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Pittsfield station dumps Rush Limbaugh

Tirade against student ‘violated standards’

By Erin Ailworth

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 07, 2012

A Pittsfield radio station became the second in the nation to drop Rush Limbaugh from its lineup following the conservative talk-radio host’s derogatory comments about a university law student who testified before Congress on the need for health insurers to cover contraceptives. WBEC AM (1420) said they stopped airing the controversial radio host on Monday, the same day a small station in Hawaii, KPUA AM (670), also dropped The Rush Limbaugh Show.

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