{"id":568267,"date":"2021-06-18T16:52:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T20:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568267"},"modified":"2021-06-18T16:52:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T20:52:29","slug":"i-never-had-a-positive-male-influence-in-my-life-besides-rush-limbaugh-final-episode-of-rush-limbaugh-show-airs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-never-had-a-positive-male-influence-in-my-life-besides-rush-limbaugh-final-episode-of-rush-limbaugh-show-airs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Never Had A Positive Male Influence In My Life Besides Rush Limbaugh\u2019: Final Episode of \u2018Rush Limbaugh Show\u2019 Airs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-never-had-a-positive-male-influence-in-my-life-besides-rush-limbaugh-final-episode-of-rush-limbaugh-show-airs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rush-Limbaugh-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s a wrap.<\/p>\n<p>A handful of callers on the air \u2014 and millions of listeners around the world \u2014 expressed their grief and gratitude as the final episode of \u201cThe Rush Limbaugh Show\u201d aired on Friday afternoon, nearly four months after the death of its host. It was just two months short of its 33rd anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d be lying if I didn\u2019t say this wasn\u2019t a little surreal,\u201d said regular \u201cguide host\u201d Ken Matthews, who hosts a <a href=\"https:\/\/whp580.iheart.com\/featured\/ken-matthews\/\">talk radio show<\/a> in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the program opened.<\/p>\n<p>Matthews praised Limbaugh\u2019s resilience, as he continued to host the show nearly until his final day of consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe fought until the end, literally until he did not have a voice. You could hear it,\u201d Matthews said.<\/p>\n<p>Since becoming nationally syndicated in August 1988, Limbaugh provided tens of millions of Americans with commentary that sounded like nothing else available on the air.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese three hours of the day are the three hours of the day when life seems normal,\u201d said Limbaugh in a clip aired in the first hour of Friday\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p>Listeners flocked to Limbaugh not only because of his incisive wit and peerless voice, but also his humor and the show\u2019s undeniable entertainment factor, Matthews said. \u201cThere was a cheerfulness and a graciousness\u201d to Limbaugh\u2019s personality. \u201cThat\u2019s why there are so many people in the business, like me, who said, \u2018I\u2019m gonna do talk radio one day.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The final episode of the long-running show highlighted Limbaugh\u2019s passions outside radio, including his love of music, sports, technology, and people of good cheer from all backgrounds. Since Rush was \u201ca gracious gentleman,\u201d he could be friends with Elton John, as well as William F. Buckley Jr. or Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, that was the greatest takeaway of the Rush Limbaugh show: You could be a conservative and get along with anybody,\u201d said Matthews.<\/p>\n<p>A select group of Limbaugh\u2019s fans, who dubbed themselves Dittoheads, called to share their memories of the true, undisputed king of talk radio.<\/p>\n<p>A 10-year-old child who devoured Limbaugh\u2019s \u201cRush Revere\u201d line of books said that Rush\u2019s \u201cwisdom will live on, well, forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The final segment of the show\u2019s traditional \u201cOpen Line Friday\u201d featured a call by Fred from New York, an orphan who discovered Rush Limbaugh\u2019s voice when he tuned in to hear a traffic report.<\/p>\n<p>Limbaugh was \u201cthe first positive male influence I ever had in my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The show helped the adult orphan forget bitter memories of \u201ca state-run institution that just taught me negativity\u201d and gave him \u201csomething positive to listen to no matter what was going on in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just can\u2019t believe this is coming to an end,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Limbaugh\u2019s frequent motivational speeches encouraged Fred to start a business and raise two successful children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never had any positive male influence in my life beside Rush Limbaugh,\u201d he said. Rush \u201chas made me a proud man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rush Limbaugh made millions of Americans proud of their own accomplishments, confident of their ability to make a living without relying on the government, and filled with patriotism for their country \u2014 all themes rejected by the legacy media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are under assault from within by the American Left and the Democratic Party, but we persevere, because there are more of us who cherish the United States as founded,\u201d said Limbaugh in another flashback played on Friday\u2019s show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is a virus that is contagious, it is the mainstream media as it\u2019s currently constituted. That\u2019s the virus,\u201d Rush said. \u201cThere is a poisoning of the American mind taking place. \u2026 EIB is an airborne phenomenon spread by casual contact, and it inoculates you; it cures you of this sickening disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The seeds planted by three decades of conservatism will bear fruit for generations to come, Matthews said. \u201cI think the awakening is legitimate. The media can\u2019t turn this around,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t control the narrative anymore, because truth is better than any narrative,\u201d he said. \u201cI think common sense is gonna bring a lot of people to the conservative side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think in addition to the Republican Party never being the same again, thank God, the media will have some major changes that we will like,\u201d Matthews said.<\/p>\n<p>Big changes will certainly be coming to talk radio.<\/p>\n<p>Since Limbaugh passed away on February 17 at the age of 70 from stage four lung cancer, the show has been helmed by a series of \u201cguide hosts\u201d who comment on the headlines before playing recordings of Limbaugh. Guides like Todd Herman or Brent Winterble were occasionally joined on the air by James \u201cBo Snerdley\u201d Golden or Rush Limbaugh\u2019s widow, Kathryn.<\/p>\n<p>Golden \u2014 who now hosts his own, <a href=\"https:\/\/wabcradio.com\/podcast\/bo-snerdley-james-golden\/\">two-hour talk show<\/a> Saturday mornings on WABC \u2014recorded his own podcast tribute in his resonant voice, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-rush-limbaugh-the-man-beh-81488209\/\">Rush Limbaugh: The Man Behind the Golden EIB Microphone<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Months after Limbaugh\u2019s death, a network insider revealed that the show continued to attract \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/rush-limbaughs-radio-show-to-be-taken-over-by-clay-travis-and-buck-sexton-11622127616\">75% to 80%<\/a>\u201d of its 20 million-member audience.<\/p>\n<p>But that will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-rush-limbaughs-successor-named\">come to an end on Monday<\/a>. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierenetworks.com\/shows\/clay-travis-and-buck-sexton-show\">The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show<\/a>\u201d\u00a0will air from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time over Premiere Networks, a division of iHeart Radio.<\/p>\n<p>Competition for conservative listeners include \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1069-the-dan-bongino-show-28888454\/\">The Dan Bongino Show<\/a>,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/danaloesch.com\/listen\/\">The Dana Show<\/a>\u201d hosted by Dana Loesch, and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erickericksonshow.com\/\">The Erick Erickson Show<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthews promised the Travis\/Sexton show will be \u201ca new chapter in this love of America\u201d exemplified by Rush Limbaugh the last 32 years of his life, as he wound down the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been an experience,\u201d Matthews said as he closed the final segment. \u201cI was doing pretty good\u201d until being jarred by \u201cthe emotional attachment we all have to this man named Rush Limbaugh\u201d by Fred\u2019s call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForever dittos, to you and to all of us,\u201d Fred said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That\u2019s a wrap.A handful of callers on the air \u2014 and millions of listeners around the world \u2014 expressed their grief and gratitude as the final episode of \u201cThe Rush &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280734,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rush-Limbaugh-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018I Never Had A Positive Male Influence In My Life Besides Rush Limbaugh\u2019: Final Episode of \u2018Rush Limbaugh Show\u2019 Airs","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rush-Limbaugh-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018I Never Had A Positive Male Influence In My Life Besides Rush Limbaugh\u2019: Final Episode of \u2018Rush Limbaugh Show\u2019 Airs","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}