The launching of Talk Radio Network-FM’s The Phil Hendrie Show has been an “astounding success”, according to TRN-FM CEO Mark Masters. Since his launch just two weeks ago, over forty markets have added Phil Hendrie to their late evening lineup, including some of the top radio markets across the U.S. The Phil Hendrie Show has been added in San Francisco, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, San Diego, Tampa, Denver, Riverside, Memphis, Las Vegas, West Palm Beach, Akron, Charleston, Reno, Boise, Augusta, and Bakersfield, to name a few.

In Los Angeles, where the show is based, Phil Hendrie was one of a handful of personalities who was able to achieve #1 ranked status in his daypart for over two years on KFI AM. The show became nationally syndicated in 1996 and was heard on over 100 stations around the country prior to Hendrie taking a brief exit to pursue television and movie projects.

“It’s not surprising so many stations welcomed the return of Phil Hendrie,” says TRN-FM CEO Mark Masters. “Phil is the master of satire and always delivers a pay off, which brings perspective on important issues of the day. He truly is a genius at his art form.”

The re-launch of The Phil Hendrie Show has also allowed Hendrie to incorporate some new elements into the nightly program, tackling issues and breaking news of the day, while still using his creative style and voice characterizations to provide perspective.

Jim P. Pappas, Vice President/General Manager of KTRB-AM 860, San Francisco, says, “Phil Hendrie is the master of radio comedy and satire. We added The Phil Hendrie Show without hesitation. No one else compares.”

Echoing similar sentiments, Program Director Dave Sniff, of 760 KFMB, San Diego, says, “Phil is simply a master at blending humor and issues! The night-time slot is perfect for the ‘theater of the mind’ style of communication he has made so famous. He is an original and extremely unique and when you put his talent against your average talk host, you win!”

Doug Westerman, Program Director of KTLK-FM, Minneapolis says, “Phil’s insight on everyday life is by far one of the most unique in talk radio…”

Jon Volmar, Program Director, 1250 WHNZ in Tampa, says, “We are thrilled to bring Phil Hendrie back to the Tampa market. His style of talk radio is humorous, satirical and very entertaining and will be a great addition to WHNZ. ”

Charlotte Burke, Program Director, News Talk 720 KDWN, Las Vegas says, “Phil could do a show just like other talk hosts do -and he’d be great at it. But that would be like asking Pamela Anderson to grab her floatation device and walk, not run, along the beach.”

John Mountz of Super Talk 99.7 WTN in Nashville, says, “When I found out Phil Hendrie was back, my first thought was how do we get it? I was pleasantly surprised the show is live during the difficult to fill overnight slot. At last, a show that can give my competitor a run for its money. From the listener responses I have gotten so far, it was a great programming move for WTN.”

In Omaha, Neil Nelkin, Program Director of KKAR says, “Phil Hendrie was the perfect addition to the KKAR schedule. A live show during the late night hours: relevant, foreground and outspoken. Response for the first two weeks has been much more than I expected.”

John Starr, General Manager, WBXY, Gainesville, says, “Phil Hendrie is a truly unique and gifted radio personality. We’ve had many listeners rejoice that Phil is back and on our station. He goes well with Mancow.”

In Tucson, Chuck Meyer, KCUB says “As someone who has had the pleasure of working with Phil Hendrie in the past, I have a special appreciation for his talents beyond my enjoyment of his show as a listener. Phil is his own niche. Nobody should go where Phil goes – or should even try.”

Johnnie Walker, Program Director, KROD-AM, El Paso says, “There are few names that generate so much enthusiasm in the radio talk world as Phil Hendrie. Most new talk shows need a killer demo to sell itself to potential markets, but Phil’s name almost sells the show by itself! The excitement in the responses when I mentioned the possibility of getting this show was key in making the call. Not many talk show hosts can generate THIS much excitement about a show.”

Jerry Evans, Owner of KKFT-FM, Reno says, “I chose Phil Hendrie because you can expect the unexpected. There simply isn’t another radio show like it in any radio format.”

Phil Hendrie has been in radio broadcasting for over 30 years and began doing talk radio in 1990. The first Phil Hendrie Show was a comedy talk radio program that became renowned for its unique and controversial guests, who were actually fictional characters created and voiced by Hendrie himself.

Hendrie’s voice has appeared in popular animated features in the past several years, including FOX sitcoms King of the Hill and Futurama, as well as the 2005 cinematic smash-hit Team America: World Police. In 2006, he starred in the NBC sitcom Teachers. He recently starred in the FOX/CBS pilot The Giants of Radio.

The Phil Hendrie Show airs Monday through Friday from 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. Eastern/10:00 to 1:00 a.m. Pacific, and is re-fed 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Eastern/ 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. Pacific on TRN-FM.

For more information on securing market exclusivity of The Phil Hendrie Show contact TRN-FM at 866-876-5077 or visit www.talkradionetwork.com

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The New Phil Hendrie Show continues to add stations, and will now air on 92.3 KTAR-FM in Arizona. The show begins airing live tonight.

You can read the program directors blog here. Link

When Phil Hendrie announced that he was returning to radio with an overnight show, many people predicted failure because he’s going up against Coast to Coast AM. Well Phil Hendrie has actually replaced Coast to Coast AM on Clear Channel talk WHLO/640 in Akron. Sure its only one station but its something. Phil will probably never pull numbers like Coast to Coast but he will be successful.

Last week we had our first live chat while the show aired. It went well so we are going to do it again this week. We have a temporary chat room set up Here

We’ll use this chat set up until we decide on a permanent client. If you have experience setting up or using a certain chat platform, give us your opinion in the forum. Link

The first week of the new Phil Hendrie Show has aired and on Fridays show some of the old regulars found the new show. The show started off with Bobbie Dooley calling in about the London bomb plot and before the show ended Pastor William Rennick called to discuss the Iraq war and Chris Norton was on as a guest to discuss the pole dancing workout. Needless to say, long time fans were thrilled to have these guys back on the air. Check out the forums to read the reaction and share your thoughts. Link

Here is the first official affiliate list from TRN.

# San Francisco, CA KTRB 860 AM 10:00pm-1:00am
# Miami, FL WINZ 940 AM 3:00-4:00am
# Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN KTLK 100.3 FM 12:00-3:00pm
# Denver, CO KRCN 1060 AM 11:00pm-2:00am
# Las Vegas, NV KDWN 720AM 11:00pm-2:00am
# Nashville, TN WWTN 99.7 FM 12:00-3:00am
# Tucson, AZ KCUB 1290 AM 10:00pm-1:00am
# Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE KKAR 1290 AM 12:00-3:00am
# El Paso, TX KROD 600 AM 12:00-2:00am
# Bakersfield, CA KGEO 1230 AM 11:00pm-1:00am
# Colorado Springs, CO KKKK 1580 AM 11:00pm-2:00am
# Lafayette, LA KVOL 1330 AM 12:00-1:00am
# Augusta, GA WNRR 1230 AM 1:00-4:00am
# Lansing, MI WJIM 1240 AM 1:00-4:00am
# Reno, NV KKFT 99.1 FM 10:00pm-1:00am
# Palm Springs, CA KPSI 920 AM 10:00pm-1:00am
# Topeka, KS WIBW 580 AM 12:00-3:00am
# Buena Vista, CO KVLE 1450 AM 11:00pm-2:00am
# Vail, CO KSKE 610 AM 11:00pm-2:00am
# Twin Falls, ID KTFI 1270 AM 11:00pm-2:00am

The new Phil Hendrie Show officially starts tonight. It’s going to be a bit of a crap shoot finding the show on the radio but it will be streaming live and free on the TRN website.
Here is the Link

Here is a list of some of the TRN-FM stations, call them and ask if they are playing Phil and if not let them know you’d like them to.

WJSE 102.7 MHz Atlantic City, New Jersey (609) 653-1400 ext. 113
WMEN 640 kHz Fort Lauderdale-Miami, Florida 954-315-1515
KTRB 860 kHz San Francisco, California listen@ktrb860.com
KWKJ 98.5 MHz Windsor-Warrensburg, Missouri 660-747-9191
WFTK 96.5 MHz Cincinnati, Ohio (513) 241-9898
WWFT 93.9 MHz Indianapolis, Indiana (317) 842-9550
KSTN 1420 kHz Stockton, California 209-948-5786
WNFZ 94.3 MHz Knoxville, Tennessee 865-656-5943
WMTD 102.3 MHz Beckley, West Virginia

Here is a list of TRN stations that also offer live streaming, click on the station name and see if they are playing Phil Hendrie tonight and if not call or me them and request it.

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1.21 AM Eastern Update:

Phil is officially back. The new Phil Hendrie Show is on right now. Join us in the forum to discuss. Link

There will be several updates today, so check back here.

TRN has put out the official press release up for the “new” Phil Hendrie Show. With all the articles appearing lately we have created an article archive on the site so you can read all the Phil Hendrie press in one place.

Phil Hendrie Joins TRN-FM with New Weekday Overnight Show
Los Angeles, CA -Talk Radio Network-FM announces the addition of The Phil Hendrie Show, premiering June 25, 2007. The new overnight show is scheduled to be live 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. PST weeknights. Mark Masters, CEO of TRN-FM, welcomes the new show stating, “With the new Phil Hendrie Show, live overnights will never be the same again, like the smash hit “South Park” Phil is a master of satire and always delivers a pay off, which brings perspective on important issues of the day. Phil Hendrie has a unique skill of using absurdity to backlight absurdity. He truly is a genius at his art form.”

“There’s an enormous talk radio audience at night that not only wants the news and information, they want the explanation. I’m a monologist, a story-teller, a satirist and an interviewer. All of that will be put to use a thousand percent. Our show is that radio show millions of people have been scanning the dial at night looking for. June 25th, we arrive.”

Adds Masters, “With the most contentious political Presidential election cycle in history literally on our doorstep, combined with all of the ongoing issues involving terrorism and the war in the Middle East, all talk stations nationwide will need a live overnight show that will be able to maneuver in and around this complicated landscape, someone with enormous range, someone who can entertain listeners but also inform them, someone who can help navigate his audience through big breaking news stories of the day, as they occur, yet do it all in an entertaining and compelling way that brings great perspective to issues - Phil Hendrie is the perfect man for that mission.”

Phil got his start in radio as a DJ and began his career in talk radio in 1990. The first Phil Hendrie Show was a comedy talk radio program that became renowned for its unique and controversial guests, who were actually fictional characters created and voiced by Hendrie himself. The show became nationally syndicated in 1996 and was heard on over 100 stations around the country.

Phil Hendrie has performed voices on the animated FOX sitcoms King of the Hill and Futurama, and in Team America: World Police. In 2006, Phil starred in the NBC sitcom Teachers. He recently starred in the FOX/CBS pilot The Giants of Radio.

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As we originally reported Phil Hendrie is returning to radio, and now we have the details. The Phil Hendrie Show will be on TRN-FM weekdays 10.00 pm to 1 am PST starting June 25th. Keep checking back for news, and we’ll be covering the new show when it starts in June.

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There is a new Phil Hendrie lens at Squidoo. If you aren’t familiar with Squidoo, its a new site where you can create a site for any topic you want to share. Here is the Link, go and vote for Phil and start your own lens if you have something to share.