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Vietnam P.O.W. Joe Crecca on The Michael Koolidge Show - April 2008
For Immediate Release from The Michael Koolidge Show (www.koolidge.com)
Contact: tmks3 - at - yahoo.com or 815-561-7130
FELLOW P.O.W. WITH JOHN MCCAIN SPEAKS OUT ON THE MICHAEL KOOLIDGE SHOW
Dekalb, IL – What exactly did John McCain go through in Vietnam? Over the past three weeks, in a series of exclusive interviews, The Michael Koolidge Show (TMKS) spoke with former Air Force fighter pilot Joe Crecca, a man who spent 6 years and 3 months as a POW in Vietnam. Mr. Crecca provided a detailed account of his experiences from 1967 through 1973 in what's become known as the "Hanoi Hilton," including his interactions with fellow POW and current U.S. Presidential candidate John McCain.
In this exclusive multi-part series of in-depth discussions with Michael Koolidge, Joe Crecca gives listeners an idea of exactly what it's like to be shot down in combat, captured, tortured and imprisoned for over six years in enemy territory. He also offers an insight into the character of John McCain, a man who went through very similar experiences. All segments are now uploaded and available in the Audio Archives section of www.koolidge.com as the first part of TMKS Podcasts #88, #89 and #90.
On the air daily since the Spring of 2006, The Michael Koolidge Show is the first and only daily radio talk show in the nation hosted by a young veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Michael talks every week with an active duty U.S. servicemember in Baghdad, Iraq, and has done so regularly since early September of 2006. Previous guests on the show include Mitt Romney, Bill Richardson, Dick Durbin, James. L. Buckley, Rudy Giuliani, Clarence Page, Denny Hastert and OK Go. Earlier this year TMKS became regionally and independently syndicated on 1360 WLBK and News/Talk 1060 WRHL in North Central Illinois and Chicagoland.
For more information, contact the show at tmks3 -at- yahoo-dot-com or 815-561-7130.
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The Michael Koolidge Show moves to 1360 WLBK – January 2008
DeKalb, IL – Beginning Friday, January 11th 2008, The Michael Koolidge Show (TMKS), a daily radio talk show based out of North Central Illinois, will become an independent and regionally syndicated program. The show's first affiliate is 1360 WLBK in DeKalb, IL where it will air weeknights at 6PM (US Central) and continue to podcast at www.koolidge.com. The Michael Koolidge Show has entertained the listeners of North Central Illinois since the Spring of 2006 and has amassed a substantial number of big-league guests, including Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Clarence Page, Bill Richardson, Spike O'Dell, Laura Ingraham, Denny Hastert and OK Go, and speaks regularly with Doug Elfman from the Chicago Sun-Times. TMKS also has a weekly segment with a military service member on the ground in Iraq, keeping his listeners up to speed on what exactly is happening in the war every week since September of 2006. Michael had on just about every candidate for public office in the area before the November 2006 elections, and as the 2008 race heats up, the show has become a hub for newsmakers and voters who follow local, state and national politics. Says Koolidge: “I’m thrilled about picking up WLBK as my first affiliate. This election is quickly becoming the most exciting in a generation, and I can't wait to talk to more candidates, politicos and voters on the show!” ###
The Michael Koolidge Show books Rudy Giuliani - October 2007
For Immediate Release from The Michael Koolidge Show (www.koolidge.com)
Contact: The Michael Koolidge Show - tmks3 -at- yahoo.com
Rochelle, IL – Former New York City Mayor and Republican candidate for U.S. President Rudy Giuliani was on News/Talk 1060's The Michael Koolidge Show on Wednesday, October 24, 2007.
You can download the full interview right now at http://www.koolidge.com/audio.php
The Michael Koolidge Show is the first and only daily radio talk show in the nation hosted by a young veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Michael talks every Thursday with an active duty U.S. servicemember serving in Iraq, and has done so every week since early September of 2006. TMKS also puts out two separate highly popular weekly podcasts, available at www.koolidge.com
Says Koolidge: "I grew up just outside of the New York Metropolitan area and have followed Giuliani's career since his first run for mayor of New York City. I am excited that he's taking the time to tell my listeners why he thinks he should be our next president."
Previous guests on TMKS include presidential candidates Gov. Mitt Romney, Gov. Bill Richardson, U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, U.S. Sen. Mike Gravel and Rep. Tom Tancredo, Surgeon General of the United States Richard H. Carmona, blues great Joe Bonamassa, Damian Kulash from the band OK GO, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, radio talk show hosts Laura Ingraham, Lars Larson, and Steve Cochran, former U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, folk singer Judy Collins, Scott Ott of Scrappleface.com, Tom Bevan of Realclearpolitics, conservative icons Phyllis Schlafly and James L. Buckley, A&E's Patti Novak, The Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page and Kirsten Scharnberg, The Chicago Sun-Times' Doug Elfman, best-selling author and Time Magazine contributor Po Bronson, The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto, Dan Henninger, Kim Strassell and Brendan Miniter, war veterans Tammy Duckworth, Chris Mahaffey, Elliot Johnson, Randy Weinshel, Randy Boucher, Pete Hegseth, Brandon Friedman, James Baldwin, Gordon Rottman, Mike Krzystofczyk, Don Bacon, Andrew Morton, Chris Danbeck, Wade Zirkle, Dixon Montgomery, Verne Lundstrom, Fred Baker and hundreds of others. The fast paced, guest-heavy talk show averages about a dozen unique guests a week, and is heard from 5 to 7PM (US Central) every weekday on News/Talk 1060 WRHL out of Rochelle, Illinois.
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The Michael Koolidge Show interviews Denny Hastert - October 2007
For Immediate Release from The Michael Koolidge Show (www.koolidge.com)
Contact: The Michael Koolidge Show – tmks3 -at- yahoo.com
DENNY HASTERT ON
THE MICHAEL KOOLIDGE SHOW
Some excerpts from the interview:
5:59: “We don't need...even though we have some differences with [Turkey]...to upset the apple cart, to lose our bases there, and put our men and women who are in the Middle East in jeopardy, and that's exactly what this does. This is a political issue. Its a political hot poker in the eye of the Administration..."
7:16: "We don't need another situation like a Syria or Iran on the border of Iraq..."
7:52: "I had the Speaker of the Armenian House come to visit me. We had a long talk about this issue. This is not a big issue in Armenia. Its a big issue here, where people keep this thing constantly riled up, whether you happen to be a Greek and don't like the Turks, or you happen to be an Armenian and don't like the Turks. Its a way that people raise money here."
10:21: "The Turkish Border is something that we cannot have destabilized. You know, its an interesting time...when Osama Bin Laden is criticizing Al Qaeda cause they're not getting the job done, it means that WE are getting OUR job done, and if we want to help [Al Qeada], help them emotionally, and give them a lift, destabilize what we [the U.S.] is able to do, then this Turkey resolution does exactly that."
11:05: "I think Speaker Pelosi expressed very well, that this is an important issue to her, probably politically, and there's another political issue, and that is to hurt the Administration. So, I don't think she's accepting common sense. We've back-channeled that (as a former Speaker, giving Pelosi advice NOT to do this), they understand that, they know it very well, her aides know what we've done....she's going to do what she wants to do. And she has her own agenda. Just like meeting with the head of Syria and other places, she has an agenda."
12:25: "What I tried to do...I tried to bring the Turks and Armenians together...and they're doing some of that, and that's good between those two countries. It's the people back here who want to keep these thing stirred up, and that's the tragedy of it."
He did not indicate whether he will be remaining or resigning as U.S. representative from the IL-14th congressional district.
The Michael Koolidge Show is the first and only daily radio talk show in the nation hosted by a young veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Michael talks every Thursday with an active duty U.S. servicemember serving in Iraq, and has done so every week since early September of 2006. TMKS also puts out two separate highly popular weekly podcasts, available at www.koolidge.com under “Audio Archives.”
The Michael Koolidge Show interviews Gov. Bill Richardson - April 2007
For Immediate Release from The Michael Koolidge Show (www.koolidge.com) Contact: Ryan Morton, Producer - tmks3 -at- yahoo.com
GOV. BILL RICHARDSON ON
THE MICHAEL KOOLIDGE SHOW
Previous guests on TMKS have run the gamut, from the Surgeon General of the United States Richard H. Carmona to the rock band OK GO, folk singer Judy Collins, Senator Dick Durbin, former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, Scott Ott of Scrappleface, conservative icons Phyllis Schlafly and James L. Buckley, best-selling author and Time Magazine contributor Po Bronson and hundreds of others. Michael also regularly has journalists from the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Wall Street Journal and the Rochelle News-Leader on his show, as well as entrepreneurs, local news makers, entertainers and of course, listeners. The fast paced, guest-heavy talk show averages about a dozen unique guests a week.
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The Michael Koolidge Show is the first and only daily radio talk show in the nation hosted by a young veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Michael talks every Thursday with an active duty U.S. soldier serving in Iraq, and has done so every week since early September of 2006. TMKS puts out two separate highly popular weekly podcasts, available at www.koolidge.com
The Michael Koolidge Show moves to drivetime - February 2007
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Campaign 2006 Audio from koolidge.com
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- U.S. Speaker of the House Denny Hastert
- Congressman Don Manzullo, IL -16th
- Republican Judy Baar Topinka, candidate for IL Governor
- Illinois State Comptroller Dan Hynes
- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
- Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White
- Republican Christine Radogno, candidate for IL Treasurer
- Republican Carole Pankau, candidate for State Comptroller
- Republican Dan Rutherford, candidate for IL Sec. of State
- State Senator Dave Syverson, IL-34th
- Democrat Dick Aumen, candidate for U.S. Congress, IL -16th
- State Representative Bob Pritchard, IL-70th
- Independent John Borling, write-in candidate. for U.S. Congress, IL -16th
- Republican Stu Umholtz, candidate for IL Attorney General
- Democrat Alexi Giannoulis, candidate for IL Treasurer
- Democrat Chuck Sauer, candidate for State Rep., IL-70th
- Democrat Dan Lewandowski, candidate for State Senate., IL-34th
- Democrat John Laesch, candidate for U.S. Congress IL-14th
Weekly Segment "Almost Live from Iraq" on TMKS, September 2006
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U.S. Army soldier Andrew Morton has agreed to a regular appearance on The Michael Koolidge Show heard on News/Talk 1060 WRHL and www.koolidge.com in a re-occurring segment, “Almost-live from Baghdad,” calling from Baghdad, Iraq every Thursday.The first two interviews, the first of which was recorded and aired on September 11, 2006, are up at www.koolidge.com under the “Audio Archives” link as part of the Special TMKS September 11th broadcast.
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"The Michael Koolidge Show," hosted by Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran Michael Koolidge, airs daily on News/Talk 1060AM WRHL from 3-5 p.m. U.S. CENTRAL and is the only daily radio talk show in the nation hosted by a young veteran of this current war, and it's broadcast from right here in Rochelle.
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Quote from Michael Koolidge: “I’m excited. I know that other radio shows have soldiers on from Iraq, but I don’t think it happens as frequently as it should. To my knowledge, we are the only daily radio show in the country that will have an extended segment directly from a soldier in Iraq with his boots on the ground, every single week. Unless Andrew occasionally calls us from a helicopter, in which case his boots will be in the air. But he’ll still be in Iraq.”
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Since the Spring of 2006, Michael Koolidge has brought his unique brand of humor and interviewing style to the airwaves and has amassed a substantial list of big-name guests, including interviews with Speaker of the House Denny Hastert, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, Congressman Don Manzullo, Illinois Education Association President Ken Swanson, Illinois GOP Chairman Andy McKenna, Time Magazine writer and author Po Bronson, Eagle Forum’s Phyllis Schlaffly, John Shank and Terese Almquist from the Rochelle News Leader, James Taranto and Daniel Henninger from the Wall Street Journal, Clarence Page and George Papajohn of the Chicago Tribune, Lynn Sweet, Steve Huntley and Doug Elfman of the Chicago Sun-Times, and Damian Kulash from the nationally known Chicago band OK Go.
Speaker Denny Hastert's Appearance on TMKS, August 2006
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from The Michael Koolidge Show (www.koolidge.com)
RE: Speaker Dennis Hastert’s
Contact: Ryan Morton, Producer - tmks3 -at- yahoo.com
SPEAKER DENNIS HASTERT’s
appearance on
The Michael Koolidge Show
is up on www.koolidge.com
United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) was on WRHL's "The Michael Koolidge Show" live yesterday afternoon, August 10.
The 21-minute interview in its entirety can be downloaded at www.koolidge.com under the “Audio Archives” link. Some highlights:
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The interview also covered topics such as the foiled bombing plot in the
"The Michael Koolidge Show," hosted by Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran Michael Koolidge, airs daily on News/Talk 1060AM WRHL from
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WRHL doubles TMKS time, July 2006
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from News/Talk 1060 AM WRHL
RE: The Michael Koolidge Show (www.koolidge.com)
Contact: Greg Saunders, Programming Director - greg@wrhl.net /
WRHL Radio’s
The Michael Koolidge Show
Doubles Airtime
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-Vice Adm. Richard H. Carmona, Surgeon General of the
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-James Taranto, Wall Street Journal’s Opinionjournal.com editor
-Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune editorial board member
-Doug Elfman, Chicago Sun-Times entertainment columnist
-Lynn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times
-Captain Chris Mahaffey, OIF I and OIF
…and dozens of others, News/Talk 1060's newest host, Michael Koolidge, has made quite a splash this summer with his original daily talk show.
The Michael Koolidge Show is a guest-heavy current events talk show that focuses on issues that affect Illinois, the Midwest and the United States—in that order—and is the only daily radio talk show in the country hosted by a young military veteran of this current war.
WRHL is proud to announce that "The Michael Koolidge Show" will be DOUBLING its daily show airtime. Currently airing from
“I liked your interview style. Direct, polite, curious. You give me hope that there can be civilized interview shows with a host who is clear about his position but curious to investigate and learn from other points of view. Pretty cool.”
-From a listener (“Mary Terese”) e-mail
Michael Koolidge is an Operation Iraqi Freedom and Global War on Terrorism veteran who served six years active duty in the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of captain. Before being hired by WRHL, Michael did production work for WGN Radio 720 in
News/Talk 1060 WRHL is an AM radio station broadcasting twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week on 1060AM and streaming worldwide at www.wrhl.net. WRHL is owned by the Rochelle Broadcasting Company, 400 May
Statement from Michael Koolidge: “I’m honored that Rochelle Broadcasting has the confidence in my show so far to double my airtime. I have a blast working here and feel like I’m learning something new every day. Double the airtime means double the work, of course. Double the quality for listeners too. Hey, you know what else should double then, for me? Wait…boss, where are you going?…”