Philly Talk Radio: 100% Conservative, 0% Progressive

[Irishfl]

Fact......Let's call it what it really is. LIBERAL talk. Progressive is a joke.
Fact......Liberal Talk does not garner ratings. Radio is a business. It's about$$$$$$$$. Conservative talk delivers. Why????? see next fact.......
Fact......Radio shows are not successful if they're not entertaining. Rush, Sean, Neil B, Michael S, Laura I. and Glen B. are all entertaining. But that's not the only reason....see next fact
Fact......The liberal talkers alll talk about what's wrong with America. No sane person wants to constantly spend time with a bunch of cry babies.

Now they're crying about why there are so many conservative shows and stations. Get some talented entertaining hosts and say something good about the country for a change and maybe you'll have some success with the Arbitron voters. Instead of just bashing the President, give some real solutions to what you see are the problems. Frankly your Presidential candidates...Hill and Barack..need to do the same.

Rush didn't really take off until Clinton. Conservative radio during those years was full with plenty of Clinton sucks, is destroying the country, and ofcoarse dismantling the army. Still Rush was entertaining about it...with his impressions and all. Liberal talkers come off angry, and use the same old tired jokes (usually about Bush being stupid).

 

[carnyfeet]

Fact......Let's call it what it really is. LIBERAL talk. Progressive is a joke.

I would call that your opinion. I would also call the whole "liberal" vs. "progressive" thing a semantics debate that we won't get into here.

Fact......Liberal Talk does not garner ratings. Radio is a business. It's about$$$$$$$$. Conservative talk delivers. Why????? see next fact.......

Maybe so, but radio is also meant to keep the electorate informed and educated. Wouldn't you agree that our democracy is more important than simple dollars and cents? Also, how are we sure that liberal talk wouldn't succeed in this particular market if it hasn't been given a chance to fail? 1210 was given time to grow, but no progressive talk programming has been given substantial time to grow a loyal listener base. You can't really use the "no ratings" excuse if you've got no relevant evidence to back up your claim.

Fact......Radio shows are not successful if they're not entertaining. Rush, Sean, Neil B, Michael S, Laura I. and Glen B. are all entertaining. But that's not the only reason....see next fact

I won't argue with this. This is probably the best "fact" in your post.

Fact......The liberal talkers alll talk about what's wrong with America. No sane person wants to constantly spend time with a bunch of cry babies.

Fine. I won't argue with this, either. However, I can tune in and listen to the same folks you had listed above whine and complain just the same. Conservative talkers do it too, they just complain about what the libs are doing instead of vice versa. So don't talk about the sanity of a person who wants to listen to Air America because I can make the same argument about Sean Hannity's listeners with that argument.

Now they're crying about why there are so many conservative shows and stations. Get some talented entertaining hosts and say something good about the country for a change and maybe you'll have some success with the Arbitron voters. Instead of just bashing the President, give some real solutions to what you see are the problems. Frankly your Presidential candidates...Hill and Barack..need to do the same.

 

[draven]

Conservatives can have radio.

Liberals have the Internet and they use it way, way more effectively than the conservatives use the radio. Just look at the last two national elections.