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Cancel Rush Limbaugh Or Lose Contract
Newsmax ^ | June 13,2007 | newsmax

Posted on 06/13/2007 12:11:13 PM PDT by OPS4

Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:26 p.m. EDT Cancel Rush Limbaugh Or Lose Contract

The government in Broward County, Fla., is seeking to cut ties with a local radio station – because it also broadcasts Rush Limbaugh’s show.

Station WIOD AM-610 has been the official channel for emergency information from the county government for the past year. But the County Commission, made up of all Democrats, refused to renew the relationship on Tuesday.

Commissioner Stacy Ritter said she did not want the county to be linked to a station "that’s out of step with area politics,” the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.

She cited talk shows hosted by conservatives Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and WIOD’s partnership with Fox News.

"They have every right to speak, but we don’t have to do business with them,” she said.

But Ken Charles, WIOD’s director of AM programming, told the Sun-Sentinel: "It’s a shame that people would let politics get in the way of saving lives in a hurricane.”

The county’s contract with the station was about to be rejected when commissioners decided to delay a final decision until next week.

© NewsMax 2007. All rights reserved.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: browardcounty; censorship; democrats; dems; despotism; floriduh; freespeech; intimidation; liberals; limbaugh; rush; stalinisttactics; talkradio
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To: txflake
Would broward county rats refuse a cost-free contract?

Would the radio station management be sane to offer them one?

I say, "No", let the RATS hoist themselves on their own petard. Station management will be glad to run revenue-generating commercial content in place of that irritating EBS test, anyway.

41 posted on 06/13/2007 12:30:03 PM PDT by HKMk23 (Nine out of ten orcs attacking Rohan were Saruman's Uruk-hai, not Sauron's! So, why invade Mordor?)
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To: OPS4
Sniff, sniff, smell that, it has the smell of a Law Suit. I can see Fox taking it to court. Well I guess they can do what they want, it works in Venezuela
42 posted on 06/13/2007 12:30:31 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (This Tagline has been temporarily suspended by order of Col. Chavez.)
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To: theDentist

I just sent her a raving e-mail.


43 posted on 06/13/2007 12:31:56 PM PDT by poobear (Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. God save the Republic!)
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To: mewzilla
Broward’s looking to shoot itself in the foot.

Uh, they're aiming higher than that; more toward the, uh, confluence of the anatomy.

44 posted on 06/13/2007 12:32:06 PM PDT by HKMk23 (Nine out of ten orcs attacking Rohan were Saruman's Uruk-hai, not Sauron's! So, why invade Mordor?)
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To: txflake
Would broward county rats refuse a cost-free contract?

Perhaps, sounds to me they are more interested in their feeelings than what's good or right or smart.
45 posted on 06/13/2007 12:32:34 PM PDT by visualops (artlife.us)
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To: OPS4

Leftism is a culture of oppression.


46 posted on 06/13/2007 12:34:09 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (When's MY turn? What crimes may I commit and recieve amnesty for?)
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To: OPS4

They have every right to speak, but in her opinion, the people do not have the right to hear?


47 posted on 06/13/2007 12:34:09 PM PDT by Paperdoll ( Vote for Duncan Hunter in the Primaries for America's sake!)
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To: OPS4

Ahh, those intolerant “liberals”. What’s happening is that word is getting out to the left that they have to eliminate dissenting voices, such as Rush, Savage, Laura, and Hannity. Between now and the election, you will see more and more attempts by the left to silence rightside radio.
Last election they tried to get Rush in jail. They failed. They will try again, and fail.
A definition of insanity is trying again to do the same thing that failed, and expecting a different result.


48 posted on 06/13/2007 12:34:48 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: OPS4
Commissioner Stacy Ritter said she did not want the county to be linked to a station "that’s out of step with area politics,” the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.

Stacey should be considering signal strength/coverage area, maybe even % of population covered by a particular station when selecting who's going to be the emergency broadcaster.

Once again, you have democrats betraying the public trust by playing politics with the lives of people instead of protecting those lives.

Any solution that optimizes politcal advantage at the expense of public safety means that Stacey and the other Democrats have blood on their hands. Not a question of if, just when.

49 posted on 06/13/2007 12:34:49 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: Al Gator
You win the Free Republic Typo Twit of the Day award. Fee speech is vey series and expensive! I’m surpirsed is so hugh! Your beeber just got stuned.

Guud now eye can past the torch

50 posted on 06/13/2007 12:34:59 PM PDT by al baby (Hi mom)
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To: OPS4

Drudge needs to headline this story for a week..


51 posted on 06/13/2007 12:35:42 PM PDT by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: OPS4
I can’t wait to hear what El Rushbo has to say about this in the next couple of days......
52 posted on 06/13/2007 12:36:35 PM PDT by PEACE ENFORCER (The U.S. Constitution has been Reduced to a Meaningless Document.)
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To: OPS4

Talk about feeding at the public trough...

Looks like she inherited Tammy Fay's makeup collection in the will.

53 posted on 06/13/2007 12:38:51 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: Spirochete

That looks like a leftist liberal poster to me! Shouldn’t there be a jackass on the arm band and flag?


54 posted on 06/13/2007 12:41:06 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: OPS4

“Liberals stepping on fee speech. Surpirsed?”

It’s more than that.

It’s Extortion!

Plain and simple.


55 posted on 06/13/2007 12:41:09 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: OPS4

Gag at a gnat and swallow a camel.


56 posted on 06/13/2007 12:41:48 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: Bringbackthedraft

IMO, what it says is that if you listen to this station you will not receive warnings. They should be contracting with every radio station to warn as many people as possible.


57 posted on 06/13/2007 12:42:12 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: OPS4
I am a bit confused and something in this story does not add up. I just heard about it on Hannity.

In an emergency I thought ALL radio stations got the the same feed from the NWS, or any other agency.

58 posted on 06/13/2007 12:42:28 PM PDT by AlexW (Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia. Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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To: OPS4

WIOD JIHAD

Hello, My name is Homer Simpson. I listen to WIOD becuse it’s the only station I can get on this stupid radio..........DOH!!


59 posted on 06/13/2007 12:42:50 PM PDT by wolfcreek (AMNESTY: See what BROWN can do for you..)
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To: Spirochete
Umm, shouldn't that be a jackass on a blue flag and armband - to make your point? After all, fascism - wealth redistribution and government control of productive resources - are critical components of the philosophy of the American left.
60 posted on 06/13/2007 12:43:04 PM PDT by kitchen (Hey, Pericles. What are the three things a ruler must know?)
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