Has any other radio person like Rush or Hannity wished him well? I haven’t heard, but my listening is spotty. It seems to me that Hannity hears footsteps and refuses to acknowledge him. whenever he mentions others, he usually says “Rush, Boortz, Levin...” and no Beck.
I can see why.\
Beck has SUDDENLY become HUGE, in a way Hannity never has and never will be.
Beck connects more, and more naturally with people than Hannity does, but is still sort of kept in a secondary status by those who obviously feel themselves to be the reigning Kings of Talk Radio. BEck doesn’t take himself seriously, and even calls himself a “rodeo clown”, but his populist appeal is I think better-grounded and less gimmicky than Hannity, with his endless “Freedom Concerts”, and promotion of Country Music.
It’s a bit dispiriting to me to see and hear the snarkiness sometimes coming from people I admire, like Levin, toward one particular host. And the others will also find ways to exclude those not in their ‘club’. It’s petty.