FARGO (AP) - Ed Schultz says his nationally syndicated liberal talk show might have outgrown this city.

Schultz, a longtime broadcaster for KFGO-AM in Fargo, launched his national radio show in January 2004. Broadcasting from studios at KFGO and in Washington, D.C, he is heard on about 100 stations now, but KFGO dropped his program from its afternoon lineup last month.

"It was classless," Schultz said. "I don't deserve to be treated like that after making them millions of dollars."

Jeff Hoberg, market manager for KFGO and the rest of Clear Channel's Fargo stations, said Clear Channel has a policy of not commenting on personnel moves.

"It's 'he said' and 'she said,' and quite frankly, Ed knows all the reasons we chose to replace his national show," Hoberg said.

At the time Schultz's show was dropped, Hoberg said the political content of the show had nothing to do with the decision and that the station wanted to make a push for more local programming.

Schultz said he is considering a move of his home base for another reason - better access to a satellite uplink.

"One of the things that has really hurt our growth in the last year is I've turned down about 50 appearances on Fox, on NBC, on all these talking-head shows because I can't get uplink capability in (Fargo)," he said.

"We've got offers from a number of markets to move the show," Schultz said. "Denver would like us. Miami would really like us. Seattle is very interested."

Schultz said it would cost about $250,000 to set up his own studio in Fargo, which is not feasible.

He said the fact that he has a home in Detroit Lakes, Minn., and that he has children in the area make a decision on moving difficult. He does not expect to make a decision for several months.

"We may have outgrown Fargo, but I don't want to come off brash by saying that," Schultz said. "I know how that will look in print: 'Bigheaded Eddie.' That's not the case. The logistic issues of it, we may have outgrown Fargo."

Talkers, a trade magazine covering the industry, says Schultz has just short of 2 million listeners, ranking him 23rd on a list of the country's most popular talk show hosts.