Once during an on-air discussion of his playing days, the author said, Mr. Ashburn noted that he used to take his bat home during a hitting streak and sleep with it.

CNBC said that its policies require disclosure of stock ownership during on-air discussions about companies that involve more than passing mention.

Groups of Collins users also organize meetings, gatherings at hamfests and regularly scheduled on-air discussions called "nets".

He will participate in an on-air discussion about WABC's golden years directly after the Rewound broadcast.

"It's gotten pretty savage out there," said Tom Brokaw of NBC News during an on-air discussion of the Imus situation.

The on-air discussion of a fight between Norris and his wife at NBC's Rainbow Room which led to Fred quitting the show, only to come back the next day.

Nash figured a lot in Lucey's on-air discussions, but he has rarely been seen on camera.

An on-air discussion of women in combat elicited 49,000 phone calls, the overwhelming majority opposed to it, a spokesman said.