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Conservative talk radio works because there are lots of conservatives who are convinced that they are not getting the whole story from the regular media.

Most conservative and progressive talk radio is primarily just that - bloviated opinion and whacky viewer calls.

I mean it's - it is hard to find a voice on talk radio that is not a conservative voice.

Conservative talkers love to throw numbers around: their ratings and their audience size. And to be sure, they have a sizable audience which numbers in the tens of millions. But having people tune in and being able to dictate their actions are two different things.

Talk radio doesn't need to be political.

American media has just become talk radio, incredibly partisan name-calling and op-eds.

When I'm on TV, I'm often talking to a conservative host. I may have another conservative arguing with me. You've got very limited time, and you're using 'sound-bite' type language.

Progressives know there is something very wrong when a nation divided politically has one major network operating as a propaganda arm of the Republican Party and 90 percent of talk radio is dominated by right-wing extremists.

Talk radio is an asset to our nation because it encourages strong and healthy debate about public policy, and there is no reason to affect that debate with government legislation.

Conservatives, despite their increasingly powerful presence on cable TV and talk radio, feel excluded and disregarded by the longstanding preponderance of liberal voices on public television.