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Dan Bongino Threatens to Quit Over Vaccine Mandate

Dan Bongino to Boss:
It's Me or Vax Mandate

Oct 19, 2021 7:19 AM CDT

Dan Bongino to Boss: It's Me or Vax Mandate

Vaccinated radio host tells Cumulus Media to choose

(Newser) - Right-wing radio host Dan Bongino dared his radio distributor to cancel his show on Monday in response to its "unethical" and "immoral" vaccine mandate. Cumulus Media, which carries The Dan Bongino Show on hundreds of stations, announced in August that it would require employees to be vaccinated against...

Radio Hosts Told to Quit the Election-Fraud Talk or Else

Radio Hosts Warned They'll Be
Fired Over Election-Fraud Talk

Jan 11, 2021 11:45 AM CST

Radio Hosts Warned They'll Be Fired Over Election-Fraud Talk

Cumulus Media reportedly sent the internal memo on Wednesday

(Newser) - "We need to help induce national calm NOW." So read an internal memo reportedly sent Wednesday by a media-company executive in the wake of the violence at the Capitol. Except in this case, said media company was an unexpected one: talk-radio giant Cumulus Media, which has some of...

40 Radio Stations to Drop Limbaugh, Hannity: Source

Jul 29, 2013 6:09 AM CDT

40 Radio Stations to Drop Limbaugh, Hannity: Source

Dispute over cost of distribution rights to blame, a source tells Politico

(Newser) - Politico is calling it a "major shakeup," while the New York Daily News paints it as a "seemingly inevitable divorce." America's No. 2 radio broadcaster intends to give Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity the boot by year-end, per an industry source. Money is apparently...

Limbaugh Threatens to Quit Network Over Boycott Row

Limbaugh
Threatens to
Bolt Network
Over Ad Slump

May 6, 2013 2:42 AM CDT

Limbaugh Threatens to Bolt Network Over Ad Slump

He doesn't like being blamed for falling sales

(Newser) - Was the advertiser boycott over Rush Limbaugh's "slut" comment last year behind a slump in ad sales at the broadcaster that carries his show? The host is so outraged by the mere suggestion that he's threatening to leave flagship station WABC and its parent company Cumulus Media,...

Limbaugh Fights Back
With 'Rush Babes'

May 9, 2012 1:00 PM CDT

Limbaugh Fights Back With 'Rush Babes'

He launches Facebook group for conservative women

(Newser) - Updates in the Rush Limbaugh chronicles:

Rush Babes: He has created the National Organization for Rush Babes to tweak the National Organization for Women, which is continuing to encourage advertisers to bail on him in the wake of the Sandra Fluke story , reports Yahoo News . NORB is a Facebook page

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Limbaugh's
New Rival:
Mike Huckabee

Mar 19, 2012 5:39 AM CDT

Limbaugh's New Rival: Mike Huckabee

Huckabee promises 'more conversation' on new radio show

(Newser) - It could be Rush Limbaugh's toughest challenge yet: civility. Former GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is about to launch a radio program challenging Limbaugh, going head-to-head from noon to 3pm, reports the Wall Street Journal . The Mike Huckabee Show will be on 140 stations to start, many fewer than...