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  Rush Limbaugh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Limbaugh was the 1992, 1995, 2000 and 2005 recipient of the Marconi Radio Award for Syndicated Radio Personality of the Year (given by the National Association of Broadcasters), joining the syndicated Bob and Tom Show as the only other four-time winners of a Marconi award.
Limbaugh has participated in many charity cigar auctions hosted by Cigar Aficionado, and is known to talk frequently with his listeners about his and their cigar interests, preferences and recommendations.
Limbaugh is very vocal in denouncing liberal politicians (in the sense common in the United States of "leftist" rather than the classical liberal sense) and initiatives, and actively promotes conservative candidates and policies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rush_Limbaugh   (5452 words)

  
 The Rush Limbaugh Show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From comments Limbaugh has made on the air, it would seem he assists with research as part of preparation for the show and is in the control booth as the show is being broadcast.
Limbaugh became syndicated on August 1, 1988 through EFM and his show was drawing five million listeners after two years of syndication.
Limbaugh attracted widespread support and attention in 1998 when he complained that some radio stations were shortening his programs by cutting out his dramatic pauses to make room for more commercials.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Rush_Limbaugh_Show   (2895 words)

  
 Rush Limbaugh - dKosopedia
Limbaugh stated that he was not drafted because a physical found that he had an "inoperable pilonidal cyst" and "a football knee from high school" [Colford, pp 14 – 20].
Limbaugh's response to this is to claim the standard talking-point that most news reporting is "liberally biased" (in particular, television and newspaper news); a common saying of his is "I am equal time." He also has resorted on occasions to defend his bias by stating that he is a commentator and entertainer, not a reporter.
Limbaugh's former housekeeper, under investigation for drug dealing, alleged that Limbaugh was addicted to prescription opiate painkillers such as OxyContin, Lorcet (a combination of Tylenol and hydrocodone), and hydrocodone, and that he went through detox twice.
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Rush_Limbaugh   (3189 words)

  
 Rush Limbaugh Online : cyber emporium of Rush Limbaugh humor
Rush Limbaugh loves to insist that he has a deep understanding of "mainstream America", so much so that he is entitled to speak for us and does so every time he opens up his mouth.
Rush Limbaugh followers just love to insist it is the liberals who engage in name calling and lower the tone of debate, all the while cheering on Limbaugh and holding him up as some sort of example of how to behave.
Rush Limbaugh should speak for his listeners and ask for proof of the the reasons why Americans are dying and we are spending billions of dollars.
www.rushlimbaughonline.com   (3172 words)

  
 This is What Rush Limbaugh Thinks About People Who use Drugs: And What the Faux President Thinks About the Demagogue ...
If Rush is seen to be a fraud to his listeners, they may choose to believe the rest of the right-wing agenda is a fraud as well, or at the very least hypocritical.
Rush's lame response to the allegations of the National Enquirer, "I don't know what this is yet," is criminal.
Rush cannot be allowed to spend decades taking the cheapest pot shots possible for political gain and then be allowed to continued when the soapbox he has been standing on is in reality a bin of illegal drugs.
www.buzzflash.com /analysis/03/10/ana03004.html   (1046 words)

  
 The New American - Rush Limbaugh: Establishment Dittohead - July 10, 1995   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Although Limbaugh was himself a solid supporter of this balanced and sensible measure, he refused to call his GOP friends to account on their decidedly unconservative stand against it.
Limbaugh's role as premier debunker of the notion of the Conspiracy was previously filled by friend and mentor William F. Buckley, who has molded his career as a "respectable conservative," holding hands with the left while attempting to destroy the efforts of true conservatives trying to steer Americans in the right direction.
Rush Limbaugh wants to be known only as "a mainstream conservative," but the "mainstream conservatism" he espouses is similar to that of William F. Buckley, Jr., Newt Gingrich, and other CFR notables who enjoy being identified as "conservative" but whose agenda is helping to steer this nation toward self-destruction.
www.thenewamerican.com /tna/1995/vo11no14/vo11no14_limbaugh.htm   (6577 words)

  
 WRKO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Limbaugh is also the author of "The Limbaugh Letter," the most widely read political newsletter in the country, as well as two best-selling books, The Way Things Ought to Be and See, I Told You So, which have sold more than 8.9 million copies.
Limbaugh received the Marconi Award for Syndicated Radio Personality of the Year given by the National Association of Broadcasters in 1992, 1995, and 2000.
Born Rush Hudson Limbaugh III in Jan. 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to a family with generations of attorneys, he chose to explore his passion for broadcasting at age 16 by working on-air as a disc jockey for a radio station in his hometown.
www.wrko.com /showdj.asp?djid=13405   (561 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NFL - Rush to judgment on Sunday NFL Countdown
Limbaugh, who will appear either on the show's Bristol, Conn., set or via satellite, will provide a weekly opinion piece on an aspect of the NFL making news that week, and participate in impromptu exchanges with the analysts and challenging their opinions on various issues.
Limbaugh will be allotted three challenge opportunities to use at his discretion during the show.
Limbaugh has written two national bestsellers, "The Way Things Ought to Be" and "See, I Told You So." One of his first jobs was as director of group sales for the Kansas City Royals in 1979.
espn.go.com /nfl/news/2003/0714/1580436.html   (326 words)

  
 Premiere Radio Networks - Home
Affiliates of The Rush Limbaugh Show form an elite group of radio stations that have helped redefine the political landscape while becoming the most popular talk stations in their markets.
Before Rush Limbaugh began broadcasting on network radio ten years ago, political talk was often dry, hackneyed, and boring.
Rush Limbaugh's lively, humorous, and just plain fun program has rocketed his show to the most listened-to long form program in the history of network radio, and his affiliates to new ratings heights in their own markets.
www.premrad.com /shows/view/rush_limbaugh.html   (172 words)

  
 WorkingForChange-Limbaugh's rush to darkness
Rush Limbaugh is the host of the "Rush Limbaugh Show" which is syndicated in more than 650 markets.
It was, however, a head-scratcher because while no one disputed Limbaugh's interest in football, he had no special knowledge of the game, he never played the game at any serious level, and he didn't have a reputation for having spent hours breaking down game tape.
According to news services, Wilma Cline, Limbaugh's former housekeeper, who says she was Limbaugh's pill supplier for four years, was quoted by the Daily News as saying Limbaugh was hooked on the potent prescription drugs OxyContin, Lorcet and hydrocodone, and went through drug rehabilitation twice.
www.workingforchange.com /article.cfm?ItemID=15752   (963 words)

  
 Unofficial Summary of the Rush Limbaugh Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In particular, please note that this summary is not approved or sanctioned by Rush Limbaugh or the EIB network, nor do I have any connection with them other than as a daily listener.
On Monday Rush talked about a piece written by physicist Alan Sokal that was published in a scholarly journal, "Social Text," despite the fact the article was nothing but scientific gobbledegook.
Rush is impressed by how this minor story - which interested him only because he likes scientific jargon and gobbledegook - has spawn a controversy of its own that touches the centers of academic thought in America.
www.drizzle.com /~jwalsh/sokal/articles/rlimbaugh.html   (771 words)

  
 WBT | Personalities | Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh hosts the highest rated national radio talk show in America.
With his diverse media background, Limbaugh also has "The Limbaugh Letter," a monthly newsletter with a subscriber base in excess of 400,000 as well as two best-selling books, "The Way Things Ought to Be" and "See, I Told You So." Over 8.9 million copies were sold, while the latter tome set an American publishing record.
Limbaugh's radio program was nationally syndicated on Aug. 1, 1988 on 56 stations.
www.wbt.com /programming/person.cfm?personsID=4   (577 words)

  
 Is Rush Limbaugh a Racist?
Limbaugh has the right to say whatever he wants, but ABC and ESPN have no obligation to sponsor such hateful and ignorant speech.
Rush Limbaugh expressed an opinion about the sport of football which is what ESPN hired him to do.
On his popular EIBN radio talk show Rush Limbaugh had been extremely critical of that particular racialist farce, so he was already on the "hit list" of the racial special interests.
www.adversity.net /special/rush_limbaugh.htm   (1054 words)

  
 CNN.com - Limbaugh resigns over McNabb comments - Oct. 2, 2003
Rush Limbaugh addresses the National Association of Broadcasters in Philadelphia on Thursday.
Amid a storm of controversy over his racially charged comments on a weekend TV show, conservative commentator and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh announced on Thursday that he had resigned from his post at ESPN.
Limbaugh said on Thursday he stepped down late Wednesday from the show "Sunday NFL Countdown" to protect the network from the uproar caused by his statement that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the media wanted to see a fl quarterback succeed.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/10/02/limbaugh   (435 words)

  
 Rush Limbaugh Radio Show
Rush spent some time on TV doing a half hour television program in the early to mid-nineties.
Rush has the brilliance and wit that you need to make a very entertaining show.
Tell us your favorite host, the best show you listen to, and don't be afraid to mix it up a little: left vs right, liberal vs conservative: news, politics, and all the issues....
www.talkradioinsiders.com   (355 words)

  
 Britt's Rush Limbaugh Blog
Few books have rocked the publishing world like Rush Limbaugh's "The Way Things Ought To Be" (which he wrote by utilizing "talent on loan from God"...) This book, along with author's daily radio program, literally launched a revolution - touching everything from the composition of Congress in 1994 to the resurrection of AM talk radio.
Rush Limbaugh's second book, "See, I Told You So" is a great follow up to "The Way Things Ought To Be" and a conservative classic in its own right.
In trademark Rush fashion, the book begins on a note of optimism with Rush recounting past run-ins with star athlete Danny Ainge as well as his former high school football coach.
rushlimbaughshow.blogspot.com   (2655 words)

  
 Other Rush Limbaugh Statements On Drugs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The man who holds in contempt those who show compassion for the weak, the poor, the disenfranchised.
Limbaugh claims not to be a victim, but he is a victim of his own hypocrisy.
Limbaugh has taken full responsibility for his actions - and that is someone who has great character.
www.rense.com /general42/oithe.htm   (1252 words)

  
 Rush: He's Changed the World of Talk Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Rush Limbaugh is the man who's "changed the world of talk radio," reports Mediaweek magazine in a cover story for its August 11 edition.
And nobody questions that it was Rush who led the way, reviving all but moribund AM radio and opening the way for the countless talk show hosts who followed in his wake.
Rush lavishes praise on his huge audience who, Media Week reports love him because he's never wavered from his views, even when critics attacked him.
www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2003/8/12/172826.shtml   (1039 words)

  
 Talk Radio KSFO 560 AM
Rush Limbaugh has been one of Talk radio’s most popular hosts since his coast-to-coast launch in 1988.
Rush listeners are generally persons looking for information from someone they have come to know and trust on the airwaves.
Boasting that he has, “the toughest call-screeners in radio,” calls to the Rush Limbaugh Show provide sheer entertainment for his audience, whether the caller agrees with him or not.
www.ksfo.com /showdj.asp?DJID=4730   (328 words)

  
 WBAL Radio - Maryland's NEWS TALK SPORTS Station
The Chip Franklin Show is sometimes serious, often humorous, always unpredictable.
The nation’s largest talk show about computers and the Internet can now be heard on WBAL Radio.
Be listening To the Kim Komando Show every Saturday from 9PM -12Mid on AM 1090 WBAL and on wbal.com.
www.wbal.com /shows/limbaugh   (323 words)

  
 KMJ - Rush Limbaugh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
No wonder RUSH is listened to and idolized by millions and has become a mufti-media superstar.
RUSH speaks to the concerns and hopes of countless millions of Americans.
RUSH provides personal socio-political commentary and telephone conversations with listeners that are outspoken, provocative and humorous based on the day's news events.
kmj580.com /pages/14978.php   (185 words)

  
 Rush Limbaugh FAQ and Station List
KGUM Agana, Guam does a REBROADCAST of the Limbaugh show from 9PM to Midnight ET, or 6PM to 9PM PST.
Actually, the original Rush Ties web site is also back up as a generic "Tie Guys" web site as well, also offering Limbaugh "No Boundaries" neckties.
Steve Rhodes was one of the researchers for the 1995 PBS "Frontline" documentary on Rush, and his index to his research (good and bad) is at http://www.well.com/user/srhodes/rush.html.
www.rtis.com /nat/pol/rush/faqmain.htm   (448 words)

  
 590 KLBJ NEWS RADIO - Breaking News Headlines and Video from 590 KLBJ
Rush Limbaugh is well known, and respected in the realm of talk radio.
Limbaugh was first nationally syndicated in 1988, and today is the largest radio talk show in the United States with an estimated 20 million weekly listeners.
The National Association of Broadcasters once again named Rush the 2005 Marconi Radio Personality of the Year, an honor he received previously in 1992, 1995, and 2000.
www.590klbj.com /Bios/Rush_Limbaugh.aspx   (279 words)

  
 Newsblog » Limbaugh: prisoner abuse “brilliant”
LIMBAUGH: I think a lot of the American culture is being feminized.
I think the reaction to the stupid torture is an example of the feminization of this country.
Talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s comments on the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American guards are not in the Republican or Conservative mainstream.
americanassembler.com /newsblog/index.php?p=721   (425 words)

  
 WKUL COUNTRY 92 Programming [Rush Limbaugh]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
1:06 P.M. Rush landed as a radio talk-show host at KFBK in Sacramento, California in the mid 1980's.
In 1988 Rush took his radio show to New York where it went national.
Today he can be heard weekdays on over 600 radio stations, touching the lives of over 20 million listeners a week.
www.wkul.com /rush.html   (84 words)

  
 Take Back The Media! Media Watch: Rush Limbaugh Calls War Protesters "Anti-American, Anti-Capitalist Marxists and ...
Tell them when he's OFF the air you will return to buying their products.And please DO what you say, don't buy what they are selling, make them feel the pressure of those who can vote with their dollars.
Send them letters letting them know that while their banners are on Limbaugh's site, they're still supporting him - regardless of who purchased the ad.
A number of callers took issue with the correct labeling of most right-wing war-hawks as 'Chicken Hawks' -- and this allowed Rush to obscure the issue by claiming that he'd merely not served, rather than dodged the draft with a bogus 4-F status.
www.takebackthemedia.com /rushbusted.html   (947 words)

  
 Rush (the Big, Fat Idiot) Limbaugh
This is the only time I've ever seen Michael J. Fox portray any of the symptoms of the disease he has.
1) Limbaugh: "Don't let the liberals deceive you into believing that a decade of sustained growth without inflation in America (in the '80s) resulted in a bigger gap between the have and the have-nots.
Reality: CBO numbers for after-tax incomes show that in 1980 the richest fifth of our country had eight times the income of the poorest fifth.
home.att.net /~jrhsc/rush.html   (1054 words)

  
 KPSI - Palm Springs
Rush Limbaugh has been called "The King of the Right Wing." His radio persona is a mixture of confidence, bravado, and an "ever changing" deep voice.
Articulate and well-informed, Rush is the #1 talkradio host in America!
The format is unique, no interviews, just Rush and the listener exchanging views on a wide variety of topics, In addition to being very informative, the Rush Limbaugh Show is funny with Limbaugh's many tongue-in-cheek comments.
www.newstalk920.com /show_rush.htm   (99 words)

  
 News Talk Radio 77 WABC-AM
With a style unlike any other talk show host, Rush Limbaugh took America by storm and has become the most powerful radio personality of the decade.
When a major political news story breaks, everyone wants to know Rush Limbaugh's take; from the print media to TV journalists, a quote from Rush Limbaugh is a major coup.
A devoted audience of millions and an intensely attentive media have made Rush Limbaugh an American broadcast legend whose alluring oratorical wizardry continues to captivate.
www.wabcradio.com /showdj.asp?DJID=1724   (224 words)

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