Talk:Dean Edell

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[edit] Popularity of Dr. Dean Edell Show?

Kvuo recently deleted portions of the article regarding the popularity of the show with the explanation of "obviously untrue." Looking into this, I find conflicting evidence: Edell's Bio (published by dozens of radio stations) claims that it is "America's second most popular syndicated radio talk show...heard in more than 400 radio stations."

Talkers Magazine, on the other hand, places his weekly audience size at 1 million listeners, ranking 26th in their 2005 survey.

Looked hard at Arbitron, but I am not sure if they track market shares or audience sizes for syndicated shows. Hoping you can shed more light on this, Kvuo. dpotter 03:43, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

If Edell is heard in only 90 markets, then he cannot be possibly #2 behind Limbaugh. Phil Hendrie is in over 100 markets, and he's nowhere near #2. I'm not sure I'd take edell's own word at how popular the radio show is.. Radio guys are notorious self-promoters. he may be #2 in some certain demographic. but I'm quite sure there are other radio shows that are on in more than 90 markets other than limbaugh.. --Kvuo 14:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Both could be true. It used to be that you could not pick up the Limbaugh show without having Dean Edell along. This was a recognized fact a few years ago. See here Most stations therefore carried him grudgingly, and most of them banished him to weekends or the overnight hours if they could. Calwatch 03:23, 31 January 2006 (UTC)