Rush losing his audience (for some reason)

[Nitrogenica]

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has lost 43 percent of his Twin Cities audience between the ages of 25 and 54 in the past year. Sean Hannity lost 63 percent of his local audience.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/468/5570694.html

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. some crap floats to the top, but eventually flushing works

they both deserve to get kicked off the air. Give it time, and it will happen.

[LuCifer]

2. AAR!

I still can't believe that Rush Limbaugh is screaming about how the GOVERNMENT is harrassing SUV owners!!!! What a lying dipshit! The senate just SHOT DOWN a bit that required SUV's to have the same environmental standards as cars! The GOVERNMENT has subsidized the whole SUV industry with tax breaks! Government agencies area big market for SUVs! To portray SUV owners as "victims" is just ludicrous!

Plus, I still don't buy that he's the most listened to radio show in America, even with Howard Stern only on 40 cites, still, Stern's on FM mostly in most all big cities NY, LA, Chicago, DC, San Fran, Boston, Philly, Detroit, Seattle, Portland, West Palm, Orlando, Tampa, Phoenix, San Deigo, Baltimore, Cleveland, etc. AND morning drive han WAY more people listen to radio-stuck in cars! (Or, SUVs?) Middays are ok for listeners to radio, but NOTHING compared to mornings and afternoon drive 3-7p!

Tax breaks to SUVs, and pennies to fund alternative energy (solar, wind, ethanol, hell if my car ran on PISS, I wouldn't care!) and we wonder why we're stuck sucking OPEC arab oil dick!

Ironically, the best cars milage on new cars was in 1986...WHO WAS PRESIDENT THEN?! You'd think oxyRUSH would mention this 900 times, instead of the GOP talking points memo on how "anti-American" Cindy Sheehan is!!!!!!!!!!!

Tell a fiend to listen to Randi Rhodes (and all of Air America!),
on the following stations, ALL TIMES LOCAL:

INTERNET: http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen.asp (3p-7p ET)
Albany / Corvallis / Salem, OR: 990 KTHH (3p-7p)
Albuquerque, NM: 1350 KABQ (4p-8p)
Anchorage, AK: 1080 KUDO (12a-2a)
Ann Arbor, MI: 1290 WLBY (6p-10p)
Asheville, NC: 880 WPEK (6p-sunset)
Atlanta, GA: 1690 WWAA (3p-7p)
Austin, TX: 1600 KOKE
Barstow/Victor Valley, CA - 1230 KSZL (Noon-4pm) = NEW!!!
Baton Rouge, LA: 1380 WYNK (5p-sunset) = NEW!!!
Binghamton, NY: 1360 WYOS (3p-7p) = NEW!!!
Boston, MA: 1430 WXKS (6p-10p)
Brattleboro, VT: 1490 WKVT (3p-7p)
Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY: 1070 WTWK (3p-6p)
Charleston, SC: 730 WSSP (6p-10p)
Chicago, IL: 850 WCPT (5p-sunset) = NEW!!!
Cincinnati, OH: 1530 WCKY (6p-10p)
Cleveland / Akron, OH: 1520 WJMP (3p-7p) = NEW!!!
Columbia, SC: 1230 WOIC
Columbus, OH: 1230 WPTG (6p-7p/4a-6a)
Corpus Christi, TX: 1150 KCCT
Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX: 910 KXEB
Davenport, IA (aka Quad Cities): 1270 WKBF (2p-3p)
Denver / Boulder, CO: 760 KKZN (4p-8p)
Detroit, MI: 1310 WDTW (6p-10p)
Eugene / Springfield, OR: 1450 KOPT (Noon-4p)
Fresno, CA: 790 KFPT (3p-7p) = NEW!!!
Honolulu, HI: 1500 KUMU (8p-11p)
Huntington, WV: 930 WRVC (7p-11p) = NEW!!!
Ithaca, NY: 1470 WNYY (3p-7p) = NEW!!!
Key West / Key Largo, FL: 1500 WKIZ (3p-7p)
Lafayette, LA: 1490 KEUN (2p-6p) = NEW!!!
Los Angeles, CA: 1150 KTLK (3p-7p) = NEW!!!
Madison, WI: 92.1 WXXM (2p-6p)
Memphis, TN: 680 WWTQ (2p-6p)
Miami / Ft. Lauderdale, FL: 940 WINZ (6p-10p)
Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN: 950 KTNF (3a-5a)
Missoula, MT: 105.9 KKNS (6p-8p) = NEW!!!
Monterey / Santa Cruz / Salinas, CA: 1340 KOMY (12p-4p) = NEW!!!
New Haven, CT: 1300 WAVZ (6p-10p)
New Orleans, LA: 1350 WSMB (7p - 9p) = NEW!!!
New York, NY: 1190 WLIB (3p-7p)
Petoskey / Cheboygan, MI: 750 WWKK (2a-6a)
Phoenix, AZ: 1010 KXXT (3p-7p)
Philadelphia, PA: 1340 WHAT (3p-7p)
Portland, ME: 870 WLVP (3p-7p)
Portland, OR: 620 KPOJ (3p-7p)
Poughkeepsie, NY: 1020 WKZE = NEW!!!
Providence, RI: 920 WHJJ (6p-8p)
Reno, NV: 1230 KJFK (4p-8p)
Riverside / San Bernadino, CA: 1050 KCAA (5p-6p)
Rochester, NY: 950 WROC (6:30p-10p)
Sacramento, CA: 1240 KSQR (Noon-4p)
San Antonio, TX: 103.1 KTXX 103.1 (2-6 pm)
San Diego, CA: 1360 KLSD (3p-6p)
San Francisco / San Jose, CA: 960 KQKE (3p-7p)
San Luis Obispo, CA: 1340 KYNS (Noon-4p)
Santa Barbara, CA: 1340 KTLK (Noon-4p)
Santa Fe, NM: 1260 KTRC (1p-3p)
Seattle, WA: 1090 KPTK (3p-7p)
Spokane, WA: 1280 KAQQ (3p-7p)
Washington, DC: 1260 WWRC (6p-9p)
West Palm Beach / Stuart / Boca Raton, FL: 1290 WJNO (3p-6:50p)
Worchester / Framingham, MA: 1200 WKOX (6p-10p)
Youngstown / Warren, OH: 1570 WANR (3p-7p)

More info, go to & bookmark:
http://www.TheRandiRhodesShow.com
http://www.AirAmericaRadio.com
http://www.RandiRhodesArchives.com

Lu Cifer

[eleny]

7. Believe it

Rush has always depended in large part on distortion or outright lies for material. And he doesn't know how to shift even when a significant segment of his audience starts to think for themselves.

[left hand man]

17. The really sad part of this is apparent to those that heard Rush in 1985

I was baling hay one day when WGST680 in Atlanta announced that they were putting a new host on. Rush signed on and proceeded to KILL the competition with his"Illustrating the absurd buy being absurb".He was GREAT in those days.When he met Haley Barber(RNC head) he changed for the worst.TOO BAD. He could have been a uniter rather than a divider.
My Rant.my .02 worth

[BrotherBuzz]

19. Was that maybe 1995?

Rush was stil doing a local 'Talk' show at KFBK in Sacramento, California in 1985. He was in Sacramento for four year (1984-88) till he landed the New York gig in 1988 and became syndicated nationally within a month.

[Ernesto]

26. Ah yes nazi radio KFBK

When ever I overhear it on some geek's radio, I just roll my eyes. How can our community have enough mush brains to support their drivel?

[BrotherBuzz]

30. In all fairness KFBK did hire Bernie Ward and Christine Craft...

Oh yeah, they fired them, too. ;)

[left hand man]

34. I think you are correct--- Thanks

[hippywife]

3. People can only listen

to hate-filled, lying ranting for so long. The info they put out doesn't pass the smell test and sooner or later people figure it out.

[blue sky at night]

4. hey no big deal...........

people lose things. Let us all work tirelessly to help this trend continue... day after day until finally, after many moons, all of his listeners have stopped listening to this Asshole. Perhaps a nice jail term would hasten this eventuality.

[SHRED]

5. Because they suck...period.

[izzie]

6. How come Bush is so far down in that picture? Radio is nuts

Almost all the AM comes in with Rush and some 'Christian' talk show that is all Bush. What is it with AM any how? Air Am. is one bad station to pull in, it is so un-clear but I do keep it on in the car. Home I get it on PC.

[wli]

8. probably because people have figured out he's full of it n/t

[Downtown Hound]

9. Franken's ratings are up

Crackhead's ratings are down. All in the same market. Actually, this has been happening all over. When all you have is lies and filth on the air with no truth to balance it out, then yeah, Limpballs is likely to do well. But when it's counterbalanced, well, Rush is in trouble.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. How much of this can be chalked up to election year vs. post election?

Unfortunately there was no Air America or Talk Left last year to compare.

As for the photo: "You must be taller than Boo Boo to run this country."

[whosinpower]

11. Makes total sense to me

Outrageous verbal attacks by Rush were initially viewed as ENTERTAINMENT........and Rush got it wrong when he began to beleive his own nauseating compendium of vile crapola. The GOP have been in power for over 5 years now - all three branches........hard to claim being a poor victim when your guys control everything. And it is hard to swallow as entertainment while US soldiers bleed and die in Iraq.

He is on his way out - and he will fall with a whimper into the depths of nobodysville. His rantings are irrelevant.

[Mz Pip]

15. Pretty close to what I think

He's stopped being entertaining. It's like listening to the same joke over and over and over. It loses its punch after awhile. He's not funny anymore (not that I ever thought he was but I do know liberals who listened to him because they thought his rants were amusing).

Rush is a one trick pony. The trick got old. The pony got old. It will be interesting to see if this trend continues in other parts of the country.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[bnr65432]

12. people are waking up

[carnie_sf]

13. Maybe because

he's a lying, drug-addicted, hypocritical coward ya think?

[Quixote1818]

14. Too many statements about the war in direct conflict with reality

People are tired of hearing them cry wolf over and over and over. They have lost their credibility.

[Sydnie]

16. Recently saw my brother's RW friend who said

that listening to Rush wasn't important anymore because they won the election. He said that Rush is boring now because all the excitement surrounding the election was over, they had won and there were no issues worth discussing anymore.

I believe that is one of the main reasons his numbers are slipping. There is nothing he can say that will excite them before the beginning of next years election cycle ... maybe not even then. This friend did not seem the least bit concerned nor interested in the mid-term elections at all.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

21. no more issues to discuss anymore?

as I ponder the implications of that statement, I realize perfectly why we lost the election (regardless of how) and why Barnum and Bailey sell out every show.

[UTUSN]

18. Funny, Shrub Sure Doesn't LOOK Like Six Feet Tall

the way our wonderful media kept SAYING he is when they were DROOLING over his wonderful physical exam, how he was in SUCH great shape and was SIX FEET TALL.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. Umm I'm pretty sure that photo is photoshopped to make shrubya

look even shorter, but he still ain't no six feet.

[Ernesto]

27. He's taller than the "action hero"

Even though arnie (like chimp) relies on his cowboy boot high heels.

[fishnfla]

22. radio audience down, TV ratings down, Box office receipts down

And these industry types are all like: Whats going on?

How do I know these things? Read all about it on the internets!

[mainer]

29. book sales down, too. Everyone's online.

[MissMarple]

23. How about Ed Schultz? Any idea how he's doing?

[Bigmack]

24. Rush needs the Dems to win....

... either the White House or Congress.

Then his drug-induced rants will have a target, and the sheep will feel threatened enough to listen.

Who would want to be the next poor sumbitch to "win" the presidency?

You know, there's an old joke about a Repub having sex... something about not much happening DURING, but a lot of talk about how great it WAS and how good it's gonna be NEXT time.

[kentuck]

25. Soon, his only audience will be Snirdley, his sound engineer...

But he will continue to deceive himself, no doubt.

[donco6]

28. It's not like you need to listen.

I mean, isn't Rush utterly predictible? I'll bet I could name 10 topics and we could come up with exactly what he would say about them - down to the very sound bites. How long can you hear that crap over and over again?

I think they're just bored.

[sakabatou]

31. People are starting to wake up

[Imagevision]

32. Limbaugh-Hannity - Keep bad mouthing Cindy - proper don't like that...!

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has lost 43 percent of his Twin Cities audience between the ages of 25 and 54 in the past year.

Sean Hannity lost 63 percent of his local audience.

Anyone checked Laura Ingrahm, Sage?!!

[SoCalDem]

33. Liberals "will" listen to rightwing radio if there is no choice.

Rightwingers will NEVER listen to liberal radio.. Offer an alternative to Rush, and half his audience goes "buh-byeeee"

[Imagevision]

35. I liosten to Rush to figure latest Bush damage because they only

smear current threats, tells me where/why their sweating currrent events because after-all, that is they're main purpose for being there.

As soon as Fitz (hopefully) hands down indictments the Limbaugh Hannity machine will swing into high-gear with their opinionated version of the news to keep the repukes faithful and organized?