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zipplewrath

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15. I think so too

Wed Mar 7, 2012, 01:15 PM

Mar 2012

I suspect there was no small amount of desire to somehow get out of this show. At one time they may have felt that it was a bear they didn't want to poke. Now they can get out "clean" and be done. Many have opined that his numbers aren't anywhere near what they were, if they ever were. Many may have felt they've been over paying for years.

He'll probably be around for years. Rumor was he paid many of the stations that carried him, because he could sell the advertising on his own. At some point, he may not see the value in that, and the whole enterprise will come to an end.

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