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♪ rush limbaugh took a much needed day off today but promises to be back on the air tomorrow when he will surely attempt to try to continue to pretend that his massive loss of advertisers wont hurt his show or wealth in any way. that claim was made much more difficult within the hour where on radioinfo.com reported that premier networks which syndicates rush limbaughs radio show told its affiliate radio stations that they are suspending national advertising for two weeks. rush limbaugh is no...

Show told its affiliate radio stations that they are suspending national advertising for two weeks. rush limbaugh is normally provided to affiliates for free in return for running several minutes of national advertisements provided by premier each hour. these ads are called barter spots. these spots are how premier makes its money on the rush limbaugh radio show and other shows it syndicates. joining me now on the phone is tom taylor, editor of radioinfo.com. tom, tell us what -- you broke this ...

Makes its money on the rush limbaugh radio show and other shows it syndicates. joining me now on the phone is tom taylor, editor of radioinfo.com. tom, tell us what -- you broke this story tonight on the limbaugh suspension of national advertising. this comes after a weekend of more criticism of rush limbaugh. what does this mean to his program? >> well, hi, lawrence. first of all, let me explain what it does not cover. in fact, im looking at the note from premier networks which is owned by clea...