WNZE-AM, Clarksville, Adds Ramsey Show and Glenn Beck; Rebrands as “The Patriot”
5 Star Media Group rebrands news/talk WNZE-AM/W288DQ, Clarksville, Tennessee as “The Patriot.” The station also adds two new programs to its daily lineup as The Ramsey Network’s “The Ramsey Show” and Premiere Networks’ “The Glenn Beck Show” are added to the program schedule. The station says,
“105.5 FM/1400 AM has a strong history in Clarksville as a source for trusted local news and exciting national commentary. And now, 5 Star Media Group is excited to relaunch the station in a way that honors the spirit of this city and the people who live here. Welcome to ‘The Patriot,’ Clarksville’s newstalk station, featuring local news from ClarksvilleNow every hour Monday through Friday, along with national news from CBS Radio.” 5 Star Media Group operations director Ryan Ploeckelman adds, “In a community with so many military connections – from active duty to veterans, and all the connected families – Clarksville has a deep spirit of patriotism. We’re proud to honor that spirit with this new name and new look for the station.”
Music, and it reached #1 in the Business category on Spotify in 2023. Program co-host Dave Ramsey says, “Thank you to everyone who works daily on our show. And thanks to all our listeners for choosing to spend your time with the Ramsey personalities and me. I’m honored.” On the program, Ramsey is joined each day by a rotating cast of co-hosts, including Rachel Cruze, Ken Coleman, Jade Warshaw, George Kamel and Dr. John Delony. The Ramsey Network says that in 2023, callers to the show paid off more than $36 million in debt, inspiring the millions of people that listen to the show on podcast and radio or watch on YouTube. 
why we won’t stop helping people get out of debt. When you aren’t weighed down by payments, you can live and GIVE like no one else.” Examples of giving include Ramsey listeners helping Sarah, a widowed mother of four, get current on her mortgage payments so she wouldn’t lose her house. A single mother of three received $2,500 to help with Christmas. Shoppers at Kroger had their groceries paid for. A church helped a couple get back on their feet after a job loss. Even Ramsey employees got into the act. Melissa kicked off the show with the story of her three-year fight against an aggressive form of breast cancer. She told listeners how Ramsey Solutions rallied around her, paid her full salary while she was out and provided the family with meals, prayer, and support. The Ramsey Network says, “‘The Annual Giving Show’ wraps up a wildly successful year for the Ramsey network. ‘The Ramsey Show’ is the second largest nationally syndicated radio show. It’s now heard on more than 640 stations. The YouTube audience has more than 100,000 subscribers and 250 million views. And ‘The Ramsey Show’ podcast is only the fourth show ever to eclipse one billion downloads.”
reach from Edison Podcast Metrics. “The Joe Rogan Experience” is #1 for this period, followed by audiochuck’s “Crime Junkie” at #2, and The New York Times’ “The Daily” at #3. Podcasts hosted by commercial talk radio personalities that made the Top 50 include: Cumulus Podcast Network’s “The Ben Shapiro Show” (#8), Cumulus Podcast Network’s “The Dan Bongino Show” (#21), The Ramsey Network’s “The Ramsey Show” (#22), and Cumulus Podcast Network’s “The Matt Walsh Show” (#42). 
producer or network that represents the advertising for the show, not the platform or app that the listener uses to access the podcast. For this period, Spotify, SiriusXM Podcast Network, and iHeartRadio take the top three spots, respectively. Other commercial radio-related networks making this ranker include: Audacy (#8), Cumulus Podcast Network (#10), The Ramsey Network(#25), and Blaze Podcast Network (#28). 
#6, Cumulus Podcast Network’s “The Dan Bongino Show” at #19, and The Ramsey Network’s “The Ramsey Show” at #22. This latest ranker shows the Top 50 Podcasts based on weekly audience reach and reflects two significant updates to the service. Edison says the sample has been expanded to include weekly podcast listeners age 13-17. This measurement allows podcast producers and networks to understand the teen segment of the Gen Z podcast listeners. The Q4 ranker includes increased sample size implemented last year, which allows for more recency in reporting and robust cuts of data. The latest ranker includes measurement from the previous two quarters with a total sample size of 10,597 weekly podcast listeners age 13+.