We will leave personal politics out today, but AM airwaves will always be more Republican and Conservative than Democrat or Liberal. Even in big cities like New York or Los Angeles.
Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck they all sound the same if you are not a Republican or lean that way. In fact, they are different. I've heard people all Bill O'Reilly a moderate. If you listen with a political deaf ear that may be true; if you get down to substance. Once in my VERY LIBERAL (in both senses of that word 'LIBERAL') college, we were discussing who is a Liberal with a capital L. It turns out Rudy Giuliani fit the mold.
But talk radio (especially AM) will always lean more Republican. The reason is because AM waves can reach way more further than FM waves. And now you get satellite radio and that even throws it a bit more off. AM reaches in rural areas. Who tends to be in those areas? Republicans or people that have Republican leanings.
Even FM talk radio gets more Republican talk that moderate. Don't get me wrong there are other people that lean Democrat on the Radio. But listening to Howard Stern talk about how he liked listening to Mitt Romney's ideas during the Republican debate even back up my theory even more.
But why do they succeed in the city; especially in places like New York City where Republicans are out-numbered 8 to 1. Well, there still are Republicans in New York City. Big enough to give them a good chunk of any market big or small.
Second, where do you think all these Republican media stars broadcast from? One thing I love about sales is that numbers don't lie. That in itself proves that there are more Republicans in rural areas. They do matter because they need to sell airtime which lets these media stars keep doing what they're doing; and feeding the sales people as well.
Plus, Democrats have taken a large amount of the big and small screens, print, and even Independent ventures too. Most (not all) of those things are left leaning, in terms of politics.
I'm not gonna tell you what I am. You probably already know; if you know me REALLY personally. But one thing is for sure in my dealings with the media and politics; they fans and supports (of both political spectrum's) are usually more crazy than those who broadcast from their environment or run for political office.
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