FOX NEWS RADIO SIGNS JIM SLADE AS SPACE CONTRIBUTOR
He Will Provide Commentary During Shuttle Discovery’s ‘Return to Flight’ Mission
FOX News Radio has signed Jim Slade as a contributor to the network for space coverage, announced Kevin Magee, Senior Vice President. Slade will provide commentary during the launch and landing of the space shuttle Discovery on Wednesday, July 13th.
Slade covered the United States space program for forty years beginning in 1961 with Alan Shepherd’s Freedom 7 flight and has extensive knowledge of aviation. In addition to being a journalist, Slade is a pilot and has worked at ABC for six years providing on- location reports on aviation, space and science for Peter Jennings’ World News Tonight.
Slade’s space chronicles have been broadcasted on numerous networks including ABC- TV and Radio, CNN, NBC Radio, Mutual, Westinghouse Broadcasting System and Voice of America.
FOX News operates FOX News Radio, a 24/7 news service reaching more than ten million listeners a week. The network also offers one-minute and five-minute newscasts and breaking-news coverage to affiliate stations nationwide along with two weekday talk programs, The Tony Snow Show and The Alan Colmes Show. Additionally, FOX News also operates FOX News Channel (FNC), the number one cable news channel in the United States for more than three years, FOXNews.com and produces FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace and The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly.
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