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Talkers' take-it-for-what-it's-worth Top Talk Audience list is out

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livingfruitvirus

These hosts are grouped into 250,000 listener clusters, and are based on audience estimates from ratings on both AM and FM radio.

14 mil
Rush Limbaugh

13 mil
Sean Hannity

8.5 mil
Dr. Laura
Michael Savage

6.5 mil
Glenn Beck

5.25 mil
Laura Ingraham
Mark Levin

4.25 mil
Neal Boortz
Dave Ramsey

4 mil
Mike Gallagher
Michael Medved

3.25 mil
Jim Bohannon
Clark Howard
Bill O'Reilly
Doug Stephan

3 mil
Bill Bennett
Jerry Doyle
George Noory
Ed Schultz

2.25 mil
Rusty Humphries
Kim Kommando
Lars Larson
Jim Rome

1.75 mil
Bob Brinker
Tom Leykis
Mancow

1.5 mil
Dr. Joy Browne
Alan Colmes
Hugh Hewitt
Lionel
Stephanie Miller
Randi Rhodes
Thom Hartmann
G. Gordon Liddy
Dennis Miller

1 mil
Dr. Dean Edell
Bill Handel
Michael Reagan

http://www.talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=34

Once again it seems Ed Schultz and Mancow have unrealistically high ranks. I also didn't think Jerry Doyle was doing so well according to this mag, but again, they're estimates and they've been debated before.
 
livingfruitvirus said:
These hosts are grouped into 250,000 listener clusters, and are based on audience estimates from ratings on both AM and FM radio.

14 mil
Rush Limbaugh

13 mil
Sean Hannity

8.5 mil
Dr. Laura Owns LA, but seems high
Michael Savage

6.5 mil
Glenn Beck perhaps true, but high considering no NY, bad LA, and no more Chicago affil

5.25 mil
Laura Ingraham
Mark Levin

4.25 mil
Neal Boortz apparently there are 4 million people listening to midmornings on WSB
Dave Ramsey has added a lot of stations, and better stations, but too high

4 mil
Mike Gallagher ?!?!?!?!
Michael Medved apparently Salem is buying more ads in Talkers

3.25 mil
Jim Bohannon seems high
Clark Howard seems high
Bill O'Reilly seems a little low
Doug Stephan seems high

3 mil
Bill Bennett
Jerry Doyle
George Noory
Ed Schultz

2.25 mil
Rusty Humphries
Kim Kommando
Lars Larson high
Jim Rome

1.75 mil
Bob Brinker
Tom Leykis he doesn't cume 7 figures in LA... what's left?
Mancow

1.5 mil
Dr. Joy Browne is she on before sunset in ANY top 50 market?
Alan Colmes
Hugh Hewitt
Lionel
Stephanie Miller
Randi Rhodes
Thom Hartmann
G. Gordon Liddy is he still alive?
Dennis Miller horrible show, bad affils, but seems low

1 mil
Dr. Dean Edell also a bad show and heard nowhere live outside of SF, but some excellent stations, seems low
Bill Handel
Michael Reagan

http://www.talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=34

Once again it seems Ed Schultz and Mancow have unrealistically high ranks. I also didn't think Jerry Doyle was doing so well according to this mag, but again, they're estimates and they've been debated before.
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Living,

are you upset that Ed Schultz is doing just fine? Or you are just a right wing tool who is upset that progressive talk is working. Why don't you go back listen to your Conservative Talk Radio witch take its talking points from Mein Kampf.
 
willcail said:
Living,

are you upset that Ed Schultz is doing just fine? Or you are just a right wing tool who is upset that progressive talk is working. Why don't you go back listen to your Conservative Talk Radio witch take its talking points from Mein Kampf.
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::)
 
I know there is discussion about some peculiar ratings like Dennis Miller's in the other thread, but:

Neal Boortz apparently there are 4 million people listening to midmornings on WSB
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I wouldn't necessarily pin his ratings on WSB alone, rather I would make him more of a regional voice, considering he's on in other major south-eastern markets with top stations like WAPI in Birmingham, WOKV in Jacksonville, WBT in Charlotte, and WDBO in Orlando. But outside of that, nada.

Speaking of Salem, isn't odd how Dennis Prager doesn't seem to make the list, considering everyone else does, including Hewitt? Then again Prager's show airs during rush hour... ;D
 
Well, you are right. However, WBT bumped him to the savory midnight-1am hour in favor of a local show in his old 9-mid spot. Big station or not, there aren't too many listeners there. Yes, there are listeners at WDBO, WOKV, KRMG, WAPI, etc., although these are medium markets. WNIS in Norfolk does well for him, too. It's hard to image stations of this caliber in markets #64, #36, etc., add up to such a huge number. Maybe it's due to KGIL in LA. :D
 
willcail said:
Living,

are you upset that Ed Schultz is doing just fine? Or you are just a right wing tool who is upset that progressive talk is working. Why don't you go back listen to your Conservative Talk Radio witch take its talking points from Mein Kampf.
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Oh Christ. I'm not saying Ed's not doing well. I just don't think he's doing THAT well. Especially when this list has been challenged by folks like Phil Boyce saying it's merely audience estimates, and when sites like Talking Radio are saying Randi Rhodes and Stephanie Milller are both outperforming Ed Schultz.
 
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