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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING: CUMULUS PLANNING TO DROP RUSH LIMBAUGH, SEAN HANNITY [View all]LTR
(13,227 posts)59. The large volume of PSAs...
...and the many advertisers that have bailed on Limbaugh are dead giveaways. Many ad agencies and sponsors are also telling affiliates not to play their ads during his show.
Add to that the hefty fee each affiliate pays to air Rush and then it's just simple math. Not much of a return on investment.
As for the speculation for which stations will pick him up in Chicago, it's just that - speculation. But WOR, now owned by Clear Channel, is the obvious landing spot in New York. This possible scenario is part of what led CC to buy the station last year.
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BREAKING: CUMULUS PLANNING TO DROP RUSH LIMBAUGH, SEAN HANNITY [View all]
AllINeedIsCoffee
Jul 2013
OP
Hell, I got excited a few years back when he said he was going to move to Costa Rica if
Thinkingabout
Jul 2013
#8
Wow! On the day I leave for my honeymoon, Limpballs and the dweeb get canned.
Nanjing to Seoul
Jul 2013
#22
I'll wait and see. Keeping my fingers crossed, though, that both of 'em are given the ol'
calimary
Jul 2013
#37
Their job is done. It was to convince the stupid conservative pawns that there
Laura PourMeADrink
Jul 2013
#41
Don't worry. The RW will replace their asshattery with more inane fucknuttery.
Nanjing to Seoul
Jul 2013
#58
Limbaugh and Hannity will probably be replaced by other right wingers who will be just as bad
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#71