Posted on 05/23/2021 6:11:14 PM PDT by harpu
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino will be joined by former President Donald Trump on Monday during Bongino’s first national radio broadcast, as he attempts to help fill the void left behind by late radio icon Rush Limbaugh.
Limbaugh, who passed away from lung cancer in February, of course, can never be replaced.
But in the absence of his booming voice and towering intellect, many conservatives seeking some semblance of normality on the radio while they drive or work are in need of a boost.
Limbaugh’s old time slot, Monday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET, will become Bongino’s beginning on May 24.
The announcement was first made by Cumulus Media’s Westwood One in mid-March.
Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, announced on his website that he would christen his new program with a familiar face, and a former frequent Limbaugh guest — the country’s 45th president.
“The Dan Bongino radio show launches next Monday on May 24th, and will air Monday-Friday from 12PM-3PM ET. Former President Donald Trump will be show’s first guest,” Bongino noted.
“The show will take the three-hour slot formally held by the late great Rush Limbaugh in markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. A radio station locator will be available here on Bongino.com when the show is live to assist anyone who needs help finding a way to listen,” the host added.
Limbaugh was the undisputed king of radio, and was honored by Trump last year for his unforgettable career with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during the State of the Union address. In a surprise, former first lady Melania Trump adorned the host with the medal in front of the entire country.
“Here tonight is a special man, beloved by millions of Americans who just received a stage four advanced cancer diagnosis. This is not good news, but what is good news is that he is the greatest fighter and winner that you will ever meet,” Trump said.
“I am proud to announce tonight that you will be receiving our country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom,” the former president added.
Trump later guest-hosted Limbaugh’s program one day last fall while the host was out. Following the radio legend’s death, Trump remembered him fondly while speaking with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
“Rush was so great, and it was something very special to know him. A very, very terrific man,” Trump said. “He could just talk for three hours, no phone calls, no anything, just talk and everybody found it spellbinding.”
Limbaugh’s passing left a void not just in radio, but in the hearts of his loyal listeners — including the former president.
With Trump as his inaugural guest on Monday, Bongino will attempt to lead talk radio, which was near-extinct until Limbaugh revived it in the late 1980s, ringing in a new era for conservatives.
I agree but Dan does not have the ease and fluid presentation that Rush had. He needs to improve on his voice, hesitation markers and presentation. Rush had an unmatched presentation, Dan needs a lot of work.
“No offense, but he can’t and won’t.”
I believe everyone on this thread agrees, and has said exactly that. DB will do his best, will do well, but it will be his show and not Rush’s.
I sure miss that old windbag
Good. The “Guide to What Rush Said,” is unlistenable. I do enjoy Mark Steyne of all the fill ins (living since I loved when Walter Williams filled in).
First exposure to Rush Limbaugh fro me was college that had a billboard on the way of only his mouth that said, “Rush Limbaugh’s Mouth, Actual Size.”
I lived in Florida, had just voted for Clinton’s first term. Then I drove from Florida to California. Listened to the radio on the way, Rush’s show was the only thing availailable in rural areas. By the time I reached California, I was a Republican. Never looked back. Hope Bongino changes minds and hearts the way Rush did.
Rush also knew how to modulate his sentences and presentation.
I wish I could have told him that he had the best pregnant pause since Jack Benny.
Rush’s uhhhhhh pregnant pauses always cracked me up.
You knew right off he was dubious about some caller’s point or was formulating an incisive retort.
Voice delivery and tone are so key in holding a listening audience.
As for the Long Goodbye and guide hosts, it is time to move on. I am a Rush subscriber. I can troll his archives. But I can’t get the Rush genius on what’s happening today: I miss him and that unique Rush perspective. I mostly listen to Howie Carr, who I enjoy, but Howie does not analyze events - he just has fun with them.
Will Cain’s podcast is pretty good in analyzing and giving perspective. I also think that Jesse Waters would have been a better choice than Bongino. Will give Bongino a chance. Just hope he doesn’t come across as loud-mouthed and insulting to callers as Mark Levin.
Mr Limbaugh understood that broadcasting required its own special skillset separate from content- thus his tongue-in-cheek reference to being a ‘highly trained broadcast specialist’. None of his wanna be successors have that and never will.
Rush also knew how to modulate his sentences and presentation.
I wish I could have told him that he had the best pregnant pause since Jack Benny.
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He would set up a subject, and then make a controversial comment about it, just seconds before the hard break before the top of the hour.
Savage is a loon and was always jealous and disrespective of Rush.
Me too ! He came on after G Gordon Liddy
Bongino is intense, loves his country, and has a fire in his belly to stand up for our freedoms and liberties. He’s no pushover. I miss Rush terribly, but he’s not Rush, he’s Bongino. America needs Bongino now more than ever to be their beacon of light, and to begin to rally up the troops again.
He’s already said just that on his podcast
I would not be surprised if he said it again
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Great debut guest! Looking forward to hearing from President Trump. BUMP
Dan-Bongino-Debut-Show President Trump guest BUMP
Thanks. I will have to listen in.
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