Boston talk host Jeff Katz, who will be part of the new Internet station Boston Herald Radio starting Monday, says this is no surprise (on his facebook):
“...they are all about cost cutting and those two shows are very expensive...they already have a less expensive in-house alternative to limbuagh and will apparently put one together for afternoons as well”
Huckabee is on Cumulus I think.
In Prov RI Cumulus’ WPRO already doesn’t carry those shows—they do local talk. Clear Channel’s WHJJ runs Rush and Sean.
Whatever markets they pull out of will have competitors eager to pick up Rush. Cumulus’ local stations’ ratings will plunge in that time slot.
Sometimes you simply get what you pay for.
Silencing conservative talk radio. Levin next.
CEO Dickey? You can’t make this stuff up.
I’ve oftern feared that Rush could retire...but I think he’s got one more election fight in him. I listen to Levin often...but not Michael Savage or Hannity. Too irritating. And Huckabee? Seriously? I think someone will work something out. We’ll see.
Answer, look for the conservative talkradio show hosts to start their own company.
The Romney Agendae that brought Obama x 2,
that destroyed Gov. Palin and the Speaker,
and that imposed RomneyCARE/ObamaCARE and gay marriage
is NOT going away.
hannity is an idiot
he repeats talking points like a liberal on speed
he pretends he wants to talk to people, then cuts them off or talks over them
i cannot listen to him for more than 5 minutes
he has become the refuge for cookie cutter conservatives who think bumper stickers are well thought out political positions (some present company included)
listening to his show for three hours is akin to sitting in a bar next to a drunk who has three things to say- over and over and over and over
and each time he thinks it’s new and clever and you should be impressed
They're moving a little bit down the dial, from 77 WABC to 710 WOR in the New York market. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/rush-hannity-leaving-cumulus-wor-article-1.1411314
WABC is running infomercials in their non-prime time slots. I doubt they'd be doing that if they could afford even second and third tier broadcast syndications.
cumulus is racing towards the gulch that airhead America died in.
When a door closes, a window opens! There will be people/stations lining up to broadcast those two.
One of my favorite talk show hosts was Neal Boortz. My station carried him for a long time...when he left and Cain took his place the station dropped Cain. They play Geraldo’s show instead. This station has lost alot of listeners for this time so I am hoping the contract will not be renewed. This station is owned by Cummulus.....they will suffer if they lose Limbaugh and Hannity too.
Well then, I simply won’t listen to a Cumulus radio station nor buy from their sponsors.
Cumulus has 570 stations and 5,500 full time employees. Clear Channel has 850 stations and 20,800 employees. Clear Channel has been in the unusual position of having it's most popular products controlled by its largest competitor.
I already have the radio presets reset in all of our cars.
The “title” is misleading. When a star athlete leaves a team for another,and a raise in pay, you don’t write “team A Dropped” the athlete
Oh goody!!!...I can’t wait to hear that icon of charisma and entertainment, Mike Huckabee, take over for Rush. (snicker)
I have a confession to make.
I used to listen to Rush faithfully, especially in the 1990s, until the last year. I was a big fan of TV show in the ‘90s also.
Now, after Clinton won a second term in 1996, then we barely got Bush the Younger over the finish lines in 2000 and 2004, the GOP has caved to the Dems since 2007,Obama got elected in 2008, Obamacare passed in 2010,and then Obama got re-elected in 2012, I wonder if Rush has any ability to influence anything at all.
Even now, he comments and comments, but the situation is getting more dire by the day, and there is no leadership on our side, except for the occasional post by Sarah Palin, or speech by Ted Cruz, or Rand Paul.The 2014 mid-terms are the backstop to save America, and if we lose that, it’s all over but the shouting.
I wonder if we are all getting played.
I am tired of losing, of not being effectual, of watching my country go down the tubes.
I have to turn off even Fox now, because I don’t want to waste half my time listening to the other side in a so-called “fair and balanced” setting, because I am sick of the other side, quite frankly.
I just don’t see where Rush or Sean have any skin in the game, but are doing quite well financially stoking the flames on the right and for what? To support the GOP, which is Dem Lite at this point and afraid of their own shadow?
At his age and with his wealth, Rush should lead in some way other than bellowing into the microphone.
Maybe that’s unfair to Ruah, but twenty years of constant agitation over the antics of the Left and watching their progressing success has left me hollow.
I find like minds on FreeRepublic, that’s my only solace.
I call my Congresscritters and do what I can to educate my family and friends, and am probably slated for a boxcar in the future once the phony President consolidates all power.
But what can we do?
I am looking for someone to lead the way.
End of rant.