CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.Since its inception on August 1, 1988, The Rush Limbaugh Show has become the highest-rated talk radio show in the United States, reviving AM radio and popularizing the conservative political talk format. Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account “It’s like how do you replace Alex Trebek?” Corbin said, referring to the “Jeopardy!” host who died late last year. In Chico, California, the general manager of KPAY, Dino Corbin, told the Enterprise-Record newspaper that all of the regular guest hosts are being “tested, rated and scored to see who will replace the man who has been the most successful radio host ever.” On Wednesday evening, while being interviewed on Newsmax about Limbaugh’s legacy, Trump demurred when asked if he’d consider filling the talk radio void.Īny number of existing right-wing radio hosts are sure to jockey for the job, though not publicly, lest they appear to be exploiting Limbaugh’s death. Donald Trump’s name repeatedly came up, especially after he lost re-election in November. Premiere said that guest hosts will be used on the “Best of Rush” shows “when needed to guide Rush’s audio from one topic to another, but Rush will be the predominant voice heard.”īefore Limbaugh died, there was speculation in media industry circles about who might succeed him someday. Limbaugh had several guest hosts, including Todd Herman and Mark Steyn, fill in for him while he was undergoing cancer treatments. Limbaugh’s producers will draw on the show’s archives and “pull segments that are relevant for each day’s news cycle and allow us to feature the best of Rush for the full three hours of the program,” according to the statement. The company, a division of iHeartMedia, didn’t specify how long this “Best of Rush” programming will air, but it is expected to continue for weeks. So the stations are paying close attention to Premiere’s plans for the time slot.įor now, Premiere says that “transitional programming” will air in Limbaugh’s time slot “until his audience is prepared to say good-bye.” Many of the stations rely on Limbaugh to draw a big audience in the middle of the day. Premiere Networks syndicates “The Rush Limbaugh Show” to hundreds of local radio stations across the United States. “Rush’s voice will continue to be heard, providing comfort and continued insight to his legions of loyal fans,” Premiere Networks said in a statement obtained by CNN Business. For the time being, his distributor is not going to try. Upon hearing about Rush Limbaugh’s death on Wednesday, many fans said he was irreplaceable.
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