Over a decade and a half ago I was a regular Glenn Beck listener. My political views “evolved” rapidly at the turn of the century to where I know find him (and all right wing talk radio stars) pretty loathsome.
Was he not anti-Trump at one point? But not now I’m made to understand? How did he justify that transition?
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Curious to hear if somebody provides some details. I’ve seen him “pop up” a few times, and he seems to be trying to play both sides of the aisle to find somebody willing to give him money. He had tearful apologies about being divisive in the early 00s, became a never Trumper, and his recent embrace of Trump looks, superficially, like an attempt to court anti-feminist dollars (apparently cribbing from Limbaugh’s 90s playbook).
Where can one find ratings for radio shows. I’d be curious to learn how his have fluctuated.
He’s not on radio. He hasn’t been for years. He started The Blaze years ago and has been online every since. I think the company merged with another one so I’m not sure if he’s in charge or what his role is but that’s still where you can hear his show.
Nielsen is the primary radio ratings company these days (they bought Arbitron, which had done radio ratings for decades, in 2013). It’s pretty easy to find online sources which show overall rating rankings of stations in particular market, and it’s also easy to find news reports which reference how indivudual shows are ranked in a market (such as, “Big Joe has the #1 show in the morning drive slot in Peoria.”)
However, it’s not easy to find the specifics of ratings for particular shows (market by market, or nationally). If you look at the Wikipedia entry for “List of most-listened-to radio programs,” the primary source is given as “Talkers Magazine,” which apparently draws on various sources (including Nielsen / Arbitron) to make some informed estimates on total audience size.
All of that leads me to believe that the data do exist to answer your question, but it also suggests to me that that level of data isn’t available to the public – Nielsen sells it to the radio stations, syndicators, and advertisers.
Beck spoke at CPAC. Going anti-Trump, however, cost him 90% of his fans, a blow from which he’ll never come close to recovering.
I see his ugly mug on the cover of a book in the new book section of my library. Don’t know what the gist is. Won’t pick it up - I don’t want cooties.
He has been in the news for the last couple of days for calling Trump the last male role model.
So when I listen to him on the drive home from work Sunday mornings on my local FM talk radio station I’m imagining it?
You would probably be better off imagining it but I do see you are right. When he left the biggest talk radio station in the country, left Fox and startered The Blaze I didn’t realize he was still syndicating. The merger with CRTV probably helped. I see in my state he is on two tiny remote stations run on hamster power so it’s no wonder he isn’t a radio presence here.
One of his books was donated to our Friends of the Library store a few weeks ago. The director asked what category it should go into, and I said, “Fiction.” 
The Wiki page says his show is syndicated on over 500 stations, so those of you who think you imagined hearing his program, aren’t.
He’s on XM daily, and I think he’s syndicated on regular radio also, as one of the stations in the area carries him I believe. But I know he’s on XM - I’ve heard him in the last 2 weeks scanning the stations.