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Ratings Gap Between Rush Limbaugh and Liberal Talkers Looms Large
Newswire ^ | 10-26-05

Posted on 10/26/2005 8:44:33 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache

Ratings Gap Between Rush Limbaugh and Liberal Talkers Looms Large

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 -- According to the Arbitron Summer 2005 ratings survey for New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, Mr. Rush Limbaugh beat liberal talkers in the ratings game. In New York, Mr. Limbaugh's Persons 12+ audience is more than three times larger than Mr. Franken's audience. Heard Monday through Friday on WABC-AM from noon-3 p.m., The Rush Limbaugh Show scored, among Persons 12+, a 4.8 share with an average quarter-hour audience of 159,400 listeners. Mr. Al Franken, who airs at the same time on WLIB-AM, has a Persons 12+ share of 1.4 with an average quarter-hour audience of 47,800 listeners.

Mr. Jerry Springer also airs on WLIB-AM and has a Person 12+ share of 1.0 with an average quarter-hour audience of 30,100.

Below are their rankings among all AM and FM programming for Persons 12+ in New York:

Host Share Avg. Quarter Hour Rank (all AM/FM (Persons 12+) (Persons 12+) programming-persons 12+) Rush Limbaugh 4.8 159,400 3 Al Franken 1.4 47,800 23 Jerry Springer 1.0 30,100 27

In Los Angeles, The Rush Limbaugh Show is heard Monday through Friday on KFI-AM from 9 a.m.-noon and scored a Persons 12+ share of 4.8 with an average quarter-hour audience of 112,700 listeners. Mr. Franken, who airs at the same time on KTLK-AM, scored among Persons 12+ a 1.3 share with an average quarter-hour audience of 29,500 listeners. Mr. Limbaugh ranks #1 in his daypart for Persons 12+ and draws 3.5 times the listeners of Mr. Franken.

In addition to Mr. Limbaugh and Mr. Franken, here are the numbers for liberal talker Mr. Ed Shultz, who broadcasts at a different time:

Host Share Avg. Quarter Hour Rank (all AM/FM (Persons 12+) (Persons 12+) programming-persons 12+) Rush Limbaugh 4.8 112,700 1 Al Franken 1.3 29,500 28 Ed Shultz 0.9 22,900 33

Heard Monday through Friday on WLS-AM in Chicago from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., The Rush Limbaugh Show scored a Persons 12+ share of 5.9 with an average quarter-hour audience of 96,300 listeners. Mr. Franken, who airs at the same time on WCPT-AM, scored among Persons 12+, a 0.9 share with an average quarter-hour audience of 14,900 listeners. Mr. Limbaugh ranked #1 in his daypart and draws 6.5 times the listeners of Mr. Franken.

In addition to Mr. Limbaugh and Mr. Franken, here are the numbers for other liberal talkers in Chicago, who broadcast at a different time:

Host Share Avg. Quarter Hour Rank (all AM/FM (Persons 12+) (Persons 12+) programming-persons 12+) Rush Limbaugh 5.9 96,300 1 Al Franken 0.9 14,900 29 Ed Shultz 0.9 14,300 31 Jerry Springer 0.4 6,500 42

Known as the media pundit who reshaped the political landscape with his entertaining and informative brand of conservatism, Mr. Limbaugh is also widely credited with resuscitating AM radio by many industry experts.

Source: Premiere Radio Networks


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1 posted on 10/26/2005 8:44:34 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
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2 posted on 10/26/2005 8:46:08 AM PDT by veronica (What will "Ronnie" think? The question that obsesses the internut clowns...)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Content, content, content.


3 posted on 10/26/2005 8:47:01 AM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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Have they outsourced their press release writing to Nigeria?


4 posted on 10/26/2005 8:47:05 AM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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"Huh! The people! What do they know? The rabble listen to the propaganda from Limbaugh, while the truth is available from Al Franken! But do they care for the truth? No! They cannot handle the truth! That is why the people need an iron hand to guide them! We will seize power, and ban this Limbaugh fellow and force the peasants to listen to Franken! They will find him quite amusing ... or else." [/Hillary]


5 posted on 10/26/2005 8:48:25 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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They can never come near Rush. Selling lies is tougher and now they know it. Go Rush!


6 posted on 10/26/2005 8:48:34 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Everything points to it so why not call them the Whigs?)
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7 posted on 10/26/2005 8:51:37 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
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He's not a Commie. He's a limousine Liberal, and a twit.


8 posted on 10/26/2005 8:53:04 AM PDT by veronica (What will "Ronnie" think? The question that obsesses the internut clowns...)
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They can never come near Rush. Selling lies is tougher and now they know it. Go Rush!
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If it were not for the big-money liberal fools, like Comrade Soros, AA would never have "resurfaced". Leftist talk radio has ALWAYS been a loser. And with the left continuing to get more radical, it just makes it worse. Such a lost, empty effort.


9 posted on 10/26/2005 8:53:45 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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Last night around midnight, I decided to listen to Air America to see what they had to say about the CIA leak business. There was this fellow named Mike Malloy on (who I had not heard before) and after listening for a couple of minutes of not believing the level of swearing, I rattled off this email:

Dear Mike, You know, an easy way to tell if a rant has a point worth listening to is to count how many swear words and personal attacks are contained in it. The more swear words and personal attacks, the more it becomes apparent that the individual speaking has nothing of real value to say. I’ve never listened to you before but so far in 10 minutes, all I hear you say are swear words and the calling of Bush and Cheney bastards, liars and so forth. Do you have a point – and is it backed up with anything of substance? That’s what I thought – you are mad and frothing at the mouth and are beyond bereft of a rational point of view. XXXX XXXXXX

A couple of minutes later, I received this reply back which says it all.........Note: This form letter is sent as a response to certain emails sent to the Mike Malloy Program, emails that are so over the top, so insane, so full of inane, right-wing horseshit as to render them incomprehensible and not worth asking Mike to read. Your email qualifies you to receive the form letter. Thank you for supporting the Mike Malloy Program. Due to the heavy volume of mail Mike receives, he does not read nor respond to each individual email. However, we do appreciate your taking time to write, especially at a time when the airwaves – both radio and television – are so dominated by Republican thugs and liars, phony “Christians,” and red-state morons who hate America and hate Democracy. Thank you for listening to Mike’s program Staff Mike Malloy Program

10 posted on 10/26/2005 8:58:35 AM PDT by Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...
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What conclusions can be drawn about a lib network that features Jerry Springer?

Also -

How about this clown Ed Schultz though? While traveling I occasionally tune into whatever will come through the radio and have listened.

It sounds very much to me like he's trying to mimic Rush.

Problem for him is that he simply doesn't have the talent or unflinching beliefs that demonstrate conviction in what he says.

Heard him reply to a question yesterday about the fairness of asking 'If you know now what you didn't know then' - he was stumped.


11 posted on 10/26/2005 9:00:13 AM PDT by Made In The USA
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If Liberalism was as popular as Conservatism Randi Rhodes and Ed Shultz would be as rich as Rush Limbaugh!


12 posted on 10/26/2005 9:02:56 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: veronica

Actually he is a commie.

Traditional Democrats are now liberals and liberals are now marxists.

Ask a liberal if they would vote for John Kennedy. He was too far to the right for them.

I tried that experiment with my inlaws. I told them everything about Bush then I asked would they vote for him based on those facts. They said no. Then I told them it wasn't Bush I was describing but JFK.


13 posted on 10/26/2005 9:04:26 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
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.... more than three times larger than Mr Franken's audience

Isn't this the best news?. As I sit by my trusty portable radio and wait for the elder statesman himself, I do bait my breath.

Of course this Plame business is something that has the El Rusbo firing the heavy artillery. Can it all come right? Rhetorical questions here. Oh,radio news says unlikely indictments today. A bit of a long screed here- sorry.

One more thing. In the early am,a few nights ago, a signal came in on my radio.It was ranting,almost hysterical, liberal. I listened. The station was WCKY and fading. Then a song came eulogising a Mr Franken. Then a strange ,almost alien rant in a foreign language, drowned out WCKY. A harsh man's voice in a stream of words. Ah well. El Rushbo time- gotta go.

14 posted on 10/26/2005 9:07:39 AM PDT by Peter Libra
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To: veronica

If I was a horse I would insulted by your post.


15 posted on 10/26/2005 9:08:17 AM PDT by The_Republican
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To: Rodney King
"Have they outsourced their press release writing to Nigeria?"

The writers of scams coming out of Nigeria are too honest to work for Airless America.

16 posted on 10/26/2005 9:08:28 AM PDT by Sthitch
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To: Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...

Mike Malloy should be examined for rabies.


17 posted on 10/26/2005 9:11:44 AM PDT by TNdandelion
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You could fit all the members of the Chicago listening audience for Al Franken (14,900), Ed Shultz (14,300), and Jerry Springer (6,500) into the average size basketball arena at one time easily. Now that's funny.
18 posted on 10/26/2005 9:15:13 AM PDT by Texas_Jarhead
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To: veronica

The stuff that comes out of a horse's ass is at least useful...


19 posted on 10/26/2005 9:20:16 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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Where Franken goes, nothin' grows.


20 posted on 10/26/2005 9:23:12 AM PDT by polymuser
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