Limbaugh broadcasts dead air during commercial breaks

[Bryanrocks0]

[url]http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/08/limbaugh-broadcasts-dead-air-during-commercial-breaks/[/url]

[quote]
The exodus of advertisers fleeing from Rush Limbaugh may finally be taking a toll on his radio show.
Liberal watchdog group Media Matters [URL="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203080008"]noticed[/URL] that on at least two occasions on Thursday, Limbaugh’s flagship station in New York, WABC, broadcast several minutes of dead air during commercial breaks.
There were over two and a half minutes of dead air leading into the show and then another minute of dead air during the first hour of the program.
In a statement on his website over the weekend, the conservative radio host said he “sincerely” [URL="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/05/limbaugh-i-acted-too-much-like-the-leftists/"]apologized[/URL] to Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke, who he had called a “slut” and a “prostitute” after she testified before Congress about the need for contraception coverage at colleges and universities, even if they are owned by religious institutions.
According to Media Matters’ count, [URL="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203050019"]at least 48 advertisers[/URL] had cancelled their ads by Thursday afternoon.
Limbaugh played the controversy down on Wednesday, [URL="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/rush-limbaugh-over-40-advertisers-flee-host-says-everythings-cool/"]telling listeners[/URL] that “everything’s cool.”
“Nobody is losing money here, including us, in all this,” he said. “[The advertisers] are not canceling the business on our stations. They’re just saying they don’t want their spots to appear in my show. We don’t get any revenue from ‘em anyway. The whole effort is to dispirit you.”
[I]AdAge[/I] [URL="http://adage.com/article/mediaworks/limbaugh-s-awol-sponsors-open-nonprofits/233162/?utm_source=mediaworks&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=adage"]determined[/URL] that nearly half of the 69 commercial spots during Thursday’s show had been replaced with public service announcements.
Dead air happens when a radio or television station fails to broadcast anything over a period of time. It is generally considered to be one of the worst things that can happen in broadcast industry.
One of the most famous examples of dead air happened when anchor Dan Rather decided to walk off the set of the [I]CBS Evening News[/I] in 1987 because he was angry about the show being preempted by a tennis match. For six minutes, no picture was transmitted, which was considered unprecedented at the time.
According to [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/13/nyregion/rather-walked-off-set-of-cbs-news.html"][I]The New York Times[/I][/URL], the network and its affiliates were flooded with calls from angry viewers.[/quote]

[nemmises5]

good.

[The Baconator]

It scares me that people use him as a template to copy and paste their opinions and "knowledge". He has influenced American politics and social progress so much it's insane.

[editline]8th March 2012[/editline]

His show is the most listened to talkshow in America.

[Itachi_Crow]

hahaha

here's hoping he runs out of money and is forced to resign

[The one that is]

Another of many elitists in this country that must fall.

[LunchboxOfDoom]

Dig that hole deeper, Rush.

Then starve to death at the bottom of it- being unable to claw your fat self out.

You will not be missed.

[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;35060618]hahaha

here's hoping he runs out of money and is forced to resign[/QUOTE]

A bunch of his sponsors dropped his show. Twelve, in all thusfar. But there are a bunch of others that are considering whether or not they should drop him and make a run for the hills.

[The Baconator]

[QUOTE=The one that is;35060678]Another of many elitists in this country that must fall.[/QUOTE]

I find it funny he calls the media elite, and often uses the term "liberal elite" :v:

[Phaselancer]

"They’re just saying they don’t want their spots to appear in my show. We don’t get any revenue from ‘em anyway. The whole effort is to dispirit you."

Riiiiiight, dispirit equates to you getting no money. Now the real question is if he is going to fund himself. (He has more than enough money) Or will he be the greedy bastard and just take the money and run.

[An Armed Bear]

[quote]A bunch of his sponsors dropped his show. Twelve, in all thusfar. But there are a bunch of others that are considering whether or not they should drop him and make a run for the hills. [/quote]

I heard the count is up to like 50 advertisers that left.

[Last or First]

[quote]Limbaugh played the controversy down on Wednesday, telling listeners that “everything’s cool.”
“Nobody is losing money here, including us, in all this,” he said. “[The advertisers] are not canceling the business on our stations. They’re just saying they don’t want their spots to appear in my show. We don’t get any revenue from ‘em anyway. The whole effort is to dispirit you.”[/quote]
Stage 1: Denial.

[Stick it in her]

[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;35060723]Dig that hole deeper, Rush.

Then starve to death at the bottom of it- being unable to claw your fat self out.

You will not be missed.

A bunch of his sponsors dropped his show. Twelve, in all thusfar. But there are a bunch of others that are considering whether or not they should drop him and make a run for the hills.[/QUOTE]

Actually 46 sponsors have dropped him, but I don't think he'll be going down without a fight!

"Limbaugh May Get Fitting New Sponsors: Websites That Arrange Adulterous Relationships & Match Sugar Daddies With Younger Women"

source: [URL]http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13368[/URL]

...not. He's totally going down, no contest. He turned them down.

[URL]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/limbaugh-ashleymadison-com-not-accept-sponsorship-companies-cheat-184310489.html[/URL]

Leaving him with basically dead air and random Public Service Announcements that make his audience ram their heads into the 1940's AM radio sets in which they tune in on

[The Baconator]

ugh someone made this:

[IMG]http://themagicnegro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sandra-fluke_demands.jpg[/IMG]

And we wonder why people follow him

[Last or First]

[QUOTE=The Baconator;35061198]ugh someone made this:

[IMG]http://themagicnegro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sandra-fluke_demands.jpg[/IMG]

And we wonder why people follow him[/QUOTE]
Well, then again, I'm not sure that that website actually represents the views of very many people.

[Hidole555]

[QUOTE=The Baconator;35061198]ugh someone made this:

[IMG]http://themagicnegro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sandra-fluke_demands.jpg[/IMG]

And we wonder why people follow him[/QUOTE]

URL: themagicnegro.com

Jesus christ, it's a whole website of that shit.

[IMG]http://themagicnegro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fluke_occupy.jpg[/IMG]

[Gatsby]

-snip, pointless post-