Ring of Fire (radio program)
Ring of Fire is a nationally syndicated American talk radio program hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio, and Sam Seder. The trio focuses on exposing people whom they consider to be "corporate fat cats, polluters and media spinmeisters".[1] The show has been on the air since 2004 and is currently carried on 42 radio stations across the United States.[2] Kennedy is an attorney who specializes in environmental law; Papantonio is also an attorney, served as the president of the National Trial Lawyer Association in 2012, and is senior partner at Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, a large Florida based law firm that specializes in pursuing civil lawsuits against high profile and often powerful defendants. Seder is an actor, comedian, director and political commentator who hosts The Majority Report, originally on Air America Radio with Janeane Garafalo and currently as an independently produced podcast. In 2013, the show expanded into a television program airing weeknights on Free Speech TV, hosted by Papantonio and Farron Cousins.
Production
Ring of Fire airs Saturdays from 3PM - 6PM ET. Papantonio does the show from the Pensacola studio, while Kennedy operates out of the Pace University School of Law in White Plains, New York. Seder's studio is near the New York Times building in New York City.
Ring of Fire's executive producer is Scott Millican, with producer Farron Cousins, and researcher Brendan DeMelle.
The program's theme song is "Ring of Fire," originally by Johnny Cash, performed by Social Distortion.
History
The facility space was allocated in December 2003.[3] Ring of Fire aired its first broadcast on May 1, 2004 on the newly founded Air America radio network, and remained there until the network closed almost six years later. Dial Global then picked up the program and has syndicated it since.
The radio program was featured in the 2006 documentary film Jesus Camp.
David Bender, who hosted another Air America program, Politically Direct, first appeared on the show when Air America 2.0 was launched in May 2007. Bender returned to the program as a full-time host after the network closed down, but announced on December 11, 2010, that he was again stepping away from the program;[4] Seder announced on The Majority Report podcast December 17, 2010 that he would be Bender's replacement.
References
- ↑ "Ring of Fire", official Facebook page, retrieved July 16, 2010
- ↑ "Stations", ringoffireradio.com, retrieved July 16, 2010
- ↑ http://beradio.com/mag/radio_ring_fire/ Ring of Fire debuts a new talk facility by Bobby Likis, Radio Magazine
- ↑ A Message From David Bender, retrieved Dec. 17, 2010
