Michael Savage is joining the parade of people in syndicated radio leaving “over the air” radio and going the podcasting route, as of the end of the year.
After leaving Roy Masters’ Talk Radio Network in an ugly legal fight, he landed at Cumulus Media Network, which merged into Westwood One, currently owned by post-bankruptcy Cumulus Media.
Given the sharp downturn in radio revenue due to lack of sports, it would not be a shock if they told 78 year old Mr Weiner they can’t meet his contract demands. His show was cut back in 2018 to make room for Ben Shapiro.
Can you survive doing podcasts telling your listeners they are idiots?
If you read between the lines in the inside radio story, he is undoubtedly constrained by a non-compete agreement. It’s already well established that doing podcasts is not considered “radio” for purposes of non-compete agreements
You know your career is over when Megyn Kelly calls you a douchebag and tells you to STFU
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Ironic that Michael Savage doesn’t realize he’s way past the point that he should be getting off the stage.
The podcast has arrived. It is free, at least for now.
Happy New Year! Is the Savage podcast any good?
I really can’t provide a lot of information. I long ago stopped listening to Savage. The breaking point for me was when he advocated the position that emergency rooms should turn away all fat people and let them die.
His new podcast appears to be around 60 minutes long, but without the 25 minutes an hour of non-programming, is probably about as much as his 2-hour syndicated radio show was. For a long time, the third hour of the Savage Nation was pre-recorded.
The problem with a podcast is you have no interaction in real time with the listeners. That’s kind of a problem, unless you conclude that the callers into a talk show are worthless. That’s not an unreasonable position
Looking more carefully, it looks like he’s only doing about two podcasts a week. As he would be proud to tell you, he’s the hardest working man in radio.