Tonight, at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time, the final step of the transition from Rush Limbaugh takes effect.<\/p>\n
On the Premiere Radio Network, owned by iHeart, Buck Sexton had been the host from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. competing with Mark Levin, who works for Cumulus media.\u00a0 Buck is now teamed with Clay Travis in the former Rush Limbaugh time slot on Premiere.<\/p>\n
That left a hole that needed to be filled, although Joe Pags already has a show on Premiere. They could have just combined the two audiences, but that’s why you have a VP of programming to justify doing their work.<\/p>\n
Jesse Kelly is another podcaster (like Dan Bongino) who sees over the air radio as an opportunity, while other syndicated conservative talk show hosts have done the opposite.<\/p>\n
Jesse Kelly has been doing a local show on iHeart-owned KPRC in Houston Texas since 2018.\u00a0 He is also written some stories for the\u00a0the Federalist <\/a>an\u00a0online Conservative magazine.<\/p>\n His main claim to fame is he ran twice for the US House in Arizona in the same year (2012) and did not win either time.\u00a0 \u00a0The first time, he ran in a special election to replace Gabby Giffords, who was shot in 2011.\u00a0 Jesse Kelly won the primary, but lost against the Democrat.\u00a0 He then decided to enter the primary for the redrawn second district, but withdrew prior to the primary.\u00a0 He has since relocated to Texas.<\/p>\n Jesse Kelly is an Iraq war veteran.\u00a0 In November 2018, he was “permanently” banned from Twitter without explanation and reinstated the next day.<\/p>\n Since many AM stations have to reduce power at sunset, a syndicated show from 6-9 PM ET is not going to have much of an audience in the winter, but it’s the middle of summer so he has a few months to prove himself.\u00a0 The ability to stream programming, in the proliferation of FM translators might help the show have a year-round audience.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tonight, at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time, the final step of the transition from Rush Limbaugh takes effect. On the Premiere Radio Network, owned by iHeart, Buck Sexton had been the host from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. competing with Mark Levin, … Continue reading