Why Talk Radio is largely conservative - (Was: Howie Carr, etc.etc. etc)

[Don A]

> Bill O asked -
>> Just so that we keep this to radio, given this civil back-and-forth 
>> exchange on a meaty topic that may dig a bit into the political comfort 
>> zone, what type of radio talk show would we be _more_ likely to get this 
>> discourse -

Just as an aside, I remember listening to Jim Westover when he had a woman 
on the line complaining that "all they ever did was talk about bad things on 
the radio".....and never have talk shows talk about "nice things".   Jim 
Westover said "Well, what kind of "nice things" would you like us to talk 
about?"

She responded:  "Oh, I don't know....baskets and things?"

I remember chuckling thinking of a talk show that talked about "baskets"....

<<insert quip by Bill O'Neill....>>

Whenever I've been in focus groups in the past and heard people mentione 
they want talk shows that talk about "nice things"...this comes to mind!