[A CA Guy]

People are more on the computer, but cars still listen to radio more than anything else IMO.

[jimpick]

I use to listen to talk for 10-14 hours a day. Since they changed format it is less than 2 hours. They moved the morning guy to the afternoon and replaced him with some chick that is boring as hell. When they moved the morning guy to the afternoon they bumped Hanity to late night. I like the morning guy but in the afternoon he shares with another guy that is boring as well. So about 6 hours of crap.

I suspect it had to do with them getting their license renewed. Either have more local crap or no license. The old morning guy was very conservative and just the kind of guy O”Dumby would want to get rid of. Now their listernership is dropping like a stone.

[SamAdams76]

It is excruciating listening to talk radio in the car. There are just too many commercial breaks and sometimes the commercial breaks run 7-8 minutes long. On top of that, you got the canned news and weather at the top of every hour. If I want news and weather, I know where to go for that and it's not some rinky-dink radio station with the operating budget of a Dairy Queen.

Unfortunately the Sirius/XM satellite radio features endless commercials on their talk stations as well. The talk radio format is a dying one.

[CedarDave]

People are more on the computer, but cars still listen to radio more than anything else IMO.

True, especially in the oil patch. But out here in Oil Patch City (aka Hobbs), the local talk radio station changed formats two weeks ago to classic rock, both A.M. and F.M. No more Rush but Hannity and Levin are still available by satellite. However, Rush has never been on XM or Sirius so can't listen to him anymore on the road.