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Air Ameirca Is No More

Actually for a long time in Detroit, Rush was on 1270 (WXYT?) before migrating to WJR in the programs move to "move the program to the flame thrower signal" switch in the 90's.

My understanding is Rush got his WABC time as initially a seperate show from the network show in sort of an odd exchange between WABC got talent, Rush got time.

OhioMediaWatch said:
Frank Provasek said:
See "ABC and the rise of Rush Limbaugh"

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-libmedia.htm
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This piece is riddled with errors in the part about Rush Limbaugh's start. For one, Ed McLaughlin started Rush's show AFTER he left ABC. Rush had been using ABC satellite time, but was never part of their network. McLaughlin got the unused time as part of his departure from ABC. Rush's biggest connection to ABC was/is his presence on WABC, WLS, WJR, etc...
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