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Shortly after last fall’s election, some pundits declared that conservative talk radio was dying.  After all, we lost the election and had no impact on voters.  In November, an op-ed written by Steve Elman and Alan Tolz for the Boston Globe said, “overall use of their medium is in decline.”  The authors also stated, “Alternatives to broadcast radio have proliferated – satellite, net-casts, downloads, blogalogue, iPod entertainment, cellphone updates.  As a result, younger listeners largely ignore talk radio, and its existing audience is calcifying.”

Not a rosy picture for conservative talk, right?  Let’s check the facts.  For decades my job was to produce ratings as a National Talk Radio programmer.  We check those ratings constantly.  Apparently, the authors of this Boston Globe commentary don’t keep the same scorecard radio keeps.  While it is true there are many sources of information today, talk radio listening has increased dramatically during the past year.  The 2008 election provided us with daily drama that translated into ratings.  In keeping my scorecard which included ratings for over 40 radio stations nationwide, we registered one of the highest fall ratings reports ever.  KKOH in Reno, which has always been the market leader, registered the highest ratings in 14 years.  KKOB in Albuquerque, which has been the market leader for over eight years, increased its ratings stranglehold on that market.  In almost every market, conservative talk radio increased its ratings.  And, it hasn’t slowed down.  (more…)

There is growing alarm among talk radio personalities and executives nationwide as the Obama administration embeds socialistic values into the American mainstream.  Thanks to President Reagan, broadcasters have been free from the Orwellian Fairness Doctrine for over twenty years.  The number of talk stations has grown from 125 to now over 2000 thanks to his great wisdom of repealing this doctrine which muzzled free speech.  Radio and Television owners simply didn’t want to risk being turned into the FCC and potentially lose their broadcast license if they said something controversial.  I worked for twenty years under this doctrine and we never broached major controversy – free thought and expression was tightly controlled over the airwaves.  When Reagan dropped the restrictions, Rush Limbaugh and a multitude of other conservative hosts emerged and succeeded because there was so much pent up demand by those who felt their views negated by restrictions and by the overwhelming liberal media bias.  Now, Democrats want to restore speech restrictions and it is simply covert censorship. (more…)