Syndicated competition to Limbaugh

[AM_Rocks]

Russ is the granddad of all talk.  Love him or hate him, he brings in big numbers and he's tough to beat.  And, with a deal to be on Clear Channel stations, what's a competitor to do?
Two questions:
1) Is there any market where someone at a news or talk station is actually beating Rush in his daypart?  (local or syndicated.)
2) Is there any syndicated show that is looking promising to getting some numbers despite being on opposite Rush.

Thanks.

[gr8oldies]

Bill Cunningham at WLW, but remember he had a several year head start. From what I hear about WGST in Atlanta, probably both the last hour of Boortz and Clark Howard on Wsb are ahead. I don't know of any up and coming personality would handily beat Rush. O'Reilly didn't.

[tampalistener]

From what I hear about WGST in Atlanta, probably both the last hour of Boortz and Clark Howard on Wsb are ahead.

And that probably has less to do with what Boortz and Howard have to offer, and more to do with GST's weak signal.

[gr8oldies]

Not sure why WGST would have a weak signal in the daytime when they're running 50000 watts, just like WSB. Night is a different matter with WGST powering down to 1000 watts.

[Steven21]

Hasn't KGO/SF regularly beaten Limbaugh?

[del_griffith]

I belive in Orlando, WDBO wins the time slot.

[DToTheJ]

Is there any syndicated show that is looking promising to getting some numbers despite being on opposite Rush.

I think Michael Smerconish has a bright future in radio. He could get the torch by default if/when Limbaugh hangs it up.

[livingfruitvirus]

Bill Cunningham at WLW, but remember he had a several year head start. From what I hear about WGST in Atlanta, probably both the last hour of Boortz and Clark Howard on Wsb are ahead. I don't know of any up and coming personality would handily beat Rush. O'Reilly didn't.

WSB is indeed ahead. Both Boortz and Howard are Atlanta locals and WSB produces their shows, so they've both had a long local history. Clark Howard also does a segment for WSB-TV. It's no surprise both stomp WGST.

[AM_Rocks]

So if you had a station that was up against a Limbaugh, what would you do?

[argentarius]

Completely different side of the political spectrum, but I do believe that Ed Schultz has a bright future in radio.   He is also on some conservative stations, though I am sure he isn't beating Rush anywhere just yet