"More than any other mass medium, radio enjoys a captive audience—if only because so many of the listeners are driving—but in a major market there are dozens of AM stations to listen to, plus of course FM and satellite radio, and even a very seductive and successful station rarely gets more than a five or six percent audience share."
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"Host: Deep into the mercenary world of take-no-prisoners political talk radio." The Atlantic, April 2005.
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