"I first started taking prescription painkillers some years ago when my doctor prescribed them to treat post surgical pain following spinal surgery. Unfortunately, the surgery was unsuccessful and I continued to have severe pain in my lower back and also in my neck due to herniated discs. I am still experiencing that pain. Rather than opt for additional surgery for these conditions, I chose to treat the pain with prescribed medication. This medication turned out to be highly addictive.

"Over the past several years I have tried to break my dependence on pain pills and, in fact, twice checked myself into medical facilities in an attempt to do so. I have recently agreed with my physician about the next steps. Immediately following this broadcast, I am checking myself into a treatment center for the next 30 days to once and for all break the hold this highly addictive medication has on me. The show will continue during this time, of course, with an array of guest hosts you have come to know and respect.

"I am not making any excuses. You know, over the years athletes and celebrities have emerged from treatment centers to great fanfare and praise for conquering great demons. They are said to be great role models and examples for others. Well, I am no role model. I refuse to let anyone think I am doing something great here, when there are people you never hear about, who face long odds and never resort to such escapes. They are the role models. I am no victim and do not portray myself as such. I take full responsibility for my problem.

"At the present time, the authorities are conducting an investigation, and I have been asked to limit my public comments until this investigation is complete. So I will only say that the stories you have read and heard contain inaccuracies and distortions, which I will clear up when I am free to speak about them.

"I deeply appreciate all your support over this last tumultuous week. It has sustained me. I ask now for your prayers. I look forward to resuming our excursion into broadcast excellence together."

KFBK-AM in Sacramento host TOM SULLIVAN -- who is a regular fill-in for RUSH -- is slated to host the show this coming and MONDAY & TUESDAY (10/13-10/14). Roger Hedgecock of KOGO-AM in San Diego will host Wednesday and Thursday.

The Rush Limbaugh Show is distributed by Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidary of Clear Channel Worldwide.

Also from allaccess.com: DELPHI has announced that it has produced and shipped more than 1.2 million factory-installed and retail XM SATELLITE RADIO receivers. The company was the first to make XM radios, starting in late 2001.

With the BOSTON RED SOX/NY YANKEES series in play, CLEAR CHANNEL Top 40/Mainstream WXKS (KISS 108)/BOSTON and hometown fave JOEY McINTYRE created an exclusive song: RED SOX "YANKEES SUCK" song. Sung to the tune of NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK song "Hanging Tough", it was created and produced at the KISS 108 studios . The song made its debut THURSDAY morning on MATTY IN THE MORNING SHOW on KISS 108. The song is burning up the phone lines with requests. Right now the song is only available on KISS 108.com or listening to KISS 108. Due to the immediate success of the song JOEY is looking to mass produce and sell with proceeds to benefit the JIMMY FUND, a RED SOX charity. You can hear it when you click here.

San Diego Radio Wires 10-11-03!

**WITH ARNOLD AS GOV WE DONÆT NEED NO STINKING CAR TAX OR DRIVERS LICENSE PETITIONSà.not so amigo!! WeÆre already getting that response on the street as our minions gather petitions signatures to Stop The Car Tax and Repeal Drivers License For Illegals. Folks telling us that Arnold will get both jobs done in about a week or soà.NOPE!! First off the Arnold likely to poop can the Car Tax pretty instantly upon taking the oath but that sucker will plop into court faster than you can spell ArnoldÆs last name. Local gummints and cops and fire guys (gals) love the Car Tax. And face it, Arnold canÆt be governor foreverànext governor might decide that the Car Tax is a great idea and weÆre back to being screwed. Our petition is an amendment to the CA Constitution. Means no governor will ever be able to re-impose the taxàEVER!! Sign the dang petition please. As for the driverÆs license crapàArnold canÆt do squat about that. ItÆs a law passed by the legislature. Getting the dems to repeal their own law is a stretch beyond our reach. Arnold canÆt order that undone. So he may in point of fact want to join our petition effort to get the matter on the vote list for this coming March. Sign the petition.

**GOT AN IDEA FOR ARNOLDàon how to balance the state budget? ROGER wants to know. Drop an email to roger@rogerhedgecock.com and give us your idea. HeÆll send your idea along to state assemblyman John Campbell who is on ArnoldÆs budget team. Yesterday during his first news conference as Governor-Elect, Arnold asked: ôShall We Build This State Together.ö Our response is YES!! Where would you cut the state budget? Let us know, please.

**SPEAKING OF ROGERàamong the crusades (we like that word, sorry) he has led over the past 18 years on the radio is community support for the Boy Scouts Of America. HeÆs of a mind that BSA is part of what makes America great and that the organization donÆt have to make any changes in itÆs credo or operation. U.S. Supreme Court agreesà.but the Scouts are under attack anew by the confused gender set (and SD City CouncilàwhatÆs the dif?) as they try to oust our Scouts from Balboa Park. Get to the point Valentine..everybody knows this stuffà

The point is that you have an opportunity to show your support for Scouting in San Diego by attending ôScoutingsÆ Stars & Stripes Dinnerö on November 12th. That would be a Wednesday evening beginning at 6:30pm. At the La Jolla Hyatt Regency at 3777 La Jolla Village Drive.

The Desert Pacific Council will honor ROGER with their 2003 Patriot of the Year Award for his, ôcontributions to the community and his unwavering support of Scouting.ö ItÆs also a fund raiser for local Scoutingàso your meal will be great and youÆll have a great time, while lending your support to the constant great deeds of Scouting in San Diego.

WeÆll love to see you at the dinneràyou can attend solo, as a couple or get a bunch of folks from your company, civic group or church to attend. Ticket info etc available by calling the Council at 619-298-5036.

John Maffei - North County Times TV/Sports
Jay Posner - TV/Radio Sports - The San Diego Union
Check these sports media columns every week.

Excerpt from Maffei: The subject of two baseball playoff games at the same time is on the table. After hours of discussion, the decision is made to carry one on Fox and the other on the network's cable arm ---- FX. My immediate thought is: "What were they thinking?" If the objective was to stick it to the baseball fan by carrying the Cubs-Marlins and Yankees-Red Sox at the same time Wednesday night, well, mission accomplished. It was jokingly suggested viewers use picture-in-picture to keep track of both games. How many of you have picture-in-picture? Wasn't there a better solution? How about putting the Cubs-Marlins from Wrigley Field on at 1 p.m.? People are used to watching the Cubs in the afternoon.

ESPN Radio 800 in San Diego as well as KSPN (710) are carrying the playoffs and World Series. Jon Miller and Joe Morgan are working the ALCS and will work the World Series. Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell are working the NLCS.

With the Cubs, Yankees and Red Sox in postseason play, ratings on Fox and ESPN have soared. A World Series with the Cubs against the Yankees or Red Sox would pull in huge numbers.

College football weekend: ABC's early game at 9 a.m. features No. 2-ranked Miami at No. 5 Florida State. The 12:30 p.m. Pac-10 game on ABC is Oregon at Arizona State. Fox Sports Net has a UCLA/USC football doubleheader Saturday, with UCLA taking on Arizona at 3:30 p.m. (heard on 690/1150) and USC tackling Stanford at 7 p.m. (heard on 800, which is pre-empting a baseball game) and Channel 4 will have the San Diego State-Utah game live at 4 p.m. Former Notre Dame coach Bob Davie will call the Irish-Pittsburgh game at 3 p.m. on ESPN.

Los Angeles Radio Wires 10-11-03!

Congrats to EMMIS Country KZLA/LOS ANGELES PD R.J. CURTIS and his staff. MD TONYA CAMPOS called ALL ACCESS to tell us that their "KZLA BASH," taking place tomorrow (10/11), at the VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE is officially sold-out. Artists playing the show, which starts at noon, include; KID ROCK, LODESTAR, JO DEE MESSINA, LeANN RIMES, JOE NICHOLS, JENNIFER HANSON, DIERKS BENTLEY, RYAN TYLER, ASHLEY GEARING, JIMMY WAYNE, TRICK PONY, RICK TREVINO and The DERAILERS. The guest host for the show will be REBA McENTIRE.

Los Angeles Radio Wires 10-10-03!

Fans of WLS/Chicago now have a place to call their own: www.wlshistory.com. Covering the 1920s through today, it is a nicely detailed chronology of one of Chicago's legends.

Did you know: when KIIS-FM (102.7) was good, back in the 1980s, the jingles were based off of the classic WLS jingles of the 1970s?

Yes that really was Harry Shearer on KABC's (790 AM) Ask Mr. KABC show the other day. An example of another of radio's best programs, by the way ... 9 PM to 12 AM.

Random Access Radio Los Angeles 10-10-03!

KBIG 104.3 Win a Trip to the Radio Music Awards, whatever it's supposed to me. It it a music awards show or a radio awards show?

95.5 KLOS - can somebody please get rid of that loud splash page?!?!?! Also: Def Leppard Meet and Greet Photos! See pictures from the Def Leppard Meet and Greet that took place on Fri., Oct. 3rd at Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre at their website.

102.7 KIIS - also has a loud "Cash Cow" splash page. Also on their website: KIIS-FM Commercials! Check out the KIIS-FM TV Commercial library! You'll laugh out loud over tall of our spoofs!

Nationwide Radio Wires (10-9-2003)

ARR MATEES: Another pirate radio station signs on. You know about Pirate 96.9 in San Diego. Now, we read news from insideradio that they can even flourish in a crowded radio market such as New York. New York's "Bashment Radio 103.1" does contests, remotes and has a website - and it's a pirate. Now attorney Charlie Naftalin asks the FCC on behalf of client Inner City Broadcasting to act on an "emergency, expedited basis" and shut it down. See their website http://www.bashmentradio.com/.

San Diego Radio Wires (10-9-2003)

MYSTAR COMMUNICATIONS Hot AC WZPL-FM ("Z-99.5")/INDIANAPOLIS today was named winner of several awards in the annual NUVO newsweekly "BEST OF INDIANAPOLIS 2003" edition. Z-99.5 was named "BEST INDIANAPOLIS RADIO STATION" for the second consecutive year. Z-99.5's "SMILEY MORNING SHOW" featuring; DAVE SMILEY and co-host KARI JOHLL, with producer BRAIN MOORE and traffic reporter TOM BERG, and meteorologist PAUL POTEET, took home the away for "BEST MORNING SHOW. Also, BERG was voted "BEST LOCAL TRAFFIC REPORTER" for the second year in a row. He reports traffic for both Z-99.5's morning and afternoon shows and local ABC-TV affiliate WRTV, and POTEET, was voted "BEST LOCAL WEATHERCASTER" for the first time. LOU USELDING, a features writer for the NUVO was named "BEST LOCAL COLUMNIST." USELDING writes "BAGGAGE CLAIM," a weekly relationship advice column, and is a weekly guest on Z-99.5 for the SMILEY MORNING SHOW, and for Z99-5's "THERAPY THURSDAY" feature about love, sex, and relationships.

San Diego Radio Wires (10-7-2003)

**ROGER HAS A NEW SUPPLY OF STOP THE CAR TAX PETITIONSà.5-thousand delivered to ROGERÆS KOGO HQ this day. 9660 Granite Ridge Drive. WeÆll get a bunch of them out into the county so you can pick them up or drive by and sign one. We hear that a ton of folks signed the petition at the La Mesa Octoberfest this past weekend. This battle is joined.

National Radio Bloopers 10-7-03!

San Diego Radio News 10-7-03!

DO STUFF TO RANDY WEDNESDAY... Last time we had him tied to WEATHER BALLOONS and he floated 30 feet in the air. THIS WEEK it's going to be a little different, but just as exciting! Find out what Jeff and Jer have in store for RANDY THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING! Speaking of RANDY! Happy Birthday to RANDY on Saturday! You can send him a birthday message to randy@kfmb.com.

RogerHedgecock
**SPORTS SECTIONà.Chargers go 0-5. CanÆt wait to buy tix to a game? DonÆt worry. You will if you live in the city of San Diego. Seat guarantee. Remember. Being last in the entire NFL donÆt bode real well for negotiations to get city tax payers to front a new football park. Bet you canÆt wait to get this deal on the ballot, right? Course maybe 10-goals can find away around a public vote!!

And the Padres are out with their new ballpark parking scheme. You can actually buy a parking space if you hold season tickets (where were the Padres last seasonàlast or second to the last in the industry?). Team has locked up tons of downtown parking spaces as their own and are selling them. The farther away from the ballpark you park the cheaper the parking space is. If you park in El Cajon and walk in, the fee is only 50-cents.

Course you can always take the trolley to Petco. Too much fun socializing with gang members on their way to Mission Beach.

And we canÆt wait to see the tailgate events. Folks will be cooking in the trunks of their cars and SUVÆs. Can you lite up the Barbie inside a parking garage? We kinda figure that tailgating at the new park will be relegated to those energy bars that runners chew on.

91X... 20 Years in 20 Days Update
The 20 years in 20 days celebration of 91X continues this week.

10/1: 1986
10/2: 1992
10/3: 1988

20 Years in 20 Days... Listen to 91X as We play back songs form each year of our past... Every weekday morning at 9am, we'll countdown songs 11-20. And in the 5pm hour on your way home, check out songs 1-10 of that year... not to mention that we'll be playing other songs of that year throughout the day... We'll do a year every weekday in October for our whole 20 year history...

Los Angeles Radio Wires 10-7-03!

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RADIO UNICA is selling its 15 radio stations, including AMs in NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, and MIAMI, to ARTHUR LIU's MULTICULTURAL BROADCASTING for $150 million, pending the approval of bankruptcy court. The programming network and marketing arm are not included in the sale and will be sold separately.

Also: CLEAR CHANNEL's new Oldies WRLL-A (REAL OLDIES 1690)/CHICAGO didn't make its scheduled debut MONDAY morning, with a final FCC approval needed before the station throws the switch. The station's web site is up and running with a Flash animation but no content yet at realoldies1690.com.

Also: Classic Rocker KLOS/LOS ANGELES is just blowing up for the next few months with their "At Work Triple Play" contest. Each weekday from SEPTEMBER 29 thru DECEMBER 12th, the station will play 3 songs in a row from an artist and, when listeners hear said 3 songs, the 95th caller to the contest hotline will be given $1,000 in cash. Members of the KLOS "Backstage Pass" crew will be given hints on the station's website, www.955klos.com, as to when the songs are going to be played during the day.

Backwaves: The Readers Strike Back (10-5-2003)

From D.T.: Yes, DFSX does not play serious (aka boring) music, and for that, tune somewhere else. You have 94/9 playing soft modern rock nightly, while I program funny music shows as an alternative to the slow music. DFSX is also an alternative to repeats of morning radio shows, serious love song blocks, repeats of outdated and obsolete music, teenage pop hell, and wall to wall talk.

From John:

Congratulations on your new sandiegoradionews.com domain acquisition. Finally, a radio news website name I can remember. I enjoy your Kurt Hanson-esque splash page that precedes the news. Too bad I don't have a radio station or I'd pay a few hundred to get as many station buttons on your site as possible.

And what's with Gary Lycan going bi-weekly? Don't tell me that Los Angeles radio news has gotten slow in a city that big?

From Pete Breathed:

I got ESPN Sunday Night Football (actually from CBS-Westwood One) on some Bakersfield station on 1560. Why doesn't XPRS 1090 carry the Sunday night games? They carry the Monday night games though.

I enjoy the baseball divisional series radio/TV station coverage on your website as yours is the only radio news website that does this. Too bad ESPN 800 didn't carry any of the Saturday games due to USC and Sockers games. I had to listen to the games on a scratchy 710 from LA and 1340 out of Santa Barbara which comes into SD at least ok during the daytime. Saturday's Florida-SF game at the end was a fantastic finish, too bad I had to tune into the scratchy 1340 signal in order to hear the coverage (none in LA either?) This reminded me of being as bad as a two years ago when baseball playoffs were mostly not on any SD stations or bounced all over Cheap Channel's four stations in SD, leaving me to wonder what station will be airing the games on what day.

Go Cubs!

From A.T.:

The Diaz family really screwed up by selling off the LMA of Z90 to Clear Channel last year. The quality of Z90 is so bad I don't bother to tune in anymore. Repeats of the same songs every hour. The dopey programmers at Z90 just can't get it right. The songs are so alike the other songs who can tell them apart? He could have sold it to Infinity or Emmis, but no, the Diaz had to choose Cheap Channel instead. Power 106 out of L.A. is much better in terms of variety and diversity. Most people can get it at 105.9 on the dial from San Diego.

From Robert J.:

Is it me or is Randy Dotinga, some guy from the Union Tribune, and Ken Leighton are all doing less radio news all the time? Hardly anything but fluff pieces for the most part in Dotinga and Leighton's columns. U-T doesn't keep up with radio news either. Yours and sdradio are the only radio news sites that are doing the news full blast, but yours is the only one that reports on radio programs on the Internet that are not heard in SD. I like this maximum-wavelength coverage of radio news, bringing in news of interest to readers, while the U-T settles for micro-wattage treatment of radio news. I like to see more coverage of radio programming that I can hear on the Internet here. I also like the external hyperlinks radiodailynews-style of stories of interest instead of just a lot of stuff to wade through that I don't care to read. Thanks for a great news website.

From Tom Ulrich:

94/9 says it's all about the music. So when will 94/9 play all those other alternative songs we used to hear up to 20 years ago instead of the same 100 old songs they keep playing all the time?