Talk Show Host Ratings - Levin, Rush, Hannity, Ingraham, Crowley, Grant, Savage, O'Reilly (VANITY)

5/5/04 | Self

[bat1816]

I like Michael Medved and also Dennis Praeger. IMO, they are the two most intelligent hosts. Medved can go overboard talking about Israel and Praeger isn't on in a lot of markets, but both are quite good hosts.

[Dr Snide]

Laura's one problem is taking calls. I don't think she's all that comfortable yet with the callers although she typically gets such boring calls I can see why. Maybe they need to work on screening better? I get the sense that the calls are only to kill time. Other than that though I enjoy her show over all the others although Medved is good, particularly on conspiracy day Laura is just a bit more entertaining and looks like my wife so I have a soft spot for her.

[all_mighty_dollar]

Yes, the G-Man. I miss him also, used to listen to him on replay on San Fran bay area KSFO @ 8-10 PM. Was interesting, relaxing and informative. Still miss him a lot, he was dropped at least 7 years ago or so.

Not of the web either from what I caould find... have been looking.

[WhiteGuy]

I outgrew Stern in highschool.

Hey, good for you. Listen to whatever you want, ok?

[MNlurker]

He left for greener pastures...He wanted a better slot than 5-8 slot and I think his numbers should have meant that. Instead if I recall correctly the statement was that KSTP didn't want to have to tape delay Rush (I could be wrong on this). He left, the new morning show sucks, and Rush is tape delayed.

To make it even more useless now they run a tape delayed Hannity for 2 hours.

If it wasn't for Rush I have to think that 1500 would be in the toilet.

[Bluntpoint]

http://www.wtntam570.com/main.html

[NYC Republican]

I've got to check out Melved based on the various feedback on this thread. Thanks!

[NYC Republican]

Mark Levin just called the libs, and especially the war criminal (as he calls him), John Kerry, UNPATRIOTIC!!! Go Mark!!!

[earlyamerican]

I LOVE MALZBERG, BUT I CAN'T STAY UP FOR IT. HE HAS A GREAT SUNDAY MORNING SHOW AT 9:00 A.M. I STILL LOVE BOB GRANT THOUGH, HE HAS SOME OF THE BEST CALLERS. I LOOK FORWARD TO JOHN FROM STATEN ISLAND AND JIMMY FROM BROOKLYN. THEY ARE OUTSTANDING.

[PGalt]

Good post. I like them all. They are all very thought provoking. I enjoy Rush the most.

[earlyamerican]

I never tire of Bob, and you are so right about the callers. I listen just to hear Jimmy from Brooklyn, John from Staten Island. Has anyone heard Eugene from Albany? He is the rabid anti-semite. Bob never agrees with him but let's him have his ridiculous say.

[NYC Republican]

I really miss hearing Malzberg, like yourself, it's too late for me.

[NYC Republican]

Others have tried, but no one has knocked Rush off his throne. He's still the king.

[NYC Republican]

A couple more shows like today's first half hour, and Sean will drop a few notches... Horrible...

[NYC Republican]

If I could lower Savage's ratings, I would, but he's already scraping the botto, IMO.

[NYC Republican]

I would also raise Laura to be even with, or just above Rush.

[NYC Republican]

Savage was awful last year, he's only become progressively worse during the past year

[grassyno]

Here’s an oddball radio talk show host, very local but VERY funny (broadcasts from “high atop the Hoover Institution”). Kinda a blend between the humor of Stephen Colbert (only not an undercover liberal) and the short fuse of Mark Levine. He’s Papa Prell and many of his funnier bits are posted at his amateur looking website, www.PapaPrell.com. He’s been on and off radio since the late 1980s. He keeps getting removed because his backyard is San Francisco and they go ballistic! Currently, he is off the air again. (For how long, who knows?) Unfortunately, the website doesn’t have any of his regular call-in shows posted (just the special productions) but the call-ins are his regular format.

[Interious]

Dennis Prager, Mark Levin, Bill Bennett. Genuinely educated, supremely effective. Mature radio with Levin exceptions previously noted.