SRGuide top 250

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Art Stone

Streaming radio is not the same as over the air radio – here is the top 250 programs by listen count for the past year. Comparing it to Talker’s Magazine’s top 100/250 for 2010 shows some interesting differences. Note that this list is looking backwards a year, while Talker’s list is looking forward. The demise of Air America affects the comparison.

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SRGuide
Rank		 Talker’s
Rank		 Show Listen
Count		 Comments
1 3 Glenn Beck 511,378
2 1 Rush Limbaugh 421,710
3 6 Laura Ingraham 263,788
4 4 The Savage Nation
with Michael Savage 		229,954
5 2 Sean Hannity 133,095
6 5 Dr. Laura Schlessinger 131,578
7 8 Mark Levin 92,270
8 34 Dennis Miller 74,566
9 13 Neal Boortz 54,891
10 20 Coast to Coast AM
with George Noory		 50,472
11 25 Morning in America
with Bill Bennett		 49,503
12 46 Quinn & Rose 48,897
13 7 Dave Ramsey 41,460
14 23 Michael Medved 37,913
15 17 Jerry Doyle 34,291
16 N/A Rush Limbaugh’s Week in Review 28,336
17 29 Jim Rome 26,353
18 38 Rusty Humphries 22,389
19 40 Dennis Prager 20,877
20 N/A Coast to Coast Rewind
with George Noory		 20,811
21 14 Mancow 19,608
22 39 Kim Komando on Computers 19,160
23 N/A Glenn Beck Weekend 18,241
24 50 John Gibson 16,036
25 67 Hugh Hewitt 15,758
26 100+ Moneytalk with Bob Brinker 15,208
27 21 Don Imus 14,543
28 19 Mike Gallagher 14,141
29 24 Stephanie Miller 13,095
30 28 Clark Howard 12,407
31 9 Lou Dobbs 11,273
32 53 Live on Sunday Night
with Bill Cunningham 		10,141
33 85 Brian & The Judge 9,903
34 100+ Monica Crowley 9,636
35 MIA Fred Thompson 9,453
36 100+ The Weekend
with Mike McConnell		 8,761
37 42 Bob & Tom 8,181
38 44 Phil Hendrie 7,858
39 31 Roger Hedgecock (National) 7,435
40 100+ Coast to Coast Sunday Morning
with Ian Punnett		 7,341
41 100+ John Batchelor 7,237 New Show
42 18 Handel on the Law
with Bill Handel		 6,984
43 11 Ed Schultz 6,869
44 57 G. Gordon Liddy 6,858
45 10 Thom Hartmann 6,764
46 27 Dr. Joy Browne 6,262
47 Defunct Monica Crowley Weekdays 6,162
48 51 Howie Carr 6,104
49 MIA Info Wars
with Alex Jones		 5,829
50 N/A Somewhere in Time
with Art Bell		 5,593 Recorded Show
51 MIA Coast to Coast Monday Morning
with George Knapp		 5,342
52 41 Randi Rhodes (Clear Channel) 4,741
53 100+ Dr. Dean Edell 4,323
54 N/A Hannity Weekend
with Sean Hannity		 4,035
55 100+ Leo Laporte – The Tech Guy 3,915
56 56 Steve Malzberg 3,717
57 100+ Mike Malloy 3,457
58 Defunct Curtis Sliwa (Citadel) 3,056 Now on WNYM
59 MIA Mandy Connell 3,008 Conservative femail (FL)
60 77 The Schnitt Show
with Todd Schnitt		 2,960
61 N/A Saturday Night
with Rusty Humphries		 2,926
62 100+ Bill Press 2,786
63 26 Lars Larson (National) 2,702
64 100+ Joe Scarborough & Mika Brzezinski 2,575
65 100+ Jason Lewis 2,552
66 47 Tom Sullivan (Fox) 2,449
67 33 Michael Smerconish 2,299
68 22 Jim Bohannon At Night 2,294
69 16 Alan Colmes (Fox) 2,169
70 MIA Bruce Williams 2,131
71 N/A Roger Hedgecock Weekend 2,107
72 78 Wall Street Journal This Morning
with Gordon Deal		 2,083
73 100+ Science Fantastic
with Dr. Michio Kaku		 1,961
74 81 America’s Morning News
with John McCaslin & Amy Holmes		 1,932
75 Defunct Tammy Bruce 1,832 Moved to Web Only
76 Midnight Radio Network 1,820
77 York’s Morning News 1,712
78 100+ Ben Ferguson 1,707
79 N/A Lars Larson (Northwest) 1,663
80 58 Phil Valentine 1,574
81 N/A Bill Handel 1,425
82 Defunct Tammy Bruce Weekends 1,349 Web Only
83 100+ Armstrong & Getty 1,273
84 MIA Advice Line Overnight
with Roy Masters		 1,203
85 100+ Steve Gill 1,198
86 30 John & Ken
with John Kobylt & Ken Chiampou 		1,042
87 The First Team on Fox 908
88 Defunct The Radio Factor
with Bill O’Reilly		 869 Ended early 2009
89 100+ Ray Lucia 861
90 MIA Ric Edelman 860
91 15 Doug Stephan’s Good Day 836
92 N/A Fox Sports Radio 815
93 MIA Paul Finebaum 804 Regional Sports/Talk
94 MIA Jeff Rense 768
95 Defunct Mancow (Chicago) 734 Ended Feb 20010
96 52 Jay Severin 694
97 MIA Larry Kudlow 678
98 MIA Keeping It Real with Al Sharpton 674
99 MIA Gun Talk with Tom Gresham 673
100 MIA Cigar Dave 659
101 84 Free Talk Live 650
102 12 Joe Madison 632
103 MIA Mark Simone 608 Sat AM WABC
104 Rick Roberts 602
105 TV Audio Glenn Beck (Fox) 601
106 Defunct Air America Network 597 Chapter 7
107 100+ Dale Jackson 592
108 MIA Jeff Kuhner 557 New Show
109 MIA Beyond the Beltway
with Bruce Dumont 		548
110 MIA The Other Side
with Steve Godfrey 		545
111 32 Howard Stern 538 [Sirius/XM]
112 37 Allen Hunt 522 Fairly new show
113 100+ Chris Baker 503
114 Defunct Ron Reagan 502 Air America
115 88 Heidi Harris 492
116 MIA Chris Krok 485
117 76 Joey Reynolds 475
118 100+ Big John & No Cisco
with John Howell		 470 [1/2 defunct]
119 MIA America’s Truckin’ Network 458
120 N/A America in the Morning
with Jim Bohannon		 437
121 TV Audio O’Reilly Factor on Fox
with Bill O’Reilly		 433
122 100+ At Home with Gary Sullivan 431
123 100+ Dan Patrick 428
124 MIA The Mutual Fund Show
with Adam Bold		 424
125 Scott & Coleman
with Scott Robbins & Coleman Edwards		 424
126 TV CNN Headline News 419
127 100+ John Gambling 417
128 John & Jeff 408
129 MIA Jimmy Barrett 390
130 Local Mike McConnell 389
131 MIA Fox Across America
with Spencer Hughes 		385 Fox News Radio
132 The Love Doctors 384
133 MIA Moon Griffon 378
134 43 Mike & Mike in the Morning 376
135 N/A ESPN Radio 375
136 MIA Barbara Simpson 371
137 100+ Don Wade & Roma 367 WLS Chicago
138 MIA Computer America
with Craig Crossman 		358
139 100+ Trouble Shooter
with Tom Martino 		348 Formerly syndicated
140 MIA Rick & Bubba
with Rick Burgess & Bubba Bussey 		347
141 MIA Wheels with Ed Wallace 344 Weekend
142 New! Secure Freedom Radio
with Frank Gaffney 		337
143 36 Bev Smith 337
144 100+ America Tonight
with Kate Delaney 		333
145 MIA For The People
with Chuck Harder 		329
146 100+ Andrew Wilkow 326 Sirius/XM only
147 Music Oldies Music 325
148 TV Audio Washington Journal 311 C-SPAN
149 TV Audio Hannity on Fox 295
150 KPOJ (Portland OR) Mornings
with Carl Wolfson & Friends 		290
151 100+ The Natural Truth
with Michael Graham 		289
152 74 Michael Trivisonno 288
153 New! Jerry Pearce 287
154 Phil Kornblut 282
155 Peter Boyles 279
156 Tom Marr 276
157 86 Mike Rosen 271
158 100+ Frosty, Heidi & Frank 264 Recently moved to KFI
159 The Power Hour
with Dave vonKleist & Joyce Riley 		261
160 Grandy & Andy
with Fred Grandy & Andy Parks 		261
161 Bob Lonsberry 254
162 Barry Farber 252
163 Bob Grant 251 WABC Weekend
164 Chris Plante 245
165 The Wells Report with Jon-David Wells 244
166 60 Mark Davis 244
167 Defunct Nancy Skinner 242 Air America
168 Northern Alliance Radio Network 235
169 Local Bill Cunningham 232
170 Garage Logic
with Joe Soucheray 		228
171 72 Roe Conn 224 WLS Chicago
172 Defunct Rachel Maddow 220 Air America
173 Edd Hendee 217
174 X Zone Radio Show
with Rob McConnell 		214 Defunct?
175 100+ Tim Conway Jr 212 Weekdays now
176 Twilight Zone 212
177 Gene Burns 208
178 MIA Jesus Christ 207 New to Syndication
179 Austin TX Mornings
with Mark Caesar 		207
180 100+ America’s Master Handyman
with Glenn Haege 		207
181 What Really Happened
with Mike Rivero 		207
182 Sirius Only Mike Church 205
183 Defunct Lee Rodgers 201 Fired Feb 2010
184 AM Idaho
with Aaron Kunz 		199
185 Defunct Doing Time
with Ron Kuby 		199
186 Inga Barks 193
187 Local Tom Sullivan (Local) 193
188 Vicki McKenna 193
189 Defunct Lionel 191 Air America
190 60 Minutes 190 TV Audio
191 Texas Overnight
with Charley Jones 		189
192 Mark Belling 189
193 Marc Bernier 189
194 Fort Wayne’s Morning News 188
195 Jim Sumpter 183
196 Avi Nelson 183
197 Herman Cain 180
198 Drive Tine Happy Hour 178
199 The Garden Hotline
with Ralph Snodsmith 		175
200 Defunct Janet Parshall’s America 173
201 Fresno’s Morning News
with Blake Taylor and Ray Appleton 		172
202 Lynn Woolley 171
203 Bill Nojay 171
204 Atlanta’s Morning News 169
205 Polka Party 169
206 Defunct Politically Direct
with David Bender 		167 Air America
207 68 Joe Pags 166
208 KCMO Morning Show
with Chris Stigall 		162
209 Sheverport LA Newsday AM 159
210 Jeff Ward 159
211 Frank Beckmann 155
212 Doc Thompson 154
213 Defunct Ring of Fire 153 Air America
214 World Crisis Radio
with Webster Tarpley 		152
215 On the Record
with Greta Van Susteren 		150
216 TV sound NBC’s Meet The Press
with David Gregory 		149
217 Overnight America
with Jon Grayson 		145 CBS News Overnight
218 Music Saturday Night Oldies
with Mark Simone 		145 WABC Saturday night
219 Scott Cox 143
220 Motor Trend Weekend Edition
with Bob Long 		143
221 100+ Duke & the Doctor 141
222 Laurie Roth 140
223 The Car Doctor
with Ron Ananian 		139
224 Michael Graham 133
225 Lex & Terry
with Lex Staley & Terry Jaymes 		133
226 Jaz McKay 131
227 Charlie Sykes 130
228 Investor’s Edge
with Gary Kaltbaum 		129
229 Les Kinsolving 129
230 Jack Welch 128
231 Liberty Roundtable
with Sam Bushman 		127
232 Sporting News 126
233 The People’s Attorney
with Warren Ballentine 		126 Radio One
234 Inside Detroit
with Mildred Gaddis 		125 Radio One Local
235 Music Polka Melodies
with Tom and Mary Amy Sonocki 		125
236 Marriage Builders
with Bill & Joyce Harley 		123
237 Dr. Bill Wattenburg 122
238 McIntyre in New York
with Doug McIntyre 		120 (defunct?)
239 Howie Chizek 120
240 n/a Wall Street Journal this Weekend 119
241 AM Tampa Bay 118
242 Chip Franklin Mornings 117
243 n/a Golden Age of Radio with Vic Ives 117 Recorded
244 Michael DelGiorno 117
245 Music WICC’s Italian Music Show
with Tony Reno 		111
246 Money Matters
with Barry Armstrong 		110
247 In The Garden
with The Viettes with Andre Viette 		110
248 David Boze 108
249 Ringside Politics
with Jeff Crouere 		107
250 The Pet Show
with Warren Eckstein 		106 WOR Network

Talker’s 100 missing from our top 250 stats (which could be because we didn’t list them or the station doesn’t stream)

#35 Boomer & Carton
#45 Bubba the Love Sponge
#48 Mike Francesa
#49 Jim Gearhart
#54 Ronn Owens
#55 Lincoln Ware
#59 Jim Villanucci
#61 Mitch Albom
#62 Glenn Ordway
#63 Larry Young
#64 The Monsters
#65 Opie and Anthony
#66 Allen Handelman
#69 Diane Rehm
#70 Terry Gross
#71 Darrell Ankarlo
#73 Jim Phillips
#75 Sports Junkies
#79 Dan Yorke
#80 Bob & Sheri
#82 Keith Larson
#83 Alan Stock
#87 Curtis Sliwa (see defunct Citadel show)
#89 Martha Zoller
#90 Errol Louis (has only had a show for a few months?)
#91 Terry Meiners
#92 Dom Giordano (prempted by baseball during the season a lot)
#93 Greg Garrison
#94 Marc Bernier
#95 Scott Hennen
#96 Dave Elswick
#97 Dave Graveline
#98 Bob DelGiorno
#99 Jack Riccardi
#100 Leslie Marshall

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5 Responses to SRGuide top 250

  1. Art Stone says:
    February 24, 2010 at 4:14 am

    Additional comments, explanations..

    Talker’s list is based on persons, not shows – where a person has more than one show (Jim Bohannon, Ian Punnett, Lars Larson, Tom Sullivan) they should appear higher on the list on Talker’s, since the individual programs are not combined here

    Sirius/XM streaming was listed here for only a part of the year, and has mostly been removed due to lack of interest. Hosts that have Sirius/XM shows probably will appear higher on the Talker’s list

    The nature of how people find this web site is 90+% google searches – which means local shows and and NPR are probably signifcantly different in their actual listenership, since people don’t come here to find those shows.

    The Red/Green color indicates items that are significantly higher or lower in the Talkers Magazine rankings

  2. WesternMA says:
    February 24, 2010 at 7:21 am

    The listing I find interesting is Dennis Miller, who is apparently not as popular here as with the general public. Ditto for Quinn and Rose. Did Talker’s Magazine give Ed Shultz a boost or is the SRG group more conservative?

    • Art Stone says:
      February 24, 2010 at 9:48 am

      You’re understanding it backwards…. Miller is the #8 most listened to here, but Talker’s says he is is only #34. That is probably because many people are aware he has a radio show, but no local radio station carries the show, so they look for one that streams and wind up here – hence the premise of the post – streaming radio is different than over the air radio….

      • WesternMA says:
        February 24, 2010 at 10:33 am

        Ahhhhhhhhhh…I should never attempt replies without coffee…yep…I read it backwards…now it makes more sense.

    • AckJay says:
      February 26, 2010 at 8:56 am

      I live near Quinn and Rose land, where right outside, I can get them clearly on 104.7 FM in my truck. No luck in my office though. I just pick up lots of static. Thank God for SRG and Art Stone…!!!

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