agree he has improved but elements already cited, the shilling of books and tea, drag the show.
And since he can take a half hour to say “the chicken crossed the road” there is not that much content.
WLS might replace Rush with a new Westwood One syndicated show hosted by Jonathan Brandmeier...who is replacing Dennis Miller after 3/27
>>WLS revenues fell 27.5% from 2013 to 2014, FEDER reports, and the station’s lineup was overhauled with the additions of BIG JOHN HOWELL for mornings and STEVE DAHL for afternoons, the announcement of JONATHON BRANDMEIER’s new syndicated midday show, and the departure of BRUCE WOLF, DAN PROFT, ROE CONN, RICHARD ROEPER, JOHN KASS, and LAUREN COHN. Market Manager DONNA BAKER also left, replaced by PETER BOWEN.
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yes, there are problems, I just don’t think any of the hearing related problems are still there.
As to content - if you are expecting 3 hours a day of hard news and analysis and “content” - without understanding the purpose of the show - you’re missing the boat a little bit. He keeps the chicken crossing the road interesting with new analogies and new ways of looking at it all the time - as opposed to say Hannity, who just bludgeons listeners with the same formulaic talking point script day and night, day and night.