(3/1/2001) Michael Savage Now up to 175 Stations in Syndication. Savage Nation host Michael Savage has once again hit another station growth milestone — 175 stations. This, only weeks after he celebrated his first full year in national syndication on January 17, 2001, with an unprecedented 150 stations (Monday through Friday). Savage, who rose to prominence as San Francisco's top-rated afternoon drive-time talk-show host has skyrocketed this last year into the national spotlight with ratings breakthroughs coast to coast. Savage's ratings are no San Francisco fluke! This is the biggest breakthough show in years, says ABC's legendary program director Jack Swanson. Fall Arbitron ratings on San Francisco's KSFO shows Savage with an astounding 5.5 share for all persons 12+ and an amazing 4.3 share for the key 25/54 demographic, making Savage, an edgy conservative talker, the No. 1 rated afternoon show in liberal San Francisco — a market of over 75 stations.
