Michael Savage

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Career as commentator

Savage was prompted to record a demo tape on a mock radio talk show examining the work's content after the publisher's rejection of his 1994 book on illegal migration and epidemics. In an effort to change careers and become a radio talk show host, he mailed this tape to 250 radio stations. Savage began his radio career on KGO (a San Francisco news/talk radio station) on March 21, 1994 as a fill-in host for liberal Ray Taliaferro's overnight show and later as a weekend host. At the time, his slogan was "To the right of Rush and to the left of God." The performance quickly became a local hit.

Capital Cities/ABC Inc., a KGO affiliate company, purchased the station KSFO and converted it to a conservative talk show format later in 1994. Savage debuted as host of The Savage Nation on January 2, 1995, the first day of KSFO's new look. Savage was the most popular afternoon drive host among all adults in San Francisco Arbitron ratings by 2000.

Talk Radio Network began syndicating portions of The Savage Nation nationally in 1999. Beginning September 21, 2000, The Savage Nation became TRN's only national show.

Savage's show at that time had 8–10 million listeners per week, making it the third most popular television show in the United States at that time. Savage has referred to his listeners as "literate callers with intelligence, wit, and vigor." His show's success has been described as one with a "hard edge mixed with humor and education." Many of those who listen to me say they get a glimpse of Plato, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Moses, and Frankenstein. "In comparison to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Laura Schlessinger, a Bay Area-based Savage blends conservative diatribe and blunt observations with acerbic humor and the gift of gab," Mark de la Via of the San Jose Mercury News wrote about Savage.

The Savage Nation had an audience of 8 to 10 million viewers on 400 stations around the country by 2009, making it the country's second most listened-to radio talk show. Savage's audience prompted his opinion shortly before agreeing to a profile interview by Kelefa Sanneh of The New Yorker; Savage eventually accepted the offer and the New Yorker profile, "Party of One," chronicled Savage's life and personality in great detail.

KNEW (910 kHz) in Savage's home market of San Francisco said on September 10, 2009 that it was scrapping his service and replacing him with John and Ken from sister station KFI (640 kHz)—Los Angeles. In an email, KNEW's program director John Scott announced that the station would go "in a new philosophical and ideological direction, with more innovative content and more local information." According to Arbitron's monthly rankings, KNEW dropped in the rankings after Savage was let go. The KTRB, a San Francisco station, expanded the San Francisco market, receiving a ratings boost in the afternoon drive. However, the service was one of the first casualties for KTRB in September 2010, when the club was launched.

Savage revealed to his followers that a Playboy writer had contacted him via email to conduct a lengthy interview and then asked if he should accept the offer. Savage reads from personal emails between the Playboy writer and himself during the show. The writer admitted to being a listener of the Savage Country but a critic of The New Yorker's profile. The purpose of the interview, according to the writer, was to "rattle" Playboy's followers. Savage revealed on May 12, 2010 that he had been granted the interview at his house. The playboy interview was published in June 2010. He read from a pre-publication copy of the 8,000-word Playboy interview, in which the writer expressed contempt for Savage and his opinions. Savage expressed dissatisfaction with journalistic objectivity, but did not have a negative reaction towards the writer. He referred back to Kelefa Sanneh's New Yorker interview, praised Sanneh as a "true writer" who had grasped his subject.

Savage's talk show halted the airwaves on September 27, 2012, after he fought a legal battle with Talk Radio Network, his longtime employer, and his counsel said talks with new networks were ongoing. On September 30, 2012, Savage began a limited number of video webcasts via Ustream. Savage and his new syndicator Cumulus Media Networks announced on October 17, 2012, that they had signed a deal and the service, which had been off the air for several weeks, will be back on October 23, 2012. According to the radio industry's Talkers Magazine, Savage had 3.5 million weekly listeners, putting him in a six-way tie for sixth place, with six talk show hosts earning 7.5 million weekly viewers. Michael Savage's radio show, The Savage Nation, will begin in January 2014 in Cumulus Media Networks on September 26, 2013. Sean Hannity had occupied this time slot.

Savage and Westwood One had reached an agreement on a long-term contract extension for The Savage Nation in January 2015.

Savage's collaboration with Westwood One in January 2019 introduced a podcast with a mixture of live-broadcast and studio recordings.

Savage's 25th anniversary of the radio show took place on March 24, 2019.

Cumulus Media and Westwood One decommissioned The Savage Nation on January 1, 2021.

On MSNBC, Savage hosted a short political talk show beginning on March 8, 2003, and ending on July 7, 2003. Despite Savage's previous attack on the network in his book The Savage Country and the objections of NBC employees, he was hired by MSNBC president Erik Sorenson to host the one-hour program. Sorenson dubbed Savage "brash, passionate, and smart," and he promised to deliver "compelling opinion and research with a edge." Savage was fired from the show after making a public opinion outrage over allegations concerning a caller later dubbed prank caller Bob Foster.

Savage has appeared on "Stinchfield" and "The Count" as a regular guest on Newsmax television.

Savage Nation podcast was released on Tuesdays and Fridays in 2019 Savage Nation.

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