Rush Leads the Race Against Liberal Talkers in BR, New Orleans, others

Rush Limbaugh Leads the Race Against Liberal Talkers in Austin, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, San Antonio, and Memphis
Monday August 8, 9:00 am ET
- Numbers Don't Lie -

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Austin, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, San Antonio, and Memphis -- the numbers are in and Mr. Rush Limbaugh still dominates liberal talkers in the ratings. According to the Arbitron Spring 2005 ratings survey, The Rush Limbaugh Show is #1 in its timeslot for Persons 12+ in Austin, New Orleans, and San Antonio. The show also gained significant audience in Austin and Memphis. In Austin, for Persons 12+, the audience is up 28 percent from the Winter Arbitron 2005 ratings survey and is up 20 percent from one year ago. In Memphis, the audience grew 43 percent from the Winter Arbitron 2005 ratings survey, and 10 percent from one year ago, for Persons 12+.

Heard Monday through Friday on KLBJ-AM from 11 a.m. -- 2 p.m. in Austin, The Rush Limbaugh Show scored, among Persons 12+, a 7.5 share with an average quarter-hour audience of 16,400 listeners. Among Adults 25-54, he has a 5.5 share with an average quarter-hour audience of 7,700 listeners. Mr. Franken, who airs at the same time on KOKE-AM, has a Persons 12+ share of 2.4 with an average quarter-hour audience of 5,200 listeners. With Adults 25-54, he has a 3.1 share with an average quarter-hour audience of 4,300 listeners. Mr. Ed Schultz does not have an affiliate in this market.

In addition to Mr. Limbaugh and Mr. Franken, below are numbers for Mr. Jerry Springer who broadcasts in a different timeslot:

the actual numbers are at

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050808/lam022.html?.v=16

I was never polled. I was not counted.

PR Newswire is a a glorified "fax-blast" service for Press Releases.

So, Rush is winning in Austin, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, San Antonio, and Memphis.

Yawn.

or their age?

Lies, Damn Lies, and Limbaugh's Press Release About Progressive Radio

Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh, through his radio syndicator Premiere Radio Networks, sent out a press release titled "Limbaugh Leads the Race Against Liberal Talkers," purportedly comparing his ratings to those of progressive talk stations.



The release lists ratings info for five cities - Austin, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, San Antonio, and Memphis - for Spring 2005 (March 31 to June 22). In two of those cities, New Orleans and Baton Rouge, the stations that Rush claims he "defeated" didn't switch to the progressive talk format until July 2005 - after the ratings period in question ended. Two of the other comparisons are also misleading. Rush claims to have won the ratings battle in Austin - but the progressive alternative is a low-watt station that broadcasts not out of Austin, but 20 miles away in bustling Pflugersville, Texas. The same is true of Rush's performance in San Antonio, where the weaker progressive talk station is actually based in suburban Devine, Texas.

In other words, of the 591 stations that Rush broadcasts on, he chose to highlight four where his "victories" are at best misleading, at worst plain dishonest.

The reality is that in several major markets, ratings for progressive talk are booming. In Denver, Air America’s ratings are up 500% from one year ago. "Seattle’s newly talk-formatted KPTK, doubled in the winter book, Portland’s KPOJ-AM grew 1000% in audience share. In conservative San Diego, KLSD-AM went up 73%. … Other markets with similar success include: Boston, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Sacramento and Columbus." Rush is even on the verge of being overtaken in his own home state.

An even more interesting comparison is found when looking at stations with integrated lineups that carry both Rush and a progressive host. In that apples-to-apples comparison, we see that Rush Limbaugh and Ed Schultz are actually very competitive.

http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/10/limbaugh-radio-lies /

I was gonna say... WSMB in NOLA has been playing AAR for maybe four weeks.

Pretty sad when the bloviator has to compare his ratings to shows that weren't even on the air. LMAO. wheeeee...

don't trust drug abusing radio announcers who have felafel for brains