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I have been following Tom

trkingmomoe — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 05:45:37 +0000

I have been following Tom Taylor Radio-info News Letter this past week. He seems to have all the inside skinny on the Limbaugh Show. I stumble on to it last Sunday trying to get info on how advertising is done on radio. From what I understand is that 9 minutes out of every 30 minutes is advertising. Half of it comes from Rush national sponsors and the other half the local station fills. Local stations have heard from their communities on their websites and Facebook pages. Also local advertisers have received the same response causing some to pull advertising. The radio-info news letter on February 28, did a piece on a poll done by Harris. The poll rated Limbaugh with the highest negative rating at 41% with only a 21% positive rating among Republicans in that sample. This was before the backlash started. Advertising agents live mostly by the numbers and April is rating sweep time for radio. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. The American Heart Association has pulled their public service announcement from Rush's flagship station WABC. Even charity PSA's are sensitive to this backlash. They don't want to lose donations and support for their charity.

Wow, that is a big deal

tmccarthy0 — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:20:34 +0000

In reply to Update. ..Premiere sent a

Wow, that is a big deal Momoe. I just read at huge article at Think Progress about exactly that issue and that company, Premiere. Wow, I hope this spells the end of hate radio, or at least blunts the impact it has had on our politics.

But they are right it is women who do the shopping for the household.

Thanks for the update!

Update. ..Premiere sent a

trkingmomoe — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:17:06 +0000

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Update. ..Premiere sent a memo to all its affiliates, listing 98 advertisers that don't want to run ads during Limbaugh and several others like him. Advertisers don't want to be associated to shows that upset their choice target group, women 24 to 55 age group. 85% of all spending decisions are made by that group.

Thanks for the link. I have

trkingmomoe — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:05:39 +0000

In reply to tma, update: Limbaugh rebuffs

Thanks for the link. I have been following threads over at Daily Kos and the ladies are also putting pressure on their local AM stations. Also been contacting local advertisers and expressing their dislike of Rush's slander. His numbers are up this week because people are curious over this. Ratings come out next month for radio stations. Advertisers will be looking at that and may sit it out until then. Local stations provide a portion of the advertising dollars during his program. There was dead air time during local broadcast ads here today. He will survive this but damaged.

Not that there's anything

jollyroger — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:26:46 +0000

In reply to Thanks JR, hadn't seen that!

Not that there's anything wrong with organizing community property principal on an hourly basis

tma, update: Limbaugh rebuffs

Aunt Sam — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:26:34 +0000

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tma, update: Limbaugh rebuffs attempt by Sleep Train to get him back

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/08/4323061/limbaugh-rebuffs-attempt-by-sleep.html

Lifelock was fined millions

NCD — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:18:13 +0000

In reply to It was published late

Lifelock was fined millions by the FTC for scamming the public, their CEO had his identity stolen 13 times according to Wired.com. The service is for knuckeheads and suckers, which pretty much comprises the audience for Rush.

Thanks JR, hadn't seen that!

Aunt Sam — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:03:51 +0000

In reply to This site?

Thanks JR, hadn't seen that!

Ahh interesting analysis Des,

tmccarthy0 — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:57:25 +0000

In reply to I think Josh Marshall has it

Ahh interesting analysis Des, very interesting. I tend to agree with that; Mitt cares about money, and that is just one more thing he has in common with Rush Limbaugh.

I mean he didn't make that much last year, on $384,000.00! Hardly enough to get by on!

I think Josh Marshall has it

Michael Maiello — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:21:57 +0000

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I think Josh Marshall has it right about Mitt when it comes to this kind of thing. All Mitt really cares about is limited regulation and low taxes on high earners and capital gains. That's his ideology. When it comes to social issues, I doubt he cares much beyond what will get him through the primary without totally hobbling him in the general. Is he a social conservative in his personal life? No doubt. But I don't think he cares a ton about what you or I might do. So his response to such things is always half-assed. He'll defend Rush because he thinks it's dangerous not to and because, in the end, he doesn't care if somebody is pilloried as a slut.