LIMBAUGH TRIUMPHS: SMASHES O'REILLY

Drudge Report ^ | July 19 | Matt Drudge

[Conservative Chicagoan]

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRIDAY JULY 19, 2002 14:26:37 ET XXXXX

LIMBAUGH TRIUMPHS: SMASHES O'REILLY IN LOS ANGELES; TOPS FOX HOST MORE THAN 23 TO ONE IN CHICAGO RADIO MATCH

**Exclusive**

In six weeks of direct microphone-to-microphone competition, Rush Limbaugh scored 23 listeners to every one which tuned into Bill O'Reilly on the radio in Chicago, industry sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

Limbaugh on WLS hit a 6.8 share with 110,900 listeners every 15 minutes from 11 am to 1 pm; O'Reilly on WAIT pulled a .3 and 5,400. Limbaugh's audience in Chicago is 1954% larger than the FOX NEWS HOST, ARBITRON's Spring Book shows.

In direct Los Angeles runs, for six weeks: Limbaugh pulled a 4.5 share [107,800 listeners every 15 minutes, 12 years-old-plus] on KFI to O'Reilly's KABC 1.8 [43,700].

O'Reilly -- who declared during an interview with Don Imus in May that Limbaugh had "run out of gas" -- launched in May to heavy press and fanfare from syndicator CBSINFINITYWESTWOOD.

O'Reilly, the nation's top cable news host, also hit radio static in his New York City debut, microphone-to-microphone opposite fellow FOX Sean Hannity.

For six weeks of direct competition, O'Reilly scored a 2.8 share on WOR [down from Bob Grant's 3.0 average, previously in the slot] from 3 to 5 pm -- to Hannity's WABC 4.5.

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[Conservative Chicagoan]

O'Reilly should concentrate on television where he can beat communists like Connie Chung and Phil Donahue -who my understanding is that he is far left wing he didn't even vote for a Bolshevik like Gore- and leave radio alone where there are plenty of good conservative voices.

[Lower55]

O'Reilly is good. Rush is Great!!!!!!

[JCG]

Rush Rules!

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[Ken H]

The all knowing, the all seeing MahaRushie is still number one!

[mass55th]

I like Bill O'Reilly, but one of the biggest complaints I have about him is that he thinks the government should step in and take over when the private sector screws up. He wanted Bush to get involved in the Red Cross fiasco, and just the other night he said the federal government would have to get involved more in safeguarding our kids. Those aren't the only two times he's made statements of that nature, just the two I could clearly recall.

[Calvin Locke]

...Red Cross fiasco...

He does have a point. Isn't the Red Cross Federally Chartered?

All previous comments apply: Stick to what he does best.

There are well-established radio shows from which I don't think he'll be able to attract any sizable percentage of listeners.

I tried to listen, but I guess I'm not his demographic. I just don't see what he can add to the mix.

Heard on drive-time from a former TV colleague of Bill's that he was full of himself from about the age of 13.
Heard on Drudge (no love lost there) a few weeks back O'Reilly is trying to mimmic Limbaugh, down to putting out
a line of ties. (pet peeve with Rush is his constant, underhanded plugging of whatever his venture du jour is.
Buy time on the friggin' shopping channel).

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Bill O'Reilly strikes me as a moderate. That is, he will very often slash the target that really needs it--but sometimes he just postulates a simplistic solution.

I really don't watch much, so I'm in no position to cite chapter and verse.

[RonDog]

From http://www.drudgereport.com/mattro.htm:

[Grut]

I tune in and out on Rush, especially when he starts going on and on about the Democrats acting like Democrats. When Walter Williams subs, I leave the program on.

Rush may be better than O'Reilly, but he doesn't really have much to say.

[Illbay]

I just don't want to hear who Rush played golf with over the weekend, or who he's rubbing elbows with among NFL team owners, etc.

I don't mind a passing comment or two; it's not even the name-dropping that irritates me. Rather, it's the long drawn-out story that you think is going somewhere, and then you discover he's just telling you about his weekend and how cool it was to be sitting in the owner's box or putting for par at this historic gold course.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Rush. Can we go back to talking about things that mean a d*mn to ALL of us, please?

As a result, the only time I listen is when I HAPPEN to be in the car, and HAPPEN to think about it.

I don't know if it is that he's changed so much, as maybe I have. I wouldn't be surprised to find that Rush has actually dropped slightly in listenership over the last five years or so, because we've kind of heard it all before. There's nothing much new to add.

[cubreporter]

O'Reilly USED to be good...Rush is has been and always will be great! IMHO :)

[rdb3]

Rush is largely to be credited with my "conversion," if you will. Great man, and that's a great pic.

[Conservative Chicagoan]

What a beautiful picture that is. He is truely a great American!

[Lazamataz]

O'Reilly is good at what O'Reilly does.

Limbaugh is good at what Limbaugh does.

People who leave their areas of expertise get decimated. Limbaugh lost on television; O'Reilly lost on radio.

[Lazamataz]

O'Reilly lost me when he went anti-gun one show.

[Conservative Chicagoan]

Wasn't his show fairly sucessful. I have hard time believing that Limbaugh would not be the king of television if he wanted to be. FOX would certainly love to have him. Tehy could hire him and get rid of of that awful commie Hillary Clintonesque Gretta Van Sustren!

[Jorge]

I tune in and out on Rush, especially when he starts going on and on about the Democrats acting like Democrats. When Walter Williams subs, I leave the program on.

That's funny. I'm just the opposite.
I tune out when Walter Williams subs, he bores me...but I always love Rush's commentary on Democrats.

Of course I never doubted he'd beat O'Reilly big time in the ratings.

[JZoback]

Rush and Limbaugh are really different type shows.

O'Reilly's format is like every other talk show host. He has a side kick. He has guests. He also is annoyingly condescending to a fault. O'Reilly is trying way to hard. He is hard to listen to after a while. (Yes, Bill we know you are brillant, but give it a rest)

Rush is entertainment first and he knows it. That's what makes it fun to listen to him.

[JZoback]

When Walter Williams subs, I leave the program on.

I love Walter Williams.

"Black by Popular Demand" cracks me up every time he says it. It must annoy the heck out of the race baiter panty waist liberals who listen.

When he talks about Mrs. Williams being his personal property, that must drive the feminazis out of their mind.

[jwh_Denver]

Limbaugh lost on television

Not true. He was getting great ratings. But there were reasons he quit doing the show. He's talked about them and it had something to do with the 1/2 hour TV show took all day to prepare for.