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Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« on: March 05, 2015, 11:31:42 AM »
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Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS


Rush Limbaugh, who’s been a fixture on WLS AM 890 for more than 25 years, is about to get the bum’s rush from the Cumulus Media news/talk station, sources said Wednesday.

If all goes as planned, Limbaugh’s syndicated talk show, which airs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, will be dropped by the end of March, according to insiders at WLS.

http://www.robertfeder.com/2015/03/05/wls-plans-to-drop-rush-limbaugh/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/05/1368703/-Rush-Limbaugh-Dumped-By-Chicago-Radio-Station-WLS
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2015, 11:43:39 AM »
It's amazing how that one idiot seems to be the only source for this story.

From same idiot: Cumulus denies dropping Limbaugh from WLS

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Rush Limbaugh Renews Deal With Cumulus; Stays On WLS-AM
Published on Friday, 23 August 2013 19:33

Syndicated talk show host Rush Limbaugh has agreed to a new three-year contract with Cumulus Media. This means that Limbaugh's afternoon radio show will continue to be heard on the majority of the Cumulus-owned radio stations that the show is current heard on. This would include Chicago's WLS-AM.
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2015, 11:45:29 AM »
AM?  People still listen to AM?
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2015, 11:50:32 AM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on March 05, 2015, 11:45:29 AM
AM?  People still listen to AM?

Hey, I'm on AM! KINA 910 AM/94.5 FM
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2015, 11:58:06 AM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on March 05, 2015, 11:45:29 AM
AM?  People still listen to AM?
Big Dog is still Big on AM.
Not only that, what about Iheart, XM, Sirius et al ?
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2015, 12:09:16 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on March 05, 2015, 11:58:06 AM
Big Dog is still Big on AM.
Not only that, what about Iheart, XM, Sirius et al ?

The story just said Limbaugh was being dropped by WLS - AM (I thought WLS was FM, but I haven't lived in its broadcast area for a long, long time, so perhaps I misrember on that).
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2015, 12:34:49 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on March 05, 2015, 12:09:16 PM
The story just said Limbaugh was being dropped by WLS - AM (I thought WLS was FM, but I haven't lived in its broadcast area for a long, long time, so perhaps I misrember on that).

WLS, The Big 89. That's what they called themselves back in the 70's when they played rock music. Back then, there were only a couple of FM stations that  could be picked up in central Illinois.

I've picked up WLS-AM as far south as southern Georgia and as far east as West Virginia.
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2015, 12:45:11 PM »
I don't recall which station I picked Limbaugh up on when I was passing through O'Fallon, but every other commercial was a PSA for some government program or public assistance.  It was really sad.
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2015, 01:25:17 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 05, 2015, 12:34:49 PM
WLS, The Big 89. That's what they called themselves back in the 70's when they played rock music. Back then, there were only a couple of FM stations that  could be picked up in central Illinois.

I've picked up WLS-AM as far south as southern Georgia and as far east as West Virginia.
'59 until mid 60's I listened to WLS in S.C.....until they dumped Dick Biondy(sp).

And before that, my dad would tune in to them for the Chicago weather because in about 2 days a form of their weather would be here. Heavy snow there and 2 days later we would probably get heavy rain...extreme cold there and our temps would fall in a couple of days.
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2015, 01:30:50 PM »
Quote from: Chris_ on March 05, 2015, 12:45:11 PM
I don't recall which station I picked Limbaugh up on when I was passing through O'Fallon, but every other commercial was a PSA for some government program or public assistance.  It was really sad.

KMOX, I'll bet.  But, it's St Louis.  The entire city is on the shit.  Of course, we shouldn't get started on E. St Louis....   ::)

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    WLS, The Big 89. That's what they called themselves back in the 70's when they played rock music. Back then, there were only a couple of FM stations that  could be picked up in central Illinois.

    I've picked up WLS-AM as far south as southern Georgia and as far east as West Virginia.


Damnit..... Now all those old jingles are going on my head radio.  "Eighty-nine, Double-U El ES!"

Damnit...damnit...damnit.......  I was like 8 years old, c'mon......
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2015, 01:38:43 PM »
Quote from: 98ZJUSMC on March 05, 2015, 01:30:50 PM
KMOX, I'll bet.  But, it's St Louis.  The entire city is on the shit.  Of course, we shouldn't get started on E. St Louis....   ::)


Damnit..... Now all those old jingles are going on my head radio.  "Eighty-nine, Double-U El ES!"

Damnit...damnit...damnit.......  I was like 8 years old, c'mon......

What about this:

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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2015, 01:43:15 PM »
Quote from: 98ZJUSMC on March 05, 2015, 01:30:50 PM
KMOX, I'll bet.  But, it's St Louis.  The entire city is on the shit.  Of course, we shouldn't get started on E. St Louis....   ::)



Cahokia ?
I once knew a girl from there.
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2015, 01:43:47 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 05, 2015, 01:38:43 PM
What about this:

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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2015, 01:46:04 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on March 05, 2015, 01:43:15 PM
Cahokia ?
I once knew a girl from there.

KMOX is downtown St. Louis, I believe.  NBC on the tube?  Not sure, I haven't watched it since I got Sattelite in 98.    :-)
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2015, 03:53:36 PM »
Quote from: Big Dog on March 05, 2015, 11:50:32 AM
Hey, I'm on AM! KINA 910 AM/94.5 FM

I think that's what DAT was talking about... :loser:
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2015, 04:08:52 PM »
If true, it means nothing to Rush.  There will be another large station in Chicago who will snap him up immediately.

Sigh, I almost threw up a "whiny" post lamenting WLS recently.  In the past 6 months, they have gutted their entire local lineup.  I've been listening to 890/WLS for nearly 20 years, and the foundation was always the excellent local programs.  And Rush was always consistent, right in the middle of the day from 11 to 2.  I've even kept listening though I don't live in Chicago anymore.  The local shows were entertaining, some political, others not.

Oh well, life goes on.
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2015, 05:11:27 PM »
Quote from: Chris_ on March 05, 2015, 11:43:39 AM
It's amazing how that one idiot seems to be the only source for this story.

From same idiot: Cumulus denies dropping Limbaugh from WLS
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The author (Robert Feder) has been a Chicago columnist for 30 years or so.  His main beat has always been local media, and his reporting is usually pretty accurate.

Cumulus has pretty much FUBAR'ed the entire station.  They completely flipped all of my local Cumulus talk station as well.  Some of the changes have been good, most others stink.  I imagine they've done that with music stations as well.

DAT, I'm stuck in an office most days.  I don't have tons of interaction other than a few meetings here or there.  My workload consists of working on spreadsheets, within accounting software & paperwork.  My one salvation is being able to listen to the radio, and I enjoy talk radio.  Even if my concentration isn't always on the radio.
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2015, 05:12:08 PM »
By "Dumped" they mean had his contract extended for 3 years.
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2015, 06:14:38 PM »
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Cumulus has pretty much FUBAR'ed ...

Ralph, you could have ended your sentence there. They've @#$%@#$%ed up their AM stations in SF as well. As best I can tell they're doing stupid things with their Lib-Prog stations as well as their conservative station. They've already had to bring Rush back onto KSFO (560).
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2015, 06:48:41 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 05, 2015, 12:34:49 PM
WLS, The Big 89. That's what they called themselves back in the 70's when they played rock music. Back then, there were only a couple of FM stations that  could be picked up in central Illinois.

I've picked up WLS-AM as far south as southern Georgia and as far east as West Virginia.

You'd be surprised what radio stations you can pick up at night around here... especially if you are on top of mountain.   :cheersmate:
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2015, 06:57:21 PM »
Quote from: I_B_Perky on March 05, 2015, 06:48:41 PM
You'd be surprised what radio stations you can pick up at night around here... especially if you are on top of mountain.   :cheersmate:

When I was a kid and couldn't sleep in the summer nights, I sit and play with an old tube radio that seemed to pick up everything. It also had shortwave , weather, marine and air traffic bands on it.
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« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2015, 07:19:25 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 05, 2015, 06:57:21 PM
When I was a kid and couldn't sleep in the summer nights, I sit and play with an old tube radio that seemed to pick up everything. It also had shortwave , weather, marine and air traffic bands on it.

I had one of those.  Did it look like this?  This is not the exact radio I had, close enough though. It had a spot where you could plug in an external antenna. For shits and giggles one time my great uncle, who was a ham, plugged it into his main antenna and we got radio stations from way far away. Started with K instead of W. He told me that was out west. Good times.   :cheersmate:

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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2015, 07:51:48 PM »
Quote from: I_B_Perky on March 05, 2015, 07:19:25 PM
I had one of those.  Did it look like this?  This is not the exact radio I had, close enough though. It had a spot where you could plug in an external antenna. For shits and giggles one time my great uncle, who was a ham, plugged it into his main antenna and we got radio stations from way far away. Started with K instead of W. He told me that was out west. Good times.   :cheersmate:



Mine was a little older. It was from an old TV/Radio console and I scavenged the radio from the unit. It was old enough that it had 120v going to the speaker. (I found that out the hard way.) It had the brass faceplate on it but the guts of it were completely open.
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Re: Rush Limbaugh DUMPED By Chicago Radio Station WLS
« Reply #24 on: March 05, 2015, 08:04:40 PM »
Quote from: SVPete on March 05, 2015, 06:14:38 PM
Ralph, you could have ended your sentence there. They've @#$%@#$%ed up their AM stations in SF as well. As best I can tell they're doing stupid things with their Lib-Prog stations as well as their conservative station. They've already had to bring Rush back onto KSFO (560).
There are still lib-progressive stations out there? ???
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