WKRP first ep.:
Arthur Carlson: (Andy) Travis, you’re fired!
Mrs Carlson: Young man this radio station is a business. It is not here for your personal listening pleasure.
Andy: Ma’am I know it’s a business. That’s wny I changed the format (to rock)
(She asks him when they can turn a profit and he says it’ll take awhile. Too little, too late! she replies but eventually agrees to give it a try. Andy isn’t really fired. Anyway it brings up a good point. Radio IS a business. So this is big news...but Rush is still a lot more successful than the likes of Air America. In 04 their Jon Sinton predicted that in 5 years they’d have 500 or so stations too...right...)
Assuming this was a business decision - is not a good assumption. It is not a business decision...not in the sense you meant.