"Al Franken smashes Bill O'Reilly in NYC radio matchup" (sludge)

[Doosh]

AIR AMERICA's Al Franken shot past INFINITY's Bill O'Reilly in the just released ARBITRON radio rates for April thru June, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

The Franken victory over his latest nemesis came in the ad-friendly 25-54 demo, during the 2 to 3 pm hour, the only hour when the two directly squared off in the nation's top market New York City.

Franked topped O'Reilly for the book, but did experience audience erosion in May and June after AIR AMERICA's much publicized launch.

Rush Limbaugh easily took top honors in all demos, ARBITRON reports, pulling in more total listeners age 12+ than Franken and O'Reilly -- combined!

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash7.htm

[minkyboodle]

1. LOL

O'Lielly is gonna blow a gasket on this one!!!

[RobertSeattle]

2. Oh that commie socialisi lefitist Arbitron...

O'Shrill will be blaming everyone but himself.

[shoelace414]

3. I keep hearing that

O'Reilly has horriable ratings everywhere

[apnu]

4. uh... wasn't there something that had AAR beating Rush?

I remember hearing something like that but don't have any data in front of me right now.

[rinsd]

7. Yes....in the initial month. (nt)

[dArKeR]

5. We don't want Drudge links on our forum! Ban Drudge, it's the moral

thing to do!

[Snellius]

6. O'Really is too humorless to be bearable for very long.

There's always been something faddish about his peevish arrogance but basically he's fallen into such predictable rut of trying to set up his unwary punching-bag guests that even they are getting hip to his tricks. The few times I've watched him lately, it almost seems that some of these seemingly meek academics and small-town newspaper editors are beginning to play HIM for a fool.

[TahitiNut]

8. It'll make little difference to the reich-wing.

Arbitron is used to set advertising rates. Advertising revenues drive selection of programming. When reichbot corporatists choose (for narrow partisan self-interest) to buy ad time during O'Lielly's show and withhold it from Franken, the $$$writing$$$ is on the wall.

[rocktivity]

9. Franken isn't your "nemesis," Bill--Rush is

Do you honestly think that Al beat you out because people who would be listening to you are listening to Al? No, it's because people would rather listen to RUSH than to you!

:headbang:
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