When it comes to ratings, Rush Limbaugh is not blowing smoke.
Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity seem to leave all the other talkers in the radio ratings dust. And although Limbaugh’s lead over Hannity appears slim at first glance, deeper analysis shows that Rush leaves Hannity in the dust, too.
Talkers Magazine says Limbaugh has “a minimum” of 14.75 million listeners who tune in at least once per week. Hannity comes in a close second with 13.75 million.
Limbaugh’s achievement is even more remarkable than it may seem because Hannity’s potential audience is much larger than Limbaugh’s.
Hannity airs 3 pm-6 pm EST. So his entire show airs in radio’s “primetime” in the East and portions of it air in “primetime” everywhere except the Pacific Coast.
Limbaugh’s program airs noon-three pm EST, a virtual dead zone for radio. One of the reasons for his success in syndication is that he brings his affiliates a highly-entertaining, highly-rated program that makes that makes it easy for them to sell advertising time in a daypart on which they used to lose money.
Here’s a complete list of the Top 10:
One other comment:
Ed Schultz has 2,500,000 listeners? OK, now we think the whole survey may be bogus.
Source: Talkers Magazine via LARadio.com
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Can’t believe Medved is in the top ten.
Bob, is that your response to any information that doesn’t fit your liberal world view?
Talkers magazine does a pretty good job of being impartial, but it’s run by a confirmed lib. The ratings around the nation are no secret. You can go to RadioandRecords.com and look up the ratings for any station in any market you choose. Rush’s stations have huge ratings, but the lib stations are virtually without listeners.
If you really care to know the truth, you might use the search function at IHateTheMedia.com to look at other articles on the same subject. They’re all factual, full of actual statistics, and all provide links back to the source material. Unless, of course, you want to believe that Nielsen’s TV ratings and Aribitron’s radio ratings are all part of that giant right wing conspiracy you guys are so fond of quoting.
Sorry, editor, before I saw your comment, I had to ban Bob for subsequent foul language and plain ugly comments. So that removed his comment here on this thread.
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We love you Mark! Keep educating the American public — how can we get the attention of those who are too prejudiced/uneducated to listen to conservative talk radio/tv?
Obama is simply a front-man for the democrats and the likes of Bill Ayers/J. Wright. That’s why he remains silent or takes the communal position for America! He loves his newfound importance. Let’s keep an eye on Hillary and Bill in the background–they haven’t changed! And Obama is not as smart as the media would have us believe — his history/general knowledge is sadly wanting!
My personal favorite is Savage…the guy is a the best of this bunch by far…he’s a free thinker and a free speaker …. rush and hannity seem a bit forced at times…and they often steal savages thoughts and run them as their own…but # 3 is a good place to run….it keeps some of the Left Winged heat off of him….
Man, I hate the media too. At least the corporate media. Make no mistake – every host on there is a fear-mongering, control-freak doing propaganda to promote the corporate state. Even Ed Shultz is a stooge for the corporate DLC’s. In fact, Limbaugh, Hannity and company are America haters. They hate the progressive, enlightened ideals of our founding fathers. They even hate the constitution. They simply work for the top 1% and work to protect thier interests. They hate democracy, unions, human rights. They are so disfunctional that they even hate the earth they live on. The good hosts out there in radio get less exposure – people like Thom Hartmann, Marc Maron, Mike Malloy – because they don’t kiss up to the suits and the corporate power-brokers.
I listen to Laura Ingraham on the internet, then to Rush on radio, Sean on radio, then Mark Levin on the internet. I’m retired and that pretty much takes up my day. Sunday nights I never miss Bill Cunningham. Bill was the only one I heard who defended Savage from the Brits. Sorry nobody else bothered to do the same.
Where do some of the bigger sports talk shows fit in? I would have to think Mike&Mike or Jim Rome would be near the bottom of the top 10.
It’s great to see Savage toward the top of the list. As good as he is you’d think he’d above Hannity. I can only listen to about 30 minutes max. of Sean. He’s a Republican honk that won’t spout out against his own party. To Sean it’s Republican good…Democrat bad. Why can’t he make his own observations and come up with his own solution or conclusions? That’s what makes Savage the best. He’s not in bed with either party. It’s too easy to label one party as better than the other. As a matter of fact it’s seer laziness. Savage calls it as he sees it and I’ll continue to listen as long as he does.
I read the comment claiming Sean Hannity is in the tank for Republicans, i.e., “Republican good…Democrat bad”. I agree with half of that comment. Democrats ARE usually bad, but Republicans are sometimes bad too. Sean does not claim to be a Republican. He claims to be a Conservative as anyone who has ever listened to his show knows. He frequently criticizes Republicans whenever they stray from Conservative principles. I listen to Mark Levin so I can’t comment on Michael Savage.
What? Where does Boortz fit in in all this?
I hate to pile on with some of the conservative talk show haters but, I just have to. How any one thinks that the likes of Limbaugh, Hannity, or Beck is saying is in anyway fair or balanced is sadly mistaken. These guys talking about how the media is so unfairly liberal is just crazy. What people need to take into consideration is that conservative radio programs are media! So these uneducated three making claims that there is no conservative media is just preposterous. They are media. Oh, and yes, they are uneducated. The three of them collectively don’t have enough college credits for an associates degree. And those three claim they know better than folks with masters degrees and PHD’s? PUHLEASE!
Jeez, Ben, are you really that ignorant? No one, including Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck themselves, have ever claimed that there were unbiased. They clearly and frequently state that they are conservatives or libertarians. They all readily admit that talk radio is the only medium dominated by conservatives.
Do you not understand the difference between biased news and biased entertainment programming and biased commentary?
And as far as education goes, we now have an administration with lots of education, but zero real world experience. Look where that’s getting us.
Maybe you should spend a little more time listening to Limbaugh, Hannity and Beck. You might learn something.
I’m sure all three of those guys are jealous of Oblermann and his Ivy league degree.They can only hope to someday be as enlightened and intelligent as he is.
that was sarcasm, right shawn?