Rush Limbaugh Rules New York City

Rush Limbaugh Rules New York City

- Numbers Don't Lie -

LOS ANGELES, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As Rush Limbaugh approaches his 18th anniversary in August as king of the talk airwaves, his ratings assure his continued rule. Heard Monday through Friday on WABC-AM, The Rush Limbaugh Show is the #1 ranked talk program in the noon - 3 p.m. ET time slot. Among Persons 12+, Mr. Limbaugh has a 4.1 share with 139,100 listeners tuning in, on average, every quarter hour. Among Adults 25-54, he has a 2.5 share with 50,600 of them tuning in, on average, every quarter hour. Al Franken, who airs at the same time on WLIB-AM, has a share of 1.8 with 61,400 listeners Persons 12+ tuning in, on average, every quarter hour. With Adults 25-54, he has a 1.7 share with a listening audience of 34,400, on average, every quarter hour. Therefore, Mr. Limbaugh's audience is more than double that of Mr. Franken's audience.

Furthermore, among all radio programs on the AM and FM dial during the noon - 3 p.m. time slot, Mr. Limbaugh ranked #5 among Persons 12+ and #17 among Adults 25-54. Mr. Franken on the other hand ranked #23 among Persons 12+ and #20 among Adults 25-54.

In addition to Mr. Limbaugh and Mr. Franken, below are numbers for other talkers who don't run head to head with Mr. Limbaugh:

Host Share Avg. Quarter Hour Rank (all AM/FM (Persons 12+) (Persons 12+) programming - persons 12+)

Rush Limbaugh 4.1 139,100 5 Al Franken 1.8 61,400 23 Bill O'Reilly 2.1 72,700 20 Jerry Springer 1.1 37,000 26

Host Share Avg. Quarter Hour Rank (all AM/FM (Adults 25-54) (Adults 25-54) programming - adults 25-54)

Rush Limbaugh 2.5 50,600 17 Al Franken 1.7 34,400 20 Bill O'Reilly 1.2 23,900 23 Jerry Springer 1.0 18,600 25

Known as the media pundit who reshaped the political landscape with his entertaining and informative brand of conservatism, Mr. Limbaugh is also widely credited with resuscitating AM radio by many industry experts.

Source: Premiere Radio Networks

CONTACT: Amir Forester of Premiere Radio Networks, +1-818-461-5404

------- Profile: Ent