Reply #4: I think you missed my point. Before "Right Wing Talk Radio", there

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was just talk radio, many of the shows worked under a no opinion policy similar to C-Span call-in show where the host gives no opinions, but just goes through the national news bringing up the stories of the day and people call in and say whatever they want and then the next caller does the same.

Alan Berg was an extreme wacko (mostly RW except where Israel was concerned, but always extreme) and who ever heard of him before he pissed off the wrong people and was assassinated by nazis in his driveway.

The point is that, if they are to imitate the success of RWR, they need to generate and encourage their audience from outside the "squishy middle-of-the-road", already convinced, unenthusiastic, followers of whatever the DNC says crowd. The ABB group is not the source of interesting radio, nor are they committed fanatics that will spend their time and money doing whatever their host of choice tells them to. If they want to attract large numbers and make significant changes, they need to learn from the masters like Stern. Love him or hate him, hardly anybody is indifferent to him and that's why he can single-handedly turn a station around.