Either way, BECKS rants have cost him his show on FOX. I would like to send out a congratulations to
https://web.archive.org/web/20140710224337/http://stopbeck.com/ for its efforts to rid the airwaves of this hate filled blowhard. Stopglenbeck was effective in getting over 300 advertisers to stop advertising on becks hour and off fox completely.
Becks loss of revenue combined with his loss of viewership (all he had left was some on BC) finally forced FOX news to take him off the air. Fox calls it a "transition" off his daily show, a code would for "get the Flock out of here".
Same thing happened with Huckabee. They gave him a daily show immediately after the election, and his rating were soooo lame, they took him off a daily slot and gave him a weekend hour. They advertised the move as "huckabee" will be doing other things for FOX.
It all comes down to a simple principle. MONEY.
Beck had the only hour on FOX that generated ZERO revenue. With what he was being paid for a 2 year contract, FOX will lose a 100 million dollars by keeping him on the air until december. It had no choice but to take him off the air, replace him with a new show (my guess is Lou Dobbs) and get its advertisers back.
In this last ratings quarter, Beck resorted to the 3 G's in order to save his show. GOD, GUN's & GIMMICKS. His overreach to jesus and the christian right didnt help his ratings and he drew only 1.6 million viewers. FOX has a standard minimum of 2.0 million just to remain on the air. At his peak, BECK reached 3.1 million viewers 2 years ago, but since going "rogue", his ratings fell each month since, begining with his pandering to Sarah Palin.
In his own words, beck called himself a "rodeo clown", and over the last three months, he made good on that description.
Am radio stations are dropping his show as well. He has lost revenue on all his affiliate radio stations and they are deciding to drop his show completely.
I congratulate FOX for taking this buffoon off the air, not its Hannity's turn.
Peace.