[Cringing Negativism Network]

Rush won.

Stop living in the past please.

Fight the left on the next issue.

Always advance.

[joesbucks]

- Some advertisers have begun asking stations to submit Rush-free "programming grids." That's to ensure that their spots don’t air inside the Limbaugh program. One TRI reader says “Safeway is among the clients now asking for such programming grids for every daypart. And it’s not just Rush, it’s other controversial programming.” Late last week, TRI reported the Premiere memo about keeping 98 clients away from controversial programming, and on Monday the story about the two-week “barter holiday” for all barter spots carried by Premiere’s news/talk affiliates.

- “It’s time for this to cool off and start going away”, says one radio operator. He doesn’t carry the Rush show, but he’s worried about the long-term damage to radio and specifically talk radio. One market manager who does have Rush says “If this sort of thing holds from the protests, the only home for political talk will be on Sirius XM – a discovery Dr. Laura made before the rest of us did.”

[GilGil]

Could not agree more. Rush sailed through this like a pro and probabbly bumped his listeners by 10%. Rush played them like a fiddle.