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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
Rather than being genuinely popular, it could be said that he's simply a beneficiary of clear channels getting the green light during the bush years to buy out hundreds of radio stations and not be labeled a monopoly in some markets. Clear channel are staunch republican donors or pasty white flab hole would be out on his ass years ago.
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Dude, his show has been hugely popular since 1988
The guy is a good entertainer for the talk show genre. It's just that simple. That's why he is so popular.
As far as Clear Channel goes...they need him more than he needs them. There is nobody even close to him in popularity.
He OWNS his company of course. And his show is syndicated across the country. He doesn't work for anybody and makes more money than God.
There has been a huge demand for him to move to Satellite radio for the last 5 years or so but he has refused to do it. I'm sure Sirius is drooling to have him.
As for the advertisers leaving...I think they are doing the right thing. He went over the line with what he said. He just took it too far. And he needs to get a wake up call on that.
That's why he backed down real quick and apologized for it. It was just a stupid move on his part.
But make no mistake...this isn't like some guy on t.v. pissing off a network exec and getting yanked. There is nobody to yank Limbaugh off the air. And if he finds his number of AM channels diminished...others will pick it up soon enough. And if that isn't good enough he'll go to Sirius and make even more money.
He has already publicly apologized. And with hundreds of millions of dollars per year at stake...you better believe he has already had private meetings with the OWNERS of those companies who have dropped him. My gut feeling is that they will quietly begin advertising again with him once this has all went away in a few weeks.