1200 did OK by day in many areas but I think many talk fans just spurn AM—though WRKO does okay; and the FM talker 96.9 may soon be changing format but it could be lack of good talent there (since Severin left etc.) Many prog talk fans
prefer NPR, on powerful FM stations.
By all measures, 1200 failed. And that’s why CC took Rush off a CC owned station and allowed the show to migrate back to a blow torch signal. The signal impaired 1200 frequency damaged their marque product. It really took the prog talk can’t make it in the ratings when in fact 1200 was still an overall dog in the market and did little better with Rush et al than it did with prog talk.