Some still regard Rush Limbaugh as the most influential media figure of all time, including one of the men who replaced him on the radio. Buck Sexton, co-host of The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, sat down with Mediate to discuss Limbaugh’s impact on the business.
Rush Limbaugh, whose show was syndicated on Premiere Networks and broadcast on over 700 radio affiliates, passed away in February 2021 after battling lung cancer. At its peak, the show attracted over 15 million weekly listeners.
“Rush wasn’t just a radio host. I mean, he was really a one-man media and political phenomenon. I think even his detractors would have to concede that,” said Sexton,” And he was a force in the media, in American politics for decades.”
Buck Sexton and Clay Travis are involved with other projects as well. Travis is still involved with OutKick, a brand he founded. Sexton makes frequent appearances on Fox News Channel.
“There has not been, and I will honestly say I don’t think there will be in my lifetime, anybody who was able to have, as a single individual doing a show, that level of influence on the conservative movement, on Republican politics,” added Sexton.
The Rush Limbaugh Show aired nationwide in 1988 through syndication, then later on network radio in 1997 when its syndicator was absorbed into Premiere Networks.
