'RKO bumps Limbaugh--Savage next?

Published Aug 26 2009, 02:42 PM by Adam Reilly

Like the Weekly Standard, Rush Limbaugh seems to be turning a blind eye to Ted Kennedy's death, at least on the web. So I tuned in to WRKO to see what Limbaugh is saying on air--only to discover that WRKO has bumped him, due to Kennedy's passing, and is instead running local programming from Tom Finneran and Avi Nelson.

It's not clear what other changes might be in store today at WRKO. I'll be very, very disappointed if I don't get to hear Howie Carr's take on Kennedy's death in a few minutes--though if Carr does weigh in, I'm guessing he'll be as sober and respectful as he was when Kennedy was first diagnosed.

This evening, though, I wouldn't be surprised to see WRKO to bump Michael Savage, who--unlike Carr--demonstrated no such restraint when news of Kennedy's sickness broke. (BTW, Savage isn't mentioning Kennedy online either.)

Howie Carr on Kennedy: no love lost

The No-Kennedy Zone

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j g said:

Carr said he was going to be on WRKO until 9pm tonight- didn't know if his affiliates were running the extra hours

August 26, 2009 5:37 PM
Brian Henchey said:

I called WRKO's PD and left a message to complain that Rush was preempted by local programming (from "Feleron" and Avi Nelson). 'RKO listeners had already heard the Felon's opinions earlier that morning when he called into his own show, but to preempt Rush?!?

Extending Howie's show by 2 hours, however, was an excellent programming decision yesterday, as well as moving the Sox (sports) to the SPORTS STATION.

I'm VERY upset to not have heard Rush yesterday, but at least I got to call into Howie and talk about Velcro.

August 27, 2009 10:54 AM

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