Is The New Terrestrial Howard Stern Out There?
How unexpected was it to find out that the hardly-a-household-name Glenn Beck makes — as AlleyInsider puts it — ”Brian Williams money.” A few days earlier, Citadel Broadcasting made it official, paying Don Imus in the $5 million a year ballpark.
Rush Limbaugh signed a $250 million contract in 2001 that runs through 2009. According to CBS News, Sean Hannity’s contract calls for $10 million through 2009.
What gives? Wasn’t terrestrial radio, post-Stern, supposed to be a dying medium? The libertarian hipness and anything goes atmosphere of satellite was supposed to be delivering the final death blows by now.
Although there is a significant
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