West Palm Beach, FL – Rush Limbaugh Ratings Drop After Fluke Scandal

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    Photo credit: APWest Palm Beach, FL – Rush Limbaugh took a significant ratings hit in some key radio markets last month in the wake of the Sandra Fluke controversy.

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    The conservative radio host’s ratings fell 27 percent in the key 25-54 demo in New York City, 31 percent in Houston-Galveston, 40 percent in Seattle-Tacoma, and 35 percent in Jacksonville, according to a selection of the March 29-April 25 Arbitron ratings provided by an industry source.

    Limbaugh’s detractors attribute the losses to a rejection of the show following his controversial comments about the Georgetown law student.

    But defenders say that what looks like a decline actually represents a leveling out following increased attention from the controversy. In late March, Limbaugh boasted that his ratings had increased by as much as 60 percent in the month since he had called Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” on air.

    “The most likely reason for these shifts is that Limbaugh talked about Sandra Fluke at the beginning of March, so it brought in a lot of non-regular listeners,” one radio insider told me. “Now that the issue has more or less passed, those people aren’t listening anymore.”

    Whatever the cause, industry sources caution that the monthly ratings provide only an incomplete snapshot of Limbaugh’s performance, and that it is necessary to put the numbers in context.


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    itzik18
    itzik18
    11 years ago

    he was not talking against Fluke personally, he was talking against the ideas she was pontificating – he did nothing wrong and should not have apologized – the left just want to make an issue out of non-issues. Bill Maher says much worse things and yet it is “kosher” for Obama’s SuperPac to accept $1,000,000 from him. There is a major double standard.

    lindberg
    lindberg
    11 years ago

    Rush is wonderful. It took me years to finally start to listen to his show and I dicovered a sharp, analytical mind; a man who’s rather humble and self-effacing under the staged bravado, effortlessly humorous, wry and witty; and, an honest voice for the inherent goodness of America and Israel — and despite what the haters on the left say, he’s a mensch.

    Mark Levin
    Mark Levin
    11 years ago

    You guys at VIN could copy all the lamestream “news” you want from places like MSnbcPolitico etc. The problem with reporting such trash is that its simply not true. The bottom line is that Rush is STILL number one in the country by a wide margin. In fact, here is something you libs won’t like, there are no libs anywhere near number one.

    Renegade
    Renegade
    11 years ago

    I don’t believe that.

    Anybody who listens to Rush would’ve “got” what he was saying and wouldn’t stop listening because he used the word “slut.”

    11 years ago

    He said some pretty nasty and disgusting things about her personally.
    He did this again and again.
    It was calculated. He thrives on controversy.

    What he said about her personally was not nice or mentchlik.

    BPGUY
    BPGUY
    11 years ago

    Love these comments here simply repeating every word that low life said while defending his poor choice of words knocking a woman that does not think like him.
    Hope you guys are getting paid

    11 years ago

    Limbaugh is a fraud. He claims to speak for “conservatism” and “family values”. His “family values” must include getting divorced three times and being so egotistical that children have no place in his life.

    Member
    11 years ago

    Like a good neighbor,,,, Rush aint there.

    11 years ago

    Limbaugh is among the most vile and disgusting human beings I have heard. There are many legitimate Republican commentators who find ways to argue policy postions in a civil tone without resorting to defamation and insulting language. Limbaugh, Levin and their Democratic counterparts are the slimeballs of the public airways and we would be much better off if their sponsors would simply wipe them off the map. Limbaugh could then retire to his prescription drugs in peace

    11 years ago

    He said the truth. Unfortunately in today’s liberal America the truth is despised. Not to metnion the double standard of the media where libs can say all they want and when a cons. opens his mouth they jump all over him. What a messed up society.

    Phineas
    Phineas
    11 years ago

    I don’t like his show and he often uses “facts” selectively without giving an accurate picture of a situation. He also uses the fake outrage card a little too often. His “liberals” this “the left” that is tedious.

    The man is enormously successful the same way McDonald’s is. It’s not quality but its consistent.

    ActualJew
    ActualJew
    11 years ago

    I love Rush but what he said was reprehensible and he is paying a small price. He is still number one across the board.