Re: SO where are the women these days?

[Larry Weil <kc1ih@mac.com>]

At 8:24 AM -0400 6/5/03, SteveOrdinetz wrote:
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>Talk radio in general seems to do poorly with women.  I did an 
>informal survey of female friends & acquaintances a few years ago, 
>and almost none of them ever listened to talk radio.  None 
>specifically mentioned being put off by conservative viewpoints or 
>the lack of female hosts...it just seems that the genre does not 
>appeal to women.  Now some may say that it's because talk radio is 
>so male-leaning, but I'm not so sure.  I find it hard to believe 
>that any format would deliberately set out to exclude 50% of the 
>population...talk radio any more than soft AC (which has a largely 
>female audience).  While there is no doubt a chicken-and-egg analogy 
>here, my guess is that talk radio has gravitated to conservative 
>male hosts because that's who the audience is.   Maybe more a Mars 
>vs Venus thing?

I'm wondering if anyone has any data on how "Talk of the Nation" on 
NPR does with women compared to other talk shows?

-- 
Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH