Laura Ingraham

Conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham has temporarily left the airwaves to “expand and retool” her show and look for a new syndicator. The host said in a posting on her website Tuesday that she has decided to “move on” after nine years being distributed by the Talk Radio Network, which also features hosts Tammy Bruce, Monica Crowley and Rusty Humphries. Industry Trade publication Talkers Magazine said there has long been “not-so-secret friction” between Ingraham, also a frequent guest and substitute host on television's Fox News, and her bosses at the Talk Radio Network.

Conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham has temporarily left the airwaves to “expand and retool” her show and look for a new syndicator. The host said in a posting on her website Tuesday that she has decided to “move on” after nine years being distributed by the Talk Radio Network, which also features hosts Tammy Bruce, Monica Crowley and Rusty Humphries. Industry Trade publication Talkers Magazine said there has long been “not-so-secret friction” between Ingraham, also a frequent guest and substitute host on television's Fox News, and her bosses at the Talk Radio Network.

As speculation over a potential presidential run by Sarah Palin grows more intense, the former vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party lately finds herself dealing with a surprising case of friendly fire. In the latest example, Palin is spinning a perceived slight by former First Lady Barbara Bush as another example of "elites" taking sides against her. In an interview with CNN's Larry King, Bush was asked about her view of the former Alaska governor. "I sat next to her once, thought she was beautiful, and I think she's very happy in Alaska.

The caller's name is Avery, and as the call progresses he seems a case study in incendiary talk radio rhetoric. In a slightly shaky voice, Avery reads from a book by Laura Ingraham, a syndicated conservative radio host whose show is on a couple of hours later on the local right-wing talk station, 104.1 The Truth. The passage speaks about the need to emulate the country's founding fathers and fight back against the federal government. Avery says, "We have to say when enough is enough and we take up arms like our forefathers did ?"

MATEA GOLD included Fox News' phrase that their intent is to be "fair and balanced" ["Up Next, Wrangling Respect," Oct. 8]. Here are Chris Wallace's Fox News guests Oct. 8: Rep. Jack Kingston (Republican congressman from Georgia), Tony Perkins of the conservative Christian organization Family Research Council, right-wing media spokesman David Bossie and right-wing radio personality Laura Ingraham. Seems like a reasonable range of views will indeed be represented -- right, far right, farther right and farthest right.

Radio station KGIL-AM (1260) on Monday is replacing veteran talk-show host Michael Jackson with Laura Ingraham. Ingraham will be heard on KGIL weekdays from 6-9 a.m. The British-born Jackson began on L.A. airwaves in 1963 and was heard on KABC-AM (790) for three decades. He came out of retirement last October after five years to take the gig on KGIL. The conservative Ingraham, the most listened-to woman in political talk radio, is currently heard in 23 of the top 25 metropolitan markets.

As a married woman and mother of two, I am amused by Laura Ingraham and her pathetic attempts to paint Hillary Rodham Clinton as failing to uphold "family values" ("Hillary and Pillory," June 9). Apparently, Ms. Ingraham and her conservative buddies just can't stand it that throughout her husband's presidency, especially during the impeachment dog-and-pony show, Hillary behaved with unfailing class and dignity as a married woman and a parent. She has kept her family together--while Ingraham's conservative male counterparts in the House and Senate, the "family values" cadre, were busily disposing of their used wives.

Moving to complete the talk format that takes to the air today, KFWB-AM (980) said Tuesday that the syndicated Roger Hedgecock, Dave Ramsey and Todd Schnitt will round out a lineup of hosts that includes the previously announced Laura Schlessinger, Laura Ingraham and Michael Smerconish. KFWB has sacked the all-news format that it had featured since 1968, laying off more than a dozen employees in the process. The CBS-owned outlet will still feature news programming from 3 to 9 a.m. each weekday, but then the talk shows start, beginning with Ingraham at 9 a.m. and Schlessinger following at noon.

Talk radio station KGIL-AM (1260) unveiled a revamped lineup Monday that left out hosts Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage, Monica Crowley and John Ziegler. Added were former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) and CNN veteran Larry King, plus a big dose of music from the Great American Songbook that was once a staple on the station. Ziegler, a former host at KFI-AM (640) who had joined KGIL last June, told fans in an e-mail Monday that the station would be switching to an all-music format.

Conservative talk-radio host Laura Ingraham returns to the airwaves today with a new local affiliate, KRLA-AM (870), and a new time slot, morning drive. Her Washington, D.C.-based show begins airing 6 to 9 a.m. weekdays, leading off a lineup that features other conservative pundits Dennis Prager, Michael Medved and Hugh Hewitt. "She's a female, which makes her unique in the talk-show realm. We think she's really good, and she's an up-and-coming personality," KRLA general manager Terry Fahy said.

As speculation over a potential presidential run by Sarah Palin grows more intense, the former vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party lately finds herself dealing with a surprising case of friendly fire. In the latest example, Palin is spinning a perceived slight by former First Lady Barbara Bush as another example of "elites" taking sides against her. In an interview with CNN's Larry King, Bush was asked about her view of the former Alaska governor. "I sat next to her once, thought she was beautiful, and I think she's very happy in Alaska.

Moving to complete the talk format that takes to the air today, KFWB-AM (980) said Tuesday that the syndicated Roger Hedgecock, Dave Ramsey and Todd Schnitt will round out a lineup of hosts that includes the previously announced Laura Schlessinger, Laura Ingraham and Michael Smerconish. KFWB has sacked the all-news format that it had featured since 1968, laying off more than a dozen employees in the process. The CBS-owned outlet will still feature news programming from 3 to 9 a.m. each weekday, but then the talk shows start, beginning with Ingraham at 9 a.m. and Schlessinger following at noon.

Talk radio station KGIL-AM (1260) unveiled a revamped lineup Monday that left out hosts Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage, Monica Crowley and John Ziegler. Added were former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) and CNN veteran Larry King, plus a big dose of music from the Great American Songbook that was once a staple on the station. Ziegler, a former host at KFI-AM (640) who had joined KGIL last June, told fans in an e-mail Monday that the station would be switching to an all-music format.

Re "The GOP's real go-to guy," Sept. 29 I was disappointed to read this complimentary article on Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh, along with Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter and Karl Rove, are some of the main reasons our country is so divided. They spew forth lies, half-truths and anything that will promote their self-serving cause that they are right -- really right -- and that anyone who disagrees with them is unpatriotic and un-American. These so-called spokespeople for the right wing and the Republican Party have ruined the party of Abraham Lincoln, and in my case caused me to change my registration from being a lifelong Republican to Democrat this year.

Radio station KGIL-AM (1260) on Monday is replacing veteran talk-show host Michael Jackson with Laura Ingraham. Ingraham will be heard on KGIL weekdays from 6-9 a.m. The British-born Jackson began on L.A. airwaves in 1963 and was heard on KABC-AM (790) for three decades. He came out of retirement last October after five years to take the gig on KGIL. The conservative Ingraham, the most listened-to woman in political talk radio, is currently heard in 23 of the top 25 metropolitan markets.

The topic was Sen. John McCain's vice presidential pick, and talk show host Laura Ingraham was on a roll. Accepting an award from the Republican National Coalition for Life on behalf of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who was under wraps working on her convention speech, Ingraham chastised anyone who would suggest that Palin is not up to the job. As a pro-life working mother of five, including a special needs infant and a pregnant 17-year-old, Ingraham...

Laura Ingraham unwittingly revealed her (and the rest of the right wing's) rear view mirror approach to women's rights (Commentary, May 3). She wrote, "Women had real girl power when they didn't tolerate men flouting marital vows or women treating married men as fair game." When was it that women had "real power," Ms. Ingraham? You mean back in the days when women were the property of their husbands? You mean the days when a man could beat up his wife and turn away the cops by saying it was a "family matter"?

With John McCain racking up delegates on a steady march toward the Republican presidential nomination, deeply conservative voters are at a loss. They don't like McCain. They've tried, and failed, to stop him. So it was with growing frustration, and an unaccustomed sense of impotence, that many conservatives surveyed the electoral map Wednesday. "We're in a political dilemma, as well as a personal dilemma," said Jessica Echard, executive director of the conservative advocacy group Eagle Forum.