Didn’t realize Art Bell was streaming live for Free. Rush could do that as well and still make big $$$ just on the advertising - both for on air and also have adds run on his streaming website and app, plus keeping 24/7 fees as is.
I forgot that you can already listen to his show’s live stream for free via either his website or via the Rush 24/7 App, which is also free to obtain.
Yes, I believe Rush can make far more by going it alone via Internet stream and selling syndication rights to terrestrial radio stations to simulcast his show than going thru premiere broadcasting. He has time to wait and see how Art Bell’s experiment turns out before his contract with Premiere runs out next year.
Going it alone will likely bring back the old Rush, since he would no longer have to answer to corporate suits what he does on the air. I can see him broadcasting into his 70’s easily health permitting.
I never got the whole Sandra Fluke thing either. If you want to find fault with Rush, there are many more objectionable things he’s done and said. As I see it, Sandra Fluke went out of her way to get into the public eye with something controversial.(She was not a hapless person who found herself in the middle of some cause celebre.) When you do that, you have to be ready to accept the consequences. If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen, in other words.
I too began listening to Rush in the early 90s. I don’t listen regularly any more. Typically I listen to an hour or so of reruns on weekends and that’s about enough. A lot of the show seems to be references to old shows from years ago, and other unoriginal material. I have also been frustrated with his avoidance of certain topics. In some cases, he may have been right to avoid these topics, and it wasn’t evident until later, but still. There are other topics that he probably should avoid until he gets better informed. I think earlier this month he was talking about accusations that he was “out of touch”, and making kind of a joke out of it. But the truth is, I think he may he may be out of touch, to some extent. Not that he’s the only one, of course. So are many politicians, and a lot of other famous and influential people.The childrens’ book promotions are very tiresome too.
I think the show jumped the shark in early 2000s, 10 or 15 years ago. But that means that we got about 15 really good years.