FOX News Radio and BlogTalkRadio Partner to Present ‘Election 2008: Battle of the Blog Talkers’

Left- and Right-Wing Bloggers Unleash Their Voices Beginning Oct. 6

NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2008 – FOX News Radio, America’s fastest-growing news radio network, and BlogTalkRadio, the world’s largest citizen broadcasting network, have partnered to bring listeners “Election 2008: Battle of the Blog Talkers,” beginning Oct. 6 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

Listeners of FOX News Radio’s “FOX Across America,” carried on FOXNewsRadio.com and Sirius XM Radio, will select their favorite BlogTalkRadio hosts from each side of the political spectrum during a weeklong, one-on-one tournament.

Hosted by Spencer Hughes, the FOX News Radio-BlogTalkRadio co-production gets under way one month prior to Election Day. In Round 1 of the battle, Hughes will moderate a debate between two bloggers from BlogTalkRadio’s Heading Left (liberal) station. Each blogger will have five minutes of uninterrupted time to respond to the same topic.

Listeners then vote (via mobile-text message and online poll) for their favorite blog talker, who in turn moves onto Round 3. Meanwhile, two bloggers from the Heading Right (conservative) station square off in Round 2, with the most popular moving onto Round 4. And in Round 5, the Heading Left and Heading Right victors go head to head.

After each round, the topics will be opened to discussion with Hughes, and with listeners calling into the show.

Throughout the week of Oct. 20, live from 8 to 9 a.m. EDT, the Heading Left and Heading Right victors will join Hughes in co-hosting a special FOX News Radio Election 2008 series.

“In the four short years since the last presidential election, bloggers have gone from a mere curiosity to a significant force in shaping our nation’s political opinions,” said Alan Levy, CEO of BlogTalkRadio. “And who better to bring these passionate, opinionated individuals into the mainstream than America’s news leader?”

Following are the BlogTalkRadio hosts competing in the Battle of the Blog Talkers:

Heading Left

-Lynne Lupien of Lowell, MA: “Left Ahead.”

-Julie Pippert of Houston, TX: “MOMocrats.”

-David McLaughlin of Rome, GA: “The Kudzu Vine.”

-Tom D’Antoni of Portland, OR: “D’Antoni and Levine.”

Heading Right

-Kevin Ross of Los Angeles, CA: “The Kevin Ross Show.”

-Chad Everson of Princeton, MN: “Grizzly Groundswell.”

-Elizabeth Blackney of Bend, OR: “Media Lizzy.”

-Andrea Shea King of Cape Canaveral, FL: “Andrea Shea King Show.”

About FOX News Radio

FOX News, headed by Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO, operates FOX News Radio, a 24/7 news service reaching more than 10 million listeners a week. The network features a comprehensive five-minute newscast hourly, along with one-minute newscasts, breaking-news coverage to affiliate stations nationwide, and four weekday FOX News Talk Shows: “Brian and The Judge,” “The Alan Colmes Show,” “The John Gibson Show” and “FOX Across America.” Additionally, FOX News also operates FOX News Channel (FNC), the number one cable news channel in the United States for more than five years, and FOXNews.com, produces “FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace” and “The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly.”

About BlogTalkRadio

Launched in August 2006, BlogTalkRadio is a free, web-based radio talk show platform that allows any user with a phone and a computer to host a live, interactive radio show – no downloads or extra equipment needed. Hosts call into the service by phone to broadcast. Each show can accommodate unlimited live listeners. Upon completion of the live broadcast, it is automatically archived as a podcast. Since the company’s launch, thousands of hosts have broadcast more than 130,000 shows. Notable guests such as Brad Pitt, Oliver Stone, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Salman Rushdie and more appear on the Best of BlogTalkRadio page.