[VanDeKoik]

Maybe some of the marginal ones with low ratings already, but the big guys aren’t seeing any issues.

The real problem is that AM talk radio is fast becoming a bit past its prime, and we seem to have a real lack of new and young talent, mainly because the internet and YouTube are far easier of a medium than going through all of the crap to get a radio show.

When I was a teen in the 90s, I listened to talk radio from morning to 11pm every day. Now I listen to Levin’s podcast, clips of Rush on YouTube, Alex Jones’s whole show online, and many great YouTube conservative commentators.

The idea of dusting off a radio to listen to a talk show is absurd to me now.

[ExTxMarine]

The real problem is that AM talk radio is fast becoming a bit past its prime, and we seem to have a real lack of new and young talent, mainly because the internet and YouTube are far easier of a medium than going through all of the crap to get a radio show.

Absolutely correct! Both the age of the talkers, although there are some young up-n-comers in Texas. But it is also the medium itself!

I was looking to upgrade my wife's car radio to a DVD receiver, and over half didn't even offer AM service! It was FM/CD/DVD/MP3 - PERIOD! I didn't even know they MADE radios that don't carry AM stations!

[Elsie]

The real problem is that AM talk radio is fast becoming a bit past its prime, and we seem to have a real lack of new and young talent, mainly because the internet and YouTube are far easier of a medium than going through all of the crap to get a radio show.

Not quite.

We ALL have access to the 'net in a way we'd NEVER have imagined 10-15 years ago!

We can ALL be TALKERS now instead of LISTENERS!

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Thanks, FR, for making MY butt so FAT!

[CPT Clay]

Does XM have ads per se?