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Re: How many opiates did he need to drop to come up with this? - Dennis S - 08-30-2012
Somewhere I read that Rush's people inflate the numbers to bamboozle the local radio stations. Something to do with advertising. I can't remember what the deal was, but they had a unique arrangement - the stations got the show for free somehow and it really bumped up his listenership. It's not Google-worthy.
Re: How many opiates did he need to drop to come up with this? - Gutenberg - 08-30-2012
Limbaugh claimed an audience of 20 million-plus, but the hard figures show a bit south of 15 million. It's still the largest audience in the nation, but Addicting Info contends that that is not a big deal because Limbaugh is carried on so many stations. He is drawing a listenership of roughly 3,000 per station, which is not a big number at all--Addicting Info claims that left-wing talkers carried on far fewer stations average roughly 8,000 listeners per station.
I think it's all playing with stats--the lefties are probably going into cities like Minneapolis, Portland, St. Paul, San Francisco, etc. where you would expect larger left-wing audience.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/07/11/limbaugh/
Re: How many opiates did he need to drop to come up with this? - Avenger - 08-30-2012
Sandra Fluke is a distant memory but Rush will come to life in about 3 hours. What happened to the boycott?
Re: How many opiates did he need to drop to come up with this? - $tevie - 08-30-2012
I am on my iPhone so I'm not going to Google right now, but long story short the ratings numbers everyone used to cite came from Clear Channel and not a ratings service. Clear Channel owns Limbaugh. During the slut episode it came out that not only were the numbers from Clear Chanel--they were something like 7 years old.
Re: How many opiates did he need to drop to come up with this? - $tevie - 08-30-2012
Chanel. lol. Freudian slip.
Re: How many opiates did he need to drop to come up with this? - RgrF - 08-30-2012
Chanel, smells like "Teen Spirit"
Re: How many opiates did he need to drop to come up with this? - Dennis S - 08-30-2012
Rush is either losing money for his owners or his earnings are way down. Not Google-worthy.
Re: How many opiates did he need to drop to come up with this? - $tevie - 08-30-2012
Well, now that I can Google, I'm not finding the information that I remember reading. But I am finding lots of links that confirm that the much-touted 20 million figure was never true to begin with. And that his ratings appear to be slipping in any case. So my contention is true regardless of my memory.
Re: How many opiates did he need to drop to come up with this? - Avenger - 08-30-2012
The broadcasting landscape s strewn with bodies of those who tried to dethrone Rush. Remember Air America?
Re: How many opiates did he need to drop to come up with this? - lafinfil - 08-31-2012
Avenger wrote:
Remember Air America?
Kind of ... didn't one of their drive time DJ's go on to be elected to the Senate ?