Don't liberals like to listen to the radio?

I can't speak for all liberals but I can for myself. I like to listen to radio but, not talk radio, it's very boring and honestly I would rather poke my eyes out than listen to talk radio. During the last presidential election cycle I listened to The Left of Sirius when I wanted election updates. I really prefer Mark Thompson since he is almost always calm and he doesn't scream at his callers.

I have to say personally that some of these liberal talk shows would have had at least one more listener if I'd been able to get the stations on which they were broadcast. I know some conservatives will say they're not widely aired because there's no audience for them, but they've never even given them a chance in my area as far as I know. The local station in my area that runs radio talk shows is smack-dab in the middle of one of the most liberal Democratic areas of the state and yet they have a full line-up of right-wing hosts other than their local shows which are mixed. In general, there's one theory I've heard which makes sense. More conservatives are self-employed and many actually spend a lot of their time on the road, such as traveling salesmen, while more liberals are hourly workers, many of them union members, so they're unable to spend as much time listening to the radio. I'd also guess since many liberals are younger voters a lot of them either have young kids who aren't too willing to let their parents listen to boring talk radio or they're more interested in listening to music themselves. Annie

No liberals don't listen to anything.....They only listen to themselves talk...And then they don't know what they said........How many time have you heard the word ME used in a liberals statement......Cause if they thave anything to say its all about me...... Most of the people on unemployment are liberals.......they want things handed to them on a silver platter and if that can't happen they cry over it......They haven't grown up nor will they ever......I feel for them cause they are trying to ruin the country and they are doing a good job of it but the question they should be asking themself is "Are they going to like what they created." the majority of them will be scrating their head and wonder what happened.....

Generally speaking, talk radio requires intelligent conversation. Does that answer your question?

Lil, liberals don't need people to tell us how to think. We don't need a briefing everyday from our leader to see how we should feel about a subject. We can think for ourselves. You might want to try it, it really does work

You know Michael Medved has postulated that Liberals are by nature more pessimistic and Conservatives are more optimistic. Maybe that's it. I mean, why listen to hours of fatalistic pessimism, even if you agree...well, especially if you agree?

I heard, but can't remember where, that conservatives are better at business success.. I don't remember the details of why, etc. I love talk radio, politics or religion, doesn't matter, if I'm driving I'm searching for talk shows.. I sometimes tape Glenn Beck's television show on Fox News in the middle of the night and watch it in my kitchen when I'm cooking supper. I'd like to listen to Charley Sykes out of Milwaukee in the morning til about 11? but I'm always otherwise busy at that time, but I know he has a really good show as my hubby listens to him when in the semi he drives locally each week day and I sometimes can catch his half hour show on the t.v. on sunday mornings also out of Milwaukee and he's very sensible but seems low key (not prone to ranting!)

Maybe we don't. At least I don't. The only time I listen to the radio is in the car and the only station I listen to is the University of Pennsylvania's alternative rock station. The last thing I want to listen to when driving is someone spouting politics.

I don't remember ever hearing of where the broadcasts were in my area. They couldn't have been very popular.

I listen to a lot of talk radio...not as much as I used to be I still catch some folks every day...so I can tell you why Air America failed. There was no balance. Every program was far to the left, filled with fear mongering spin and conspiracy theories that insulted the intelligence of any listener who had half a brain. Conservative talk radio...at least the stations I get down here in Florida...offers a variety of opinions, some strongly to the right...some in the middle...some a combination of both. When you depend on only a hard core base, you limit yourself. That was Air America's problem.