{"id":4271,"date":"2012-03-02T19:07:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T00:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2012-03-02T19:32:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-03T00:32:36","slug":"rush-limbaugh-vs-cumulus-media-one-month-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=4271","title":{"rendered":"Rush Limbaugh vs Cumulus Media &#8211; one month to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cumulus Media has been clearing the schedule of most of their news\/talk stations of non-Cumulus programs &#8211; replacing them with their own syndication &#8211; Chris Plante, Mark Levin, John Batchelor and the Redeye Radio show (hosted by former Midnight Radio Network hosts Gary McNamara and Eric Harley).<\/p>\n<p>Back in February, Cumulus Media announced it is going to syndicate Mike Huckabee in direct competition with Rush Limbaugh starting on April 2nd. Rush is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of Clear Channel. Lew Dickey (CEO of Cumulus) is positioning the Huckabee show as a way for radio stations to reduce programming costs if they want an alternative to Rush Limbaugh.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"New Huckabee Radio Show Could Vie With Limbaugh\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F02%2F09%2Fbusiness%2Fmedia%2Fmike-huckabee-to-begin-new-radio-show.html#?secret=jsT2sxCoXj\" data-secret=\"jsT2sxCoXj\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cumulus owns the former ABC Radio stations that formed the original core of Rush&#8217;s syndication prior to Jacor and then Clear Channel buying his syndication rights. Rush&#8217;s current contract with Premiere runs until 2016<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"A Lucrative Deal for Rush Limbaugh\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2008%2F07%2F03%2Fbusiness%2Fmedia%2F03radio.html#?secret=aY8VgjRZhL\" data-secret=\"aY8VgjRZhL\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The pregnant question sitting there is whether Cumulus will dump Rush from the former ABC Radio stations, most significant being WABC-AM in New York, WLS-AM in Chicago, WMAL-AM in Washington DC, WBAP in Dallas Texas and WJR-AM in Detroit. Of course, there are probably contractual issues related to that major of a decision, but the question still sits there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the complete list of Cumulus stations that currently carry Rush: (disclaimer: I only monitor stations that stream)<\/p>\n<pre>+------------+-------------------+--------+\r\n| streamname | CityName\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | Statex |\r\n+------------+-------------------+--------+\r\n| WVNN AM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | ATHENS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | AL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| WLWI AM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | MONTGOMERY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | AL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| KFAY AM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | FARMINGTON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | AR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| KARN FM\/HD | SHERIDAN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | AR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| KVOR AM\/HD | COLORADO SPRINGS\u00a0 | CO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| WXLM AM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | GROTON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | CT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| WMAL AM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | WASHINGTON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | DC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| WFTW AM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | FORT WALTON BEACH | FL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| WCOA AM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | PENSACOLA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | FL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| WCOA AM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | PENSACOLA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | FL\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| WALG AM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | ALBANY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | GA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| WMAC AM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | MACON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | GA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\r\n| KBOI AM\/HD | BOISE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | 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shows like the one today over the Georgetown contraception flap escalating all the way to the White House, and some station managers and program directors might start entertaining the unthinkable and take a chance on dropping Rush.<\/p>\n<p>Back after Paul Harvey died and Mike Huckabee stepped forward at ABC to try to fill his shoes, I wrote at the time that Huckabee&#8217;s experience doing radio (Huckabee got his first radio job at the age of 14) and his first hand knowledge of politics and current events, and his strong faith make him a formidable alternative to Rush Limbaugh. Unlike a few other Hollywood personalities and former TV hosts with no prior radio experience, Huckabee will hit the ground running from the first day.<\/p>\n<p>Change is in the air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cumulus Media has been clearing the schedule of most of their news\/talk stations of non-Cumulus programs &#8211; replacing them with their own syndication &#8211; Chris Plante, Mark Levin, John Batchelor and the Redeye Radio show (hosted by former Midnight Radio &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/?p=4271\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,100,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radio-biz","category-rush-limbaugh","category-talk-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4271"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4276,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions\/4276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/startingover\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}