Talkers Magazine is a trade industry publication related to talk radio in the United States. Its slogan is "The Bible of Talk Radio and the New Talk Media". In addition to radio, it covers talk shows on broadcast and cable television as well as Internet-only shows and podcasting.
History
Twice a year, Talkers publishes rankings of the top-rated radio talk shows; these rankings are often quoted in newspapers and other publications. Talkers also publishes a yearly "Heavy Hundred" list of the top 100 radio talk shows across the country. Beginning in 2006, it published the "Talkers 250" to expound on the "Heavy Hundred", listing #101 to #250, though in alphabetical order by genre instead of order of importance. In 2009, it published the Front In 2002, it published a list of the top 25 radio and television talk shows each of all time. In 2009, it published the "Frontier Fifty", listing in alphabetical order a "Selection of Outstanding Talk Media Webcasters."
The magazine was launched in Summer 1990 by current Publisher Michael Harrison. It publishes 10 issues per year out of Springfield, Massachusetts. The magazine is owned by Talk Media, Inc.
The magazine's online counterpart is Talkers Magazine Online, which provides limited selected content from the print version. Talkers also produces its own original podcasts via their sister site, PodJockey.
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