Druggie Rush Limbaugh signs new contract - $400 million
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashrl.htm
LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS
Wed Jul 02 2008 09:02:18 ET
In what is being described as an unprecedented radio contract, Limbaugh
will keep his syndicated show on-the-air and e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e through
2016 with CLEAR CHANNEL and PREMIERE RADIO.
Already host of the most lucrative hours since radio's inception,
Limbaugh's total package is valued north of $400 million, according to
media insiders.
In its controversial profile, the TIMES reports that Limbaugh is buying a
new G550 jet and is making an estimated $38 million a year.
Earnings now pace him ahead of the annual salaries for network news
anchors: Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer —
combined!
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Use the excuse of anal cysts to avoid the draft and be a drug criminal and
addict and become a billionaire.
Long Ranger
> and
> addict and become a billionaire.
Don't forget the part about developing the most popular and influential talk
radio program of all time! That kinda' figures in there, don't you think?
Lloyd Parsons
While I disagree with Rush on practically everything, he is certainly
damn good at what he does.
Sal Video
"Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote in message
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If popularity meant quality, American Idol would be Masterpiece Theater.
>
>
Long Ranger
"Sal Video" <svi...@access.com> wrote in message
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Excellent point. But my previous post was intended to flesh out the sequence
of events started by the OP that would leave you to believe that the list of
negative acts in the life of Rush led to his becoming a billionaire.
Long Ranger
"Lloyd Parsons" <lloydp...@mac.com> wrote in message
news:lloydparsons-9CD1...@news.individual.net...
Out of curiosity, can you name a couple of these major points that you
disagree with? I won't argue, I'm just curious. Nearly everyone I talk to in
person can't come up with anything. You have the luxury of time on your side
to do some thinking. Usually it comes down to something like, "I just think
he's an egomaniac".
Bobby Knight
It has everything to do with it.
P.T. Barnum (or David Hannum) on line one.
bk
the Moderator
"Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote in message
news:hYydnXMyDIkLWfbV...@comcast.com...
I used to listen to Rush a lot before I got Satellite radio. I always
enjoyed the factual information and sources that his research people were
able to come up with. Some of his editorialized theories were a stretch. I
didn't much care for them, and I didn't like his attack on McCain, but he is
certainly entertaining and a good source for dirt on Democrats.
Lloyd Parsons
"Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote:
> "Lloyd Parsons" <lloydp...@mac.com> wrote in message
> news:lloydparsons-9CD1...@news.individual.net...
> > In article <-radnViyyeeKXfbV...@comcast.com>,
> > "Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote:
> >
> >> > Use the excuse of anal cysts to avoid the draft and be a drug criminal
> >> > and
> >> > addict and become a billionaire.
> >>
> >> Don't forget the part about developing the most popular and influential
> >> talk
> >> radio program of all time! That kinda' figures in there, don't you think?
> >
> > While I disagree with Rush on practically everything, he is certainly
> > damn good at what he does.
>
> Out of curiosity, can you name a couple of these major points that you
> disagree with? I won't argue, I'm just curious. Nearly everyone I talk to in
> person can't come up with anything. You have the luxury of time on your side
> to do some thinking. Usually it comes down to something like, "I just think
> he's an egomaniac".
We could start with demonizing liberals. It is a mainstay of his
shtick. We can agree or disagree about liberalism vs conservatism, but
both sides think they are right in their beliefs. In this area I will
give Limbaugh credit, he does his demonizing in an entertaining fashion,
whereas Ann Coulter is just spiteful.
Then add in his adoration of all things Reagan. While Reagan certainly
did many things right, he certainly did just as many wrong. Some things
that could have led to impeachment (think Iran-Contra).
Add in that he believes that "I've got mine, screw you" is a valid
position...
Lloyd Parsons
"the Moderator" <sparky@no_spam_engineer.com> wrote:
if you listen to him, you should have noticed that his 'research' is
only done to prove his preconceived point. He virtually never finds
anything that disagrees with his position.
But he really only uses factoids, or incomplete facts. Or just BS he
pulls out of the air and purports to be fact.
the Moderator
>
> if you listen to him, you should have noticed that his 'research' is
> only done to prove his preconceived point. He virtually never finds
> anything that disagrees with his position.
>
> But he really only uses factoids, or incomplete facts. Or just BS he
> pulls out of the air and purports to be fact.
I disagree. His extrapolation of the facts can get murky when he starts
editorializing, but he is rarely wrong on data. And as you said, he can be
entertaining.
Lloyd Parsons
"the Moderator" <sparky@no_spam_engineer.com> wrote:
And that is all that he is about in reality, hell he even admits it. He
has found that he can depend on a very small part of the population and
then feed them what they want to hear and they will lap it up. Doing it
with humor just makes it work better.
For all the talk about his influence, his audience is less than 3
million per day. No one actually knows how much of that audience is
those that believe what he spouts, listens for the humor, or just has
the radio on in the car for the noise.
Most of the time, I fit in the latter and don't pay much attention.
Occasionally he'll say something so outrageous that I'll start cussing
the radio... :)
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
Hey stupid. Limbaugh is a paid govt shill and this 400 mill comes out of
our tax dollars.
William A. T. Clark
And don't forget the part about it not being necessary to maintain any
standards of truth, decency, honesty, or integrity in order to do so.
Indeed, the quicker you ditch any kind of morality, the more successful
you will be.
William Clark
Kent Finnell
"Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS"
<xeto...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9ACF894B04663r...@216.168.3.70...
Really? For 8 years Clinton & Gore paid him to wear them
out? Verrrry interesting. (TM Arte Johnson).
--
Security, like liberty, has to be won and re-won many times
...
Linus from Charles Schulz's Peanuts 1958
From the Music City USA
Kent Finnell
assim...@borg.org
On 2-Jul-2008, Lloyd Parsons <lloydp...@mac.com> wrote:
> Add in that he believes that "I've got mine, screw you" is a valid
> position...
This is not a valid observation IMO.
--
bill-o
Play the ball as it lies.
Play the course as you find it.
And if you can’t do either, do what is fair.
pyotr filipivich
Real depressing for most of them that closest they'll get to a
broadcast career is manning the drive through window.
Envy is such a pitiful vice.
tschus
pyotr
--
pyotr filipivich
"When the smoke clears, it just means he's reloading"
tagline for Desperado.
Sam Buckland
> Rush earns 400 million dollars and the liberals piddle their legs.
> Real depressing for most of them that closest they'll get to a
> broadcast career is manning the drive through window.
>
> Envy is such a pitiful vice.
Say, how is "Air America" doing? They ever emerge from
bankruptcy?
The World Wide Wade
"Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote:
> "Lloyd Parsons" <lloydp...@mac.com> wrote in message
> news:lloydparsons-9CD1...@news.individual.net...
> > In article <-radnViyyeeKXfbV...@comcast.com>,
> > "Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote:
> >
> >> > Use the excuse of anal cysts to avoid the draft and be a drug criminal
> >> > and
> >> > addict and become a billionaire.
> >>
> >> Don't forget the part about developing the most popular and influential
> >> talk
> >> radio program of all time! That kinda' figures in there, don't you think?
> >
> > While I disagree with Rush on practically everything, he is certainly
> > damn good at what he does.
>
> Out of curiosity, can you name a couple of these major points that you
> disagree with? I won't argue, I'm just curious. Nearly everyone I talk to in
> person can't come up with anything. You have the luxury of time on your side
> to do some thinking. Usually it comes down to something like, "I just think
> he's an egomaniac".
You could start with his characterization of the torture at Abu Ghraib
as nothing more than fraternity pranks.
Felix D.
"The World Wide Wade" <aderam...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:aderamey.addw-DF6...@newsgroups.comcast.net...
> You could start with his characterization of the torture at Abu Ghraib
> as nothing more than fraternity pranks.
You're one of those guys who thinks putting girl's underwear on a
terrorist's head for laughs is far far wore than cutting off someone's head
on video.
This is called selective outrage and there's something wrong with your moral
compass if all you can do is blame America for everything.
RONSERESURPLUS
<xeton2...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.drudgereport.com/flashrl.htm
>
> LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS
>
> Wed Jul 02 2008 09:02:18 ET
>
> In what is being described as an unprecedented radio contract, Limbaugh
> will keep his syndicated
HA HA!
I love it when the Lefty's hate on Rush? I'm not his Biggest Fan,
But I love it when he wins and they go nuts?? LOL!
RSweeney
"RONSERESURPLUS" <RONSERE...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> I love it when the Lefty's hate on Rush? I'm not his Biggest Fan,
> But I love it when he wins and they go nuts?? LOL!
Most liberals harbor a great deal of hatred and anger, one of the main
reasons they fear anyone being armed, they are terrified it might be someone
like them.
Bobby Knight
wrote:
>
>"The World Wide Wade" <aderam...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:aderamey.addw-DF6...@newsgroups.comcast.net...
>
>> You could start with his characterization of the torture at Abu Ghraib
>> as nothing more than fraternity pranks.
>
>You're one of those guys who thinks putting girl's underwear on a
>terrorist's head for laughs is far far wore than cutting off someone's head
>on video.
>
There's certainly no comparison.
>This is called selective outrage and there's something wrong with your moral
>compass if all you can do is blame America for everything.
>
There's something wrong with your brain pan if you don't think that
what was done at Abu Gjraib was morally wrong. That's not blaming
America for everything...just the low life assholes that treated
another human like trash.
Idiot!
bk
Long Ranger
"Felix D." <#1Che...@OGPU.org> wrote in message
news:aMSdnc_NlfT4v_HV...@comcast.com...
We did worse than that at Boy Scout camps.
SaPeIsMa
"Bobby Knight" <bkn...@conramp.net> wrote in message
news:isao64hfb8etj8gi1...@4ax.com...
There is something lacking in your brain pan if you imagine that Chopping
off heads of innocent people on videos is the same as mistreating, NOT
TORTURING, but simply mistreating, some prisoners.
Naturally, whenever that distinction is brought up, the hollow-heads ignore
it and change the subject
> Idiot!
>
> bk
nHUS...@gntbcr.com
wrote:
>There's something wrong with your brain pan if you don't think that
>what was done at Abu Gjraib was morally wrong. That's not blaming
>America for everything...just the low life assholes that treated
>another human like trash.
OK, let's say the pictures of the raghead with panties on his head was
"wrong". Now where is your "moral outrage" at the pictures of U.S.
soldiers, after being captured by ragheads, WITH NO HEADS! Is that
"morally wrong" also?
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
@bignews5.bellsouth.net:
>
> "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS"
> <xeto...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hey stupid. Limbaugh is a paid govt shill and this 400
>> mill comes out of
>> our tax dollars.
>
> Really? For 8 years Clinton & Gore paid him to wear them
> out? Verrrry interesting. (TM Arte Johnson).
Exactly. He focused on the unimportant misdeeds of clinton but gave him a
free ride on the serious stuff like waco, okc, and the sanctions in iraq
that even madeliene albright admitted killed 500,000 children!!
Oldest trick in the book. Avoid a big scandal by talking about a small one.
And you fell for it.
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
news:626o64t7bjaic8h84...@4ax.com:
> Rush earns 400 million dollars and the liberals piddle their legs.
> Real depressing for most of them that closest they'll get to a
> broadcast career is manning the drive through window.
>
> Envy is such a pitiful vice.
>
Hey stupid. He doesn't "earn" the money. He's a paid govt shill and it's
your tax dollars that pay him. You are really stupid.
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS
news:c1d488f9-d8bb-4299...@27g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
>
>
> I love it when the Lefty's hate on Rush? I'm not his Biggest Fan,
> But I love it when he wins and they go nuts?? LOL!
I'm no lefty, you moron. I hate rush cause he's just a paid govt shill and
it's with our tax dollars that he's paid this crazy sum. Now, don't you
feel stupid.
>
r wiley
Clear Channel / Premier must be betting the Obama
administration will make as popular a target as the
Clinton administration did
Limbaugh is far more effective attacking Democrats
than.acting as apologist for George W. Bush.
rw
tankfixer
lloydp...@mac.com says...
> In article <-radnViyyeeKXfbV...@comcast.com>,
> "Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote:
>
> > > Use the excuse of anal cysts to avoid the draft and be a drug criminal
> > > and
> > > addict and become a billionaire.
> >
> > Don't forget the part about developing the most popular and influential talk
> > radio program of all time! That kinda' figures in there, don't you think?
>
> While I disagree with Rush on practically everything, he is certainly
> damn good at what he does.
He on many occasions reminds folks he IS an entertainer..
What is funny how many who say they hate him also say they listen.
--
"Oh Norman, listen! The loons are calling!"
- Katherine Hepburn, "On Golden Pond"
tankfixer
lloydp...@mac.com says...
What editorial person doesn't do that ?
> But he really only uses factoids, or incomplete facts. Or just BS he
> pulls out of the air and purports to be fact.
Care to provide some examples ?
tankfixer
tankfixer
@yahoo.com says...
> "Kent Finnell" <kent...@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:%4Rak.19818$PZ6.11472
> @bignews5.bellsouth.net:
>
> >
> > "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS"
> > <xeto...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Hey stupid. Limbaugh is a paid govt shill and this 400
> >> mill comes out of
> >> our tax dollars.
> >
> > Really? For 8 years Clinton & Gore paid him to wear them
> > out? Verrrry interesting. (TM Arte Johnson).
>
> Exactly. He focused on the unimportant misdeeds of clinton but gave him a
> free ride on the serious stuff like waco, okc, and the sanctions in iraq
> that even madeliene albright admitted killed 500,000 children!!
Umm, no, he didn't give Clinton a free ride on much of anything.
Nor has he dones so with any other politician.
> Oldest trick in the book. Avoid a big scandal by talking about a small one.
> And you fell for it.
So that's your "proof" ?
Pretty lame
tankfixer
not...@invalid.invalid says...
I can think of a bail out scenario...
Rush could buy Air America....
tankfixer
pyotr filipivich
<not...@invalid.invalid> wrote on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:08:40 -0400 in
talk.politics.guns :
Don't know. Did they ever pay back the Boys and Girls Club the
eight hundred thousand they were "loaned"?
Do I really expect them to?
tschus
pyotr
--
pyotr filipivich
"Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. "
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, circa 45 AD
(A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands.)
Gray Ghost
> "Kent Finnell" <kent...@bellsouth.net> wrote in
> news:%4Rak.19818$PZ6.11472 @bignews5.bellsouth.net:
>
>>
>> "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS"
>> <xeto...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hey stupid. Limbaugh is a paid govt shill and this 400
>>> mill comes out of
>>> our tax dollars.
>>
>> Really? For 8 years Clinton & Gore paid him to wear them
>> out? Verrrry interesting. (TM Arte Johnson).
>
> Exactly. He focused on the unimportant misdeeds of clinton but gave him
> a free ride on the serious stuff like waco, okc, and the sanctions in
> iraq that even madeliene albright admitted killed 500,000 children!!
So Madeline HalfBright admits to helping to kill 500,000 children. Where's the
moral outrage and quest for trials of the guilty parties?
Frank
Gray Ghost
news:Xns9ACFE08EA83CBr...@216.168.3.70:
You keep claiming this. At any point are you going to provide some evidence
for this besides the voices in your head?
Frank
John B.
> In article <-radnViyyeeKXfbVnZ2dnUVZ_uadn...@comcast.com>,
> "Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote:
>
> > > Use the excuse of anal cysts to avoid the draft and be a drug criminal
> > > and
> > > addict and become a billionaire.
>
> > Don't forget the part about developing the most popular and influential talk
> > radio program of all time! That kinda' figures in there, don't you think?
>
> damn good at what he does.
So is Madonna.
John B.
> "Lloyd Parsons" <lloydpars...@mac.com> wrote in message
>
> news:lloydparsons-9CD1...@news.individual.net...
>
> > In article <-radnViyyeeKXfbVnZ2dnUVZ_uadn...@comcast.com>,
> > "Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote:
>
> >> > Use the excuse of anal cysts to avoid the draft and be a drug criminal
> >> > and
> >> > addict and become a billionaire.
>
> >> Don't forget the part about developing the most popular and influential
> >> talk
> >> radio program of all time! That kinda' figures in there, don't you think?
>
> > While I disagree with Rush on practically everything, he is certainly
> > damn good at what he does.
>
> disagree with? I won't argue, I'm just curious. Nearly everyone I talk to in
> person can't come up with anything. You have the luxury of time on your side
> to do some thinking. Usually it comes down to something like, "I just think
> he's an egomaniac".
Let's see. Global warming is a hoax. There are more trees on the North
American continent today than there were in 1492. Michael J Fox was
faking his Parkinson's symptoms when he videotaped a PSA. Liberalism
is a personality disorder. GW Bush is a great president. I could go
on.
Long Ranger
"John B." <john...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:594aaf30-d6ab-4efa...@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
So is Madonna.
Yeah, and even though Rush's boobs are probably bigger, Madonna's are no
doubt prettier.
Bobby Jacobs
> "John B." <john...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>While I disagree with Rush on practically everything, he is certainly
>>damn good at what he does.
> So is Madonna.
OK.. that did it!
No more drinking Scotch when reading usenet posts, for me.
That stuff STINGS like hell when it comes outa yer nose.
zzbu...@netscape.net
> On Jul 2, 2:10 pm, "Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "Lloyd Parsons" <lloydpars...@mac.com> wrote in message
>
> >news:lloydparsons-9CD1...@news.individual.net...
>
> > > In article <-radnViyyeeKXfbVnZ2dnUVZ_uadn...@comcast.com>,
> > > "Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote:
>
> > >> > Use the excuse of anal cysts to avoid the draft and be a drug criminal
> > >> > and
> > >> > addict and become a billionaire.
>
> > >> Don't forget the part about developing the most popular and influential
> > >> talk
> > >> radio program of all time! That kinda' figures in there, don't you think?
>
> > > While I disagree with Rush on practically everything, he is certainly
> > > damn good at what he does.
>
> > Out of curiosity, can you name a couple of these major points that you
> > disagree with? I won't argue, I'm just curious. Nearly everyone I talk to in
> > person can't come up with anything. You have the luxury of time on your side
> > to do some thinking. Usually it comes down to something like, "I just think
> > he's an egomaniac".
>
> Let's see. Global warming is a hoax. There are more trees on the North
> American continent today than there were in 1492.
There is more lumber in North America today. The trees disappeared
so long ago, it's really why people invented nuclear power for the
GE stooges,
Space Shuttles for the Washington looney tunes, and Digitals,
Electronic Computers,
Fiber Optics, A.I. lasers, holograms, PV Cells, GPS, Helicopters,
and Cruise Missles
for all the rest of the Christopher Columbus histrionics idiots.
Michael J Fox was
> faking his Parkinson's symptoms when he videotaped a PSA. Liberalism
> is a personality disorder. GW Bush is a great president. I could go
> on.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Felix D.
> There's something wrong with your brain pan if you don't think that
> what was done at Abu Gjraib was morally wrong.
And the guys that chop off people's heads we can just ignore because 1) they
don't listen to people like you to begin with and 2) you can't really do
anything about them anyway so you 3) reserve all your outrage and energy for
the United States.
Interesting. Stupid yes, but interesting in a clinical sense.
Felix D.
<nHUS...@gntbcr.com> wrote in message
news:t7fo64pun0m2hdenb...@4ax.com...
I wonder how he's going to spin his answer? Of course he'll have to agree
with you, but he'll also make damned sure we both understand the bad guys
only do it because America forced them to it.
Felix D.
"Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote in message
news:3radnaOIbKibqfHV...@comcast.com...
The old "hand in the pan of warm water" trick? Maybe they should try that
at Abu Ghraib.
Gray Ghost
And....
You would have seen the light!!!
Amen brother! Give me an Amen!
Frank
Nicik Name
> "Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote in
> news:-radnViyyeeKXfbV...@comcast.com:
>
>>> Use the excuse of anal cysts to avoid the draft and be a drug
>>> criminal and
>>> addict and become a billionaire.
>>
>> Don't forget the part about developing the most popular and
>> influential talk radio program of all time! That kinda' figures in
>> there, don't you think?
>>
>>
>>
>
> our tax dollars.
>
Long Ranger
<zzbu...@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:b43a1f43-e403-4406...@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
Finally, a couple of folks willing to put their money where their mouth is!
Bravo! I just wanted to hear something tangeable instead of what "feelings"
people were having.
Long Ranger
"Felix D." <#1Che...@OGPU.org> wrote in message
And don't forget that most heinous of all abominable acts: SHORT-SHEETING!
Couldn't you just see the agony on Hadji's face if his bunk at Abu Ghraib
had been short-sheeted?
Felix D.
"Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote in message
That's just one step short of toothpasting the guy while he sleeps. For
shame!
Felix D.
"Nicik Name" <orb...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:f7CdnVN0T69TPPDV...@earthlink.com...
More like Bull Shit.
Long Ranger
"Felix D." <#1Che...@OGPU.org> wrote in message
Dammit Felix, you are scaring me! I might get the SHAVING CREAM out if you
don't stop it!
SaPeIsMa
"Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote in message
Particularly if it was the sheet on his head....
Although, come to think about it, since they're already sort of brain-dead,
they can't really suffer any more brain damage from the process
Felix D.
"Long Ranger" <lorpkins@earthlink .net> wrote in message
>
> "Felix D." <#1Che...@OGPU.org> wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We did worse than that at Boy Scout camps.
>>>>
>>>> The old "hand in the pan of warm water" trick? Maybe they should try
>>>> that at Abu Ghraib.
>>>
>>>
>>> And don't forget that most heinous of all abominable acts:
>>> SHORT-SHEETING! Couldn't you just see the agony on Hadji's face if his
>>> bunk at Abu Ghraib had been short-sheeted?
>>
>> That's just one step short of toothpasting the guy while he sleeps. For
>> shame!
>
> Dammit Felix, you are scaring me! I might get the SHAVING CREAM out if you
> don't stop it!
We should make a video of us doing all this shit to some poor jihadi. We'd
get on al-Jazeera for sure, and they could use the tape to frighten inmates
at abu Ghraib. Then we could market it in the middle east like some faces of
death video ... we'll make lots of dinars or whatever they use for money.
"R&B"
> will keep his syndicated show on-the-air and e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e through
> 2016 with CLEAR CHANNEL and PREMIERE RADIO.
In the vast majority of markets around the country, the #1 most listened-to
radio station garners less than a 10 share of the audience. In most top-25
markets, the #1 most listened-to radio station garners somewhere around a 5
share. Here in Atlanta, for example (the #11 market), the #1 station
usually gets around a 7 share. In Dallas/Fort Worth (the #5 market), the #1
station gets about a 4.5 share.
That means that even the most listened-to radio station in a given market IS
NOT HEARD by 90 percent (or more) of the listening audience.
Limbaugh is only #1 in a handful of markets. While his PR machine may claim
that he's #1 in more than a few markets, the truth is, that claim is mostly
false. He may be the #1 most listened-to TALKRADIO program during the time
period when he's on in some of those markets they take credit for, but in
many such cases, you'll find two or three (or a dozen or more) *music*
stations with larger listening audiences in the same daypart in which
Limbaugh competes.
While it may be a badge of honor for Limbaugh to win his daypart in some
markets, it's largely to to the signal on which his show is carried. To its
credit, Limbaugh's syndicator has done a masterful job at placing his show
on stations with huge, 50,000-watt AM stations, while many other AM talk
stations are found on 5,000 watt (or lower) stations whose signals do not
even cover their market.
(For the record, here in Atlanta, Limbaugh's show is carried on just such a
lower-wattage AM station with a less-than-stellar signal. Not surprisingly,
he barely registers a blip in the Atlanta radio ratings, despite Georgia
being one of the reddest states in the nation.)
So this 400-million dollar contract for Limbaugh is a reward for him
reaching the pinnacle of talkradio. And that pinnacle means he's NOT
listened to by upwards of 95 percent of all radio listeners.
Way to go, Rush. (Gotta admire someone who finds a way to get
out-of-this-world financial compensation for being irrelevant.)
Randy <-- started my radio career at the same radio station where Limbaugh
began his
"R&B"
> I hate rush cause he's just a paid govt shill and
> it's with our tax dollars that he's paid this crazy sum.
I hate Rush, too. And he most certainly is a water-carrier for the right.
But he's not paid with our tax dollars.
Randy