Posted on 10/11/2007 7:41:22 AM PDT by rface
Rush Limbaugh remains the most listened-to talk show host in America, according to a semi-annual estimate in the trade magazine Talkers, with at least 13.5 million people tuning him in at some point during the average week.
Sean Hannity is a close second with at least 12.5 million. Then there's a drop to Michael Savage and Dr. Laura Schlessinger, who Talkers says each have at least 8 million listeners a week.
Limbaugh and Hannity are heard locally on WABC (770 AM), Savage on WOR (710 AM) and Schlessinger on WWDJ (970 AM).
Talkers says its figures are based on station reports, Arbitron "and other sources." and are not precise ratings data.
The top 12 for spring 2007:
1. Limbaugh, at least 13.5 million
2. Hannity, 12.5 million
3. Savage & Schlessinger, 8 million
4. Glenn Beck, Laura Ingraham, 5 million
5. Neal Boortz, Mark Levin, Dave Ramsey, 4 million
6. Mike Gallagher, Michael Medved, 3.75 million
7. Jim Bohannon, Clark Howard, Bill O'Reilly, Ed Schultz, Doug Stephan, 3.25 million
8. Bill Bennett, Jerry Doyle, George Noory, 3 million
9. Rusty Humphries, Kim Komando, Lars Larsen, Jim Rome, 2.25 million
10. Bob Brinker, Dr. Joy Browne, Tom Leykis, Mancow, 1.75 million
11. Alan Colmes, Thom Hartmann, Hugh Hewitt, Lionel, G. Gordon Liddy, Stephanie Miller, Randi Rhodes, 1.5 million
12. Dr. Dean Edell, Bill Handel, Opie & Anthony, Michael Reagan, 1 million.
“with at least 13.5 million people tuning him in at some point during the average week.”
This new formula was concocted a few years ago. The 13.5 million is at any given time. People tune it at various times. I always listened via radio but now it’s only Internet. I probably don’t count as a listener anymore.
I bring my radio into the “work room”....and I get (make) four others to listen to the broadcast.....so one radio - 4 listeners. ..... every day ......
B'OR is now on head-to-head with Rush, instead of just against the last hour. Dennis Miller is now on against Rush-3 and Hannity-1. Steve Malzberg is in there between Miller and Weiner.
On the WABC side of things, Bob Grant is back in the evenings and John Batchelor is on Sundays instead of Whitman and/or Drudge.
I listen to him, Hannity, Medved and others every day over the internet. Would internet listeners included in those numbers?
Imus is coming back and WABC will get him.
That means that they'll either cancel their successful pairing of Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby (say what you will but they've lasted together for something like 6-8 years) or they'll put him on FM in place of Scott & Todd (who have been there for over 15 years).
Whichever it is, I won't be listening.
(Can you imagine Imus as a lead-in to Rush?? Okay, there would be an hour or two in between, but still!)
Not all Rush listeners are over the airwaves any longer. I expect the number differences are because Rush includes internet listeners and dittocam watchers. The other numbers include only those that mention Rush when polled about their radio listening habits.
YES.
I thought it was only me.
quite often I am forced to listen on the air.
I can even listen on the air over my phone! (internet not radio)
Dingy Harry did the counting...
20 Million is a cumulative number for the week. 13.5 million for any given time.
I wish we still had Joy Browne. Dave Ramsey is really good.
Reid made some claim in his rant against Rush about “steadily dwindling listenership”. I think Rush addressed this last week.
Some of the talk hosts listed—near the bottom—are
“progressive talkers” like Ed Schultz (syndicated by
Jones Radio Networks) and Randi Rhodes & Thom Hartmann
(Air America). Some have trusted the “numbers” given
by TALKERS over the years though some wonder if Rush
actually has more listeners than estimated, and the
prog. talkers actually may have less.
The likes of Rush, Hannity, Beck, etc. have as much as
600 stations, most fairly powerful. Prog. talk is relegated
to maybe 60-70 or so, fairly weak stations. In the past
year or so maybe one “prog. talk” station has been added
(Atlantic City, NJ) with many more being dropped (4
small stations in Hawaii; Memphis, etc., and KLSD
in San Diego is long rumored to be next.
It could be that conservative talkers bring in listeners
from across the political spectrum (some people can’t
stand Rush or Hannity yet still listen) while libtalkers
focus only on the Left...those on the left who would
prefer a commercial talk station to what’s on NPR (and
can’t bring themselves to tune to Rush, etc.)
One of prog. talk’s biggest failures is Boston which
lost Air America last December. The state is rife with
Dems in office, liberals and moonbats, etc. Yet the
prog. talk station(s) failed.
The Great One!
Yes he did... Limbaugh is feared more by the socialists than ANY Republican in office.
If Imus were to replace Scott & Todd, that would give me absolutely no reason to listen to WPLJ. I wouldn’t want him to replace Curtis & Kuby either, but there are other shows on WABC that are good. Like LEVIN!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.