A Station In Limbaugh’s Back Yard Dumps Him (And His Pals) In Favor Of Country Music

What happens when a station owner listens to and acts on feedback from the audience in their signal area?

On December 26, 2013, Rush Limbaugh was put out to pasture by WPHR-FM, a Florida radio station serving the Vero Beach/Fort Pierce market. Seems the station tried on conservative talk radio for two and a half years; apparently it was not a good fit. So they asked the people, the people spoke, and guess what – unlike the failing Clear Channel this station listened :

Welcome to the Treasure Coast’s brand new HOT COUNTRY station, 94.7 Hot Country! We’ve been conducting surveys and music tests gathering information on your likes and dislikes regarding country music along the Treasure Coast. The response was overwhelming and we learned a lot. Here’s what you told us:

You wanted less talk and more country music in the morning.

By: dave-dr-gonzo

David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.

* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.