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Resources Including Links to Recent Articles, Links to Facebook Boycott groups, Petition Drives, and Sites Tracking His Advertisers |
Please contact us if you have something you would like us to add to this page.
"Three blind chickens" - by cartoonist Bill Sanders
Links to Other Rush Boycott Efforts, Including Facebook Groups, Advertiser Tracking Sites & More
| We want to thank one of our viewers for alerting us to Media Matters' efforts to keep track of daily ads running on WABC on Rush's program and advertisers who have dropped him. You can view the Media Matters' list here. |
| The Daily Kos is collecting information on Local Rush advertisers. But keep in mind that local advertisers are not Rush sponsors. They only buy ads with local stations who randomly insert their ads into various programming. |
| Links to Facebook pages being used to contact local Rush advertisers: Prescott, AZ |
| Drop Rush Limbaugh pages on Facebook [thanks to Richard in Colorado for sending us this list]: Boycott Rush Limbaugh's Sponsors to SHUT HIM DOWN, 1,000,1000 Global Voices in Opposition to Rush Limbaugh, I Bet I can find 2,000,000 people that do not like Rush Limbaugh!, Flush Rush: List of Limbaugh's sponsors, Remove Rush Limbaugh from Armed Forces Radio, Join the Fight to Flush Rush - big FB group building lists of his advertisers, and Telling Rush Limbaugh He's Full of Crap by (Leftake.com). |
| Excellent list of all radio stations that broadcast Rush's program from a viewer. |
| Links to Rush advertiser tracking lists: Here it is! The ultimate database at stoprush.net designed to track Rush Limbaugh advertisers that anyone can use to report new ones and find ones to contact. Here is a link to a comprehensive online tracking system to keep track of the exact status of all Limbaugh advertisers. You can support the tracking system by using this link to: 1. Report local ads 2. Report dropped advertisers 3. Send in corrections / comments. Also anyone can download this tracker to Excel, sort the information as they like, and print and make notes, etc. And here's a link to Welcome to The StopRush Project Doing the hard work needed to reduce all the hate emanating from America's leading gasbag: Rush Limbaugh. another website trying to keep track of Rush's sponsors, Boycott Rush Limbaugh Sponsors - Stop the War on Women, and also this one called Boycott the Sponsors of HATE SPEECH in Broadcast Programming. |
| Here is a excellent link to use for finding out what company owns your local radio station, how radio advertising works, and how these stations work and make decisions. This is very useful information to have if you want to help with the Rush boycott movement. |
| ARBITRON RADIO MARKET RANKINGS: SPRING 2012 - find out where the largest radio markets are. |
Recent News Items and Articles of Interest
Is Limbaugh finished?
The shock jock's ongoing feud with Cumulus Media suggests his divisive schtick may finally be wearing thin, BY CHRISTOPHER ZARA, MAY 8, 2013 |
Cumulus CEO on Limbaugh advertising fallout: “The facts are indisputable”
Cumulus CEO Lew Dickey stands by allegations that Limbaugh sank ad revenue for the network, BY KATIE MCDONOUGH, MAY 7, 2013 |
Even more Limbaugh madness
UPDATE: The NRA is classy! Liberal culture is to blame for Newtown! Even more from Rush's radio broadcast today, by DAVID DALEY, December 21, 1012 |
| The second largest hamburger chain pulled ads from Rush this week, by Richard Myers, December 13, 2012 |
| 5 progressive stations drop; Rush audience down; radio industry suffers BIG revenue, reputation woes, by Richard Myers, December 11, 2012 |
| Radio industry convulsing: more Clear Channel layoffs; Cumulus sharpens axe; more Limbaugh damage, by Richard Myers, December 10, 2012 |
GOP civil war: Limbaugh vs. the consultants
A top Republican strategist calls conservatives "loons and wackos." Limbaugh is not pleased, BY ALEX SEITZ-WALD, November 21, 2012 |
| Grumpy Limbaugh slams workers; is he unhappy because young wife has filed...?, by Richard Myers, November 20, 2012 |
| The radio industry is FINALLY talking about the devastating impact of Rush Limbaugh's Fluke attack, by Richard Myers, November 20, 2012 |
| Republicans are ripping Rush a new one, by Richard Myers, November 9, 2012 |
Do you like that sweet feeling of victory? Do you want another victory?,
by Richard Myers, November 8, 2012 |
| Rush Limbaugh knocked out of top spot in streaming talk radio audience metrics, by Richard Myers, October 18, 2012 |
| Big Trouble in Limbaugh Land, by Richard Myers, October 16, 2012 |
| Limbaugh's legacy of liquidation: 70% of talk radio sponsors deceived, ad revs drop as much as 50%, by Richard Myers, October 17, 2012 |
NEWS FLASH: Rush Limbaugh has lost "tremendous chunk of advertising revenue"; ad support "dwindling"
by Richard Myers, October14, 2012 |
Bentley: Everybody's talking about KMJ, KYNO, by Rick Bentley - The Fresno Bee, Oct. 10, 2012. "t's been a busy time in local talk radio from the announcement of the departure of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity from KMJ (AM 580) to the death of the chat format on KYNO (AM 940)." |
| Tantalizing talk radio news: Rush slide increasingly evident; eBay, Sam's Club, Gap have dropped ads, by Richard Myers, September 24, 2012 |
The growing power of Rush Limbaugh's most loyal legion of listeners,
by Richard Myers, September 12, 2012 |
| Rush Limbaugh is going down – here's the proof, by Richard Myers, August 15, 2012 |
Millions Lost: Rush Limbaugh Continues To Be Bad For Business
Cumulus CEO tells investors that Limbaugh ad troubles remain a "drag" on business, by ANGELO CARUSONE. August 10, 2012 |
| Vt. radio station shows Limbaugh the door, by Bruce Edwards, June 25, 2012 |
| Rush Limbaugh's Audience May Be Much Smaller Than You Think, by Jim Edwards, March 13, 2012 |
| Three Ways to Stop Rush Limbaugh, by Richard Myers, May 26, 2012 |
| Limbaugh takes post-Fluke ratings hit, by DYLAN BYERS, May 21, 2012 |
| Rush Limbaugh boycott: protest and persuasion, by Richard Meyers, May 19, 2012 |
| Angie's List Has a Problem with Women, by Angie's List Has a Problem with Women, May 17, 2012 |
| Limbaugh Affiliate Cumulus Media Reports Millions In Lost Revenue, by Angelo Carusone, May 8, 2012. |
| Limbaugh Calls Female CNN Anchors "Clucking Hens", video from the April 12, 2012 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show. |
| Rush Limbaugh talk show fallout spreads to music formats, by Richard Myers, April 8, 2012 |
| Rush Limbaugh goes to crisis management mode, by Hunter for Daily Kos, March 23, 2012 |
| Limbaugh and Hannity Turn To Twitter In Response to "Slut" Crisis - By Gustav Wynn, April 1, 2012 |
| Clear Channel boss 'delighted' to have Limbaugh - CBS news report 03.27.12. [We think they are trying to put a positive spin on a very deteriorating situation in order to get advertisers to come back.] |
| It's been reported by ThinkProgress.org that 141 advertisers plus a few radio stations have pulled all their advertising on Rush's program. It has also been reported that Premier Networks has asked all their affiliated stations to pull all Premier Network's list of commercial inventory from these right-wing hate talker programs in addition to Rush's: Mark Levin, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, and Tom Leykis. |
| Press release: NOW Calls for Clear Channel to Pull the Plug on Limbaugh - Statement of NOW President Terry O'Neill. |
| We are informed that Newt Gingrich's SuperPac "Winning our Future" listed as one of Rush's sponsors below, is buying up more ad time on Rush's program to replace advertising he has lost. Also a lot of PSAs are taking Rush's vacant ad slots but at least they don't pay him anything and aren't sponsors of Rush's program. |
| We contacted Sen. Carl Levin's office on 03.08.12 because he expressed his opinion as Chair of Armed Services that AFN should not run Rush's program anymore. But that's as far as his office or Congress is going to get involved. So we recommend you not bother to contact any of your elected officials on this issue. |
| Sent to us from a viewer: "The 53 Attacks Rush Limbaugh Didn’t Apologize For" article about and video. |
| To understand better the relationshop between Mitt Romney and Bain Capital - the current owner of Clear Channel, please read Clear Channel’s Directors Give Big to Romney, Who Won’t Criticize Limbaugh by investigative reporter Wayne Barrett in The Daily Beast. |
| Dating Site For Adulterers Wants To Buy All Available Limbaugh Ad Space (VIDEO) - article about website Ashley Madison by Wendy Gittleson |
| Rush Limbaugh Scandal Proves Contagious for Talk-Radio Advertisers Ninety-eight major advertisers—including Ford and Geico—will no longer air spots on Premiere Networks’ ‘offensive’ programs. Insiders say the loss will rock right-wing talk radio. - Daily Beast news article March 10, 2012 |
| EXCLUSIVE: 141 Companies Drop Advertising From Rush Limbaugh - from an internal memo obtained by ThinkProgress. And here's a link to the Premier memo indicating companies that don't want their advertising to be associated with other right-wing hate talkers including Rush. |
| Limbaugh spurns Sleep Train's bid to resume advertising ties - March 10, 2012 article appearing in Sacramento Bee - if you feel you need to remind Sleep Train again as to why they dropped their sponsorship with Rush, go right ahead. We have all their contact information listed here. |
Health care company sues to stop name airing on Rush Limbaugh show; Humana received angry emails over Sandra Fluke flap
Humana does not advertise on Limbaugh but another company hawking a similarly named product does - article from Newyorkdailynew.com |
| "New Huckabee Radio Show Moves In on Limbaugh's Turf" - WSJ article detailing how Cumulus Radio, the syndicator of Mike Huckabee's radio program, could be helping us to take down Rush and potentially on WABC in NYC. The bad news is that Huckabee will be heard in more markets. |
| Peter Gabriel asks Rush Limbaugh to remove his music and the band Rush also pulled their music from his program. |
| "Boycott Won't Rush Him Out" - opinion piece by Michael Smerconish, radio host |
| "Radio campaign next step against Rush Limbaugh" By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press. Media Matters is spending at least $100,000 for two advertisements that will run in eight cities. |
| Three weeks and counting...Mike Huckabee debuts April 9. and More Limbaugh fallout – One agency wants stations to report “DJ/personality names” for each daypart. - by Tom Taylor TRI |
| Exclusive: Limbaugh’s parent company still using actors to fake radio call-ins, exec tells Raw, by avid Edwards, March 7, 2011. Link to Premier on call. |
Links to Various Petition Drives
| Flush Rush petition drive in Portland, OR - aimed at getting Rush off KEX |
| Online petition drive asking AFN to remove Rush's program from their broadcasts to military personnel. Sign this one because this is the best way to get AFN to listen to people. We heard from a viewer and verified that this petition drive reached it's limit of 25,000 and more. Unfortunately no more names can be added to it. |
| Shawnna Boles has created an online petition drive to get Rush advertisers to drop their affiliation with Limbaugh. Please support her effort. |
| Support this leftaction.com petition drive to boycott Rush. |
| And here's another petition from MoveOn.org you can sign online aimed at Clear Channel telling them it's time that they no longer allow Rush Limbaugh to spew hateful and derogatory comments. |
| Online petition drive asking AFN to remove Rush's program from their broadcasts to military personnel. Sign this one because this is the best way to get AFN to listen to people. We heard from a viewer that this petition drive reached it's limit. It appears no more names can be added to it at this time. |
| Support this leftaction.com petition drive to boycott Rush. |
| And here's another petition from MoveOn.org you can sign online aimed at Clear Channel telling them it's time that they no longer allow Rush Limbaugh to spew hateful and derogatory comments. |
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