That was the one hour of Rush last week that I tuned out, on purpose.
I thought it was odd, too. He rarely has a guest, much less for a full hour, much much less for a book promotion.
I think it was a poor use of broadcast time and intend to e-mail Rush. I tuned to Napolitano/Kilmead after the first segment.
Do you play golf?
Of course he is. . .sure, he’s taking over the Evening News from Katie Couric. Then we’ll finally get a rightful successor to Edward R. Murrow.
But Rush has pushed his friends' books in the past; Clarence Thomas got an hour, IIRC, and I don't think Rush was looking to clerk for him. So did Andy McCarthy.
Whatever Rush does, you can bet he will be well-compensated. Personally, I think if the Fairness Doctrine (interesting doublespeak, that) comes back, we should push to have his three hours moved to the 800 or so NPR stations.
Since Rush is THE MAJOR pull for CCU, mood or no mood they would be fools not to deal with Rush. He is a major revenue draw on the highest rated radio program.
You are engaging in wild speculation that makes no sense. Your post states that SeeBS has 140 stations. Rush is already on over 600 stations. Why on God’s little green earth would Rush go over to a gig with considerably less than 1/4 the number of stations he is on now??
Don’t give up your day job.
Why not just ask Rush?
Yawn????
It WAS uncharacteristic of Rush. I was baffled and still am. It was the first time in a long time that I tuned out Rush.
Your tinfoil hat is wrapped a wee bit to tight.
Rush would have to give up way too much to jump to SeeBS radio. He is his own boss now...can’t see him giving that up.
Clear Channel’s syndie arm is Premiere Radio which does
Rush, Beck, Coast to Coast, Dr Laura, etc. He airs on
Clear Channel stations in many markets (ex.: WTAG
Worcester MA, WGIR Manchester NH) and in some cases a
Clear Channel station picked him up from another
(Prov. RI, where he recently jumped to Clear Channel’s
WHJJ)
http://premiereradio.com/category/view/talk.html
Word is that Hannity is thinking of leaving ABC-Citadel
and may jump to another company, perhaps even changing to a noon time slot.
http://premiereradio.com/shows/view/rush_limbaugh.html
“Affiliates of The Rush Limbaugh Show form an elite group of radio stations that have helped redefine the political landscape while becoming the most popular talk stations in their markets.
Before Rush Limbaugh began broadcasting on network radio 15 years ago, political talk was often dry, hackneyed, and boring.
Rush Limbaugh’s lively, humorous, and just plain fun program has rocketed his show to the most listened-to long form program in the history of network radio, and his affiliates to new ratings heights in their own markets.”
Rush working for CBS would be like Miss America working for Ted Bundy.
Interesting post, I was wondering what was going on. In many respects it was an interesting hour, but, totally unprecedented for Rush.
I think that Clear Channel’s business model is coming to an end. The big question is what will happen next? There are several possibilities.
1) An oligopoly. Clear Channel breaking up into several competing companies, but who do not share markets.
2) A confederacy. Individual radio stations banding together for some of the advantages that Clear Channel had provided. This was how the broadcast networks formed way back when.
3) A government re-imposition of strict ownership rules in which nobody can own more than a limited number of media types in a given market.
4) The FCC promulgates indy stations with bandwidth sales and licensing favoring them over networks.
I’m sure there are others I haven’t thought of.
Thanks for reminding me....I wanted to get Nance’s book.
The Fairness Doctrine ... obliquely.