This is off topic, but Texas Rifleman, you are just wrong about this. I don't know where you are getting this. They have been #1 or #2 for years in their time slot of afternoon drive.
Arbitron's last ratings for Hardline is a 6.5 share in Male 25-54, just pulled them up. So you are right, it's higher than I thought. Ratings only come out 4 times a year by the way. The Summer 08 ratings are the latest released and Greg Williams new show has no ratings yet. They will be in the Fall 08 book when Arbitron releases them.
The Ticket is pounding ESPN so Williams will not help that station at all probably. Which gets back to the original point that no one is listening to Greg Williams when he runs his mouth off about guns.
Here's the Ticket vs ESPN radio in the Summer 08 book, these without Williams.
Time-----------------Ticket------ESPN 103.3
6am-------------------- 5.4--------3.4
7a---------------------- 9.3--------3.2
8a---------------------- 8.3--------4.2
9a---------------------- 7.7--------3.1
10a---------------------6.6--------2.5
11a---------------------5.8--------4.7
Noon-------------------6.6--------5.0
1p---------------------- 6.9--------4.8
2p---------------------- 7.6--------2.7
3p---------------------- 7.7--------2.9
4p---------------------- 9.6--------3.3
5p---------------------11.9--------5.9
6p---------------------- 7.7--------3.3
7p---------------------- 6.1--------2.9
8p---------------------- 4.4--------1.7
9p---------------------- 2.0--------0.5
10p-------------------- 1.0--------0.3
11p---------------------1.4--------3.0
The Tickets ratings dropped dramatically recently but many are blaming the change to this thing called "Portable People Meter" that Arbitron is now using to measure listeners. Greggo of course spins it that it's because he has left the show. Many stations saw ratings drop when Arbitron changed measuring technique so his argument doesn't necessarily work.
Lots of articles on all of this out there, this one especially critical of Williams. Seems well deserved. I'm sure Hardline will do better without him.
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2008-07-03/news/the-hard-lie/1
Some quotes:
"I'm an addict. I don't do anything half-ass," Williams says, shrugging at his organizational overload. "I've always been super-neat. Make the bed, clean up after yourself. Everything's got its place."
Because right now—first things first—the host really wants you to see his pride and joy. His gun collection.
"I should not be allowed to own all these," says Williams, unlocking a 6-foot-tall safe stockpiled with an arsenal that would make David Koresh blush. "Nobody should be able to go out and buy an assault rifle. But, because the law says I can, I'm going to take advantage of it."
Anyway, the point is he's not someone who anyone is listening to anyway, and he's clearly no friend to gun owners in any way.
