Rush Limbaugh SHATTERS broadcast records

[Bodhi]

LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS

Wed Jul 02 2008 09:02:18 ET
**Exclusive**

The American broadcast industry is rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit, yet again, by Rush Limbaugh, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

In what is being described as an unprecedented radio contract, Limbaugh will keep his syndicated show on-the-air and e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e through 2016 with CLEAR CHANNEL and PREMIERE RADIO.

Already host of the most lucrative hours since radio's inception, Limbaugh's total package is valued north of $400 million, according to media insiders.

The NEW YORK TIMES will claim this weekend that Limbaugh, marking 20 years this summer as a national host, has secured a 9-figure signing bonus for the new deal, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE.

In its controversial profile, the TIMES reports that Limbaugh is buying a new G550 jet and is making an estimated $38 million a year.

While newspapers and traditional broadcast media are experiencing declining revenues, Limbaugh's golden microphone has turned diamond-laced:

Earnings now pace him ahead of the annual salaries for network news anchors: Katie Couric, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer ? combined!

The deal represents a stunning triumph over the establishment by an outsider who connected with and captured the spirit of the nation's heartland.

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[Axl4Prez2004]

Ahhh, Limbaugh, glad to see the hypocritical scumbag hit it big.  Good for him!

If you're forced to listen to conservative talk radio, Michael Medved's a much better listen.  He's 100 times smarter than Limbaugh and actually makes points without having to talk over or talk down to callers with differing opinions.  Plitt-mania, he might not be your style after all.   

[Drew]

If you're forced to listen to conservative talk radio

How can anyone be forced to listen to any radio station? Can you not turn the channel?

[Axl4Prez2004]

If you're forced to listen to conservative talk radio

How can anyone be forced to listen to any radio station? Can you not turn the channel?

You'd be surprised what some people force themselves to listen to...trust me.  Drew, do you really think Limbaugh's a fair voice?  Seriously, the poor guy is not intellectually gifted...Medved is...even if he does look like Ned Flanders. 

[Drew]

You'd be surprised what some people force themselves to listen to...trust me.  Drew, do you really think Limbaugh's a fair voice?  Seriously, the poor guy is not intellectually gifted...Medved is...even if he does look like Ned Flanders. 

I don't think anyone has to force themselves to listen to him. I'm pretty sure it's the listenser's own personal decision.

[Bodhi]

If you're forced to listen to conservative talk radio

How can anyone be forced to listen to any radio station? Can you not turn the channel?

You'd be surprised what some people force themselves to listen to...trust me.  Drew, do you really think Limbaugh's a fair voice?  Seriously, the poor guy is not intellectually gifted...Medved is...even if he does look like Ned Flanders. 

who said anything about him being a fair voice? he is a CONSERVATIVE voice who was an outsider because the mainstream media was and still is liberal....that is why he is making more money than god right now....


on a side note...this is nothing new...he has been the highest paid guy in radio for years now....now its just an obscene amount of money....

[GeraldFord]

an outsider who connected with and captured the spirit of the nation's heartland.

Now that's just sad...

[Axl4Prez2004]

Good for him.  Maybe he can celebrate with some more illegally-acquired "hillbilly heroin."  Fuckin' hypocrite.

Really?  Nobody's "forced" to listen to him?  Really?    The point was, if all the choices you have on the radio are conservative talk shows, you can do better than ass-face Limbaugh.  

[D]

People still listen to the radio?

[Drew]

Really?  Nobody's "forced" to listen to him?  Really?     The point was, if all the choices you have on the radio are conservative talk shows, you can do better than ass-face Limbaugh.   

Yes! Really! No one is forced to listen to him at all. Roll your eyes all you want to but it's absolutely a ridiculous statement to make.

[Axl4Prez2004]

Really?  Nobody's "forced" to listen to him?  Really?     The point was, if all the choices you have on the radio are conservative talk shows, you can do better than ass-face Limbaugh.   

Yes! Really! No one is forced to listen to him at all. Roll your eyes all you want to but it's absolutely a ridiculous statement to make.

Let me rephrase my statement then.  If you choose to listen to conservative talk radio, folks can do much better than listening to this bloated hypocrite.  Fair enough?

[TAP]

Limbaugh has the best scam going this side of religion. A three times divorced (yet with no kids!?) junkie who got caught with someone else's viagra coming back from a sex tourism vacation and probably had a gay affair, is a hero to conservatives and gets paid megabucks to tell them what they want to hear despite not walking the talk himself. On top of that he gets most of them to vote against their economic interest but for his economic interest.

Grudging respect 

[sandman]

Limbaugh has the best scam going this side of religion. A three times divorced (yet with no kids!?) junkie who got caught with someone else's viagra coming back from a sex tourism vacation and probably had a gay affair, is a hero to conservatives and gets paid megabucks to tell them what they want to hear despite not walking the talk himself. On top of that he gets most of them to vote against their economic interest but for his economic interest.

Grudging respect 

so you're basically calling him a genius.

i wouldn't give him that much credit.

[SLCPUNK]

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."

H.L. Mencken

[Bodhi]

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."

H.L. Mencken

oh yes i forgot anyoe who does not share your views is obviously a moron....well we have millions of morons in this country i guess...

[Bodhi]

Limbaugh has the best scam going this side of religion. A three times divorced (yet with no kids!?) junkie who got caught with someone else's viagra coming back from a sex tourism vacation and probably had a gay affair, is a hero to conservatives and gets paid megabucks to tell them what they want to hear despite not walking the talk himself. On top of that he gets most of them to vote against their economic interest but for his economic interest.

Grudging respect 

he is smart....3 marriages and no kids.....genius

[Bodhi]

Good for him.  Maybe he can celebrate with some more illegally-acquired "hillbilly heroin."  Fuckin' hypocrite.

Really?  Nobody's "forced" to listen to him?  Really?    The point was, if all the choices you have on the radio are conservative talk shows, you can do better than ass-face Limbaugh.  

what planet are you on...there are a TON of liberal talk radio shows that have come and gone over the past 10 years....the problem is they get NO ratings and usually wind up going bankrupt...but if you would like a liberal point of view listen to NPR or Rachel Maddows show on Air America...i think they still have a few stations in the country somewhere...i know we have one here

[SLCPUNK]

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."

H.L. Mencken

oh yes i forgot anyoe who does not share your views is obviously a moron....well we have millions of morons in this country i guess...

59 MILLION to be exact.

[freedom78]

You'd be surprised what some people force themselves to listen to...trust me.  Drew, do you really think Limbaugh's a fair voice?  Seriously, the poor guy is not intellectually gifted...Medved is...even if he does look like Ned Flanders. 

I don't think anyone has to force themselves to listen to him. I'm pretty sure it's the listenser's own personal decision.

Perhaps they don't have a radio where you work, but if they did, then it couldn't be on everyone's favorite stations at the same time. 

If you're forced to listen to conservative talk radio

How can anyone be forced to listen to any radio station? Can you not turn the channel?

You'd be surprised what some people force themselves to listen to...trust me.  Drew, do you really think Limbaugh's a fair voice?  Seriously, the poor guy is not intellectually gifted...Medved is...even if he does look like Ned Flanders. 

who said anything about him being a fair voice? he is a CONSERVATIVE voice who was an outsider because the mainstream media was and still is liberal....that is why he is making more money than god right now....


on a side note...this is nothing new...he has been the highest paid guy in radio for years now....now its just an obscene amount of money....

  @ "outsider"

That's like calling the Yankees baseball outsiders because they're loud, rich, and nobody fuckin' likes them.

Conservatives own (in that slang sense) political talk radio and have for years and years and years.  And they own (in the $$$ sense) the vast majority of the media. 

[Bodhi]

  @ "outsider"

That's like calling the Yankees baseball outsiders because they're loud, rich, and nobody fuckin' likes them.

Conservatives own (in that slang sense) political talk radio and have for years and years and years.  And they own (in the $$$ sense) the vast majority of the media. 

he was an outsider 20 YEARS ago when he started...he was the first....thus the term outsider....now there are tons of conservative talk show hosts who enjoy fame and fortune because of him...