![]() Within five years the three-hour program became the most popular talk show on radio, reaching an estimated 20 million listeners weekly. In 1988 EFM Media Management signed Limbaugh to a two-year contract, and he moved to New York City, where The Rush Limbaugh Show debuted on August 1. Limbaugh was hired in 1984, and within a year he became the top radio host in Sacramento. ![]() However, his ad-libbing appealed to station KFBK in Sacramento, California, which was looking to replace the outgoing Morton Downey, Jr., who exhibited a wild and often offensive style. After five years he was back in radio as a news commentator, but he was fired for being too controversial. He left home in 1971 to pursue a career in radio, but, after being fired from stations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Kansas City, Missouri, he quit radio in 1978 to work in ticket sales for the Kansas City Royals professional baseball team. After graduation from high school, he attended Southeast Missouri State University for one year and then dropped out. At age 16 he began working at the local radio station before and after school. Limbaugh was the older of two sons of a prominent Cape Girardeau family. Rush Limbaugh, in full Rush Hudson Limbaugh III, (born January 12, 1951, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.-died February 17, 2021, Palm Beach, Florida), American radio personality and author known for his ultraconservative and often controversial views.
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