I remember so many years ago being home from work after suffering a back injury that required surgery and found myself watching the old Phil Donohue Show. Rush was on.
I watched that show and thought to myself: "this guy's on the radio?! I gotta find his show!"
I'm not sure when Rush finally came on the air in the Chicago radio market but I've been listening since. When I first started listening to his show all I could think was "this guy speaks for me!" and he has since.
WLS?
Grew up in the Chicago south side and listened to WLS when it as rock and I was in grade school. Later learned on many trips back it went conservative talk. I grew up with that station.
I first discovered my conservatism when I was in middle school. We had a 9 inch round screen Raytheon TV in our basement. Found this guy with the weirdest accent I had ever heard, William F. Buckley. As I listened I thought he made a lot of sense.
(My dad thought it was weird a kid would watch a political show but he started to watch it with me)
When I came across Rush (and about the same time FR on Prodigy and the Wash Time) I knew I wasn’t alone.
He has been a blessing to this nation.