I don’t know what the WSJ has been listening to, but if you were to ask me, I say that talk radio should CUT BACK on the number of advertisements. Seems the host barely gets a word out, and they’re going again to another LONG advertising segment.
Advertising seems NOT to be the issue. Maybe it’s how the money gets divvied up that’s the rub.
There is another factor....talk radio spikes around election seasons - and there was not one in 2013, and we were not coming into a Prez election in 2014 either.
Lot of factors here. There were too many shows, many not good, and some of those have been weeded out. That’s healthy.
...talk radio should CUT BACK...”
I listen to Lee Elci in the morning and sometimes I think I’m listening to an infomercial! I know he brings in money, but after awhile you forget what he was talking about.
I don’t know what the WSJ has been listening to, but if you were to ask me, I say that talk radio should CUT BACK on the number of advertisements. Seems the host barely gets a word out, and they’re going again to another LONG advertising segment.
I have a 3 hour round trip commute and listen to music and the bible (and audio books from uTorrent) on thumb drives. I do occasionally tune something in but after a commercial or two I suddenly consciously say, “What the heck am I wasting my time on he4re?” and go back to the thumb drive.
“I say that talk radio should CUT BACK on the number of advertisements. Seems the host barely gets a word out, and they’re going again to another LONG advertising segment.”
I totally agree! I don’t listen to Rush and Hannity very often for that reason. I live in Cincinnati and WLW is the worst. The ad minutes are more than the talk minutes.
I totally agree they need to CUT BACK on their advertising. I quit listening to them because once the host goes to commercial, it could be 15 minutes before the show starts again.
As an example, last night at about 15 minutes away from home I tuned in to Mark Levin. I heard maybe 30 seconds of Mark, then he cut to commercial. I thought to myself, “I wonder if I’ll make it home before the commercials are over and he comes back on?” No exaggeration, I was maybe two minutes from home before Mark came back on and then there was the intro music, the intro talk, and then I was turning into the driveway.
If anyone wonders why people don’t listen to talk radio, this is a huge reason. There’s nothing there.
And now, I have a question if anyone knows the answer. Why do all radio stations generally have their commercials on at the same time? Do they all have an agreement to do this?