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So... Who will fill the vacuum when Limbaugh "leaves"? Hannity? Ingraham? Lil Bow Tie Boy? (Original Post) Progressive Jones Oct 2020 OP
Donald Trump. Squinch Oct 2020 #1
As long as he is out of the WH, I'm fine with it. patricia92243 Oct 2020 #16
No way he'll spend hours a day alone in a room behind a microphone Mariana Oct 2020 #30
Talk radio is on life support...no profit in it. Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #2
There is no profit, they survive because louis-t Oct 2020 #4
Exactly and they use tax breaks to do it...so maybe we can cut into that with fair taxation. Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #32
Limbaugh's already irrelevant... regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #3
Unfortunately not soon enough. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #10
Chuckie Toad Wellstone ruled Oct 2020 #5
like all personality cults when the leader dies the cult collapses and splinters. nobody msongs Oct 2020 #6
Satan mzmolly Oct 2020 #7
One or both of the two whiny maniacs A HERETIC I AM Oct 2020 #8
I think Hannity and Dan Bongibongi have radio shows dustyscamp Oct 2020 #26
Nobody. The vaccum will remain unfilled. Binkie The Clown Oct 2020 #9
I hope so. I know I'm long tired of it. It's all a propaganda machine on the right. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2020 #21
I hope it becomes a 2naSalit Oct 2020 #25
My guess would have been... Mike Nelson Oct 2020 #11
Problem is that those inclined to listen to that crud still exist. Hoyt Oct 2020 #12
There is already an intellectual vacuum, so when he dies... NurseJackie Oct 2020 #13
I really don't care Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #14
Hugh Hewitt is my guess or Laura Ingraham samplegirl Oct 2020 #15
Is Chris Plante aired in your market? Frasier Balzov Oct 2020 #17
That show leads into Limbaugh here (Chicago). Yeah, Plante is a caveman. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2020 #20
I really don't care, do you? nt Boogiemack Oct 2020 #18
the vacuum??? well, they all suck? NRaleighLiberal Oct 2020 #19
All 3 of them in a bag might be enough lame54 Oct 2020 #22
Joe Rogan would like to apply. NameAlreadyTaken Oct 2020 #23
The Pocket Fisherman aka Rudy Tribetime Oct 2020 #24
Roger (Evil toothy grimace) Stone. Baked Potato Oct 2020 #27
Nobody has his skill level. Codeine Oct 2020 #28
Hannity pretty much is Trump's Goebbels. Initech Oct 2020 #29
Don jr essme Oct 2020 #31

Mariana

(14,849 posts)
30. No way he'll spend hours a day alone in a room behind a microphone
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 10:15 PM
Oct 2020

talking to an audience he can't see or hear. He craves the cheering crowds. In fact, after the election is over and the constant rallies end, I expect him to go into serious withdrawal.

regnaD kciN

(26,035 posts)
3. Limbaugh's already irrelevant...
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 06:43 PM
Oct 2020

Over-the-air talk radio is dying just as surely as Rush. Once he's gone, it'll be all about the usual Faux nighttime shows.

TwilightZone

(25,342 posts)
10. Unfortunately not soon enough.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 06:49 PM
Oct 2020

He still has 15 million listeners, as does Hannity. Talk radio is still big in conservative areas like the Upper Midwest.

msongs

(67,193 posts)
6. like all personality cults when the leader dies the cult collapses and splinters. nobody
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 06:46 PM
Oct 2020

will have the clout and ratings he had

A HERETIC I AM

(24,320 posts)
8. One or both of the two whiny maniacs
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 06:47 PM
Oct 2020

Mark Levin or Ben Shapiro.

Can't stand either one, but I'll bet more stations will pick up both of them.



dustyscamp

(2,221 posts)
26. I think Hannity and Dan Bongibongi have radio shows
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 08:28 PM
Oct 2020

On youtube it'll be Tim Pool, Ben Shapiro, Charlie Kirk and plenty of others. There won't be a vacuum of RWNJ bullshit that is just wishful thinking

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
9. Nobody. The vaccum will remain unfilled.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 06:48 PM
Oct 2020

A few will try, but in the end, hate radio is on its way out. People are getting sick of constant hate. (IMHO)

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
13. There is already an intellectual vacuum, so when he dies...
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 06:55 PM
Oct 2020

... do physics allow a vacuum to become more of a vacuum?

Frasier Balzov

(2,598 posts)
17. Is Chris Plante aired in your market?
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 07:01 PM
Oct 2020

A fraction of the intellect of Limbaugh and a multiple of the hysteria of Levin.

I'd keep your eye on him.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
28. Nobody has his skill level.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 09:37 PM
Oct 2020

Say what you want about the fucker, he is an absolute master of his chosen media. I don’t see anyone else in that milieu even coming close.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
29. Hannity pretty much is Trump's Goebbels.
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 10:11 PM
Oct 2020

And Fox News is just a preview of what state run TV will look like under Trump's second term. Hannity pretty much echoes all the shit that comes out of Trump's mouth.

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