A one way Propaganda Machine was doomed.... Just took much longer than I expected.

which is so ironically ironic.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-03/iheart-said-to-weigh-bond-exchange-before-wall-of-debt-comes-due

Too bad Limpy himself won't go busted - he's been paid millions a year.

which explains that wall of debt, most likely.

Yeah, running on debt has been a favorite Republican trick for ever, and no one who does it seems to remember that eventually debt will eat you alive when you can't re-finance at some point, usually when the market downturns significantly, which is an other Republican trick.

He'll just put all his junk on the internet, probably a web-blog, and he won't miss a beat.

He is much too valuable to the oligarchs to lose. I suppose they can substitute one of his imitators at lower cost. They have a station here in Savannah that is pure RW hate all afternoon and evening long.

He dies. He's 66 and clearly overweight. He couldn't be that healthy.

Or Trump. Seems like the evil ones last forever.

Or take over as the head of the FCC.

that he can buy several of his own stations. In any case, we've been trying to put a fork in him for years--haven't found one big enough yet that can fell him

and he's been leading them and us off a cliff

they'll find a way to keep subsidizing most of his 600 stations unless the Rcons decide they want to lose a few elections and join the human race again.

but talk radio got them all three branches and it's going to be crucial to save trump and keep power...

if only democrats didn't continue to ignore rw radio

that'd stink beyond stink--just let it out a little at a time so it can be washed out without polluting too much sewage.

yuk

The invisible Hand.

Oh the possibilities for a new media venture. Wasn't Jared trying to start a new network?

If iHeartRadio's bridge is burned, some other billionaire will build a new bridge for them to hide under.

to put their propaganda operation out of business once and for all- it's been a major advantage for them for 30 years

especially the 88 universities that broadcast sports on and endorse 257 limbaugh stations

dems need to make it poisonous for any advertiser to support those radio stations and make a comeback impossible

Protests in front of their stations is a feel good activity that has the potential to backfire more likely than to fatally damage those assholes businesses.

if one or two of those unis merely begin discussing the prospect of looking for apolitical alternatives, advertisers will flee.

other unis will be shamed into doing the same - they have no excuse.

the discussion will cause many advertisers to flee

that would be better than protesting stations, which are often not in appropriate locations. protests at a few unis could spread and effect all advertisers on all rw stations.

Where oh where will I go to find the same five songs being played simultaneously again and again on six locally airing stations?

My SO has worked for CCR for years and when a Bain subsidiary bought it,
they eliminated the right wing radio--Rush, Hannity and more. Listeners
were outraged that their hero was gone and flooded the station with threats.
The advertisers determine who is on, not the listeners.

If they drop his sorry behind, they would MAKE $$$$

And the Waltons, the Mercers, the Coors, and all the other reichwing oligarchs that have been doing it for decades. They need the propaganda to keep the torches and pitchfork carriers from finding who is really making everyone's lives miserable.

We used to have a progressive station in San Francisco. Had great ratings, advertisers and loyal listeners. In 2009 clear channel changed the format and it went to right wing talkers. The ratings went to zero. All because they did not like the progressive bias. Terrible management decision for partisan purposes. I say good riddance.

iHeart served them well as part of their long term plan of gaining majority control in the government.

I LOVE that Romney killed that guy's goose.

Sigh. No GOP supporting group is really on the brink of bankruptcy. It's just a neat way to keep from paying your debts. Conservatives use it all the time. Ask Trump.

trumpistas on it. If it's in a email or dipshit says something about progressives they will be repeating it. I would love to see them go, but hate to see the station go.

Just look at Greta, Megan, Joe, and now Hugh.

They need to work harder at it.

As the old saying goes, nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.

Especially Republicans.

here on DU since I got here in '04. I guess, eventually, it will have to come true.

Rush, Hannity, and the recently dematerialized Bill-O need to pack it in, cleverly re-invent themselves, and hit the road as a 3-man song & dance act. They can bill themselves as the "Dancing Deplorables", and Ann Coulter could serve as a rude MC.

since I've heard some moron proudly proclaiming himself a dittohead. He's gotten stale and his shtik is formulaic and rote. He's become a habit with angry white men at work but that's pretty much his listening base. Old guys are watching jiggly bottle blondes over at Pox News and the young have realized conservatives are largely full of shit.

I suppose we'll have to look at Alex Jones for that purple faced flameout on the air, Lardbutt is just not going to do it for us.

I do love that these guys are finally desperate for cash. I just wish it had happened before they did so much damage to this country.

What are the chances that FOX News would put him on the air in O'Reilly's place? I know he used to have an incredibly stupid TV show in the early 90s, but maybe the obnoxious faces he'd pull during it (not to mention that his audience is declining) might prevent this disaster from happening?

I just want these old sexist bastards to go away entirely. No more right wing media, dammit. It's already ruined our country in countless ways, starting with #45 at the top.

He damaged my relationship with my dad, in his later years especially, by demonizing liberals (like me). And I'm probably not the only one whose life has been personally, negatively impacted. Heart breaking.

Let me count the ways. Using a pimple on his bum to duck serving his country. Being pro NAFTA but now pretending he was always anti NAFTA. Vacationing in a country where young boys are a sport. Calling Jerry Garcia a druggie on the day he died but trying to cover up his own drug abuse. His calling young Chelsea Clinton a dog. His dopey Fox sketch with him as the president and Tran Coulter as his VP. Paying Elton John $1,000,000 to perform at his wedding. His endless lies and rants against the Clinton's and Obama's.

I hope I don't lose her.

older but they are still whipped up in his lies and hate and could be a danger
they are that hateful and f'n nutty

Can't wait till he is living under a bridge.