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Top Talk Radio Shows by Audience Size and Ideology
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Posted on 04/18/2005 9:35:01 AM PDT by 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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Unclassified
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To: Vicomte13
"A clear-thinking liberal Democrat has the opportunity here. The trouble is that there are few of them."
There is no such thing as a clear thinking liberal. The very definition of a modern Liberal is Socialist. They only think using the emotional brain stem not the frontal lobe for analytical analysis of facts.
21 posted on 04/18/2005 9:41:50 AM PDT by pwatson
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To: justshutupandtakeit

Savage is not a "Conservative" and he says so on a regular basis. So you've listened to his show once Heh?


22 posted on 04/18/2005 9:42:20 AM PDT by southparkNationalist
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To: Asphalt

I would have thought that Laura Ingraham would be higher.


23 posted on 04/18/2005 9:42:34 AM PDT by TXFireman
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To: justshutupandtakeit

We are winning ! ! !


24 posted on 04/18/2005 9:42:51 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Help I'm surrounded by RATS (South. Florida))
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To: KC_Conspirator

Not to mention he's boring as heck. I tried listening to him once and turned the radio off after about two calls.


25 posted on 04/18/2005 9:42:58 AM PDT by Asphalt (Three can keep a secret if two are dead.)
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To: NEBUCHADNEZZAR1961

"Dr. Savage and Medved are the only one's worth listening to anymore."


I ALWAYS learn something when I listen to Medved; the guy's a genius. Once in awhile, I enjoy Michael Savage (Weiner)...when he's in a reasonably mellow mood. I can't take him on the yelling/ranting/raving days. I don't know if he's bi-polar, drinks, or just very moody.



26 posted on 04/18/2005 9:43:13 AM PDT by Maria S
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To: Asphalt

So the socialists don't listen to the radio. What a surprise!. If they did, they would get the facts and wouldn't be socialists anymore!. How easy it is to brain wash ignorants!.


27 posted on 04/18/2005 9:43:43 AM PDT by angelanddevil2
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To: Asphalt

If Howard Stern is "non-ideological", then I'm from the planet Jupiter.


28 posted on 04/18/2005 9:44:19 AM PDT by jpl
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To: Asphalt

I'm surprised Glenn Beck isn't higher up the list. He airs here in Atlanta, and I think he is great ... more fun to listen to than Boortz.


29 posted on 04/18/2005 9:44:58 AM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: Maria S

I don't know why they have Jim Bohanan down as middle of the road, he's pretty liberal.


30 posted on 04/18/2005 9:45:00 AM PDT by Asphalt (Three can keep a secret if two are dead.)
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To: Asphalt

Doug Stephan and Nancy Skinner (Non-ideological)


I would disagree on this one...at least with Nancy Skinner, who is nothing more than Hillary-lite. BTW, she and Doug are no longer on together. I think she has her own show (which we are blessed to NOT get in Amarillo).

Another BTW: Did anyone hear Stephan the morning he revealed that he and Nancy Skinner had been an "item" for awhile? Had a little "involvement" going on!


31 posted on 04/18/2005 9:46:45 AM PDT by Maria S
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To: Asphalt

Medved only gets 1.5 million? Man, that's a shame.. They need to get him on more stations.


32 posted on 04/18/2005 9:47:39 AM PDT by Josh in PA
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To: NEBUCHADNEZZAR1961

Medved has a good message, but his voice is like nails on a chalk board...when he talks about movies I turn the radio off. Savage is on cue, until he starts screaming and getting radical. Listening to Hedgecock now, subbing for Rush, I like him.


33 posted on 04/18/2005 9:48:19 AM PDT by Burlem
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To: Asphalt

It figures, my two favorites - Prager and Hewitt - are not on the list.


34 posted on 04/18/2005 9:48:25 AM PDT by FreedomSurge
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To: MizSterious
Howard Stern (Non-ideological liberal)

Michael Savage(Conservative)

Jim Bohannon (Moderate)

Dr. Joy Browne(Non-political liberal)

Don Imus (Non-ideological liberal)

George Noory (Non-ideological liberal kook)

Dr. Dean Edell (Non-ideological hard leftist)

I fixed a few of them.

35 posted on 04/18/2005 9:50:07 AM PDT by CFC__VRWC (Ted Kennedy and the New York Times do NOT select our next Pope.)
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To: Asphalt

NANCY SKINNER (non-ideological)

THAT'S GREAT!!!! She ran as a Democrat for Senate in Illinois. She was a liberal voice on WLS in Chicago. What a joke!!! Who assigned the labels here, Tom Harkin, the "conservative." HA!


36 posted on 04/18/2005 9:50:23 AM PDT by JCRoberts (We're at war. You think we're going to win it with a bunch of fish-eaters...Denny Crane)
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To: Asphalt

Anybody have any idea about Jerry Doyle?


37 posted on 04/18/2005 9:50:23 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Asphalt
I hope Bill Bennett's talk show will make these ratings. It is relatively new (about one year old), but Bennett's insights in politics are as good, maybe better than those of Rush Limbaugh, and his cultural views are as insightful as those of Michael Medved. Bennett tends to be somewhat low key and comes across like a conservative version of NPR, which may be a detracting factor. No one would accuse Limbaugh, Hannity, or Savage (numbers 1, 2, and 5, respectively) of not being boisterous and argumentative. The soft-spoken style of Bennett is not the predominant one among conservative talkers.

Some of those styled "non-political" are really not. Howard Stern tends to be liberal, with some libertarian leanings. Don Imus is moderate to liberal. Tom Leykis is extremely liberal. All three tend to more societal commentary, as opposed to Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage, etc, who are predominantly political. OTOH, Laura Schlesinger is basically non-partisan and really is a "traditional values" version of Joyce Brothers or Dewey Brazelton. Her "beat" is family issues and cultural matters. In that sense, she is at least as "non-political" as Stern, Imus, and Leykis.

38 posted on 04/18/2005 9:50:40 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: FreedomSurge

I really like Hewitt alot, Prager I haven't heard, Medved is good but I don't like his voice. Savage and Boortz go between really, really good, and really, really bad.


39 posted on 04/18/2005 9:50:59 AM PDT by Asphalt (Three can keep a secret if two are dead.)
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To: Asphalt

This list is two years old. Guess this explains why Ingraham is so low and that Prager, Medved & Hewitt would place. Air America wasn't even launched when this list was created.


40 posted on 04/18/2005 9:51:25 AM PDT by inkling
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