Rush Limbaugh Ratings Dropping Like a Rock

[pbrauer]

Right, he used your post from a year ago....where you attempted to claim the show was "flaming out"...to highlight the absurdity of your post from a year ago since the show is still going ahead strong. It's hilarious to watch you attempt to suggest your prediction of the show "Flaming out" wasn't "wrong", despite said show still being the top rated radio talk show in the nation.

If my OP left the impression that his show would soon be ending believe me that wasn't what I was intending to say. Rush Limbaugh will be the king of talk radio until he decides to retire his golden microphone. You are wrong if you think his show is going strong when it's not. His listener ship is a shadow of what it once was. He once was on the best AM radio stations, that is no longer true. For example his station in Boston barely covers the whole city. Look at that chart again, those ratings Are terrible for him.

 

[Zyphlin]

If my OP left the impression that his show would soon be ending believe me that wasn't what I was intending to say.

So what did you mean by "Flaming out"? Again, are you suggesting "flaming out" is a euphemism meaning for "remaining the most successful in a field"? Because those two things don't really correlate very well in my head.

His listener ship is a shadow of what it once was.

And you can show this with numbers, or just a statement? And is it simply his listenership that is down, or is it the industries? If it's the latter...ie a relative across the board drop as it relates to talk radio...then that's an indication not that Rush Limbaugh is "flaming out" but rather that the format itself is waning, and in such a case painting it as somehow a relation or a testament to Rush himself is dishonest.

He once was on the best AM radio stations

Yet another attempt to move the goal posts. Your thread was about RATINGS[/b], now what stations he is on or not. If you want to provide some ratings information, we can have that conversation. If you want to keep coming back to your tired deflection then I'll continue to point out that it's not a legitimate counter to the topic at hand.

 

[gdgyva]

Why are you talking to a banned member?

hell if i know

probably because i dont keep track of who is banned......

never claimed i was the sharpest tool in the shed

:lol:

 

[Grand Mal]

Rush Limbaugh, the fat old drug addict, is living proof of that adage coined by H.L. Menken about no-one going broke underestimating...

 

[pbrauer]

5 month old story from biased source that still ignores that despite changes in radio stations carrying him his show remains far and away the #1 rated talk show in the nation. It is laughable beyond reason to suggest such a thing has "Flamed out", as you predicted it would a year ago and have since proclaimed you weren't "wrong" about. Not to mention it's a pathetic and laughable changing of the goal posts on your part, since this threads was an attempt to claim it as "flaming out" due to RATINGS, not due to what stations were or weren't carrying the show. Funny how you've not actually put forth any argument relating to ratings...you know, the thing you used at the onset of this thread....to buttress your claim you weren't "wrong" but instead have chosen to go to a completely different and separate metric. Perhaps because you can't actually get any data that backs up your original premise because the original premise was absolutely false?

You're are showing your ignorance about the radio business. While i've never worked in radio, I know a little something about it. What station Limbaugh is on is directly relates to his ratings. If his ratings were good (they are not), he would be on one of the better stations. If his ratings are bad (which they are) he would be moved (he was) to a poor station. The difference is night and day.

His probrems started when he called Sandra Fluke a "slut." That caused many of his advertisers to abandom him and caused them to be relucant sponsoring other talk shows. His comments have hurt everyone.

 

[clownboy]

You're are showing your ignorance about the radio business. While i've never worked in radio, I know a little something about it. What station Limbaugh is on is directly relates to his ratings. If his ratings were good (they are not), he would be on one of the better stations. If his ratings are bad (which they are) he would be moved (he was) to a poor station. The difference is night and day.

His probrems started when he called Sandra Fluke a "slut." That caused many of his advertisers to abandom him and caused them to be relucant sponsoring other talk shows. His comments have hurt everyone.

You don't understand radio at all. Limbaugh broadcasts from his own station, he has his own network and that network of individual stations broadcasts his show.

 

[disneydude]

And who would you suggest is a person worth listening to? Hillary Clinton? :2funny:

Um.....I don't think Hillary Clinton has a radio talk show. Doh!

 

[Zyphlin]

You're are showing your ignorance about the radio business. While i've never worked in radio, I know a little something about it. What station Limbaugh is on is directly relates to his ratings. If his ratings were good (they are not), he would be on one of the better stations. If his ratings are bad (which they are) he would be moved (he was) to a poor station. The difference is night and day.

So based on your assertion then, he should have bad ratings. So please, show us the bad ratings, which are ACTUALLY relevant to the topic and would be factual as opposed to your admittedly amateur anecdotal take on a nuanced issue that is tangentially related at best to what the actual ratings are.

 

[X Factor]

Rush is not as edgy as he used to be, he's actually mellowed a lot but he's still the best out there (as evidenced by the visceral hate he still garners).

 

[pbrauer]

So based on your assertion then, he should have bad ratings. So please, show us the bad ratings, which are ACTUALLY relevant to the topic and would be factual as opposed to your admittedly amateur anecdotal take on a nuanced issue that is tangentially related at best to what the actual ratings are.

I don't have access to ratings they are not given out free by Nielsen. Rush's syndicator Premiere Radio Networks used to publish his ratings on the Internet I think to show advertisers what great ratings he had. I haven't seen his ratings online for quite a bwhile. However, when you see they moved him to poorer stations you can bet his ratings are bad. When I listened to him at the start of the Clinton first term he was pretty entertaining; over the years he has become shrill.

Here are the ratings from the OP they are not good:

 

[US Conservative]

Yet you don't listen to him, so how would you know?

Prejudice. Kobie has pre judged Limbaugh. Its part of being a tolerant lefty.

 

[Derp]

31 yrs. not too shabby

 

[imyoda]

Well you know what they say............

All good things come to and end............................bad things take bit longer

 

[American]

The lefties forget that Rush is on the Internet and puts out a newsletter. He got on the Internet precisely as a backup to the radio show. The Left is full of fools who think they understand the radio business better than Limbaugh. It's fun to watch their frustration and struggling to understand why he won't just die.

 

[Ancient Herald]

I think they jsut love to get angry at people myself.

otherwise, IF YOU DON'T LIKE A SHOW OR A PERSON, DON'T WATCH THEM.


What is so hard about changing the channel or turning the TV off?

 

[The Mark]

I think they jsut love to get angry at people myself.

otherwise, IF YOU DON'T LIKE A SHOW OR A PERSON, DON'T WATCH THEM.


What is so hard about changing the channel or turning the TV off?

I think the worry is that he's actually misleading a bunch of people.

But, free speech and all that.

 

[Ancient Herald]

I think the worry is that he's actually misleading a bunch of people.

But, free speech and all that.

When you c heck a lot of his assertions and claims you'll find that he does actually back a lot of them up.

But, I don't like him myself and simply won't listen to him.

he can be pretty asinine at times, but then again, that's the job of all pundits like him, jon stewart, jay Leno, MSNBC, all of them.


Their job is to lie and mislead people to sell news and make big bucks.

 

[Fiddytree]

The lefties forget that Rush is on the Internet and puts out a newsletter. He got on the Internet precisely as a backup to the radio show. The Left is full of fools who think they understand the radio business better than Limbaugh. It's fun to watch their frustration and struggling to understand why he won't just die.

I was going to suggest that Rush is possibly losing ratings but still very much is the Grandfather of the conservative commentary behemoth.

Rush started on TV, moved to talk radio and completely altered how TV and talk radio political shows work. It doesn't matter if it's Fox News, CNN, or MSNBC, they all essentially rely on his format.

His own audience is partially aging and dying out literally, but his audience is splitting itself with an incredible number of options in both written (especially online) and talk formats. These online and talk formats probably would not be as successful as they are now without first building it up through Rush Limbaugh.

So even if Rush loses audiences, his influence continues to be felt. The National Review is not anywhere near as influential as other publications are, and you can thank (or curse) Rush for helping that happen.

It's not an influence I particularly like (I always thought William Buckley was far more interesting to watch-I still watch Firing Line episodes some nearly 50 years after some of those episodes premiered), but it's really hard to claim a measure of victory with any ratings decline. Even his defeats show his success.

 

[imyoda]

The lefties forget that Rush is on the Internet and puts out a newsletter. He got on the Internet precisely as a backup to the radio show. The Left is full of fools who think they understand the radio business better than Limbaugh. It's fun to watch their frustration and struggling to understand why he won't just die.

All well and good Rush has his stuff on the internet and also has a newspaper of sorts.......

...but the folks that pay the bills is Premiere Network have strongly hinted that Rush will not be getting anything near the $50 million as was his last contract………

His contract ends next year……..

Remember Rush has lost many stations and sponsors since the Sandra Fluke and can no longer brag he is the most listened program on AM radio

And it seems Rush has been looking to have his show on Sirius XM where the payday may equal or exceed the $50 million he was paid

And it was made news not to long ago his show is drawing fewer listeners than Spanish language stations in New York and Los Angeles…..and we all know how big that market must be…..

Will Rush ever go the way of Glenn Beck?


Who knows! But all you folks on the Right………the folks who claim to be the bastion of capitalism………….


It is not ones political philosophy that will keep Rush on AM radio…………

It will and alwaysbeen the bottom line…..

And his bottom line has not been looking to good these days………

 

[Ancient Herald]

And the bottom line is he owns the radio that broadcasts his shows.

So how is that going to be shut down then?

 

[imyoda]

I was going to suggest that Rush is possibly losing ratings but still very much is the Grandfather of the conservative commentary behemoth.

............. I particularly like (I always thought William Buckley was far more interesting to watch-I still watch Firing Line episodes some nearly 50 years after some of those episodes premiered), but it's really hard to claim a measure of victory with any ratings decline. Even his defeats show his success.

Buckley was a well educated and intelligent representative of what it once meant to be conservative.......what some folks today would call elitists ............


Limbaugh is nothing more that a bar room blowhard and bully................


who some folks for reasons I am at a loss to understand................

And are proud to see themselves as non-thinking ditto heads and devotees of all that is Rush...........


It sure is beyond my understanding..........

 

[US Conservative]

I think they jsut love to get angry at people myself.

otherwise, IF YOU DON'T LIKE A SHOW OR A PERSON, DON'T WATCH THEM.


What is so hard about changing the channel or turning the TV off?

Lefties aren't content with changing the channel, they want opposing viewpoints silenced.

 

[The Mark]

Buckley was a well educated and intelligent representative of what it once meant to be conservative.......what some folks today would call elitists ............


Limbaugh is nothing more that a bar room blowhard and bully................


who some folks for reasons I am at a loss to understand................

And are proud to see themselves as non-thinking ditto heads and devotees of all that is Rush...........


It sure is beyond my understanding..........

I used to listen to Limbaugh all the time.

I don't much anymore, but when I do occasionally drive during his show hours, I've started to notice inconsistencies in his monologues.

They may have been there before, but I didn't notice.

 

[winston53660]

Lefties aren't content with changing the channel, they want opposing viewpoints silenced.

OMG what else is there to listen to on AM radio?

 

[imyoda]

I used to listen to Limbaugh all the time.

I don't much anymore, but when I do occasionally drive during his show hours, I've started to notice inconsistencies in his monologues.

They may have been there before, but I didn't notice.

He may have found a new way to buy his drugs under the radar...............Ya just never know..........Once a junky..........................lol