The radio show of Rush Limbaugh, who died this week at age 70 following a battle with lung cancer, will remain on air for now.
The Rush Limbaugh Show will continue to be broadcast using old clips of the conservative icon’s voice and will continue “until his audience is prepared to say goodbye,” Premiere Networks, a division of iHeartMedia that oversees the program, said in an internal memo obtained by the Wall Street Journal. Limbaugh can continue to be heard from noon to 3 p.m. on weekdays.
“No one can replace Rush Limbaugh,” said Hosea Belcher, the senior vice president of affiliate marketing for Premiere Networks.
Limbaugh died Wednesday morning after a monthslong battle with lung cancer in his home in Palm Beach, Florida, according to his wife, Kathryn, who told the public on his radio show. The 70-year-old received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from former President Donald Trump, authored seven books, and was a thorn in the side of Democrats, including Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
Limbaugh’s radio show, which held the title for most listeners in the United States, reached more than 20 million monthly subscribers.
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His death drew an outpouring of support from prominent political figures.
“There are no words to adequately capture the man that was Rush Limbaugh,” Fox News host Laura Ingraham wrote on her website. “Even though we knew this day was coming, typing the word ‘was’ in reference to him seems horribly wrong, an impossibility. Millions of us have relied on his wisdom and perspective for decades, and many of us cannot imagine another election without hearing his voice.”
“His unbridled talent, his unwavering patriotism, his uproarious sense of humor, his boundless enthusiasm for his craft, his endless love for his listening audience, his defiant perseverance — gave us comfort and inspiration,” she added.
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Conservative radio host Mark Levin said, “And I just want him to be remembered the way he should be remembered — a tremendous patriot of this country. He refused to accept the attacks that came against this country from within. He refused to accept the ideological changes in this country. He defended the traditions of this country, and he spoke for tens of millions of us.”
“There was nobody like him. He was the best at what he did,” Trump said during an interview with One America News Network.
