Savage is so bad sometimes I think you can make a case for him being a leftwing plant to make conservatives look bad. I will take your word that the show was better when it was local.
I don’t believe he ever offered a satisfactory explanation for those unfortunate political donations a few years back.
Are you aware that the nasty feud he has with Mark Levin is heating up again?
Savage would bait lesbian callers during his KGO days. He was crude, quick, and nasty. He and Bernie Ward had a horrible feud and Savage spent days gloating on his national show when Ward was arrested and jailed. Savage read vulgar transcripts on the show that meant nothing to his national audience, but represented a huge resentment from his early days.
Levin does a decent monologue, but his later hours (at least when I listen) are often long winded renderings of economic reports and statistics that appear to come from the Heritage Foundation. He cruises into them the way Rush cruises into his in segment commercials. I can recommend curing chronic insomnia by listening to those economic reports by Levin on podcast.
Lastly, Levin and Hannity are great friends. So a sworn enemy of Hannity’s is likely to be on the outs with Levin also. I always enjoyed Levin far more as a guest on the Hannity show than I ever have listening to his own show.