Mike Malloy leaps far ahead:

Mike Malloy started reading from George Orwell's book "1984", a 6 minute segment everyday.

It is amazing what this Talk Show Host can do with such a simple tool as an old book. He just jumped miles ahead of other Liberal Talk Show Hosts in the ratings.

Stephanie Miller is getting good vibes from all around. Her short interview of Congressman John Conyers Jr. just a few minutes before the hearings in the basement of the House, because of the behaviour of the fascist, Republican Congressman and the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, James Sensenbeger, helped her jump up the chart.

Peter Werbe will be off the next two weeks, so do not be surprised when he does not appear on the ratings.

Lizz Brown has her technical team trying to solve why she cannot be heard live in Finland. Would love to bring her back into the ratings, but she will also have to keep her pages regularly updated to get a true rating.

Ring of Fire had some great items on last weeks programme, pushing them up the ratings.

The outrageously funny but deadly serious Ray Taliaferro really kicked both right-wingers and apologetic liberals in the backside on his shows this past week. He is one who takes no enemies and boy, was he good.

Nate Clay has been talking too much of local issues, but even so he still manages to hold his rating. He really exposes Democratic Senator Barrack Obama as an "Uncle Tom"! And Nate knows about Uncle Toms, he does.

Despite Sam Seder having a briiliant show with Louise Slaughter's scoop about day traders working with insider info out of GOP Senator's offices, the show still cannot hit the high spots because of the incoherent shouting that takes place on the programme. Louder does not make the items more sensational!

Ratings for the week ended 21st January 2006:

1. Mike Malloy Show hosted by Mike Malloy ***** 5 (# + 1 +1) shows a week


2. Nightcall hosted by Peter Werbe ***** 1 show a week


3. Bernie Ward ***** 4 shows a week


4. The Stephanie Miller Show **** 5 shows a week


5. Laura Flanders ***** 2 shows a week


6. Ring of Fire (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Mike Papantonio) ***** 1 show a week


7. The Randi Rhodes Show ***** 5 shows a week


8. Ray Taliferro ***** 5 shows a week


9. Thom Hartmann *** 5 shows a week


10. Mike Webb *** 5 shows a week


11. Nate Clay ** 1 show a week


12. Air America Mornings (Mark Riley 0500 - 0700 and Rachel Maddow 0700 - 0900) ****


13. Politically Direct (David Bender) **** 1 show a week


14. Ecotalk (Betsy Rosenberg) **** 1 show a week


15. The Majority Report (Janeane Garofalo, Sam Seder) ** 5 shows a week


16. The Young Turks (Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz and Jill Pike) *** 5 shows a
    
17. John Rothmann *** 2 shows a week


18. Ed Schultz 5 shows a week **

Unrated this week:

• Guy James 1 show a week - Not on air currently


• Revolution in the Air (Lizz Brown) ** 5 shows a week Unrated - Not Live


• Radio Inside Scoop (Mark Levine) ***4 shows a week Unrated - Not Live


• The Al Franken Show 5 shows a week


• Springer on the Radio (Jerry Springer) 5 shows a week


• Morning Sedition (Marc Maron, Mark Riley) *** 5 shows a week Removed from Air America Schedule

Till next week.