Talkers Magazine has put out their "2008 Heavy Hundred" list rating radio talk show hosts across the country and one thing is obvious, conservatives still reign supreme in radio.Posted on 02/13/2008 10:42:06 AM PST by Mobile Vulgus
Talkers Magazine has put out their "2008 Heavy Hundred" list rating radio talk show hosts across the country and one thing is obvious, conservatives still reign supreme in radio.
The top ten includes one "progressive" (Ed Schultz) and one shock jock (Don Imus), but is otherwise dominated by conservatives. The rest of the list has a smattering of sports guys and a very few more left-talkers, but just as in the top ten, much of the other 90 slots are dominated by conservatives.
#1- Rush Limbaugh, #2- Sean Hannity,
#3- Michael Savage, #4- Dr. Laura Schlessinger,
#5- Glenn Beck, # 6- Laura Ingraham,
#7- Don Imus, #8- Ed Schultz,
#9- Mike Gallagher, #10- Neal Boortz
In an interview with CNSNews.com, Talkers Mag Editor Michael Harrison discussed the loss of traction seen by several well-known left-talkers.
Two of the most popular liberal hosts on the list lost ground in the ratings compared to last year. North Dakota-based Ed Schultz dropped from fifth to eighth. Air America Radio's Randi Rhodes plummeted from 13th to 40th place.
Amusingly, Harrison tried to soft peddle the loss of status that progressive talkers have seen over the last year.
Harrison explained that determining liberal hosts' positions on the list was more difficult than placing conservatives.
"It's a very subjective thing, determining the popularity of liberal hosts, because they have this sort of alternate universe they operate in," he said. "They have more importance because they're not a dime-a-dozen like so many conservatives out there."
I assume that was an effort by the Editor to forestall attacks for being "unfair" to left-talkers. Whatever the case, they fell in status and that cannot be papered over.
So, congratulations to the conservative talk radio stars that once again made the top 100 list and it shows that conservatism isn't a dead issue despite how badly Congress has muffed it for us all.
Still cannot see the complete list.
How did 640 Bill Handel or 790 Doug McIntyre come out?
I am not a huge Jim Rome fan, but I find it hard to believe he is that low.
Bill Handel—19 still loading
Pretty good for a group McCain and other republican party hacks ridicule as being without influence and just a bunch of Paper Tigers.
I also find it hard to believe there isn’t a single ESPNRadio host on there either. Am I missing something?
And GOP Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney is thankful for Rush’s endorsement.
Locally here in MN we have 2 greats IMO.
Jason Lewis
Bob Davis
Jason fills in for Rush quite a bit so you all prolly know him.
Bob is on AM1500 here 9am-12Noon, and while he hates the labels, his views are definitely dead on (i.e. Conservative).
^^
No surprise here! A day without Rush is a day without sunshine!
Rush is definitely the best - but where is my second favorite talk host - John Gibson?
TIVOd his first two shows back on the rural network 379 on DirecTV. When he introduced two new black cast members and sent Bernie to the back room, I knew the game was over. The black guy was supposed to do sports and I know that Imus has brough Warner Wolfe back, so he's just carrying these folks as tokens.
He has been emasculated. He and CBS should have told Sharptongue to pound sand. His acquiesing softened his viewpoint and that's not good to me.
Too bad. We sometimes watched him on MSNBC. We liked his take on Mayor Nagin.
Am I the only one who found this quote REALLY funny?
No Mark Levin?
I’m not buying it...
Savage remains at #3 in te country, behind Rush and Sean, despite their fairly overt campaiging for Levin.
Sorry to see Laura drop from 5 to 6.
What are the ratings for NPR, the hundreds of liberal stations that all of us taxpayers are FORCED to support?
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