Host of Dr. Laura on Radio
“The Conscience of America”
Daypart: M-F 12Noon-3pm ET
Over 8 million weekly cume listeners A 12+ ; 331,600
AQH A25-54
245+ Affiliates
US Coverage: 78%
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Known by her listeners as the The Conscience of America, Dr. Laura hosts an open forum that dispenses values of responsibility while delivering emotional, spiritual, and moral reflection, Educates on important matters that affect families and children, Consistently is listed as one of the top two national radio programs each week on broadcast radio stations and lures millions of viewers each and every week from her studios in Santa Barbara, California.
Dr. Laura is an American radio host, author, and conservative commentator. Once a professional counselor, Dr. Schlessinger offers advice to callers every day on her nationally-syndicated radio show, The Dr. Laura Program, which airs through Premiere Radio Networks.
Schlessinger’s callers ask questions about issues affecting their lives, including sex outside of marriage, premarital cohabitation, intentional single parenthood, day care in lieu of parents staying home to raise their children, the viewing of pornography, marrying too quickly or out of desperation, permissive parenting which is also known as laissez faire parenting, abortion, easy or no fault divorce, and same sex marriage. Her radio program often features short editorial monologues on these and other social and political topics, followed by her characteristically direct responses to callers’ questions and moral dilemmas. Certain aspects of feminism are often discussed on her website. Dr. Laura herself was a self proclaimed feminist in the 1970s .
She has also authored numerous self-help books, including the best-selling Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives, and several religious books. The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands has been her most successful book thus far.
Laura started her career as a caller to the Bill Balance talk show in 1974 which eventually led her to a weekly call in segment. Her big break was filling in for Dr. Barbara DeAngelis’ show on KFI in the late 1980’s which led to her taking over the late night slot at KFI-AM once Dr. DeAngelis was given a better time slot. Dr. Laura was nationally syndicated by Synergy Broadcasting starting in 1994.
