1. Prior to becoming a progressive talk station, when it was Real Oldies 1230, the station scored a 0.4.
2. I didn't say Lionel was beating Hannity. But my contact, from whom I've bought advertising time on the station, tells me Time Spent Listening (TSL) to WTPG is higher than with WTVN. She also told me younger listeners are increasingly tuning in during evening hours to the Majority Report and Lionel.
3. Limbaugh nationally still reigns the roost, according to Talkers Magazine, with 13.5 million listeners, but it's a drop of 250,000 from the previous rankings, which were based on his audience before his drug arrest. Hannity's second-place ranking remains steady with 12.5 million listeners.
4. As for Glenn Beck, he beats Stephanie Miller with respect to total listeners. However, Stephanie kills Beck with respect to total listeners per station. Beck has 2.75 million listeners on more than 200 stations, for an average audience per station of less than 14,000. Stephanie has 1 million listeners on more than 40 stations, for an average audience per station of roughly 25,000. (She just added Portland this week, and Miami and Ithaca, NY, earlier this month.) And Stephanie recently became the #2 talk show in her home market of Los Angeles--on a Clear Channel station.
5. The ratings numbers cited were from
www.AllAccess.com, which anyone can see by registering at the site for free.
6. As for the ratings not being that bad, tell that to George Lehner or Steve "Boom Boom" Cannon.
7. Finally, and this will floor you...Rush Limbaugh debuted in Columbus on AM 1230.
