ARNN now provides three, 3-hour news blocks – 9 hours back to 

back radio news – Combined with TRN-E’s America’s Morning News – 

Making 12 hours of live news coverage available to stations nationwide. 

 

Washington D.C. – America’s Radio News Network (ARNN) announces Jay Alan who is co-anchoring ARNN’s The Drive Home news block, airing from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday. ARNN delivers non-partisan, fast paced, co-anchored, long form live news coverage from Noon to 9 p.m. EST, providing 9 hours of live back to back radio news programming to affiliates nationwide. 

Jay Alan has extensive radio broadcasting experience as host and anchor, spending five years as an award-winning radio host on News/Talk 1530 KFBK, Sacramento, CA where he received the Edward R. Murrow Award. Alan has also anchored on many News/Talk stations across the nation including: KSTE, Sacramento; KNEW, San Francisco and KTAR-FM Phoenix, AZ, and also has anchored programs which were nationally syndicated. 

 

Co-Anchor Jay Alan of The Drive Home is not just experienced in radio broadcasting he also comes to ARNN with considerable experience anchoring on TV newscasts and was the lead TV news anchor on FOX 40 KTXL, Sacramento, CA; KPHO-TV, Phoenix, AZ and WSET-TV, Lynchburg/Roanoke, VA, where he also was Managing Editor. Alan co-anchored TV newscasts for many TV stations including: KTVB-TV, Boise, ID; KREM-TV, Spokane, WA. and WSAW-TV, Wausau, WI. 

 

Alan’s most recent position was as the Director of Communications for the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) and Deputy Director for the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security (OHS) which he held since 2007. Prior to this, Alan was Director of Communications for the California Conservation Corps, and served on other California State Boards including the Homeland Security Advisory Board. He has taught Crisis Communications at the University of California where he taught the course to many of California’s elected officials. 

 

Jay Alan is a graduate of Dordt College in Sioux City, Iowa where he graduated with a B.A. in Communications. 

 

Alan says, “I am extremely pleased to join America's Radio News Network and am excited about this opportunity to provide people information in a timely, informative, and interesting venue. I am hopeful 

and confident my background in politics, homeland security, counter-terrorism and more will provide unique insights and observations for listeners and will add to the already strong depth of talented people at ARNN.” 

 

Mark Masters, CEO of ARNN, and its representative, Talk Radio Network Syndications Ltd. says, “Jay Alan’s radio and TV broadcasting experience on some of the top stations in nation and in the government sector with the State of California makes Alan a perfect fit to co-anchor ARNN’s The Drive Home, 3-hour all-news block. Masters continues by saying, “Stations continue to tell us they love the long-form all-news blocks so much they want more to be offered – and sooner rather than later. We have been stunned by the high demand!” 

 

John McCaslin, Executive Vice President of News Programming for ARNN says, “Jay Alan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this job at ARNN. Not only was he an accomplished anchor at one of the top news stations in the nation, KFBK in Sacramento, he is also an expert in the field of homeland security. Jay is called upon all over the country as a guest speaker on the subject – so having him with us in the studio will be a huge added benefit for ARNN and our listeners and stations. His warmth and personality on the air will make him a huge favorite as well.” 

 

America’s Morning News (AMN), airing from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. EST Monday through Friday is another 3-hour long-form all-news program option, presented by The Washington Times (TWT) and Talk Radio Network Entertainment (TRN-E). ARNN’s programming blocks combined with AMN makes a full 12 hours of back to back, weekday long-form news programming available to affiliates nationwide. AMN now airs on over 120 affiliates, with 15 of those in the top 30 markets, including: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, Washington D.C. and Seattle. 

 

ARNN is also anticipating the launch of an additional 3-hour news block before year’s end. That news block, combined with ARNN’s news blocks already airing, and TRN-E’s and TWTs’ AMN, will then provide 15 hours of back to back syndicated long-form co-anchored news to affiliates across the nation, many of which may be considering ARNN’s turnkey all-news syndicated programming solution. 

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