Coming Monday: IHateTheMedia.com rates America’s top ten local talk show hosts – people you’d love to listen to, but can’t hear in your town. We’ll start with #10 and count ’em down to #1 each Monday to Friday for the next two weeks.
You can’t get away from Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck if you wanted to. They’re everywhere. Rush has 600+ stations, Hannity has more than 500 and Beck is over 400.
But what about other great talent? Terrific local and regional broadcasters who aren’t on the air where you live. The up-and-comers who have the potential to be step into Rush’s, Sean’s and Glenn’s shoes someday.
We asked talk radio program directors and talk show hosts around the country to name their favorite hosts. The criteria were simple: Hosts who aren’t nationally syndicated, who are currently big fish in smaller markets or large market hosts who are ready to break through nationally.
Oh, one other rule. We wanted hosts who didn’t just parrot Rush. We wanted unique, creative personalities that shine through on the air, who are a little quirky, people who made you sit up and take notice.
The result is our great collection of great local and regional talk show talent from around the country.
It all starts on Monday. Don’t miss it.
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Armstrong and Getty in Sacramento. AM 650. They are the best!
Abdul is by far the best here in Indy or anywhere for that matter, hands down. 1430 AM...a fellow cigar blowing, martini/scotch drinking entertaining host. We keep well-informed in our state's business and he's able to say the things some of us couldn't say publicly and he does it superbly everyday. Cheers, Abdul.
Abdul in Indy is a total wack jon, hes a cigar smokeing hard drinking Repubican that happpens to be a Black Muslam.best thing to happen to radio in years here in Indy
Armstrong and Getty. 650 Sacramento, CA.
If you're in the area, Jerry Bader on WTAQ/Green Bay 1360AM/97.5FM is outstanding. You can also hear him on WSAU/Wausau 550AM/99.9FM.
Dana Loesch.
She`s also editor at http://bigjournalism.com/
So far you've named guys have named two of the hosts on our list, but we're not telling you which ones. Looks like we'll have to do a follow-up list of IHTM reader's favorite talk show hosts. Keep making suggestions. It was really difficult to pare it down to just ten, so if we don't list your favorite, watch for our follow-up list.
Remember, lots of the names you guys have listed are nationally syndicated so by definition they won't be on our list of "local" talk show hosts. No Michael Savage, no Rusty Humphries, etc.
By the way, we LOVE John & Ken. But they are the biggest of the big fish in a very big pond (Los Angeles) so they're not on the list either.
So, reading between the lines, Jay and I are still in the running.
Right?
I hope John and Ken of KFI AM 640 aren't the future of talk radio. Just listened to them after all those glowing recommendations. One guy laughs like a complete idiot at absolutely nothing while the other comments on the happenings of the day. His comments sound very liberal, especially regarding gun ownership. Couldn't tolerate too much of them.
I do like Micheal Savage, very intelligent. often way to rude to guests and callers, but the man's knowledge of history and this country's past is amazing.
Did you listen long enough to understand that they are energizing conservatives across the state, and helping them to fight the liberal morons in Sacramento? And that they have actually had some successful campaigns against individual liberal politicians? Whether you like their style or not, they are doing good work here, and I appreciate it. Heads on a stick!
I wonder who thumbs downed you? I had to give you a thumbs up for your analysis and try to balance your post out before the non readers came through and blasted your post based purely on the one thumbs downer.
Bernie Thompson in Panama City, FL. A true libertarian and not afraid to take on the politicians in Florida. He and Charlie Crist had quite a feud going for a while. He does stream on the web and his show is about the only thing I miss about living in Florida.
http://www.talkradio101.com/bio-mornings.shtml
Tom Marr out of WCBM in Maryland. He fills in for the Great One, Mark Levin, sometimes.
Herman Cain on WSB in Atlanta from 6 to 9pm, before he decided to go pursue some office in the shape of an oval...or something like that...
Now there's a guy named Erick Erickson on that time slot.
We still have Neal Boortz as well.
"before he decided to go pursue some office in the shape of an oval…or something like that…"
LOL! I like that!