In his first broadcast following Carson's dying, Letterman shipped a monologue compiled completely of jokes despatched in by Carson, a truth the host uncovered a quick time afterwards in the plan. At its peak, The Dr. Laura Program was the second-best-rated radio demonstrate following The Rush Limbaugh Show, and was read on more than 450 radio stations. In 2006, Schlessinger's display was staying aired on about two hundred stations.