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Rush Limbaugh woes continue, as Foes celebrate ratings slide
National Ledger ^ | 06/18/2015

Posted on 06/19/2015 5:29:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Rush Limbaugh's woes in the ratings game of partisan talk radio are being highlighted by his left-wing enemies, Media Matters is gleefully reporting that the radio talk show host is on a downward slide.

Salon puts this headline on the piece, "Rush Limbaugh’s downward spiral continues: Another demotion, another step toward irrelevancy."

The piece highlights a recent move down the radio dial Limbaugh was forced to make after being dumped by his host station in Boston, Mass.

Limbaugh is still on the air in Boston but the conservative radio talk show has a new AM home in the city and it "currently boasts a 0.6 rating, trails four non-commercial stations in the market, and becomes yet another big-city, cellar-dwelling outpost that Limbaugh is forced to call home," Salon reports.

The have a lot more Rush bashing here.

Earlier, the New York Daily News revealed that sagging ratings might mean less money for Limbaugh in his next contract noting that "the ratings for syndicated conservative talk have flattened or dropped for several years, despite the gift of a Democratic President to hammer, and some think the format is wearing down."

Daryl Parks, a former talk host, media blogger and self-described Republican is quoted by NYDN and has the opinion that the schtick is wearing thin,

“Today’s talk radio is fast fading into the sunset because of a format stuck with 1990s rhetoric,” he says.

“A constant right-wing political drumbeat no longer resonates.”

The article notes that Rush "lost many advertisers after the Sandra Fluke birth control controversy in 2012, and that could affect what his syndicator, Premiere, will offer when his eight-year, $50 million a year deal expires in 2016."

Despite the ratings woes and aging demographics for the show he is still the "face of syndicated conservative talk radio," according to the NYDN.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ratings; rushlimbaugh; talkradio
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To: ponygirl; EBH
Rush has refused to talk about 1) Obama’s identity fraud; 2) Bundy Ranch; and 3) Waco biker shootout.
Why?
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Hm?....Because he is one of the elite?

Because he has been threatened with harm to one of his family?

121 posted on 06/19/2015 7:05:51 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: EveningStar

How can Bill Bennett have ratings that high? He hosts the most boring program in the history of radio.

And how can Thom Hartmann have ratings that high? His show has virtually no affiliates.


122 posted on 06/19/2015 7:07:23 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SeekAndFind
Earlier, the New York Daily News revealed that sagging ratings might mean less money for Limbaugh ...

If Rush quit today and attempted to spend his money it would take him 24 hours a day of shopping - for years - to deplete his funds.

Rush does the work he's doing to save the friggin country - NOT to add to his millions.

Liberals never 'get it'...

123 posted on 06/19/2015 7:11:58 AM PDT by GOPJ
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To: SeekAndFind

When Rush, Hannity and Mark refused to discuss the Birther issue in a serious manner I knew they were fake conservatives. I only listen once in a while where I used to listen every day.


124 posted on 06/19/2015 7:15:14 AM PDT by stockpirate (A corrupt government is the real enemy of the people.)
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To: GOPJ

Rush Limbaugh’s net worth is $400 Million as per this site:

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/rush-limbaugh-net-worth/


125 posted on 06/19/2015 7:15:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: cicero2k

Yep - I can’t take the commercials either. I find them insulting and I don’t really care to be yelled out or hear endless phony lifelock ads.


126 posted on 06/19/2015 7:15:52 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: stockpirate
My feelings exactly!

If true tyranny comes to this nation, Rush, Hannity, Mark, Beck and the rest of the yappers will sell their talents to the fascists oligarchy. They will spit shine the jackboots crushing our necks.

Personally,...I think they already have!

127 posted on 06/19/2015 7:19:54 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Yet revenues in radio are dropping everywhere as younger people eschew it in favor of online services (my 23 year old does not even own a radio).

Our kids are not captive to Mom and Dad running either the AM or FM dial in the car. They just use their device ( insert it's name ), forget about Sirus or Disk in the car, they get Spotify and listen to their tailor made music. He is also running against the wind with kids communication via twitter, snapchat, instagram. How does he teach them about the subtleties of a Flat or Fair Tax vs the current mess when they have the attention span ( because of their devices ) of a gnat!

And that is fostered in the schools as their is no time to discuss anything in depth while pedaling to the metrics of Common Core and every other education mandate. Add to that their "Freedom" to discuss is truly totalitarian as they can't go against the new Statist Heterodoxy or they will be destroyed and they know it.

FWIW, he needs to hire some 15 yr old's to get the Conservative message out or he starts spinning the disk at a Rave that has lyrics about the Founding Fathers.

It is sad, we are dinosaurs and we are shoveling it against the tide...

128 posted on 06/19/2015 7:19:55 AM PDT by taildragger (It's Cruz & Walker. Anything else is a Yugo with Racing Stripes....)
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To: stockpirate
Re: Obama’s eligibility and the fake forgeries.

Even today....( so many years later)....I am still steamed at Rush and the rest. **That** is when I stopped listening except for when running errands in the car. I just couldn't stand hearing his and the other yappers FAKE conservative voices.

129 posted on 06/19/2015 7:23:04 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: Cats Pajamas
Five years ago, I may not have believed you, but now...not so sure. At the very least, he could have come out and said, " I'm not going to talk about xyz because ...." But instead, he says nothing, which to me says 1,000 times more.

The thing I didn't appreciate was being made to feel like "I" was the kook with regards to the birth certificate. I have been working as a graphic designer, using Adobe products, since 1990. I know a composite document when I see one. There have to be thousands of other graphics professionals just like me who took a look at the "birf certificate" and said, "Hey, wait a minute..." But we were told in no uncertain terms that if we called his show, we would never get on the air to talk about it. And then we were told that, even if there was substantial evidence pointing to fraud, that it didn't matter because "we need to defeat this guy on the issues and not on a technicality." WTF? What is more of an issue than outright felony fraud?

But the first Monday after Bundy, I listened to his entire show and he never even mentioned it in passing. I can't even explain how that made a chill go down my spine. It made me question everything Rush said from that point on. Mark Levin (who was nothing short of being a rude a-hole over the birth certificate) covered Bundy for two days.

130 posted on 06/19/2015 7:27:28 AM PDT by ponygirl (Put. A. Bird. On. It.)
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To: wintertime

No, I don’t think threatened with physical harm, but certainly with lack of access. Call it ...peer pressure.

To lose access to what makes his show good/great, now that can be a serious threat. To be an elite and ostracized?


131 posted on 06/19/2015 7:29:29 AM PDT by EBH (And the angel poured out his cup...)
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To: ponygirl
Personally....I am grieving. It is like someone I loved died.

I am not over it.

132 posted on 06/19/2015 7:30:10 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: winner3000

I will always be grateful to Rush, and we will be shocked at how much we will miss him once he’s gone.


The commentator I really miss is Tony Snow.


133 posted on 06/19/2015 7:30:58 AM PDT by rwa265
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To: ponygirl

But the first Monday after Bundy, I listened to his entire show and he never even mentioned it in passing. I can’t even explain how that made a chill go down my spine. It made me question everything Rush said from that point on.
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It is the topics that Rush doesn’t cover that baffle me. I no longer trust Rush and the rest.


134 posted on 06/19/2015 7:33:10 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: Gaffer
-- I think he's lost his edge myself. --

He's had a long, very long, and successful run. And even with declining ratings, I think he's still #1.

I found him exciting and interesting for years, roughly 1990 to 2000 or so. Now I listen rarely, and don't find him all that interesting or entertaining. That could well be me, or just plain "bored with familiarity." But there is a crop of new people every day.

I'm really glad he is and was successful. I believe his efforts have brightened and energized many a conservative. I wish him well, and hope he gets to "wind down" in a way that suits his desires perfectly.

135 posted on 06/19/2015 7:35:13 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: citizen

I’m with you about Lifelock. These ads are everywhere. I’m highly doubtful about their service. They seem to want everyone in the world paying a monthly fee to prevent identity theft. I recently spoke with the security department at a local bank and they stated that Lifelock is basically worthless. They said they basically prey on people’s insecurity. I still like Rush and consider him an antidote to liberal claptrap but the minute he starts pounding on his desk I go to Prager. Petty? Perhaps, but I hear enough thumbing from the radios of cars playing rap and hip hop while driving down the street.


136 posted on 06/19/2015 7:35:56 AM PDT by donaldo
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To: SeekAndFind

I like Rush and wish him all the best.

But I don’t listen to him anymore - he’s essentially ceased to be relevant to me.

I get my news from FR - I already know about just about every item he mentions, and, frankly, the analysis here is better than Rush’s take a lot of the time.

A lot of the humor and passion is gone, and I don’t care about football, tea and, to a lesser extent, his books although I do respect him for his children’s books.

He seems to have lost touch either through apathy or being insulated from most Conservatives due to his success.

On top of that, and this seems to be true for all of radio, the commercial saturation has reached the point that listening isn’t worth my time. I tune out the commercials or change the channel, and there’s less and less programming left worth listening too between ad spots, most of which are irrelevant or annoying.

In short, he no longer informs me or entertains me and the format of radio in general is getting to annoying to bother with. That doesn’t leave much reason to tune in.


137 posted on 06/19/2015 7:38:38 AM PDT by chrisser (This space for rent.)
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To: Cboldt

Yes, he’s vexed any number of liberals and lived in their heads rent free, so to speak as you hear him tell it. But the edge is gone and it is time for the next fresh generation to take up the battle standard. Frankly, he’s not up to it anymore.


138 posted on 06/19/2015 7:39:22 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: GOPJ

You make a good point. These hit pieces from trash like Media Matters and Salon are wishful thinking. They are trying to perpetuate a self-fulfilling prophecy and it simply doesn’t work. Could it be that we are in an Obama hangover and we just can’t stand to hear any more?

We are moving into an election year and the Leftists will be screaming and wailing as Rush and Levin and other conservative leaders whip them relentlessly with the truth. The ratings will climb again as we start moving toward a new future and past the Obama nightmare.


139 posted on 06/19/2015 7:44:49 AM PDT by untwist (One Bad-Assed Mistake, America!)
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To: wintertime
I'm still a 24/7 member and will be until he is no longer, as he's more entertaining than anything else out there. ( Hannity is just too repetitive. Levin sometimes gets me too upset. I can't stand Savage, and he's no longer on the air where I live anyway.) But I do question Rush more now than I used to.

I do think he's spending too much time on his "tech blogs" reading the pablum from the crunchies over there. That's enough to depress anyone.

140 posted on 06/19/2015 7:46:18 AM PDT by ponygirl (Put. A. Bird. On. It.)
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