Ads Rushing Out Of Limbaugh Show?

CBS MarketWatch.com ^ | 01/29/2003 | William Spain

[lainie]

I don't understand something -- I could swear I've heard Bose Wave Radio advertised by Rush. Maybe I'm thinking of someone else.. but I thought I remembered thinking to myself, why would he be hawking those radios? They're kind of cheesy. Hmm.

[txradioguy]

NOW y'all know why I list myself as a "recovering radio DJ".

[TLBSHOW]

To: All; doug from upland; TLBSHOW

I just got called back from Lumber Liquidators. After getting my e-mail they went to go look at the websites that started this garbage. They were in fact reconsidering their advertising, but after going to check out the anti-american haters they understand this is an isolated effort and will be releasing a PR statement shortly reconfirming their efforts to advertise on Rush's show.

The guy who called me was very friendly and said they had been scratching their heads over the hate e-mail they have been getting. In his words DUmmyland and onlinejournal.com are "pretty stinky".


214 posted on 01/24/2003 12:35 PM EST by finnman69 (Bush Cheney 2004)

[bybybill]

Many moons ago, I was ex-VP of a national franchise company. Our franchisees in San Diego made a radio buy that included Rush. A very angry lady tracked me down and said She and her friends were never going to shop with us cause we supported Limbaugh. I thanked her for her imput and then asked her if she had ever listened? "Certainly,in fact I listen to him 6 hours everyday." At that time, Rush was on twice a day in SD.

[txradioguy]

In his words DUmmyland and onlinejournal.com are "pretty stinky".


I'm cammo'ing up. Time to run a little black op on the RATS at DU! LOL!

[US_MilitaryRules]

Good thing grayout won. If Simon won this 35 billion dollar deficit would be Simon's fault!

[Captainpaintball]

...The "Christian" right's attack on "NYPD Blue" in the early 1990s, on the other hand, was a complete failure. It initially scared off some marketers but the program's ratings and demographics were so good that it attracted business from sectors that don't sell to religious nuts anyway...

Is anyone else outraged about this "reporter's" choice of words?

[HHFi]

This is a very long PR piece masquerading as a news article, designed to pump up a pathetic and doomed cause. Look closely and you will see that the "successes" he cites of companies no longer running ads during Rush's show are all companies that deny they ever ran ads during the show. The author uses these false "successes" as a springboard to suggest that more "successes" may be forthcoming, when in fact, this campaign can point to no verified successes at all, nor any concrete examples of future ones. I'm a professional writer, I've worked in radio and advertising for 25 years, and I've written thousands of radio commercials, press releases, etc. This one is as transparent as a freshly-washed window.

BTW, the boycotts and demands that people be taken off the radio are standard tools of liberals, not conservatives. I can't tell you how many talk show hosts I know who have been the targets of demands that they be silenced for saying something someone disagreed with, and it's always from the left. People on the right call in and argue with you; those on the left demand that you be fired.

[lainie]

You notice the article didn't talk about the Bill Maher Affair.

[Conservababe]

One word for the advertizers who are pulling ads......

Snapple

[flushed with pride]

Aren't Radio Shack and Bose competitors in some product lines? If both of these companies pulled their ads from RL's show, it might not be the result of some pissant pressure group as this article would have us believe. Several sponsors have left Rush's show over the years simply because the client's ad contract had expired and they didn't have the budget to renew (Snapple and Florida Orange Juice come to mind). But the Rush haters will spin this any way they can to make it look like the show is in trouble. Snapple came back for a while, left, and came back again. I guess the payoff for advertising on Rush was just too sweet, since the company's sales took off every time they signed on for another ad campaign.

[txradioguy]

Just fired off an e-mail to Bose

[TLBSHOW]

BUMP

[TLBSHOW]

Though still in its infancy, a letter-writing campaign aimed at advertisers on "The Rush Limbaugh Show," has already claimed a few choice scalps -- and hopes to soon have other marketers saying "ditto."

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To fight these commie rats we need everyone to send and call and expose the communist which are calling themselves progressives!

[txradioguy]

Just fired off one to Radio Shack too. Wonder if it will make any difference in the signature block when they see that I work for U.S. Army Public Affairs?

[Mediaqueen]

Thanks for taking action....TLB... If there's anyone who can take a few hours to research corporate sponsor e-mail addresses, phone numbers, a new post with the info would be great!

[jimbo123]

CBS/Viacom is the radio syndicator of Bill O'Reilly's radio show.