What this election means to talkradio

[cm454]

Laura Ingrham - IRRELEVANT
Michael Savage - IRRELEVANT
Bill Cunningham - IRRELEVANT
Mark Levin - IRRELEVANT
Sean Hannity - IRRELEVANT

....and Rush Limbaugh (as the Beaver)

I R R E L E V A N T.

These hosts are icons in their own minds and have been shown as the irrelevant wingnuts that most rational people already knew they were.

P.S. All of those other 2nd and third tier Limbaughclones were irrelevant before this election, so no status change for them.

 

[KFodor]

Tell that to the 20 + million people who listen. Their attitudes will not change because of an election. Or, a change in FCC rules.

When you start boasting as you have, you remind me of how Republicans chortled in 1994.

What did it get them? A long, slow, painful ride to today. And, honestly, they deserved it. They did it to themselves. Once you start believing your press releases, the slide has begun.

Don't boast too long...you're at the top of the hill now. The only way to go...is down.

 

[cm454]

Don't boast too long...you're at the top of the hill now. The only way to go...is down.

GWB sure gave a clinic in that!

But alas, you are 100% correct.

It is still so sweeeeeeeet for the moment!

 

[The Beave]

Laura Ingrham - IRRELEVANT
Michael Savage - IRRELEVANT
Bill Cunningham - IRRELEVANT
Mark Levin - IRRELEVANT
Sean Hannity - IRRELEVANT

....and Rush Limbaugh (as the Beaver)

I R R E L E V A N T.

These hosts are icons in their own minds and have been shown as the irrelevant wingnuts that most rational people already knew they were.

P.S. All of those other 2nd and third tier Limbaughclones were irrelevant before this election, so no status change for them.

Rush would never do what I do.. BTW aren't you being a little hard on The Beave, Ward?

 

[Holland Cooke]

Smell the coffee.

NOW, can Talk Radio get some new material?

Or will Rush regale us today with why-vox-populi-got-it-wrong?

While Republican radio droned, the Democrat with the best Facebook page won.
Smell the coffee.
Users have taken control of their own media.
Smart talkers will brew the coffee.

HC
www.HollandCooke.com

 

[KeithE4]

Laura Ingrham - IRRELEVANT
Michael Savage - IRRELEVANT
Bill Cunningham - IRRELEVANT
Mark Levin - IRRELEVANT
Sean Hannity - IRRELEVANT

....and Rush Limbaugh (as the Beaver)

I R R E L E V A N T.

These hosts are icons in their own minds and have been shown as the irrelevant wingnuts that most rational people already knew they were.

P.S. All of those other 2nd and third tier Limbaughclones were irrelevant before this election, so no status change for them.

President Barack Obama will be the best thing for Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity since Bill Clinton. Both of them can quit holding their noses and become real conservatives again. Their support for McCain was just a half-a**ed effort to elect a guy that neither of them (Limbaugh in particular) care for, just because he's a Republican.

The other hosts mentioned above were already irrelevant.

 

[Towerjunky]

What hurt conservative talk radio was their unrealisticly high expectations for this election and too much reference to the polls: the public polls were wrong and the internal polls were the real story. Both seen as false the day after. It really hurt its creditibility.

 

[smedge2006]

Yes, Limbaugh riffed off Bill Clinton and talk radio soared. But how can anyone be sure history will repeat itself? Has talk radio's audience done anything since then, but get 15 years older?

 

[justareporter]

The same 20 million people listen to the same one note samba and cry America is not what it used to be or what they think it used to be.

Individually and collectively the need a life.

Change is inevitable.

Hannity will never get that and neither will Beck. The others are of even less import.

I've given up listening to my radio except for news. Thank you God for the iPod.

 

[Heater]

It is time for talk radio to get the hint and stop the repetitive hyperbole. If these talk show host truly believe in their ideology they will run their shows and discuss it intelligently with those who agree and disagree with them. The repetitive character assassination, lies, and distortions of their political opponents will make them irrelevant. You could literally take any day of Sean Hannity's show and another miscellaneous day and you would think it was the same show. Sean Hannity is so repetitive my friends and I will turn it off. Wait a few minutes. Predict what phases and topics Hannity is talking about. Turn it back on and our guess was right. Sean Hannity is like a living cartoon.

Unfortunately, the only thing that will cause them to change and get back to valid political discussion is for their ratings to go down and they start to be removed from the radio. I think Dennis Miller will be the new face of talk radio. Sure he has a conservative ideology but he is able to make his show fun and he discusses it with those who disagree.

Dennis Miller with his fun style does more for Conservative ideology than the hatred and vitriol of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh.

 

[gr8oldies]

It's more fun being the opposition. A far left government will be great for conservative talk radio. Since all of the talkers are irrelevant, guess there's no need for a fairness doctrine, right?

 

[NENewsGuy]

It was mainly voters' concerns about our economy, not the rightees' talking points, that mattered this Election Day.

 

[KERCAlum]

It was mainly voters' concerns about our economy, not the rightees' talking points, that mattered this Election Day.

Perhaps so, but from an economic standpoint, if the stations now running talk shows don't have some sort of backup plan, they may go dark (or limp along on some other format until the mid-term elections in 2010).

 

[gr8oldies]

Every time the political winds change either direction someone pronounces talk radio, especially the conservative brand, dead. Either the GOP is in power and talk radio isn't needed, or everyone has become Democrats and won't be listening to anything or anyone else. Neither is true. It's guaranteed that a mainstream press that lobbed softballs at the Messiah for the entire election season won't be playing hardball with him come Jan. 20. Talk radio may be the only opposition.

 

[amfmxm]

Re: Smell the coffee.

NOW, can Talk Radio get some new material?

Or will Rush regale us today with why-vox-populi-got-it-wrong?

While Republican radio droned, the Democrat with the best Facebook page won.
Smell the coffee.
Users have taken control of their own media.
Smart talkers will brew the coffee.

HC
www.HollandCooke.com

Holland--

Couldn't agree more. One of the most difficult things for talk programmers/air-talents/managers to grasp, though, is the need to be objective about the content. Too many in all of these roles have been hired--or have chosen their employer--because of their particular ideological stance. The vast majority of those who populate talk radio are married to (radical) rightwing ideology.

By demo, Obama won 18-34, 25-54 and 35-64. McCain won only 65+.

Yet very few major broadcasters have dedicated any of their big-signal talk signals to Liberal Talk (Progressive Talk, Democratic Talk--whatever). Even in overwhelmingly left-leaning markets like LA & SF, Clear Channel has their Lefty Talk on secondary AM signals--1150 & 960. In DC, Clear Channel has it on it's worst signal, 1260. ABC has its huge-signal gems in NYC, Chicago and DC--all big Democrat markets--all spouting rightwing talk. Boston--akin to SF as a bastion of liberalism--has nothing but rightwing talk. Duh?

Last night should have been a "2X4 upside the head" for these programmers. But they've been ignoring the market demography for decades, already. Why should we expect them to wake up smart today?

 

[cm454]

A far left government will be great for conservative talk radio.

Not for proving it's relevance.

Talkradio has once again proven impotent when it comes to the American voter.

 

[gr8oldies]

You still need to find lefty hosts that get ratings and revenue..the election results in and of tehmselves don't indicate a sudden interest in liberal talk. The election results still are as much about throwing the bums out (not to mention a huge get-out-the-vote strategy and Obama's rock-star status with a fawnning media) as peope, saying "yes, I want a far left government". On January 21, the new administration becomes "the bums" and if the economy stays slow or gets worse, or they go too far off the deep end, come midterm, the electorate might be ready to do another housecleaning.

 

[amfmxm]

You still need to find lefty hosts that get ratings and revenue..the election results in and of tehmselves don't indicate a sudden interest in liberal talk. The election results still are as much about throwing the bums out (not to mention a huge get-out-the-vote strategy and Obama's rock-star status with a fawnning media) as peope, saying "yes, I want a far left government". On January 21, the new administration becomes "the bums" and if the economy stays slow or gets worse, or they go too far off the deep end, come midterm, the electorate might be ready to do another housecleaning.

As RR would say, "There you go again!" SOS.

To draw a fair parallel, Rush/Hannity/Bill-O are on plenty of small rigs where they draw small results. On big sticks they do fine.

Ed Schultz, Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Rachel Maddow, Randi Rhodes--all are excellent talents. Put 'em on WABC, WLS & WMAL and they'd kill.

For an even better clue, check out public radio's N/T WAMU in DC. #2 (12+) in the first PPM scan.

As I mentioned, a huge problem in talk radio is that so many of the people involved are there because they BELIEVE. So, it's like suggesting to Salem that some of their sticks would do better in hip-hop or CHR. They don't wanna hear it.

 

[gr8oldies]

Talk radio does not need to "prove its relevance". It needs to get ratings and revenue.

 

[Don62]

Re: Smell the coffee.

Yet very few major broadcasters have dedicated any of their big-signal talk signals to Liberal Talk (Progressive Talk, Democratic Talk--whatever). Even in overwhelmingly left-leaning markets like LA & SF, Clear Channel has their Lefty Talk on secondary AM signals--1150 & 960. In DC, Clear Channel has it on it's worst signal, 1260. ABC has its huge-signal gems in NYC, Chicago and DC--all big Democrat markets--all spouting rightwing talk. Boston--akin to SF as a bastion of liberalism--has nothing but rightwing talk. Duh?

Go read the Miami board and see how CC gutted its 50kw 940 progressive talk station, which now has zero local shows.
http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,106507.0.html

940's morning show apparently beat CC's conservative WIOD a.m. show, so CC fires the host, Nicole Sandler, whom I enjoyed listening to. Now Imus rules there.

Get this: CC axes Ed Schultz from 940's lineup for Tom Hartman. Schultz, the most listened to progressive host, gets taken off.

While I think Stephanie Miller is a mental midget ("The Democratic party is always right!" she said on Larry King), and a waste of airwaves - she resorts to attacking people on their age - I think CC didn't want any "Progressive" station to beat its conservative Rush-clone station.