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Originally Posted by sloride
He said that Limbaugh is a screaming idiot, and stated that Howard Stern is a good broadcaster. Wow every time I had ever seen H. S. he was interviewing a porn star. That was what had to be fifteen plus years ago, so maybe his show has done a one eighty, but I doubt it. I just think that King is worried that Limbaugh will pass him in the divorce count because as ratings and earnings go King is not in the same league.
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Radio, as a profitable advertising medium, was dying until Stern reinvented the early morning drive time. If you think talk radio during the middle of the day or late at night makes money then you don't know anything about the radio industry.
The money made during the drive time in the morning and afternoon is where the profit is. The rest of the time the station is just trying to stay on the air. Talk radio is everywhere on the AM dial because it is cheap and because the station had to fill the dead air with something.
Stern has talent, Limbaugh has the same gift as a side show fortune teller: He tells listeners all their dreams will come true and makes them feel good about their thoughts.
Stern changes his act every few years, Limbaugh has not changed his act in over twenty years. This is because Stern is creative and Limbaugh knows his listeners do not like change or creativity.
I was once told that Stern swiped his act from Arthur Godfrey. This could be. If so it shows that Stern understands that if you are going to steal steal only from the best.