Rush Limbaugh’s ratings are way up for August over July. Rush on KMOX drew an 8.3 in July, and a 9.1 in August. Though it’s nowhere near the 26.0 share that KMOX got in one of the 1976 quarterly books, I’m sure they’ll take it.
As an aside, I can hear (or usually, record) Rush’s show on one of six stations. WCIL, 1020 AM in Carbondale, WJPF, 1340 AM in Herrin, WMIX, 940 AM in Mount Vernon, KZIM, 960 in Limbaughville, WKYX, 570 AM in Paducah, and of course KMOX. (I usually record WCIL). My CCRadio can pick up two other Rush affiliates during the day that my CCWitness cannot, 1400 KSIM in Sikeston, and KREI 800 AM in Farmington. WKYX-FM 94.3, the FM counterpart to Paducah’s 570 AM, is an extremely fringe station where I live.
UPDATE 9/26: Somebody e-mailed me to ask why I just didn’t subscribe to Rush 24/7 and get the podcasts free of commercials and news. The reason is that I would have to go through the iCabal — Rush’s official podcasts are only available on the iCabal’s online music store, which can only be accessed by the iCabal’s media player and management software, which only allows for transfer and syncing with the iCabal’s portable media devices. I don’t want the iCabal’s bloated piece of software on my computer, and that explains why (other than the fact that my CCWitness can record and play AM radio as well as FM) why I don’t have the iCabal’s portable media player. And since you have to activate the iCabal’s smartphone with the iCabal’s bloated software, now you know why I don’t have or want one of those, either.
So what if I have to hear the occasional ad for Brad the Furniture King in Carbondale?
