For good or bad, there’s an opinion that talkradio is driving the political agenda. So who are Tucson audiences taking their cues from?

I decided to drill down into the latest Arbitron radio ratings, taken April 3 - June 25, to find out. These are the latest ratings. The next batch won’t be released by Arbitron until just before the Nov. 4 election.

Probably surprising no one, conservative granddaddy Rush Limbaugh on KNST 790-AM is Tucson’s favorite talkradio personality, averaging nearly 13,000 listeners per quarter hour. There are only three radio shows in the market with more listeners: Johnjay & Rich on KRQ 93.7-FM average 26,200 listeners, Max, Shannon & the Porkchop on KIIM 99.5-FM average 17,400 listeners and Bobby Rich on Mix-FM KMXZ 94.9-FM averages 13,800 per quarter hour.

So, among talkradio stations only, who ranks where? The list follows.

(The first number is average number of listeners per quarter hour. The percentage is the share of the total radio listening audience while the show is on the air.):

1 Rush Limbaugh (KNST 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.)

12,993, 7.3%

2 Sean Hannity (KNST 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.)

7,129, 4.6%

3 Morning Edition (KUAZ 5 a.m. - 10 a.m.)

5,989, 3.8%

4 Jim Parisi (KNST 6 a.m. - 10 a.m.)

5,797, 3.5%

5 Mark Levin (KNST 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.)

4,892, 3.6%

6 All Things Considered (KUAZ 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.)

4,282, 3.3%

7 Marketplace (KUAZ 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.)

4,276, 2.8%

8 Fresh Air (KUAZ 10 a.m.- 11 a.m.; now 1 p.m.)

4,222, 2.4%

9 Wall Street Journal This Morning (KNST 5 a.m. - 6 a.m.)

3,815, 7.0%

10 Talk of the Nation (KUAZ 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.)

3,258, 1.8%

11 Michael Savage (The Truth 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.)

2,950, 2.7%

12 Marketplace (KUAZ 6:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.)

2,786, 3.7%

13 Dennis Miller (KVOI 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.)

2,751, 1.5%

14 Hugh Hewitt (KVOI 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.)

2,723, 2.0%

15 Jon Justice (The Truth 6 a.m. - 9 a.m.)

2,600, 1.6%

16 Dennis Prager (KVOI 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.)

2,554, 1.4%

17 Sean Hannity Encore (KNST 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.)

2,485, 3.3%

18 George Noory (KNST 10 p.m. - 5 a.m.)

2,484, 20.2%

19 Dr. Laura Schlessinger (The Jolt Noon - 3 p.m.)

2,343, 1.4%

20 Laura Ingraham (The Truth 9 a.m. - Noon)

2,338, 1.3%

21 Here & Now (KUAZ 1 p.m. - 2 p.m., since cancelled)

2,334, 1.5%

22 BBC The World (KUAZ 2 p.m.- 3 p.m.)

2,290, 1.5%

23 Michael Medved (KVOI Noon - 3 p.m.)

2,068, 1.2%

24 Neal Boortz (The Truth Noon - 2 p.m.)

1,976, 1.2%

25 Jody Oehler (KFFN 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.)

1,738, 1.3%

26 Diamondbacks/The Pulse (KFFN 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.)

1,590, 1.2%

27 Bill O’Reilly (The Truth 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.)

1,530, 1.1%

28 John C. Scott (KVOI 6 a.m.- 7 a.m.)

1,506, 1.2%

29 Jim Rome (The Source 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.)

1,505, 0.8%

30 Stephanie Miller (The Jolt 6 a.m. - 9 a.m.)

1,214, 0.8%

31 Michael Savage (KNST 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.)

1,159, 2.3%

32 Glenn Beck (The Source 7 a.m. - 10 a.m.)

1,092, 0.6%

33 Mike Tirico & Scott Van Pelt (KFFN 10 a.m. - Noon, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. eff. Sept 2 )

1,048, 0.6%

34 John C. Scott (KVOI 11 a.m. - Noon)

1,040, 0.6%

35 Scott Van Pelt (KFFN Noon - 1 p.m. 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. eff. Sept 2)

948, 0.5%

36 Diamondbacks/SportsCenter (KFFN 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.)

919, 1.9%

37 Jerry Doyle (The Truth 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.)

854, 1.6%

38 Glenn Parker (The Source 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.)

783, 0.6%

39 Ed Schultz (The Jolt 9 a.m. - Noon)

758, 0.4%

40 Colin Cowheard (KFFN 7 a.m. - 10 a.m., moves to 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. eff. Sept. 2)

727, 0.4%

41 Dan Patrick (The Source 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.)

668, 0.4%

42 Neal Boortz (The Truth 4 a.m. - 6 a.m.)

651, 1.5%

43 Paid programs (The Jolt 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.)

556, 0.4%

44 Dennis Miller (KVOI 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.)

527, 0.7%

45 Dirk Van (The Jolt 5 a.m. - 6 a.m.; now 2 a.m.)

490, 0.9%

46 Mike Golic & Mike Greenberg (KFFN, 3 a.m. - 7 a.m. moves to 6 a.m. - 10 a.m. eff. Sept. 2)

472, 1.0%

47 Pardon the Interruption (cancelled eff. Sept. 2)

458, 0.3%

48 SportsNation (cancelled eff. Sept. 2)

402, 0.3%

49 Diamondbacks/Jason Smith (KFFN 10 p.m. - 2 a.m.)

348, 1.7%

50 Phil Hendrie (The Source 10 p.m. - 3 a.m.)

313, 1.6%

51 Fox Sports (The Source 3 a.m. - 7 a.m.)

273, 0.4%

52 When Radio Was (The Jolt Midnight - 2 a.m.)

251, 1.9%

53 Alan Colmes (The Jolt 9 p.m. - Midnight)

195, 0.8%

54 Greg Knapp (The Truth 10 p.m. - 1 a.m.)

131, 0.6%

55 Lou Dobbs (The Jolt 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.)

113, 0.2%

56 Mike O’Meara (The Source 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.)

112, 0.2%

57 Mike Gallagher (The Truth 1 a.m.- 4 a.m.)

102, 1.9%

58 Dave Ramsey (KVOI 9 p.m. - Midnight)

97, 0.3%

59 John Gibson (KVOI 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.)

57, 0.1%

60 SportsCenter (KFFN 2 a.m. - 3 a.m.)

56, 1.1%

61 Doug Stephan (The Jolt 2 a.m. - 5 a.m.; since cancelled)

53, 1.0%

62 Bill Bennett (KVOI 3 a.m. - 6 a.m.)

36, 0.1%

63 Brian Kilmeade & Judge Andrew Napolitano (KVOI Midnight - 3 a.m.)

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