In 1994, Rense self-financed a radio show on Santa Barbara's KTMS. The show was originally broadcast as "Sightings on the Radio", the title being a direct reference to the television series "Sightings". The show was originally distributed by Premiere Radio Networks but was dropped in the late 1990s after it was deemed hate speech and banned in Europe. Talk Radio Network then carried the show through the early 2000s, when all references to "Sightings" were dropped and the title "Jeff Rense Program" was adopted.