[fifedom]

Besides, the big shows still deliver.

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According to the article “Talk and news stations combined generated $1.5 billion in revenue in 2013, down from $1.6 billion in 2011,” That’s a big drop in revenue.

That’s a big drop in revenue and that’s in 2013. Around here in the Frisco area, we went from two conservative talkers to one. There is also a mostly left wing talker that has moved even farther left.

[C. Edmund Wright]

That’s not that big of a drop - considering newspapers are down like 70%. A lot of that was consolidation.

[fireforeffect]

Around here we have 4 “Talk” radio stations. Three are “Conservative”, one is “Liberal”; for certain values of conservative and liberal. I do not include the sports stations.

Only one can have Rush, so the others are screwed. Also Neal retired, so there goes the afternoon draw.

[OneWingedShark]

Is that drop taking into consideration the generally less disposable income people-in-general have?
15/16 is pretty good if the drop is 20% — 0.9375 vs. .8.

[1010RD]

Which is why the FCC is moving to reassert government’s control over the free flow of information and ideas via the Internet.