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Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:52 PM Apr 2015

Some good news out of Indiana...Rush the Blowhard has lost another big station!



Rush Limbaugh Dropped By Longtime Indianapolis Station

WIBC Highlights Advertiser Prospects Associated With Dropping Limbaugh

Indianapolis' WIBC has broadcast Rush Limbaugh's show for 22 years. Despite this long history, parent company Emmis Communications announced April 13 that they are dropping Limbaugh's show from WIBC's lineup.

Charlie Morgan, an executive for Emmis, indicated that the decision to drop Limbaugh was about the "long-term direction of the station," but also acknowledged that there was a "business element to the decision." Underscoring the business considerations, Morgan explained to the Indianapolis Business Journal that the absence of Limbaugh could actually help WIBC's advertiser prospects:

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/04/13/rush-limbaugh-dropped-by-longtime-indianapolis/203265
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Some good news out of Indiana...Rush the Blowhard has lost another big station! (Original Post) Archae Apr 2015 OP
As old white guys die off, and the country blues... onehandle Apr 2015 #1
And his butt boils and limp noodle. Boo hoo. Stardust Apr 2015 #2

onehandle

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1. As old white guys die off, and the country blues...
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 05:59 PM
Apr 2015

...all Rush will be left with is his Palm Beach mega-mansion and his hundreds of millions of dollars.

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