USA Radio Network is an American mass media company, specializing in long-form spoken word (
talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often featur ...
) and radio newscasts, produced and distributed with a generally
conservative
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...
focus.
USA Radio Network produces and distributes 24-hour news, news/talk, information, opinion and talk/entertainment radio programming to approximately 1,100 radio stations around the world on two full-time satellite channels and through various digital protocol systems. Its
owned-and-operated station
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s include
flagship station
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KELY in
Ely, Nevada
Ely (, ) is the largest city and county seat of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. Ely was founded as a stagecoach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. In 1906 copper was discovered. Ely's mining boom came later than ...
, the Nevada Talk Network stations, and
KBDT Highland Park, Texas
Highland Park is a town in central Dallas County, Texas, United States. The population was 8,864 in 2020. It is located between the Dallas North Tollway and U.S. Route 75 (North Central Expressway), north of downtown Dallas.
Highland Park is bo ...
.
It has no connection to
NBCUniversal Cable
NBCUniversal Television and Streaming is the television and streaming arm of NBCUniversal, and the direct descendant and successor of the former division NBCUniversal Television Group, which existed from 2003 to 2019.
History NBC Broadcasting
In ...
's
USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison ...
.
History
USA Radio Network was established in 1985 by
Marlin Maddoux
Robert Marlin Maddoux (May 4, 1933 – March 4, 2004) was an American pioneer in broadcasting. Maddoux was the host of '' Point of View'' radio talk show, the founder and president of the USA Radio Network and the National Center for Freedom & Re ...
. Maddoux had hosted his own local conservative news talk program, ''
Point of View
Point of view or Points of View may refer to:
Concept and technique
* Point of view (philosophy), an attitude how one sees or thinks of something
* Point of view (literature) or narrative mode, the perspective of the narrative voice; the prono ...
'', in
Dallas
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since 1972.
In 1982, the program began broadcasting nationwide on the Satellite Radio Network. Maddoux identified the need for a national news service for radio stations not served by the major networks. The newly chartered USA Radio Network went on the air with its first newscast via satellite on September 15, 1985.
Maddoux died on March 4, 2004.
In 2008, USA Radio Network merged its corporate structure under Larry Bates of
Memphis, Tennessee
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, with Information Radio Network, with programming on the two networks remaining separate. The combined company was known as IRN/USA Radio Network. The old IRN became IRN/USA-1, and the two existing USA Radio Network channels became channels 2 and 3. IRN/USA Radio Network went into receivership in 2013 due to the legal issues of its sister company First American Monetary Consultants.
Cross Platform Media took over day-to-day management of the network under the direction of the courts until Cross Platform purchased it from receivership in September 2014.
Cross Platform Media immediately removed the IRN moniker, shut down all of IRN's programming, and relaunched the original USA Radio Network brand as the first step in an revitalization program that included overhauling USA Radio News and rebuilding its programming lineup. Russ Jones stepped in as Senior Vice President and News Director to oversee the 24-hour news department.
On October 9, 2015, Liftable Media, a company that specializes in digital and social news websites, acquired USA Radio Networks from Cross Platform Media.
On October 15, Liftable hired former nationally syndicated conservative talk show host
Rusty Humphries
Rusty Humphries (born August 29, 1965) is an American broadcaster, conservative political commentator and songwriter. He hosts the ''Rusty Humphries Rebellion'' podcast. Humphries' former nationally syndicated radio show, ''The Rusty Humphries ...
as Senior Vice President of Programming.
Nevada Radio, LLC based in
Washoe Valley
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,
Nevada
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, acquired the network in 2018.
It then severed ties with Humphries.
''Daybreak USA'' is the station's long-running morning news magazine.
It is hosted by Gary Nolan and Kristy Cisneros on weekdays 6 to 9 a.m. ET.
USA Radio brought Wyatt Cox on board in December 2015 to produce a 24-hour
old-time radio
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Christmas special.
Old-time radio broadcasts have been a staple of the network for several years. Since December 26, 2015, the broadcasts have aired under the umbrella title "Classic Radio Theater."
Other mainstays of the network include Derek Hunter,
Wayne Allyn Root
Wayne Allyn Root (born July 20, 1961) is an American conservative television and radio host, author, activist, conservative political commentator and conspiracy theorist. He is the host of two new television shows, daily at 7 PM ET on Lindell TV ...
, Ron Seggi, Mick Williams, and Charley Jones.
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1985 establishments in the United States