Santa Clarita’s own Joe Messina has made the top-10 list of “hottest” conservative radio hosts – a list that’s topped by Rush Limbaugh in the No. 1 slot. Messina comes in at No. 8 on radio and No. 6 on the Internet.

The list is compiled each year by the women of PolitiChicks.

“Thanks you so much PolitiChick ladies for the honor of making your list in two places,” Messina said.

The PolitiChicks blog is authored by independent, accomplished conservative women, according to their website.

The list was chosen on the following grounds, according to PolitiChicks website: intelligence, courage, passion, sense of humor and looks.

Messina’s show broadcasts from KHTS AM-1220 studios in Canyon Country, but it’s syndicated to Riverside, Orange and San Bernardino counties, as well as near the New York-Vermont border, Philadelphia and Santa Barbara.

His KHTS roots stretch back to January 2010, when he filled in for KHTS radio show host Fred Arnold.

When Messina’s daily 2 p.m. time slot opened up, Jellings briefly considered allowing dead air for an hour, but later thought the better of it.

“I thought to myself, ‘Why not give the hour to intelligent political dialogue?’” Jellings said, in an interview. “And then when that idea failed, I found Messina in the hallway trying to figure out how to plug in a USB port and figured, ‘What the heck?’”

Messina has spent more than 30 years in the technology industry, and now runs his own business consulting firm, Wildcat Business Group.

In addition to his expertise in technology consulting for businesses, he is active in the Santa Clarita Valley community, serving as a board member for the William S. Hart Union High School District.

“When I started off, it was going to be hardcore politics – and I realized everybody does that and that would be boring,” Messina said. “So I decided to start doing hot topics of the day, the week,” he said.

“I’ve done stories about mommy and me pole dancing classes all the way to the city council that refused to do the Pledge of Allegiance because it was too divisive,” he said.

Thankfully, the PolitiChicks could not be reached for comment, although I’m not sure what I’d have to say to them at this point.

“The Real Side with Joe Messina” can heard on KHTS AM-1220 from Monday to Friday at 2 p.m., on the KHTS mobile app or live-streamed on hometownstation.com. It also runs on SCVTV where he is a frequent guest on the “SCV Today” morning show. Messina’s written commentary appears Mondays on SCVNews.com.

Top 10 “Hottest” Conservative Radio Hosts:

1. Rush Limbaugh

2. Dennis Prager

3. Mark Levin

4. Dennis Miller

5. Wayne DuPree

6.  Andrew Wilkow

7. John Ransom

8. Joe Messina

9. David Webb

10. Michael Hart

Top 15 Hottest Conservatives in New Media:

1. Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit

2. Glenn Beck

3. Jonah Goldberg, TownHall

4. Mike Opelka, Blaze

5. David Spady, Breitbart

6. Joe Messina, The Real Side

7. Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review

8. Angry White Dude, AngryWhiteDude.com

9. Ryan Girdusky, Townhall

10. Larry Greenfield, The Claremont Institute

– Kimberly Beers/KHTS