Only half of typical three-hour radio talk show program is devoted to the actual program itself. Time is precious, but callers are not conditioned by the hosts, with a rare exception, to get to their point.
These burn up precious air time and make for bad radio.
The trite worn out line: “Thank you taking my call.”
Lavish praise heaped on the host by callers during their preamble. Who cares? Most Rush Limbaugh callers have a tedious preamble of praise that uses up their time. Whatever happended to: Just say “Ditto.”
Get to the point, callers. Or don’t bother.