''The Mark Levin Show'' is a

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show hosted by

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. The program is broadcast nationwide on

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and reaches an estimated seven million weekly listeners, according to an estimate from ''

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''. The ''Talkers'' estimate puts Levin's listenership in a tie with ''The

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'' for fourth-most-listened-to talk radio show in the United States and, counting all

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s, is the seventh-most-listened-to radio program in the United States.

History

Levin began his career as a radio host in 2002 in a Sunday afternoon timeslot on WABC. WABC assigned Levin to fill in starting on June 16, 2003 after the station dropped ''

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'' for the 7–9 pm.time period weeknights. On September 2, 2003, his show moved to the 6–7 p.m. timeslot on WABC. Levin's WABC program expanded to 2 hours starting May 17, 2004. On January 30, 2006,

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began syndicating the show. Initially, ABC expanded the program to three other stations, including WMAL in Levin's local

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. On February 2, 2009, the program expanded to 3 hours (6–9 p.m. ET). ABC's radio assets later changed hands to

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in 2007, then to

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in 2011; in 2013, Cumulus combined all of its radio assets under the banner of

. Levin signed a five-year contract extension with Westwood One in January 2015. ''The Mark Levin Show'' can be heard on over 150 stations and the

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channel. Levin's show has been rated number one in its time slot in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas–Fort Worth and Washington, D.C. On June 25, 2018, Levin was elected into the

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Format

His radio show, a mix of political and social commentary from a conservative point of view, covers legal issues, including decisions of the

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. Levin follows the conventional

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model of taking listener calls throughout the show; he is often hostile to callers opposing his views, frequently cutting them off with words like "get off my phone, you idiot." The show's program segments often feature Levin recounting contemporary news items and controversies. The pace of these segments starts as slow and brooding and eventually escalate into Levin angrily shouting questions at "Mr. Producer" (Rich Sementa, Executive Producer of the program), who does not have a speaking role on the show. Levin uses his own on-air jargon, some of which he invented and some of which he popularized. He uses disparaging nicknames for mainstream media outlets, such as "New York Slimes" for ''The New York Times'', "Washington Compost" for ''The Washington Post'', or "MSLSD" for MSNBC.

References

External links

Official website
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