February 13 is World Radio Day. To celebrate, 糖心破解版 looked at some of the highest-paid radio hosts in the U.S.
Who鈥檚 No. 1 on the list? It鈥檚 none other than the self-proclaimed 鈥淜ing of All Media鈥 Howard Stern. The famous shock jock earned an estimated $90 million in 2018 before taxes and fees were taken out, reported. Stern, who became famous for his New York public radio show, now hosts The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM.
Not far behind Stern in earnings was conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who made $84.5 million in 2018. President Donald Trump awarded him the at the State of the Union. Trump called the radio host the 鈥済reatest fighter鈥 and a winner. Limbaugh, who has a record of spreading conspiracy theories and making racist comments on the air, revealed he advanced lung cancer days before he was given the Medal of Freedom.
鈥淭his day has been one of the most difficult days in recent memory, for me, because I鈥檝e known this moment was coming. I鈥檓 sure that you all know by now that I really don鈥檛 like talking about myself and I don鈥檛 like making things about me," Limbaugh, 69, . 鈥淥ne thing that I know, that has happened over the 31-plus years of this program is that there has been an incredible bond that had developed between all of you and me.鈥
iHeartMedia host Ryan Seacrest rounded out the top three, earning $74 million in 2018. Fox News star Sean Hannity came in fourth with $36 million and conservative TV host Glenn Beck stumbled into the final five with $8.5 million.
