50 More Major Rush Limbaugh Sponsors Go Silent – Boycotters Kicking His Ass(ets)

[babylonsister]

50 More Major Rush Limbaugh Sponsors Go Silent – Boycotters Kicking His Ass(ets)
April 12, 2014
Posted by: Samuel Warde



Yes, over 50 substantial Limbaugh sponsors have not been heard in months. This number is in addition to the thousands of national and local sponsors who have already pulled ads from radio’s most hateful talk show host, Rush Limbaugh. The boycotts, petitions, and protests continue to kick his ad revenue, as well as the assets of the radio networks that carry him. More and more consumers and activists are jumping into the protest via BoycottRush, StopRush, and FlushRush.


According to the StopRush Database, here are some of the major sponsors that have not been heard on Limbaugh’s show for at least 60 days. As of April 12, 2014, they include:

No Ads Heard For 2 Months

Dish Network
Discovery Channel
Arizona Western College
Comcast Business
Comcast Xfinity
Papa Murphy’s
LA Dodgers
Blue Emu
St. Louis Rams
Anaheim Ducks
Pearl Vision
Boise State University
Vermont Teddy Bear
Kent State University
Michigan State University
Advance Auto
Tulsa Hurricane University
NFL Monday Night Football
Carl’s Jr.
Cleveland Browns
Miami Dolphins
Pajamagram

No Ads Heard For 3 Months

Sodastream
Club Glove
Fin Electric Cigarettes
Mannheim Steamroller
Kars4Kids
Sears
Olivet Nazarene University
Taco Bell
Jewelry Exchange
National Association of Realtors
Frontier Communications
SweetJack
New Vitality
Greenlight Financial Services
Stanley Steamer
Chrysler

No Ads Heard For 6 Months

Midas
San Diego University
University College-Washington
Oregon State University
Income At Home
Verengo Solar
Taste Of Home
San Diego State University
Gold Bond
Reagan.com
University of Iowa
Blue Bell Ice Cream
Hammermill Paper

Some of the above have been longtime ‘hardcore’ sponsors of Limbaugh. When companies like this finally flee – success is in the air.

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[Warpy]

1. Fat cat fascists will continue to pay his way

and his ridiculously large salary while he keeps taking orders from them. As long as he tells empty headed people how to think, he will stay on the air.

However, I expect him to be dropped by local stations that are very vulnerable to a loss of advertising revenue. His show might be free but they still have their own operating costs to pay for and many of them won't make enough during his show to do that.

[PSPS]

3. Local stations don't need ad revenue if they broker the time

In fact, if a station is hard up for ad revenue, brokered will be very attractive to them. That's the same model they used with Rush's old TV show, but it was outside prime time and on OTA stations back then.

[Warpy]

4. You're not getting it.

Local stations can't afford to have air time that doesn't pay them enough to cover operating expenses. Yes, Limbag was free programming, but the stations that carried it were still dependent on LOCAL and CORPORATE ADVERTISING. The latter has dried up and there's no way that 15 second spots for Praise the Lord Mufflers, The Chozzerai Cafe and Eternal Rest Funeral Services are going to make up the difference.

[PSPS]

9. I think you're not getting it

I understand what you're saying but brokered radio time doesn't work that way. Instead of relying on local ad revenue to pay bills, the local station sells the time outright for more money than they could make on the ad slots. It's the same model used for a lot of shows hawking nefarious products and services (herbalife, 'financial advice,' etc.) The station can still make money and pay the bills without having to run any ads during the time period sold.

[snowshadow]

10. Not getting it?

The local station sells the time outright, OK got that. What if nobody buys that air time. Wouldn't it be harder to sell a big bulk of the time as opposed to a 15 sec. time slot?

[Ed Suspicious]

11. How much do you think it would hurt say, Sheldon Addelson

to buy a few hours per week for Rush to keep spreading the message in a few dozen mid major markets?

[snowshadow]

12. Thanks!

Duhh, how could I forget about the lonely 1%.

[SevenSixtyTwo]

2. Even repugnisins

deny he's their mascot and spokesperson. Pitiful.

[SummerSnow]

5. and the bleeding continues...drip, drip, drip

[nxylas]

6. And yet he still has over 1500 advertisers

It's like bailing out the Titanic with a thimble.

[totodeinhere]

7. To the casual observer it may seem as though his show continues to have plenty of ads.

But most of the advertisers he has left are bottom feeders who buy their spots at steeply discounted rates. It's the only way he can sell his ad time. Also, in some conservative markets the show continues to sell local ads. But over all, his revenue is way down. How much he cares about this personally I don't know. He has already made his millions.

[brucefan]

8. Reagan.com bailed?

That's gotta hurt.

[IkeRepublican]

15. Raygun-dot-bomb are probably are low on funds as well

Conservatives probably didn't even know it existed in the first place. They've already got hundreds of sites manufacturing the Reagan myths weekly anyhow.

[Curmudgeoness]

13. There's something odd here.

As of today, here are a few of his true-blue sponsors/return sponsors:

US Marine Corps
Marvin Window & Door
Jiffy Lube
Discovery Channel
Advance Auto Parts
Cox
Renters Warehouse
Allegra
Red Wing Shoes
Quicken Loans

I noticed Discovery Channel and Advance Auto Parts in the list of defectors. So which is it? I hate when an article has these kinds of errors. I can no longer know if they have the facts straight.

But gotta love that the bottom feeder Income At Home is in the 6 month list.

[Jenoch]

14. I don't understand that list.

There appears to be many organizations on that list who are not national advertisers and seem to be local advertisers tgat might be missing from the affikiates airwaves.

[Cha]

16. That "Hate" is gonna make limbaugh

implode one of these days.