WBAL Radio cancels Rush Limbaugh (well, it's a start, anyway)

[TomInTib]

Rush Limbaugh, one of the most popular and polarizing radio personalities of recent years, has been sacked in Baltimore.

WBAL-AM Radio has canceled Limbaugh's syndicated call-in talk show, saying it wants to focus on local news and hosts. It is the first station to cancel the show, which is heard in nearly 600 markets, according to Limbaugh's syndicate, Premiere Radio Networks.

"In this market at this time, we just think we can perform better without him," said Jeff Beauchamp, station manager and vice president at WBAL. "It was a great run, though."

After a decade in Baltimore, the conservative talk-show host will no longer be heard on WBAL after May 31. Sandwiched between local hosts Chip Franklin and Ron Smith, Limbaugh has been a WBAL mainstay in its noon-to-3 p.m. time slot. WBAL, fourth among adults in its market and fifth among listeners age 12 and older, has seen Limbaugh's ratings decline. According to Arbitron, which rates radio stations, Limbaugh's audience share on WBAL dropped 27 percent last fall compared to fall 2004.

I just had to post this. There is more:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-to.rush14mar14,1,2349372,print.story?coll=bal-features-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true

[displacedtexan]

1. The home of Sinclair Broadcasting? Cool!

This is excellent news!

[sheelz]

2. Cheers!

:toast:

[cantstandbush]

3. Let's hope this is the start of something great and necessary for our

nation's survival.

[wicket]

4. Pardon me while I....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Minnesota Libra]

5. Now that one did it others will follow ......Drip, Drip, Drip.......nt

[azmouse]

6. Swweeeeet!!!

:evilgrin:

[madinmaryland]

7. Wouldn't it be funny if they picked up Al Franken for the

noon to three time slot to replace Rush!!

:rofl:

[DancingBear]

8. Very nice!

I'm curious to see if this starts a trend away from hate radio.

The station to watch now is WMAL, out of DC. It programs the same mix (hate+local) as WBAL, and they may even be sister stations. WMAL is Clear Channel however, and I don't know who owns WBAL.



<doing the happy dance...>

[farmbo]

9. Rush's numbers are falling faster than Nicole Smith's panties at an Oil...

...Executive's convention.

Bye Bye Fatboy!

:bounce:

[norml]

10. Bye bye Russel! Don't let the Baltimore door hit you on the way out.

Tis the twilight of the clods,
Götterdämmerush.

[hholli11]

11. Rejoice! Rejoice!!

I'm putting on some Handel right now.

[shain from kane]

12. I'm fearful for Rush's life. He may get so depressed

that he'll start using Oxycontin again. That is, if he ever stopped.
(Of course, I actually hope the son of a bitch dies of a disease that they name after him.)

[catmandu57]

13. May it be long and painful

It's a start, hopefully the first of many.