Articles by howie

Failure is a hard thing to admit, but we, here at Truetalkradio.com, have very thick skin. After months of deliberation, we decided that we were going to modernize the look of the website. Many fights […]

Greek philosopher Aristotle once said, “there is only one way to avoid criticism; do nothing, say nothing and be nothing ,” an amazingly astute, yet quite sad statement on human nature. We like to believe […]

It always amazes me when people post up on Truetalkradio.com comments such as the following: “judy / January 21, 2013 5,000 listeners is a pitifully small number. I think you have much too large an […]

I would like to thank you for making The Howie Silbiger Show the most listened to Jewish themed show in the country. According to a recent survey done by 1650 AM Radio Shalom Montreal (a […]

I’m Jewish. I’m proud to be Jewish, I can’t imagine being anything but Jewish. I don’t feel a need to apologize for being a Jew nor explain my Jewishness to anyone. I relish in the […]

One has to ask how a 20 year old, by all accounts, quiet honor student, could transform into a psychotic kid killer. The transformation didn’t happen overnight and signs of prolonged depression or depravity must […]

The first time I met Kathy Coulombe she was hosting the news and I was butchering the liners. It was late 1999 and I was on my first shift alone as a board op on […]

It always fascinates me when impersonators write diatribes that can’t possibly come from you and then send them out with your name attached to them. A few months ago, CJAD’s Tommy Schnurmacher was a victim […]

Truetalkradio’s audio stream will shut off for the Jewish Holidays. The radio station will be shut down Sunday September 16 at 6pm and will not be back online until Tuesday September 18 at 9pm. It […]

With this week’s untimely passing of reporting legend Larry Fredricks, it got me to thinking how lucky I have been in my career to cross paths and learn from some of the greatest media giants […]