I've been listening to talk radio in one form or another for more than 30 years. Back in the late 60's, when I was young and naive, I used to listen to a hippie dude named Elliott Mintz on KMET FM in LA (I don't think AM talk radio existed then). Then in the 70's I switched to Ray Breme and Ira Fistel in LA on KABC. These were late night guys, conservative and liberal, respectively. Dennis Prager came along next, and I still listen to him today (now nationally syndicated). Back in the 80's during long drives I used to have to take across country, nothing passes the time like listening to talk radio. I used to listen to Bruce Williams, Sallie Jessie Raphael and Larry King (only on radio then). In the 80's there were lots lof liberal/left talk shows, but they died out (thankfully
). Rush Limbaugh really started talk radio as we know it today. In the 90's through today I listen to (in order of preference): Dennis Prager, Hugh Hewitt, Limbaugh, G. Gordon Liddy, Medved, and Savage (for a laugh).