Reports that Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity were fired might not be rumors after all. Rush hinted that the two may be leaving WABC for a competitor. The reason? Rush and Sean cost the station millions due to a scandal they created by their comments about Sandra Fluke.
Rush addressed his conservative audience on Monday, telling them about the move:
"Someday I am looking so forward to being able to detail all of this for you, but suffice to say nothing is gonna happen that you will notice. Nothing is going to change. You are gonna be able to get this radio program on as many, if not more, radio stations down the road than it's on now, and what you're being treated to is just a public business negotiation. But I just want to assure you, everything's cool, and as always, what's on the table for this program is growth."
Hey, at least he seems to be in good spirits about the transition. Yesterday we reported that the Obama-hating, gun-loving shock jocks will be headed for WOR over longtime radio station WABC. The reason?
WABC is owned by Cumulus. Their radio shows, however, are syndicated by Premiere Networks, which is owned by Clear Channel. It makes sense then that the two will be heading out for WOR, a station that is owned and operated by Clear Channel.
The whole mess began with Limbaugh contract negotiations, according to sources. Cumulus is not willing to pay Limbaugh as much as he was making in the past. This is largely due to the huge amount of sponsors he lost.
Advertisers seemingly fled from Rush after a series of controversial comments many felt to be sexist and racist.
The New York Daily News ran an article which outlined a series of conversations between Rush and Lew Dickey, CEO of Cumulus:
“This report follows an indirect, but sharp exchange this spring between Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey and Limbaugh over Limbaugh's value to Cumulus stations.
Noting that advertisers had left Limbaugh's show after his controversial remarks about birth control advocate Sandra Fluke, Dickey said Rush had cost Cumulus millions of dollars. Limbaugh fired back that Dickey was blaming Rush for the shortcomings of his ad sales department.”
Cumulus has refused to comment on the matter but chose not to deny the rumors, either, stating:
“Cumulus is not in a position to comment about negotiations with talent under contract, no matter what the rumor of the day might be."
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