Michael Savage leaves radio show after legal win

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

Michael Savage's talk show left the airwaves Thursday after the conservative host won a legal battle with his longtime employer, although his attorney said discussions with new networks are already under way.

Savage posted a message on his website Thursday evening under the headline "Free at Last!" that said he was free to work with any station or network from now on. He said he "will not be heard on the radio for some time."

His attorney Daniel Horowitz said Savage left Talk Radio Network after obtaining a favorable ruling in arbitration Thursday afternoon.

More than 8 million people listen to Savage's show each week, placing him behind only Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity in ratings, according to the magazine Talkers. The immediate effect that his abrupt departure would have on companies that advertise on his show was unclear.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Michael-Savage-leaves-radio-show-after-legal-win-3900767.php

[Bjorn Against]

1. It is not real often That I get happy about a win from the far-right.

I must say however that I congratulate The Savage Weiner on his win and I hope Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity and the rest of them soon win the loss of their shows as well.

[olddad56]

2. Fuck Michael Savage

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. I would never have thought that Savage would make radio a better place...

this one act makes it better for a while.

[CreekDog]

4. Ohhh no that's too bad!!!

said no one ever.

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. That man is a toxic psycho.

It's like stream of consciousness raving, with a really ugly politics behind it.

People he doesn't like are "vermin," "scum," "filth."

Obama is a "communist Islamist." He really says, or rather, spews, shit like that on a regular basis.

I admit, I listen to the guy sometimes, with a horrified fascination.

[Zambero]

7. He's been quite brutal toward Anne Romney

Along the lines of: "That country club woman does nothing to benefit the ticket. I don't like her."

[Comrade Grumpy]

10. He's not too fond of Mitt, either. Calls him "the empty suit."

Romney is way too sane for Savage, despite all the tacking to the right he did earlier this year.

[karmaqueen]

11. I admit, I listen sometime too.

I know what you mean about the strange fascination. Words flow from his soul that are hateful against liberals but he says it in a way that makes him sound as if he is joking. He is the only wing nut that is not totally ignorant, loves animals and believes in global warming. I never really listened to a whole show and only catch it once in a while in a car but for some reason I can listen to him where as Limbaugh, Hannity, and most others make me sick and I turn them off immediately. I HATE what he says but I can listen and that had me worried, lol. Glad to see some other normal person has listened too.

[Lint Head]

6. Hope he's off the air until after Nov. 6th. Forever would be better.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. He is the worst!!! Anything that keeps him off the air is fine with me...

[PossumSqueezins]

9. Wingnut Weiner's absence will be a victory for people with radios!!!!!!!

His voice and ideas are mentally ill nails on a chalkboard. Hopefully the absence of this hate-filled corpulent bag of pus will turn into months and that will turn into years and then his putrefying inner hate will erode through to the degrading rotting exterior and someone will finally call the embalmer.

[defacto7]

12. I can't tell. Do you like Savage or not?

nice comment and Welcome to DU!

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Welcome to the DU!

I love people that paint pictures with words!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

13. 8 million listeners. I gather all in the U.S. And most of them male. Yuck.

[NICO9000]

16. The RW women listeners are even worse

Judging by the calls Stephanie Miller and Randi have been getting lately, a lot of the rank-and-file rethug women are just vile, hateful creatures.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

45. When these right wingers began, Obama wasn't even in the Illinois state legislature yet . . .

They had no idea who was about to make their world go completely crazy.

[Stewland]

15. Micheal Savage

I find his show to be right wing from a Zionist perspective. He is not a friend of Muslims to be sure. I do like his expressiveness but find it humor full. I am sure he is laughing all the way to the bank.

[oberliner]

25. From a Zionist perspective?

Interesting.

[Stewland]

29. He certainly likes hard liners

Yes, He certainly promotes a positive image of Israel and Bibi. HOw many times did I hear him call Muslims names like vermin, Pond sucking scum,towelheads ect.. Loved the way he expressed his Jewishness on moist every show. oy,oy oy he would say. He was no friend of gays or feminists. I found him amusing because you dont hear many Jewish right wing talkers. He could schlep with the best of them.

[oberliner]

31. He is viciously anti-semitic

Savage Anti-Semitism
Radio host takes ethnic aim at Jewish enemies

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1148

[Comrade Grumpy]

36. Perhaps Savage is that rare bird, the anti-semitic Zionist.

[Stewland]

32. he likes right leaning neocons

Your right he does talk that way about progressive Jewish people. He speaks proudly about his parents and how hard they worked. He favors hard liners such as Kristol,Cantor, Wolfwitz ect. To him they are true Americans. He lives in San Francisco which I find amusing because it is one of the most liberal cities.

[pstokely]

40. No station in San Fran even carried the show

nt

[pstokely]

41. No station in San Fran even carried the show

Last edited Sun Sep 30, 2012, 08:57 PM - Edit history (1)

How many national hosts aren't carried in their home markets?

[pink-o]

46. What's weird is he lives here!

A long time ago, when DU did Top 10 Conservative Idiots, the Savage Wiener was featured when 2 DU'ers sighted him @ Pier 39 being super nasty to a busboy. They recognized his mean voice, because basically he was ranting the same way he does on the radio.

I have to wonder if he lives here because all of us happy liberals fuel his rage and bitterness. This is a small town as compared to NYC or LA or Boston, but those places have far more sanctuaries for Repigs. They're pretty lonely in SF.

[Hulk]

17. What a complete, low-life turd.

This is one bottom-feeding scum-sucker. Listening to him is painful. Gotta have LOTS of hate, and an empty brain cavity.

[Suji to Seoul]

18. Hopefully he goes the route of Hal Turner and that ilk, since Savage is one step above that

disgusting RW turd.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. I'm old enough to remember DJs that were cool.

They used to let you know where to meet for protests.

[Bluenorthwest]

24. Savage is not a DJ by any definition. He's a radio talk show host.

Of the right wing sort. Right wing radio commentators NEVER let anyone know where to meet for protests.
DJ does not mean 'anyone who is on the radio' and today, most DJs are not on the radio at all....

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. I know the difference between a DJ and a talk radio host. I'm just saying,...

....it's only been recently that there has been the shift to the Right. Before all the Limbaugh and Hannity clones you would have guys doing drive time like Lohman And Barkley.

[alp227]

20. Seems his last actual show was on Tuesday the 25th

My search on YouTube found that Talk Radio Network played a best-of compilation for the Wednesday Savage Nation.

I have sometimes listened to Savage (who's from my area...yikes) to get the latest right wing perspectives. Savage seems like a nice guy when talking about life and everyday topics but in political topics he starts sounding like an evangelical preacher with a John Birch Society membership card. ANYONE who strays from the "faith, family, and freedom" Christian patriot position is a COMMUNIST, VERMIN, insert nasty word here in his book.

Savage has called on the arrest and child porn prosecution of the photographer of the controversial breastfeeding Newsweek cover:

Also here is an example of how he argues with liberal callers. This one where he says Obama shouldn't be allowed to be president because his association with Bill Ayers meant Obama can't even be an FBI agent (since when were FBI agents elected officials?)

And of course Savage is OBSESSED with Obama's college transcripts:

However, he does have occasional good ideas like the war on Iraq being mistake, imposing tariffs on China, and reinstating the Glass Steagall Act.

Check out this RationalWiki article I wrote debunking claims about Obama from Savage's 2010 book Trickle Up Poverty.

[UTUSN]

21. Who are these 8M audience of WIENER?!1 Not to mention LIMBOsevic's & HANNITY's n/t

[pstokely]

22. old white men mostly

nt

[Marrah_G]

28. Not just men though

Here in Mass there is an asshole talk show host called Michael Graham. He is a complete teabag nutjob, racist, bigot, etc. Alot of his callers are women, crazy, ignorant women, but women just the same. Religion and bigotry can blind people of both genders.

[Paladin]

23. Fuck You Where You Breathe, Savage.

For your recent comments about epilepsy, in particular. Have a nice, big, grand mal, at your earliest convenience.

[rurallib]

26. makes me think of that old line

"he brightens up a room just by leaving it."

Radio just got better.
The people who miss his brand of crap can spend their days down at the local landfill digging in the garbage.

[formercia]

27. Out in the Sticks

Just about all you hear on the Radio is Reich-Wanker assholes like Weiner, Evangelical nut jobs and Meth-friendly noise Bands. No wonder this Country is so fucked-up.

[sarcasmo]

30. Another one bites the dust.

[christx30]

33. I used to like to listen to him

for that sick facination thing. But lately he just has had guest lecturers in there, with Michael's canned responces placed in there to give the illusion of a two-way conversation. It comes across as lazy, like this overpaid prick can't even be bothered to bring himself into the office. It's as effective as taping ping pong balls to your eyes to appear to be awake while you sleep in class.

[Enrique]

34. if he's off the air

then it's a win for everyone.

[I love weed]

37. Savage.

Well, he does hate Rush Limbaugh and believes in evolution. Also he spent years studying plants and herbal medicines as alternatives to big pharma.

I think his show is mostly shtick. Nobody could be that over-the-top in real life.

Talk radio is an entertainment industry, first and foremost.

[PossumSqueezins]

38. Yes, it's schick

But it's dangerous schtick because he preys on the stupid and mentally ill. America would be better with the Fairness Doctrine in place.

[Ash_F]

39. One less nutter poisoning people's minds

At least for a little while.

[alp227]

42. Dr. Bill Wattenburg, the former KGO host and scientist, guest hosted today,

Meanwhile the TRN CEO announced an "October Surprise" to replace "The Savage Nation" starting Monday. Sounds like Wattenburg will be on the radio 6 days a week (he currently hosts a Sunday night talk show after KGO canceled his weekend late night talk show that had run since the '70s. That show had a following throughout the West Coast due to KGO's 50 kW blowtorch signal reaching far beyond the SF Bay Area at night.)

[Poll_Blind]

43. That animal is one of the most caustic things on the airwaves today and it's stunning that..

...8 million people intentionally listen to that filth.

PB

[Dawson Leery]

44. Bye

[petronius]

47. Gotta love a story where everyone is a winner!

[pstokely]

48. There's still a Wiener

A Savage Wiener