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In reply to the discussion: Rush Limbaugh Closes First Hour With Dead Air [View all]tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)2. So much for the...
everything is fine and dandy and he has advertisers lined up around the block.
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I can barely even stomach the highlights of him when I watch MSNBC or CurrentTv
Jamaal510
Mar 2012
#46
Don't forget the 5 minutes of nasty racist parody songs to fill time too. n/t
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2012
#50
Did he set it up as some kind of "moment of silence", eulogizing "the death of the 1st Amendmant"?
bullwinkle428
Mar 2012
#6
The invisible hand of the free-market he loves so much slappin him upside his head
tjwash
Mar 2012
#8
Is this "dead air" just silence, or is it bumpers and station identification? I know Faux News
Erose999
Mar 2012
#9
A good start, but I can't help thinking that it's Clear Channel trying to offer a token victory...
Junkdrawer
Mar 2012
#14
I used to love to listen to the closed-circuit feed 'in cue' while working there.
Pab Sungenis
Mar 2012
#27
I used to perform on the Steel Pier (I was a child..LOL) with Tony Grant and used to sit with WOND
monmouth
Mar 2012
#44
I'm sure that's it. He must have been in mid-sentence when some of this dead air occured, right?
AllyCat
Mar 2012
#77
Actually, this was not a technical problem. Rush is screwed. See MediaMatters for the juicy details.
jefferson_dem
Mar 2012
#53
Hell, it takes longer than that just to get the spittle off the microphone.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2012
#24
77 of the 86 spots aired today were free Ad Council ads. Of the 9 paid spots, 7 were from sponsors
jefferson_dem
Mar 2012
#52
Advertisers Fleeing the bloated windbags hate filled show, YESSSSssssssss....
what0now0toons
Mar 2012
#79