Top Talk Radio Shows by Audience Size and Ideology

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[Asphalt]

1. Rush Limbaugh (Conservative)

14.50

2. Sean Hannity (Conservative)

11.75

3. Dr. Laura Schlessinger (Conservative)

8.50

Howard Stern (Non-ideological)

8.50

5. Michael Savage(Conservative)

7.00

6. Jim Bohannon (Moderate)

4.00

Dr. Joy Browne(Non-political)

4.00

Don Imus (Non-ideological)

4.00

George Noory (Non-political)

4.00

10. Neal Boortz (Libertarian)

2.50

Mike Gallagher(Conservative)

2.50

Clark Howard (Non-political)

2.50

13. Glenn Beck(Conservative)

2.00

Ken and Daria Dolan (Non-political)

2.00

G. Gordon Liddy(Conservative)

2.00

Doug Stephan and Nancy Skinner (Non-ideological)

2.00

17. Kim Komando(Non-political)

1.75

Bill O'Reilly (Conservative)

1.75

Jim Rome (Non-political)

1.75

20. Bob Brinker (Non-political)

1.50

Rusty Humphries(Conservative)

1.50

Michael Medved(Conservative)

1.50

Dave Ramsey (Non-political)

1.50

24. Dr. Dean Edell (Non-political)

1.25

Phil Hendrie (Non-ideological)

1.25

Laura Ingraham(Conservative)

1.25

Tom Leykis (Non-ideological)

1.25

Bruce Williams (Non-political)

1.25

[OKIEDOC]

Don Imus is really left of center.

[wallcrawlr]

ditto.

I am very interested to see a growth number in the next ratings cycle for her. I think she's a top 10 easy.

[ariamne]

Where is my all time favorite, Mark Levin?????

No one gets me pounding my steering wheel and yelling "yes!!!" like Mark Levin! And my 8 year old daughter loves it when he plays the anthems of the military branches of service, but not as much as when he says "Get off my phone, jacka--!" She thinks that's a riot, and thanks to listening to Mark, she's turning into a very educated and knowledgable conservative, who could debate with ease a college liberal at this point.

[southparkNationalist]

When in a tight spot I would much rather have Savage minded Freepers on my side than Hush Bimbo apologists or the Glenn Beck "He makes me laugh crowd."

[ariamne]

Agreed. At this point, he's just an aging pervert.

[mikeus_maximus]

Like I tell my boss, who loves to quote Boortz: If you haven't dicovered Bill Bennett on AM 920 yet, do yourself a favor. I'm now calm and uplifted when I get to the office, instead of the opposite when I listened to Boortz.:)

[FormerACLUmember]

A clear-thinking liberal Democrat has the opportunity here.

No such thing as a "clear-thinking liberal," this species simply does not exist. It is an oxymoron.

[who knows what evil?]

Doug Stephan? The King of limp-wristed metrosexuals? Every time I hear that 'good day' jingle of his spew out of the radio, I want to drive in a concrete wall at the highest speed I can manage in my Toyota. His voice makes me want to club baby seals, and I actually like the little critters. If his was the only show on the dial, I would leave the radio off.

[Josh in PA]

Imus is a Pro-Life Liberal.. A rare breed. He's not a socialist nut though.

On the 1-10 scale, 1 being Far Left, 10 being Far Right, He's about 3 or 4.

I think he's despised alot on here because he has a fairly large audience. I think the show is very entertaining though and I enjoy it.

[NEBUCHADNEZZAR1961]

Too much screaming? I think the reason his ratings have climbed so high is because he's tapped into the rage most conservative men feel-such as my self.

I think the problem with our movement is that there isn't enough anger and too much emphisis on playing nice with the Dem's and MSM.

[Mobile Vulgus]

Most of those radio guys I have never heard of.

"Dr." Savage is the worst one on there next to that scum bag, Stern. Savage has no principles what so ever, All he does is try to figure what hot button issue he can harp on so that he can get ratings. It is pretty obvious that he couldn't care less about any of the issues he discusses, he is just a scandalmonger trying to constantly get noticed. He is a Chicken Little, "they sky is falling" loud mouth.

Stern is just a purient creep.

[who knows what evil?]

I fixed a few of them.

...and you did a damn good job!

[k2blader]

It's think it's very telling when self-styled conservatives attack Savage. Just because they vehemently dislike his personality doesn't mean his ideas are wrong.

[JRochelle]

Here is another correction.

Howard Stern (Pervert)

[scott says]

The problem with Savage is he freaks out too much! I agree with him 90 % of the time, but he turns off people who might otherwise be persuaded to a " conservative" viewpoint.I have listened to him WAY longer than the national audience has, he used to be a lot better.

[Josh in PA]

They just take it very personally when he attacks Bush, which he does quite often.

I think Savage is a bit out of control, I like listening to him though, his show can get very good when he's raging.

Savage fails to understand the concepts of portions and politics. He wants to cut straight through the political gunk and get the conservative agenda through, but that is impossible.

He's the kind of guy who would rather support a conservative who would lose in a liberal state, than a moderate Republican who would win in a liberal state. (i.e. McClintock vs Arnold).

I wouldn't nominate Savage the head of the RNC if you get my drift. We would be in the minority by 2006.

[Serenissima Venezia]

I guess the liberal talk show hosts don't want to be called liberal, else their ratings will fall.

I didn't know Bill Bennett had a talk show - I love listening to him. Where/when is he on?

[bbenton]

I have been listening to Savage since before he was syndicated and was doing SF bay area drive time on KSFO. A lot of the time he is right on. For all of you who can't take it when he blows his lid you shoulda heard him before he went national. I used to play him in my store when the UPS guy came to make deliveries and we would always get in to a fight.

[Obadiah]

It should read: Don Imus (non-sensical)

I'm told that if you down a couple of Quaaludes before listening he makes perfect sense.

[william clark]

I didn't know he had a show anywhere. He's pretty much a libertarian, isn't he?