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SOURCES: RADIO KING LIMBAUGH JOINS ESPN-TV AS FOOTBALL COMMENTATOR
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The nation's top radio host Rush Limbaugh expands to sports TV this fall, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Limbaugh will join ESPN-TV in September, industry sources reveal, during NFL Sunday Countdown.
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Limbaugh will provide a two-minute essay near the top of each show and participate in discussions during the show, sources say.
Terms of the deal with ESPN/DISNEY are not known.
"I am adding to my work load, not taking anything away from it," Limbaugh assured his radio audience. "Nothing is going to change."
"Football is like life and I know life. I am a big fan of the NFL and now I get to do what every football fan would love to do. I get to take my observations from the living room couch to the ESPN studios and talk football..."
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