Category Archives: Talk Radio

The part of radio that makes its living by talking

Who’s yer daddy?

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Sex and science expert Rush Limbaugh is going on and on about this upset parent in Romulus Michigan offended by a biology homework question concerning how blood types are inherited. The hypothetical mother provides 4 hypothetical fathers and then asks … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Radio Biz, Rush Limbaugh | 5 Comments

Beck on Science

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Fred Stiening

I missed the big Bill Nye debate in Evolution vs Creationism. However, I did hear a couple minutes of Beck this morning before turning it off in disgust, yet again. The flow of consciousness among Beck, Stu and Pat was … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse of America, Glenn Beck | 11 Comments

Limbaugh sliding toward Salem?

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Recently, Clear Channel dumped Limbaugh from KFI-AM to move him to the former Progressive talk KTLK-AM (now KEIB-AM). This morning’s news is that Salem’s KTIE-AM in San Bernadino California has picked up Limbaugh. I’m pretty positive Limbaugh has never been … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Premiere (IHeart), Rush Limbaugh | 7 Comments

Post Christmas rebound

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Fred Stiening

My stats report a 28% increase in traffic, month over month. Having the system offline for 4 days didn’t help the Google position, but that is rebounding. The who is up, who is down percentages are normalized – meaning a … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, American Politics, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 4 Comments

Streaming Radio – the Next Generation

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Fred Stiening

A visitor pointed out a change to Salem Radio that I just incorporated into the web site. As I wrote in the past, the revenue stream of Salem has been migrating from ad revenue on over the air stations to … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Guide, Radio Biz, Salem, Salem Radio, Talk Radio | 29 Comments

Limbaugh streaming share over 60%

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Fred Stiening

During the live broadcast hours (Noon-3PM Monday-Friday), Rush has topped 60% for all streaming (here). If you restrict the sample to only political talk (no Jim Rome!), that share rises to 75%. Dave Ramsey long ago jumped the shark. While … Continue reading →

Posted in IHeart Media, Radio Biz, Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio | 3 Comments

What’s up with Rusty Humphries

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Fred Stiening

While TRN continues to pretend Rusty Humphries has a show, he hasn’t done a show since September. Roy Masters, the defacto owner of TRN (via a religious foundation he controls) filled in during the holidays and characterized what is going … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 7 Comments

Hannity to leave New York

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Fred Stiening

Sean Hannity is seeing the handwriting on the wall – and taking Andrew Cuomo’s advice to Conservatives to get the hell out of New York. Hannity’s buddy Neal Boortz probably is encouraging Sean to move to Florida, since he moved … Continue reading →

Posted in American Politics, Collapse of America, IHeart Media, Radio Biz, Sean Hannity, Talk Radio | 32 Comments

If a show has no listeners…

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Fred Stiening

From the vault of really strange moments in radio – if a show has no affiliates, is it possible to have dead air? TRN announced that it ended its arrangement to distribute Mancow using Dial Global. Mancow has announced vague … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Talk Radio | 24 Comments

Bo Snerdley Interview

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Fred Stiening

A few weeks ago, we mentioned James Golden, Rush Limbaugh’s official program observer. I haven’t seem him interviewed much – most media people probably don’t even know who he is nor care as he doesn’t fit in with their preconception … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Biz, Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio | 5 Comments