This is generally a conservative station. In New York City, for example, WABC AM 77 is on 24 hours, 7 days a week. But the biggest problems are the most notorious and ubiquitous commercials, and that's one of the main reasons my rating is One Star; the 12-3 PM show is another issue, plus two of the call screeners....
Of course, 99% of listeners and callers are conservative, and they call to agree or to ditto the hosts. Hosts, too, often will cut off someone they disagree with and then pretend it was unintentional. Half of the sponsors on WABC have been sued and/or made out-of-court settlements. Yet, each and every one is still appearing on WABC dozens of times a day.
As for the 12-3 PM show (Curtis & Juliet) - don't even bother to call to get on the air; Curtis simply can NEVER stop talking, and he hogs 75% of that three-hour slot; Juliet speaks for about 20-22%, and callers WHO ARE LUCKY to get on the air get no more than a total of 3-5% of the show! The worst issue about the Curtis-Juliet show is that they keep switching topics every 15-30 minutes; therefore, if you call on a specific topic Curtis brings up, and, say, one other caller gets on the air before you, it's over! You're cut off while waiting to get on, and they go to another topic! The screener, too, will often place you on hold without even asking "what do you want to say?" This is a clue that you shouldn't hang on...because you're not getting on the air! Often Curtis cuts a caller - even if he/she agrees - because Curtis just CAN NOT STOP TALKING! Curtis Sliwa is THE MOST GARRULOUS person on the news media - based on our own 40-year talk-radio-listener experience - and perhaps even on the planet! He's so in love with blabbering away that he also speaks in behalf of some of the most notorious and/or prevaricating/hyperbolic sponsors!
Generally, when there are two hosts on a show listeners rarely get a chance to participate. That's the case with the Curtis-Juliet show, of course, and also - perhaps to a lesser degree - the 6-10 AM Bernie & Sid program.
Brian Kilmeade is on from 10 to 11:55 AM, and he allows some callers to get through, although he does have guests now and then.
The Rudy Giuliani 3-4 PM slot provides listeners opportunities to call in successfully, provided the former NYC mayor doesn't have more than one or two guests.... Mr. Giuliani used to be on 3 to 5 PM, but for the past couple of months his one-hour show is simply re-run from 9 to 10 PM.
Ben Shapiro, the fast-talking but hardly biased host, is on from 4 to 6 PM, but being a national show like some of the others on WABC, you really have to keep trying in order to get a chance to speak with him. Many college students or generally younger listeners call in to ask him for general advice, which he provides impartially and generously. If and when you get used to his rapid speech, you're going to enjoy listening to him.
Mark Levin is on from 6 to 9 PM, and he does have guests, but he does take callers; however, his screener can be pretty impatient - to the point of being rude!
The rather biased, prejudiced John Batchelor show takes no calls (11 PM - 1 AM), but some of the regular guests apprise only one side of any political, military, national or global event - the falsehoods! One example is the Azeri ambassador and Brenda Shaffer, both of whom are regulars on the show: they go on lambasting the Armenians in the Ngorno-Karabakh conflict...without ever mentioning that 90% of the people in Ngorno-Karabakh are Armenians; that the reason they proclaimed independence was that they were being persecuted and treated as second-class citizens as Christians; that that territory was indeed part of Historical Armenia, just as much of today's eastern parts of Turkey.... Nor do the host and those two prevaricating guests mention Turkey's open anti-Armenia stance and direct and indirect military support of Azerbaijan; and the Jewish State's contribution of military advisors and drones and other weapons to Azerbaijan in exchange for oil and generous cash.... Finally, there's a month-old overnight show - 1 to 5 AM (Sun.-Thu.) - with Frank Morani called The Other Side of Midnight. If you're awake, give it a try. We've liked him better than most of the other hosts, and since most people are asleep, there's a better chance of getting on the air.... The call screener is very nice, too. So long as you can tolerate the omnipresent commercials: Kars4Kids; Gil Lederman; Balance of Nature....
As for Saturdays and Sundays, there are only a few hours of worthwhile political programming, unless you don't mind the intermittent infomercials or switching in and out of the station. Thanks for reading! read more