On Aug 8, 10:26*pm, (David Kaye) wrote:
J G Miller wrote:

But with all of the talk radio stations available on AM,
should not public radio be offering something different?

- I'd normally agree, except that I've heard the state
- of commercial talkradio in America and it's sad.
-*It's made up of uninformed callers pontificating
- just to hear themselves speak. *

Most people do like to hear themselves talk and
many/most others like to hear 'other' who talk
and sound like them {parroting} and giving a voice
to their views {self-affirmation}.

The Top 10 & 20 . . . 100 Talk Radio Hosts are
real "Liked" by the cast majority of their Radio
Listeners; and a significant proportion of their
Radio Listeners 'hate' them so much that they
too tune-in everyday : Both Count in the Ratings.

- And the topics seem to be mostly politics,
- and worse, the party-bashing subset of that.

Politics, Sex Religion and Sports

Talk-Radio = Political-Speak Radio

Religious Radio is Most Christian Owned Radio Broadcasters

The New and Hotter Sports Talk 24&7 Radio
with Talk Teams and Games On-the-Air

-*And when you get outside the major cities,
- if you hear any local talkradio at all it's likely
- to be some local psychic or a "swap shop" show.

Local Radio with Local Advertisers in each and
every US Congress District Serving the Needs of
the Voters.

- Agree or disagree, but the talk offered by the major
- non-comm networks, NPR, PRI, APM, PRX, MPR,
- and Pacifica is for the most part top quality.

? Top Quality ? -nah- Slanted and Biased YES !
1st a Liberal Voice to the Topics and Programs
2nd a Moderate Voice that for the most part says 'me too'
3rd lacking a True Conservative Voice to give Voice
to a real opposition viewpoint {Point & Counter-Point}

~ RHF