rely on no matter how they choose to receive audio content," said Doug Harvill, SVP Market Manager CBS Radio/San Francisco.  "Not only that, having the station on the FM radio platform will afford us the opportunity to amass even more consumers of the station." More details HERE.

» Sarah Palin Unplugged: Digging through some old cassette tapes, KDKA/Pittsburgh talk host and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist Dimitri Vassilaros unearthed a copy of an interview he did with the Alaska guv for his newspaper column in July 2007, long before Palin was thrust into the national media spotlight as Republican John McCain's vice presidential running mate. The interview offers insights into Palin before any coaching from GOP campaign spinmeisters as she talks with Vassilaros about the potential of running for President, her beauty pageant days, eating moose-burgers and her affection for the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers. Vassilaros aired the raw, uncut interview with Palin this past Saturday night on KDKA and you can hear a podcast of it HERE.

» Michael Kay Re-Ups At WEPN/New York: "1050 ESPN" has extended its deal with their afternoon Sports/Talker through 2012. Kay has been part of the lineup at ESPN Radio's Gotham City flagship since it first signed on in 2001. "Michael has distinguished himself as a very credible and passionate voice of New York sports," said Tim McCarthy, President/GM of 1050 ESPN.  "I'm delighted that this original member of our lineup will be with us for years to come."

» Newsweb Turns Left In Chicago: Liberal Talk radio can now be heard on three of the company's suburban Windy City FM outlets as WRZA/Park Forest, IL, WDEK/Dekalb, IL and WKIE/Arlington Heights, IL replaces their Alternative music "Nine FM" programming with a lineup of lefty yakkers including Ed Schultz, Bill Press and Stephanie Miller, along with Rachel Maddow, Thom Hartmann and Ron Reagan. That same lineup has already been airing on co-owned AM Talk clustermate WCPT/Willow Springs, IL. The three FM's will air Talk from 5am-9pm daily, but will revert back to dance music during late night hours on weeknights and from 8pm-5am on Saturday nights.

» So Long, Tom: Less than a year after being appointed President/CEO at Westwood One, Tom Beusse was suddenly ousted from the network late Friday (10/17) and replaced by CFO Rob Sherwood, who will now serve as WW One's President. Concurrently former MediaAmerica CEO Gary Schonfeld is tapped as President/Network Division and WW One COO Steve Kalin will serve as President/Metro Traffic Division. Westwood One is facing challenging times with $85 million in debt that the network is seeking to refinance and a stock price of just 19 cents a share at last Friday's closing bell on Wall Street. WW One is home to syndicated talkers Dennis Miller, Lars Larson, Jim Bohannon, Tom Leykis, Phil Valentine, and The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, as well as CNN's Larry King Live. The network also affiliates CBS Radio News, CNNRadio, CNBC Business Radio, NBC News Radio, Headline News and the MarketWatch Radio Network.

» FOX News Anchor Brit Hume Retires: The veteran reporter, who has been with FOX News since 1996, says he's leaving his post as an anchor for the top-rated cable news network because he's "lost his enthusiasm" for the for the news business. "If you look at a guy like [CBS News'] Mike Wallace, who worked into his 80's, he never lost his enthusiasm," Hume told the New York Daily News. "This stuff exhausts me as much as it excites me. I'm just kind of tired of doing it." Although Hume -- who is 65 and has covered every presidential campaign since the 1970s -- will exit his daily job anchoring FNC's Special Report, most insiders don't think the easy-going newsman will totally exit the media stage. Instead, its expected that, much like semi-retired NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw Hume will continue to make regular appearances on FOX as a political analyst.

» Premiere Launches Production Vault News/Talk: Created and produced by ReelWorld, the production and imaging service provides tools, work parts, actualities from leading news stories, listener clips, inspired callers, custom music components, benchmark elements, and more all targeting News/Talk listeners. Premiere Radio Networks first partnered with ReelWorld in 2007 to offer Production Vault domestically to multiple formats on a barter basis. Stations interested in Production Vault News/Talk can learn more about the package HERE.

Nice Work If You Can Get It: Sporting a fabulous tan and a big grin, CBS Radio News correspondent Peter King sweats out a tough assignment at Tropicana Field in Florida last night as the Tampa Bay Rays clinched the American League pennant and the right to face the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2008 World Series beginning on Wednesday.