http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/05/1368747/--Rush-Limbaugh-Admits-Defeat-On-Facebook-Reports-Of-Being-Dropped-In-Chicago-Begin-To-Fly?detail=email
Reports are flying that the large Chicago Cumulus radio station WLS 890 am is about to drop Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Cumulus is denying the leak, however today's industry rumor closely follows a very out-of-character post by Limbaugh on his official Facebook page.
'Now that I've outgrown the 25-54 demographic, I'm no longer confident I see the world as everybody else does.' Hold the phone, what? It's hard to believe these defeatist words would come from El Rushbo, the self-proclaimed, ego-driven, 'Mayor of Realsville'. Rush Limbaugh's post was published not even 24 hours before media veteran Robert Feder came out with his article reporting a WLS 'leak' that Limbaugh is being dropped, after being with the station for 25 years.
There are hard facts here. The network continues to lose money in big numbers. WLS's revenue dropped from $13 million in 2013 to less than $9.5 million in 2014. The article also states that the overall market was down 10 percent last year. Feder adds:
If all goes as planned, Limbaugh’s syndicated talk show, which airs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, will be dropped by the end of March, according to insiders at WLS.
A Cumulus Media spokeswoman [at first] declined immediate comment. But a source familiar with the decision said it was based on the show’s diminished ratings and failure to generate advertising revenue for the station, adding: “It’s impossible to sell.”
outgrown not so much as consumer power it takes awhile sometimes if an outlet is still showing profit it will drag their feet but when your vitriol leaks and gets their pants wet making the money harder to get in your pocket the power of the people shows through. it takes us all to generate that kind of strength hollering at the TV or radio does not show you flexing your muscle but emails and sponsors being boycotted that is where the grease is, don't stop here keep going till the only place he can get air time is with ISIS in Syria.
