Savage dropped by KNEW due to CC management being pressured by Rush&Hannity?

[tripton99]

Yep. I get it.  Savage is an embarrassment to the conservative causes. Rush, Hannity and Beck are not.  Funniest thing I've heard this year. Savage is indeed at the bottom of the creep well, but he is scraping the bottom side-by-side with his accusers.

[TheRover]

When the "easy to talk up" talking points of the Health Care Debate are over when some king of Legislation is passed....

Then what easy to talk up topic will Hannity and Rush have to offer ? ? ?

(You) Can't see the Forest for the Trees ! !

[Lkeller]

When the "easy to talk up" talking points of the Health Care Debate are over when some king of Legislation is passed....

Then what easy to talk up topic will Hannity and Rush have to offer ? ? ?

(You) Can't see the Forest for the Trees ! !

Don't you worry. As long as the evil...

              _{pick one or more from list below:}

                           1. Secretly Muslim

                           2.  America hating

                           3.  Born in Kenya

                           4.  Hitlerian

                           5. Fascist

                           6. No, I mean Socialist
   
                           7. Trying to rob us of our freedoms


          ...President Obama is in office, Rush, Hannity, and the others will find plenty to talk about.

[OhioMediaWatch]

The intrigue dreamed up in the minds of those on these boards?  Fascinating.

Did Rush and Hannity make angry phone calls to Clear Channel, demanding that the syndicated afternoon/evening host be pulled off his SF flagship?  Why didn't they scream about KSTE, also owned by the company, running Savage?  Did they scream, demand, calmly ask, send an E-mail, make a phone call?

Nah, the story is likely what SFStatic alluded to, earlier.  Savage cost CC/SF a pretty large chunk of change - he had a separate local deal from when KNEW brought him over from KSFO in the first place.  Quite possibly 7 figures...just for the SF local clearance.  Savage got that money in ADDITION to whatever TRN is paying him for the national show.  It was a big deal at the time.

You don't pay 7 figures for a show that falls that far in the ratings...especially in the current economic conditions.

Why did KSTE hang onto him?  KSTE isn't paying him additional money.  They're a standard TRN affiliate.

[recto101]

Soooo...some you seem to be saying there's a right-wing conspiracy against Michael Savage.

Funny.

Its funny because Savage was not only going after Left wing activists in Marin but he was going after Rush, Palin, Hannity, Beck, and Murdoch for commercializing the Right Wing. Jon Stewart went after Rush, Palin, Hannity, Beck, and Murdoch for being Hypocrites.

[recto101]

The intrigue dreamed up in the minds of those on these boards?  Fascinating.

Did Rush and Hannity make angry phone calls to Clear Channel, demanding that the syndicated afternoon/evening host be pulled off his SF flagship?  Why didn't they scream about KSTE, also owned by the company, running Savage?  Did they scream, demand, calmly ask, send an E-mail, make a phone call?

Nah, the story is likely what SFStatic alluded to, earlier.  Savage cost CC/SF a pretty large chunk of change - he had a separate local deal from when KNEW brought him over from KSFO in the first place.  Quite possibly 7 figures...just for the SF local clearance.  Savage got that money in ADDITION to whatever TRN is paying him for the national show.  It was a big deal at the time.

You don't pay 7 figures for a show that falls that far in the ratings...especially in the current economic conditions.

Why did KSTE hang onto him?  KSTE isn't paying him additional money.  They're a standard TRN affiliate.

The reason most of us believe that is because of the rage Savage has expressed during his time at CC/SF because savage accused Rush, Beck, Hannity, and Palin for being puppets of Murdoch.

[Lkeller]

I don't see Rupert Murdoch as a hypocrite - if for no other reason than he's admitted that he's all about the money. No doubt he's a conservative, but he plays coy in interviews, and has said straight out that he's not as conservative as "people would think" (paraphrase).

The most successful capitalists find a need and fill it.  There's been a significant percentage of the population that believes the news media is slanted toward the liberals.  Murdoch saw the need for a right wing alternative, and filled it, with great success.

Remember - this is the 'conservative' who's early success in business was based on sensationalistic tabloid news rags that featured bare-breasted women.  Programming on the (regular) Fox network regularly pushes the envelope in terms of sexual content and violence.

[SFStatic]

Please check your tin foil hats at the door. It was about money and sagging ratings, period. KNEW stuck with Savage through the autism protests, the Mexican protests, etc. being picketed, and spammed with thousands of angry emails. They wouldn't drop him because of Hannity or Rush, or for any other reason. Clear Channel is all about money, period.

[TheRover]

I don't see Rupert Murdoch as a hypocrite - if for no other reason than he's admitted that he's all about the money. No doubt he's a conservative.

Remember - this is the 'conservative' who's early success in business was based on sensationalistic tabloid news rags that featured bare-breasted women.  Programming on the (regular) Fox network regularly pushes the envelope in terms of sexual content and violence.

And that, is not conservative. So Rupert is a LIAR.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK1ha1Xt6Us

[OhioMediaWatch]

The reason most of us believe that is because of the rage Savage has expressed during his time at CC/SF because savage accused Rush, Beck, Hannity, and Palin for being puppets of Murdoch.

Most of who?

And you are missing one key point of information:  Any evidence that Rush, Beck, Hannity, Gov. Palin, or any other conservative media figure actually cares about Savage's rants, on-air or off-air.