[Organic Panic]

I use to tune in to the “Sean Hannity Show” on occasion. It is unlistenable now. There will be his opening monologue of 15 minutes or so, then a 10 minute commercial, then a quick “stay tuned” from Sean Hannity, then 20 more minutes of commercials.

As much as I hate the liberal leanings of Amazon I do enjoy Prime TV. I threw out my TV a decade ago and haven’t missed it once.

[notaliberal]

Getting ready to ditch Directv. Too expensive, crappy programs

[rockrr]

I quit when it went digital and I lost all signal (what was that - about 7 or 8 years ago?). I was acutely aware of this effect even then and realized I was there at my expense and their entertainment. Like you say, I walked away and haven’t regretted it.

[Secret Agent Man]

In the same vein, Rush was also a lot more listenable when I first listened to him in 1990 and the early 90s.

[Hildy]

You get DVR, record the show... fast forward through commercials. I never watch a commercial. There is no show so important I have to watch it the moment it comes on. Except, of course the UFC fight last night but that is another topic.

[eartrumpet]

Hannity on XM talks for 2 15 minute segments per hour. I don’t count that 30 second We’ll be right back break. 1.5 hours per 3 hour show. I record Levin and listen next day. His 3 hours takes over 2 hours to hear.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I’ve noticed the same increase in commercial time on terrestrial radio stations. Both talk radio and music stations seem to have more commercial time and less actual programming content than they did years ago.

And on weekends, AM radio is full of program length infomercials for everything from vitamins to financial planning to real estate to gourmet food.

[driftless2]

Rush used to be the best, but now even he has put on more ads. I've noticed the last half hour of most talk shows have maybe ten minutes of talk, the rest are ads or the few minutes of news at the bottom of the hour.

So when Hannity and the rest prate about giving us three hours of talk, they really mean less than an hour and one half. Hannity might be the worst.

I don't know about ten minutes of ads.. I once counted seven minutes of ads after his initial monologue. And then when he came back it was only to say "stay tuned for the next half hour." Where you'd get even less talk than the first half hour.

[morphing libertarian]

Listen to Rush lately?

07 after the hut till 21, then 5 minutes of commercials then 3 minutes of rush and then the half hour news from the locals.

Commercials at 55 after and then back to say, see you next hour.

[Hot Tabasco]

I do enjoy Prime TV.

Just curious, is Prime TV free or do you have to subscribe to it?

[Yardstick]

Meanwhile NPR serves up the liberal POV commercial free.