Talk Show Host Rush Limbaugh Signs Deal To Stay On-Air Until 2016

New York, NY (CNS) - Talk show host Rush Limbaugh has signed a lucrative new deal with Premiere Radio Networks that will keep him on-air until 2016. Limbaugh has been a force in talk radio for 20 years.

Details of the deal were not released by Premiere, however Limbaugh told The New York Times in an article that will be published Sunday, that he will be getting a nine-figure signing bonus which would earn him about $38 million a year.

Limbaugh's three-hour show is broadcast from his office in Florida and is heard on some 600 radio stations across the country. According to Talkers magazine, more than 14 million people listen to Limbaugh at least once a week, while Sean Hannity is second with more than 13 million listeners.

"This is exactly where I want to be, doing what I was born to do, with an amazing audience and phenomenal support from affiliate stations and sponsors," Limbaugh said in a statement. "I'm having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have."