Live
from the UN – America’s Top Radio
Talk Show Hosts Officials from throughout
the UN interviewed and heard by millions
New York,
N.Y. (June 7, 2007) – More than a dozen
talk radio show hosts – from both regional
and nationally syndicated shows – broadcast
live today from the United Nations in New York
during the second annual “Talk Radio Day
at the UN.” The talk radio hosts interviewed
United Nations officials from around the world
including the Deputy Secretary General Asha
Rose Migiro. Ambassadors Sir Emyr Jones Parry
from the United Kingdom and Thomas Matussek
from Germany, Deputy Ambassador Henri-Paul Normandin
from Canada, and former U.S. Ambassador William
Luers, current president of the United Nations
Association of the USA, were also interviewed.
“Today, voices from around the country
have joined with representatives from around
the world,” said Kathy Bushkin Calvin,
Chief Operating Officer of the United Nations
Foundation. “We hope the end result will
be a better understanding of the United Nations
and its role in our society.”
Among the hosts expected today are the Reverend
Al Sharpton of the Al Sharpton Show, Lionel
of Air America Radio, Alan Stock and Kerri Kasem
of KXNT in Las Vegas, and Alan Colmes of Fox
Radio News.
Talk Radio Day 2007 is an initiative of the
United Nations Foundation, Talkers magazine,
Talk Radio News Service and the United Nations
Department of Public Information.
The talk radio hosts began broadcasting live
at 5:00 am and will continue throughout the
day until 8:00 pm. UN Dispatch, a UN-related
blog, is also posting live throughout the day
on www.undispatch.org.
After the day of broadcasts, Talkers magazine
plans to use key excerpts from its conversations
and interviews to produce a radio documentary,
which will air on its official podcasting website,
www.podjockey.com.
The participating talk radio hosts are: Marc
Bernier of “The Marc Bernier show”
on WNDB, Daytona Beach, and WFHG-AM-FM, Bristol,
Va.; Alan Colmes of FOX Radio News; Jerry Doyle
of the Talk Radio Network’s “The
Jerry Doyle Show;” Alan Stock and Kerri
Kasem of KXNT, Las Vegas; Lionel of Air America
Radio; Carole Marks of KRLA, Los Angeles, and
WABC, New York’s “A Touch of Grey;”
Jack Rice of WCCO, Minneapolis, and CBS Radio
Network; Ed Schultz of WFHG-FM and Jones Radio
Network; Wendy Wang and Victoria Jones of Talk
Radio News Service; Martha Zoller of WDUN, Gainesville,
Georgia; Jerry Agar of WLS, Chicago; Gordon
Deal of Wall Street Journal Radio Network; Randi
Rhodes of Air America Radio; Michael Medved
of Salem Radio Network; Joe Madison of WOL,
Washington, D.C., and XM Satellite Radio; and
Tom Becka of KFAB, Omaha.
For more information about the UN Foundation,
visit www.unfoundation.org. To learn more about
Talkers magazine, visit http://www.talkers.com/main/,
and, for information about Talk Radio News Service,
go to http://www.talkradionews.com/.
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was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist
Ted Turner’s historic $1 billion gift
to support UN causes and activities. The UN
Foundation builds and implements public-private
partnerships to address the world’s most
pressing problems, and broadens support for
the UN through advocacy and public outreach.
The UN Foundation is a public charity.
Media Contact:
Amy DiElsi
Communications Officer, United Nations Foundation
(o) 202.419.3230
(e) adielsi@unfoundation.org
