Rush Limbaugh has signed a $400 million deal to stay on the radio waves until 2016. According to Talkers magazine, he averages more than 14 million listeners, more than any other radio show in America. Second to seventh place are occupied by Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Glenn Beck, Laura Ingraham and Mark Levin.
I read a NY Times interview with him that was pretty revealing. Among the interesting tidbits, he doesn't care for many of his competitors, like Michael Savage. He compared Bill O'Reilly to Ted Baxter, the blowhard anchorman from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He even seems to resent some people calling Hannity his "heir apparent." His hearing implant allows him to hear some things, but other things, like music, he can't really hear, and sometimes people will talk to him and he has no idea what they're saying. He resents McCain calling himself a "Reaganite," as Ronald Reagan and William F. Buckley are two of his biggest heroes.
Thrice divorced and no children, he lives alone in his 24,000 sq. ft. mansion with his cat.
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