Rush is back!

[Ernie S.]

For all those that hailed the end of Conservative talk radio:

NEW YORK - Rush Limbaugh’s distributor on Thursday said there is no denying the conservative radio host’s controversial comments about Sandra Fluke hurt advertising last year — but 2013 is apparently a whole different ballgame.

This year, Limbaugh is drawing new advertisers and recovering well after the major boycott he faced in response to his broadcasts on Fluke, Premiere Radio senior vice president and director of talk radio sales Dan Metter told the Talkers New York 2013 conference.

Read more: Distributor: Rush Limbaugh doing ?very well? - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com

 

[Warrior102]

Who the fuck is Sandra Fluke?

 

[Ernie S.]

Who the fuck is Sandra Fluke?

Damned if I know... Some slut at Georgetown, I suppose.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

 

[Ernie S.]

???

 

[Avatar4321]

He was gone?

 

[Ernie S.]

Libs were all talking about him being fired from Cumulus because of him losing advertisers. Now we find that he was considering leaving, not the other way around.

If Limbaugh does leave Cumulus, I would bet Beck and Hannity won't be far behind.

It may be a moot point since advertising revenue is back and stronger than ever.

 

[whitehall]

The alleged boycott was just a fluke.

 

[JWBooth]

Big whoop.

 

[Freewill]

Poor, poor libs, the King is NOT dead, long live the King.

NEW YORK - Rush Limbaugh’s distributor on Thursday said there is no denying the conservative radio host’s controversial comments about Sandra Fluke hurt advertising last year — but 2013 is apparently a whole different ballgame.

This year, Limbaugh is drawing new advertisers and recovering well after the major boycott he faced in response to his broadcasts on Fluke, Premiere Radio senior vice president and director of talk radio sales Dan Metter told the Talkers New York 2013 conference.


Read more: Distributor: Rush Limbaugh doing ?very well? - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com

 

[Rozman]

Long live 'El Rushbo'

 

[edthecynic]

Poor, poor libs, the King is NOT dead, long live the King.

NEW YORK - Rush Limbaugh’s distributor on Thursday said there is no denying the conservative radio host’s controversial comments about Sandra Fluke hurt advertising last year — but 2013 is apparently a whole different ballgame.

This year, Limbaugh is drawing new advertisers and recovering well after the major boycott he faced in response to his broadcasts on Fluke, Premiere Radio senior vice president and director of talk radio sales Dan Metter told the Talkers New York 2013 conference.


Read more: Distributor: Rush Limbaugh doing ?very well? - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com

Of course, all last year your MessiahRushie denied his advertising was hurt. He had to reduce his rates and offer his personal endorsement for free, whereas before Fluke he charged a premium for his personal endorsement. No more confiscatory rates.

 

[tinydancer]

Poor, poor libs, the King is NOT dead, long live the King.

NEW YORK - Rush Limbaugh’s distributor on Thursday said there is no denying the conservative radio host’s controversial comments about Sandra Fluke hurt advertising last year — but 2013 is apparently a whole different ballgame.

This year, Limbaugh is drawing new advertisers and recovering well after the major boycott he faced in response to his broadcasts on Fluke, Premiere Radio senior vice president and director of talk radio sales Dan Metter told the Talkers New York 2013 conference.


Read more: Distributor: Rush Limbaugh doing ?very well? - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com

No matter how you slice it or dice it, Rush is still #1.

Damn this is going to make liberals cry I tell ya! YAY!

 

[Sarah G]

And more talking points from freewill:

http://www.usmessageboard.com/7340921-post1.html

Sorry, this thread was also created earlier.

 

[aaronleland]

And I'm sure Jersey Shore has more viewers than Rush has listeners. And less substance abuse. Long live Snookie!

 

[JoeB131]

Libs were all talking about him being fired from Cumulus because of him losing advertisers. Now we find that he was considering leaving, not the other way around.

If Limbaugh does leave Cumulus, I would bet Beck and Hannity won't be far behind.

It may be a moot point since advertising revenue is back and stronger than ever.

Fatboy can spin this all day, but the fact that the biggest radio company in the country is considering dropping him because advertisers don't want their products associated with his show says a lot.

Radio is a fickle business. Just ask Dr. Laura. She used to have one of the biggest talk shows. So did Howard Stern.

 

[JoeB131]

Meanwhile, back in reality.

Radio Ink Magazine

On Monday, Rush's people made it clear they were not happy with Dickey blaming any past company revenue shortfalls on Rush and they didn't want to hear it again on Cumulus' quarterly conference call. Both David Hinkley at the New York Daily News and Politico were sent words of warning aimed at Dickey by anonymous sources. Dickey never mentioned Rush by name in the call, only the statement above. Then, a very high ranking Cumulus official sent the following statement to Radio Ink, and asked not to be sourced. "Forty-eight of the top 50 network advertisers have “excluded Rush and Hannity” orders. Every major national ad agency has the same dictate."

 

[blastoff]

Anyone can listen to our WOOD 1300 AM on line 12 - 3 EST and hear about the same number of ad spots both local and national as on any other station in Rush's EIB network. And WOOD is one of the few Cumulus stations in their lineup.

Fiction from others in here about major market EIB members forced to only air PSAs and self-promos because of lack of advertisers is purely for the benefit of low information voters and lefty lunatics in general.

 

[Katzndogz]

Rush got most of his advertisers back (there were some he wouldn't accept back) and got a slew of new ones. Liberals can make up anything they want. They collide with the wall of reality.

 

[Pogo]

Libs were all talking about him being fired from Cumulus because of him losing advertisers. Now we find that he was considering leaving, not the other way around.

If Limbaugh does leave Cumulus, I would bet Beck and Hannity won't be far behind.

It may be a moot point since advertising revenue is back and stronger than ever.

Limbaugh doesn't work for Cumulus. He works for Premiere Networks, which is a division of ClearChannel (which is owned in part by Bain Capital, but I digress )

Cumulus is a radio station owner, like Clear Channel is. Some of their stations run the Limbaugh show. What they've said recently is that they're still losing money from advertisers not wanting to be associated with him.

These arrangements run on contracts, so the payments are due whether they run the show or not. Those contracts have an expiration, and Cumulus has been indicating they have little incentive to renew. Add to that the fact that Cumulus has its own talk show, the Huckabee program, ready as a replacement.

Hope this helps.

PS for the gullible that believe Lush Rimjob's story that he "doesn't want advertiser X back", two things: one, consider the source. Two, wanna buy a bridge?