Is the end of conservative talk radio nigh?

It appears that Rush and his ilk are going the way of the dinosaurs.

"Insiders confirm that these declines are primarily due to the ongoing reluctance of national advertisers to attach their name to the toxic talk-radio format that first made Limbaugh famous a generation ago.

“We’re watching the end of right-wing conservative talk radio,” says Jerry Del Colliano, publisher of the radio industry tip sheet Inside Music Media. “The genre is dying among ratings and dying among advertisers…Rush is at the end of his career. His constituency is all wearing Depends. And he’s getting himself into trouble he doesn’t need. So can you put humpty-dumpty back together again? They have been able to improve their advertizing picture, but they have not been able to come back.”

"But the larger issue is the declining demographics of the right wing talk radio racket. “Look at the millennial generation,” says Colliano. “There’s 80 million of them coming of age. They don’t see color. They don’t see gender. And they’re civic minded: they don’t like bloviating. They don’t like yelling and screaming. So you tell me: How’s right-wing talk radio working for them?”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... baugh.html

The end? No, but ratings will go down and they will lose some national advertizers. I know liberals like to believe conservatives are only over 60, but there are many of us who are younger. They might have to modify their message for the youngsters, less religion, less anti-homosexual talk, but fiscal conservatism is still very important.

And Rush still outdraws all his left wing rivals combined.

If he disappears who will lead the Republican party? Where will the conservatives here get their talking points? I don't think his ego would allow him to slide into a minor role, nor can he continue to try to play the victim card for his own bombastic blather.

Talk radio will continue. Will it be Rush, or a new young conservative who takes over? Who knows. What I do know, is people listen to stuff that matters to them, and when the 80 million you speak about grows up and realizes what the govt is doing to them, and their future, they will have someone on talk radio who helps get their message out.

Liberal talk radio never succeeds because advertisers don't want to be on stations where the pundits continually bash businesses and capitalism.

Something the Dog Said wrote: If he disappears who will lead the Republican party? Where will the conservatives here get their talking points? I don't think his ego would allow him to slide into a minor role, nor can he continue to try to play the victim card for his own bombastic blather.

He doesn't lead the conservatives now. He joins in, but doesn't lead. You may have missed it, but we have others who are carrying the conservative message now.

As long as the liberals have dominate support from the MSM, there will ALWAYS be some sort of media in demand to support a conservative message.

I know where he can find some REALLY CHEAP office-space if he moves his studio... I understand Bangladesh is having a fire-sale on office space.

Conservative talk radio.......as opposed to ???????????
There is no such thing as Liberal talk radio. Let the liberals chew on THAT.

Uninformed, as usual.

Delusional, as usual