[gr8eman]

being an old man verbally abusing a young woman, which in our society is never acceptable

Mr. Letterman, please pick up the white phone...Mr. Letterman, please pick up the white phone...

[TexasCajun]

Methinks Darryl Parks is “toxic”.

...whoever he is.

[wastoute]

Libtard fantasies. Delusions.

[Reno89519]

So this guy things Rush rises or falls on whether Sandra Fluke is a slut?

[wastoute]

And it turns out Rush was right about Sandra Fluke. Hope she enjoys hanging out with gals with hairy armpits.

[Texas Eagle]

After Rush Limbaugh stepped over the line with his Sandra Fluke comments a few years ago, his mistake being an old man verbally abusing a young woman, which in our society is never acceptable,

"Shazaam! Damn straight."

[raccoonradio]

—In 2010 Clear Channel, now iHeart, started its own conservative talk station in Boston, WXKS 1200 “Rush Radio”. They took Rush off Entercom’s WRKO as part of this. Two years later the station changed formats (now brokered business/financial radio from Bloomberg). WRKO got Rush back.

Now they have decided to stop carrying Rush and will substitute their own Jeff Kuhner (Savage listeners may remember him filling in). Kuhner’s morning slot will be replaced by a new show hosted by Kim Carrigan and another host to be named later, with content from boston.com aka The Boston Globe.

Rival WMEX, owned by Blackstrap and leased to Daly XXL of N.C. was rumored to be taking Rush. Nope; they have said they would rather run a show with host Bill Keeler out of Utica NY. Rush will be homeless in Boston though some listeners will still be able to get him on WGIR 610 Manchester NH, WTAG 580/94.9 Worcester MA, WXTK 95.1 on Cape Cod, and WHJJ 920 Prov RI. All are owned by iHeart whose Premiere arm syndicates Rush.

Maybe sports talk is considered “non toxic”. It’s doing well...anyway WRKO wants their own local guy and hope to make money with him. They were losing money with Rush,
who may well keep doing his show for years to come and maybe where you are, you can still hear him.

And...that $400 million 8 yr contract from 2008? (Salary plus bonuses). Rush is not going to get that kind of money next time around. iHeart is deep in debt as it is.
Maybe he’d retire or maybe he’ll wind up on smaller stations...or no station at all...in your market depending on the economics of radio.

In the first episode of WKRP in Cincinnati, station owner Mrs Carlson comes to the station after new program director Andy Travis changes the format from elevator music to rock and roll. Her son Arthur is the station manager.

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 why I had to
change the format.

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That’s just it...it’s a business. Rush has done pretty darn well these past couple years, the past few decades. Times are changing now, though...and listeners in places like L.A. and Pittsburgh where he has been shuffled to weaker stations know that.

[bigbob]

Thanks for some real data. I give credit to Rush for coming up/with a model that worked for a long time, but the end is inevitable. His Fluke comment was the wrong thing to say at the wrong time, fueling the “war on women” myth during an election season. He should have known better.

[Tenacious 1]

WIBC in Indianapolis is canceling? Wow. They are all conservative talk radio. I hadn’t heard that.

[Texas Eagle]

Boston’s WRKO-AM is paying around $500,000 each year in rights fees. All in Limbaugh’s show is costing WRKO-AM around $1.2 million dollars annually. Now consider all those advertisers, nationally and locally in the Boston market, that have no placement demands because his show is considered “toxic” and you quickly discover the financial reason WRKO-AM is declaring, “No Mas! No Mas!”

Woo hoo! The free market at work.

So, you see, there's no need for The Fairness Doctrine or Net Neutrality or any other government imposed "solution".

[GilesB]

Who is Darryl Parks?

Nobody asks, “Who is Rush Limbaugh?” and this guy talks about Rush’s “declining ratings” - in their wildest dreams.

[gaijin]

as a technophile and good businessman Rush is more and more active on the virtual side on the Internet, which is where radio is going.

it is guaranteed that Rush is basically going to be around forever, or as long as he chooses.

Old people love him, and after his book series now little kids do, too.

[Old Sarge]

As little as I listen to Rush any longer, I have NEVER heard of this metrosexual blogger until now.

Rush was right. And this clown is just a Leftist.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Advertisers in general are fleeing commercial radio. Their marketing studies show a continued trend towards streaming and podcasts, with the broadcast audience becoming older and poorer every year. Hence the selection of “non-traditional” advertisers.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Bump,

[Tenacious 1]

I have often wondered why Rush doesn’t stream his own radio program for free and sell advertising directly on that stream. It sounds like the advertisers aren’t as plentiful as we thought?

[Does so]

WRKO's morning shows are boring—now there's just Howie Carr in the afternoons. (Levin evenings).

Where in northern New Hampshire do we tune in for Rush Limbaugh—preferably FM, as AM can be "crackly" during the summer?

[smalltownslick]

“Not with terrestrial AM radio, its declining revenue environment...”

Just hinted at here, not taken far enough. Not just terrestrial AM radio, ALL terrestrial radio in decline. By 2016 how much potential audience is left, regardless of the host or format? Will he go satellite, streaming, create something new, or just be tired of it and hang it up?

[AppyPappy]

“his mistake being an old man verbally abusing a young woman, which in our society is never acceptable,”

Bill Clinton, please pick up the courtesy phone.

[RetSignman]

She wanted to be famous but got infamy. Rush was right...again