Over the years it has boggled my mind that Republicans give so much power to Rush Limbarf, the de facto head of the Republican Party. Every time one disagrees with him, you can be sure that politician will crawl in homage to kiss the ground at his feet. It thoroughly pleases me that his ratings are getting almost as low as he is.
It’s another bowl of crow for Rush Limbaugh to eat, and his bowls runneth over these days. Media Matters has just reported more negative ratings that began after Limbaugh made his move in January, to the new southern California station KEIB:
Three months later, Limbaugh’s KEIB is a ratings disaster, coming in 37th place in the second largest radio market in America with a .5 rating share in March, the most recent month available, according to Nielsen ratings. (A ratings share represents the percent of those listening to radio in the market who are dialed into a particular station.)
How small is KEIB’s audience? So small that eleven non-English radio stations have larger audiences in Los Angeles. And so small that KEIB actually trails four college-run, non-commercial stations in the market. This, for a man who makes $40 million a year to attract big radio audiences? As for KFI, the station Limbaugh left and which switched to an all-local news and talk format, its ratings remain healthy in the talker’s absence. A top ten station, KFI boasts an audience six times larger than KEIB’s.
And on the East Coast, where Limbaugh was King, he is now ranked 22nd, trailing four non-English stations and one classical station.
Limbaugh’s real trouble began in February 2012, when he spent three days spewing lies, hate, and misogyny at then unknown law student, Sandra Fluke. He and ‘his GOP boys’ didn’t like having the women folk advocating for birth control, much less in Congress, of all places. He called Fluke a ‘slut’ and ‘prostitute’ and the social media crowd went wild. Think Progress made a mighty good compilation video of the Sandra Fluke rant:…
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13 Responses to “Rush’s Ratings LimBARF!”
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Every time I hear of LimBarf slipping in the ratings, my heart leaps with joy.
Hard to think of two more damaging entities to our nation than Limbaugh and Faux "News"
May they both rot in Hell – and the sooner the better for the rest of us!
TY TC – God bless Sandra Fluke and all who supported her!
Last I heard it was 3,101 sponsors dropped him and counting. I don't think all were even real sponsors, they had bought airtime on the STATION and the station put them on Rush because they were desperate. One of those was quoted that he would prefer to be heard on the Jeffrey Dahmer Show.
Severe ratings drop and loss of many, many sponsors! It couldn't happen to a more deserving "it"! I say "it" because to me, he is beyond be called a human being . . . slug is even too good.
LimBarf is a perfect name for this guy and Lynn Sequence is correct "slug is even too good" for this de facto head of the Republican Party…
I'll be glad when "limpbarf" disappears from all forms of the airwaves…
and it cannot happen fast enough. lol.
Karma's a bitch, ain't it?
The day he has 0 supporters would be the best day of all!
Welcome Dorothy! 🙂
I'm glad you're here!
Surely, with this many sponsors dropping him, he will eventually be put off air. Of course, if that does happen, faux news will probably give him a job.
Thanks everyone. The only good Rush is no Rush.