http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/news/talk-radio-ryan-seacrest-howard-stern-carson-daly-362825
Pretty much says it like it is – aging listeners, aging hosts, no farm team, 80 year old regulations and technology = the clock is ticking, especially on AM radio.
The one thing wrong that jumps out – Ed Schultz is the #5 national syndicated host and Glenn Beck isn’t even on the list? Beck has around 400 affiliates, Schultz has maybe 50 or 60. In all time stats here, Beck us #2, Schultz is #42.
While Tom Taylor had political opinions that found their way into radio-online.com (perhaps by omission), this list from talkers magazine hands out participation trophies to women, liberals and racial minorities rather than reporting objective statistics.
Joe Madison #10? A local host on WOL-AM – a 370 watt station that can be heard maybe a mile? Every host syndicated by Radio One, a network 80% if Amerricans can’t even hear because they don’t live in racially segregated urban enclaves?