{"id":29049,"date":"2008-04-18T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T04:00:04","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:00:04","slug":"the_eib_call_screener_program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/","title":{"rendered":"The EIB Call Screener Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

I got an Open Line Friday question in the e-mail. ‘You are always complaining about the call screener computer and how old it is. Why don\u2019t you buy a new one?\u2019 This is an excellent question. I don\u2019t think about it because actually it\u2019s not the computer, it\u2019s the software. The software is the same software we used when we started this program in 1988. It\u2019s the only link technologically we have to the very first day this program started. It\u2019s amazing, folks, but in radio, one of the toughest things that people have had to write is a genuinely good call screener program to show you who\u2019s on the phone, where they\u2019re from, what they want to talk about, how long have they been on hold. Apple doesn\u2019t write software that much. They have developers. It\u2019s an old, before Windows, what was it? <\/p>\n

<\/a>MS-DOS? DOS, it\u2019s even worse, it\u2019s even older than that. You remember the movie War Games? You remember the computer [W.O.P.R.]<\/a> they were using in War Games? It looks like that. A little screen with these little green blinking cursors going across, except our screen is blue. But, anyway, there\u2019s also some other super-secret information we have about callers up here. I\u2019ve not seen a decent call screener program in my entire career as a talk show host. I think this one we borrowed from somebody when we started. We didn\u2019t have any money. I think we stole this from somebody at WABC. Whose was this? We did buy the rights to this? You mean there\u2019s actually something we paid for when we started? Amazing. We were out there making deals to get stuff when we first started, we didn\u2019t have any money. I know it was cutting edge once, but so was the Apple IIc. You know, so was Charlie Chaplin IBM commercials. They were cutting edge once, too. Anyway, it suffices. I like to tease about it more than anything else. It\u2019s nice having an antique in here to remind us of our roots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got an Open Line Friday question in the e-mail. ‘You are always complaining about the call screener computer and how old it is. Why don\u2019t you buy a new one?\u2019 This is an excellent question. I don\u2019t think about it because actually it\u2019s not the computer, it\u2019s the software. The software is the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe EIB Call Screener Program - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The EIB Call Screener Program - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"I got an Open Line Friday question in the e-mail. ‘You are always complaining about the call screener computer and how old it is. Why don\u2019t you buy a new one?\u2019 This is an excellent question. I don\u2019t think about it because actually it\u2019s not the computer, it\u2019s the software. The software is the same […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125113.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125113.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125113.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/\",\"name\":\"The EIB Call Screener Program - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-05-19T04:00:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-05-19T04:00:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The EIB Call Screener Program\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The EIB Call Screener Program - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_title":"The EIB Call Screener Program - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"I got an Open Line Friday question in the e-mail. ‘You are always complaining about the call screener computer and how old it is. Why don\u2019t you buy a new one?\u2019 This is an excellent question. I don\u2019t think about it because actually it\u2019s not the computer, it\u2019s the software. The software is the same […]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125113.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125113.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125113.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/","name":"The EIB Call Screener Program - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2011-05-19T04:00:04+00:00","dateModified":"2011-05-19T04:00:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/18\/the_eib_call_screener_program\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The EIB Call Screener Program"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/911066e449df26406b107ca78cbbde0b","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f18195e0073013fa0e16b040686c2924?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}