[PghBaldy]

One thing Rush wannabes forget is Rush was a DJ before he was a political radio host. He was one of a kind. I like some of the talkers mentioned, but I don’t listen to radio every day like when Rush was alive. I didn’t even listen to him every day, but I miss him tremendously.

[cyclotic]

This is exactly how it should be. There was no national powerhouse before Rush, and there most likely never will be again. Rush was a force all his own.

I love that the marketplace will determine success and that no one broadcaster was given his slot. Clay and Buck are OK, but not deserving the EIB bumper music. (I’m glad they finally stopped using it)

Dom Giordano is only in the Philly market. He’s good, but not my favorite on that station. I prefer Rich Zeoli, who very well could hold down a good national syndication.

Rob Carson was a Limbaugh joke writer who is syndicated in 20 or so markets, emanating from WCBM in Baltimore.

I can’t stand Shapiro and won’t listen to him.

Chris Plante is probably the freshest one around. He seems to have a wicked case of ADD and makes the most of it flitting from topic to topic.

[Political Junkie Too]

Axios is a spin-off of Politico, which was a spin-off of the Washington Post. This article is agitprop.

You can tell that this article is agenda-driven by this statement:

The "800-pound gorilla" in conservative podcasting is Ben Shapiro...

If one were to seriously discuss the "800-pound gorilla," it would have to be Sean Hannity, whose show followed Limbaugh's. Hannity's name is not mentioned at all in this article, nor is Mark Levin mentioned.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

"The world is changing and there are questions as to how Limbaugh, had he lived and remained healthy — based upon his mindset and his approach to the business — would have remained as pertinent as he was," said Michael Harrison, the longtime editor and publisher of TALKERS, a radio trade publication. "He was not as flexible when it came to social media and some of the other forms that it takes right now to be a media presence as opposed to just a radio presence," he added.

I think this is nonsense.

Limbaugh had a very successful web presence and souvenir store, as well as his long-standing newsletter The Limbaugh Letter. He may not have been on Twitter and Facebook, but his staff certainly lurked here at Free Republic.

This may be a case of cause-and-effect, perhaps that social media filled the void after Limbaugh's passing, not that Limbaugh ignored social media.

-PJ

[TBP]

The real problem is that very few of them are radio guys like Rush was.

[TBP]

Partly, it’s that a bunch of people jumped into Rush’s time slot — and a couple who were already there got a higher profile. (Prager, for instance.)

Once Rush was out of the picture, Bongino jumped in, then Clay and Buck, Rob Carson, and others. So even if there were a “new Rush Limbaugh,” he would have a much harder time accumulating a Rush-sized audience.