Posted on 08/01/2018 6:26:11 PM PDT by vannrox
In honor of the Rush Limbaugh Show reaching 30 years old today, I would like Freepers to post and collect their memories. Memories of when they first listened to the Rush Limbaugh Show, and why you kept on listening to it.
I'll start...
It was 1993. Bill Clinton was elected and he was on television, and the radio discussing his budget. He was talking about all the great plans that he had to remove man from space, end the "boondoggle" of the "Freedom " space station, and mothball the space shuttles so the money could be used "for the children". He was promoting what a great boom to the American worker that NAFTA and extended relations with China would be. He talked about how he was going to restore ethics to Washington, DC.
Every show and every radio station was gushing with praise for this man. It was sickening. The women looked like they were fawning and near fainting near him. The men was nodding vigorously and everyone was talking in excited tones about how America will lead the world by undoing Reaganism.
There was only one man who had a contrary view. That was Rush Limbaugh.
So while the rest of America praised the new America led by Clinton, and was looking forward to the new trade agreements with NAFTA and China, I was huddled in my living room, listening to Rush on the radio on a dark and stormy West Virginia night. Only Rush gave voice to how I felt.
April 1990.
Driving home from work, I always listened to the local news and then Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story,” which aired at 5:05 pm M-F.
This day, I turned on my radio and, instead of Harvey, heard The Pretenders. It was an oldies station playing Mel Torme, Tone Bennett, et al from the 50s - 60s, so the The Pretenders confused me.
Then, this guy came on and began talking. He seemed rather agitated and I assumed he was in the studio at my local station. I kept listening and finally figured out he was not local but this was actually a national show.
This was when his show was two hours and we got it here on tape delay, 4:00 - 6:00 Central time.
Who was on at noon? Liddy?
I was in my truck doing paperwork, when Rush came on. Immediately, I liked what he had to say. Pretty much been a fan since then.
G. Gordon was always on 9-11.
No, they had a local news show that was really ‘popular’.
Believe Tom Gauger on prior.
WMAL had a mix at the time.
Harden & Weaver Morning Drive
Tom Gauger (& others )
News
R Limbaugh
Trumbull & Core Evening Drive
Felix Grant Jazz
Karen Henderson Music
Bill Mayhugh mid- Music
Ed Walker had weekend fill ins..
Kind of hazy think Walker had show on other station also.
Talk at the time basically consisted of Joe Pyne - a
‘meaner’ RL...think lost leg and a few others.
Mark Weaver was in there also had a talk show
Rush did for AM Radio what Clay did for boxing... reformatted and FINALLY, yes, even in those days, someone had come along to tell the ‘vast majority’ what it really wanted to hear, kind of banded us together.
Rush ‘got’ Bush in ‘they’ figured he gone when Bush won, then gone when Bush lost ‘really’ gone when Clinton won, really really gone for Clinton II.....
I was in on the selection of the Rush show to be added to the Armed Forces Radio network. Bit of a long story to post from a phone. If anyone cares, ping me and I’ll do it from home after work.
1988 a co worker suggested that I check out this new guy on the radio.
I was instantly hooked.
After that I introduced my parents and they listened every day for the rest of their lives.
Thank you Rush.
I was in my work van. I pulled over to eat my McDonald’s take out.
There wasn’t squat on the radio so I started surfing. I stumbled across “this guy on the radio” doing an “update” with the theme song “tiptoe through the tulips” by Tiny Tim.
He asked his assistant Kiki de la Garza, to get Tiny Tim on the phone to see if he was offended by Rush using his song.
I thought, “good luck with that”. I stuck around to see if she actually was able to get him on. SHE DID! He loved the fact that Rush would use his song.
I was treated to a “Spatula City” commercial. I thought it was weird, but thought it was a real commercial.
I thought “this is something “different”. I tuned in from then on for many years.
Working in a contract gig in North Florida in the summer of ‘89. Spent a day off hanging out on a beach in St. Augustine with a transistor radio. Tuned across him on the dial and stopped in my tracks. “Whoa, what is this?”
Saw his TV show, checked the am and found his program. The rest is history. Also listened to the Black Avenger and Libby.
The Black Avenger was also a favorite. He lived not far from me.
Fine collection and early audio of the RL Program at:
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/08/01/a-trip-back-to-pittsburgh-and-sacramento/
Iirc r. L was in the county area not city. More vehicles parked on the lawn
Day 1-when he went local in NYC on WABC 10-12 am.
I was an outside sales rep in South Florida in 1988. Music radio was boring, so I started listening to News/Talk radio on WIOD. They had a host named Neil Rodgers who was hilarious, but very liberal. He started complaining about a syndicated show on at the same time as his. Neil called him “Push Bingbong”.
One day Neil went on a sports talk binge, which bored me, so I tried Push Bingbong, aka Rush Limbaugh. It was like the clouds parted, a choir of angels sang, and a beam of heavenly light descended upon my car...I had found someone who thought like me!
His inspirational, self-sufficient, you can do it monologues helped me be a better salesman. I eventually became Vice President of the company. I give much of the credit to Rush Limbaugh.
First started listening to Rush in the early 1990’s after I got out of the Navy on KVI 570 AM in Seattle! I was working graveyard shift most of the 1990’s so it was bedtime for me at the time his show came on (9 am - NOON PST).
Still listen to him whenever I can at work in the Seattle area via my iPhone TuneIn radio app and Bluetooth headphone (so as not to trigger my snowflake libtarded coworkers)! Rush changed stations in Seattle in the early 2000’s from KVI 570’AM to KTTH 770 AM where he’s still at in Seattle.
A local Arby's was our Rush Room for a time.
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