tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post8916270717749294336..comments2023-09-07T04:24:11.648-06:00Comments on y-intercept blog: Changing the Styley-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-79084659906773109812008-03-03T13:12:00.000-07:002008-03-03T13:12:00.000-07:00Conservative talk radio is an interesting phenomen...Conservative talk radio is an interesting phenomenon. Despite many studies approached from a variety of angles, nobody is quite sure why conservative talk radio thrives while other forms of talk radio don't.<BR/><BR/>Right-wing radio hosts regularly congratulate themselves on killing last year's comprehensive immigration bill. They hold this up as a testament of their power. But when it comes to getting a GOP candidate of whom they can approve, they have come up woefully short. A lot of them are seriously ticked off about this because it demonstrates that they are far less powerful than they like to think they are.<BR/><BR/>Most of conservative talk radio's audience is middle aged, while NPR's audience is on average 10 years younger. Interestingly, this seems to hold steady. That is, as people in the radio audience age, they shift from listening to the likes of NPR to listening to conservative talk radio. But there's always a new crop of younger listeners entering the market, so NPR doesn't lose market share.<BR/><BR/>But there are a lot of registered voters out there that don't listen much to radio shows. There are a lot of GOP voters that don't listen to conservative talk radio. These voters didn't follow the script written for them by talk show hosts. Will the talk radio crowd be able to reconcile itself to the reality of its limited power base in the GOP? It will be interesting to see how it pans out.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.com