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I haven’t been able to listen to him on the radio since I left Kansas. ANd I refuse to willingly watch CNN.

I wish Beck...Boortz and Rush would finally jump to Satellite radio.

Sirius is great (shamless promotional plug) It has allowed me to discover Andrew Wilcow...someone my age who is every bit as conservative as Rush and Levin.

Wilkow is good he started on WABC. I doubt that Rush will ever go satellite. He is old school and goes all out for the affiliates, adv. needs, etc. Satellite in cars is tough competition for affiliates and he knows it.

Another thing, if Rush's numbers every included cars, boats etc. there is not telling what his true numbers would be.

Rush isn’t joining satellite any time soon, although Beck is already there. Let’s be honest— if he were to join he’d have to have the whole Howard Stern treatment, exclusivity, private channel, etc. They couldn’t just plop him on a talk channel and expect him to sell. The problem is that Rush doesn’t want to shrink his audience via a subscription only system. “24/7” is enough for him.

Although an all-Rush channel on XM (XM has an exclusive deal with Rush’s syndicator) would be neat... Rush live plus an exclusive “fourth hour,” followed by simulcasts of the people who guest host for him like Jason Lewis and Mark Belling, and replays of the show on the overnights. Something to chew on...

Rush’s problem has never been the FCC, it’s been political pressures which will stay around however he does his show, and he has little to gain by jumping to satellite.

As for Boortz, I don’t know if Cox Radio (Boortz’s syndicator) has the capability to put the show up there.