Public Radio People Make Power Grid Listing on New Media Site

There is a new power grid in town and this one has nothing to do with delivering electricity to you home or your radio station.

Power Grid is a feature on the new media website Mediaite.com overseen by Dan Abrams. It tracks media issues and Power Grid ranks media folks -- including radio hosts -- base on a formula* based on a variety of things from listeners/viewers to blog mentions and Twitter followers.

A number of public radio folks are among the 84 folks ranked on the radio-related Power Grid:

10. Michele Norris
11. Steve Inskeep
13. Melissa Block
14. Renee Montagne
20. Scott Simon
24. Ira Glass
30. Tavis Smiley
40. Garrison Keillor
48. Monica Crowley
54. Frank DeFord
56. Cokie Roberts
63. David Folkenflik
64. Daniel Schorr
67. Bob Garfield
70. Peter Sagal
77. Deborah Amos
83. Karl Kassel

For comparison's sake, Rush Limbaugh is number one and Rose Somma Tennent is 84th.

*This page ranks 84 Radio Hosts who serve as the primary host, announcer, or commentator on a given radio program. Their rankings are determined based on: Radio Ratings of the host’s program, Online Buzz of proper name, Blogs Buzz of proper name,and Twitter Followers (if applicable). You might at times see an individual ranked higher than any of their individual metric rankings -- keep in mind that our algorithm weights some metrics more than others.