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This may be what’s up.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/06/talk_radio.html

The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio

By John Halpin, James Heidbreder, Mark Lloyd, Paul Woodhull, Ben Scott, Josh Silver, S. Derek Turner

June 20, 2007

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Despite the dramatic expansion of viewing and listening options for consumers today, traditional radio remains one of the most widely used media formats in America. Arbitron, the national radio ratings company, reports that more than 90 percent of Americans ages 12 or older listen to radio each week, “a higher penetration than television, magazines, newspapers, or the Internet.” Although listening hours have declined slightly in recent years, Americans listened on average to 19 hours of radio per week in 2006.

Among radio formats, the combined news/talk format (which includes news/talk/information and talk/personality) leads all others in terms of the total number of stations per format and trails only country music in terms of national audience share. Through more than 1,700 stations across the nation, the combined news/talk format is estimated to reach more than 50 million listeners each week.

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The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio

This means that conservatives established a presence in a medium thought at the time to be on its last legs. Their presence has grown there so greatly because 1. liberals control TV so there's not going to be a whole lot of change there, and 2. because the listeners really want the conservative programming because it reflects their own beliefs and values.

SENT THIS TO THE AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE
I guess you communist are afraid of the free exchange of ideas. Funny how you did not go after the Liberal Major TV networks, the Marxist NPR, the socialist PBS, or did you attack the fact that 99.9% of college professors are either Liberal or Green. No you go after the one media that is not controlled by leftists.
Disgusting.
You true RED colors are showing. Your article is a farce full of lies, just like you’re about us page that fails to use the full real title. Progressive socialist.
If your ideas are so great, why lie? Why mislead?
If your ideas are so great, why does the government need to step in and force them on the American people?
And
Why are you people so stupid that you fail to realize that SOCIALISM, never works no matter the circumstances. It is a failed system that belongs on the dust bin of history.
The fact that you are trying to force your ideas on America though government intervention, proves what you are too blind to see.
YOUR IDEAS ARE NOT ONLY WORTHLESS, THEY ARE DESTRUCTIVE OF THE HUMAN SPRIT.