“The 35-40 year olds of old are the 45-50 year olds of today.”
Yes and new 35-40 year olds are not coming here as in the past.
1998’s hearings that lead to impeachment put FR on the map.
2000’s election recount continued the activism.
Man-on-the-ground observations on 9-11 made it timely.
2004’s election and the outright FRAUD perpetrated by AP and Dan Rather presented forged documents as October Surprise again put FR on the map (as did the Swift Boat Veterans’ opposition to JFKerry).
FR hasn’t gone away, some talk hosts have turned against it (or at least won’t mention it on air anymore). Rush will still namecheck FR.
I can’t say that many of the ‘new’ clear channel hosts are using FR for show prep. They seem to lag days to weeks behind on the news.