SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — WGAN-AM is sticking with “The Rush Limbaugh Show” despite a local protest over the radio show host’s harsh words for a Georgetown University law student who supports health care coverage for contraception.

Limbaugh called the student a “slut” and “prostitute” last week, but later issued an apology.

On Thursday, Annie Finch of Falmouth led about a dozen women and a couple of men into the South Portland offices of the Portland Radio Group to deliver 5,700 signatures from people demanding that the company drop Limbaugh from WGAN.

Cary Pahigian (puh-HIG’-ee-un), president and general manager, tells the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/x0V8aV ) that some advertisers have opted out of Limbaugh’s time slot but he says there’s has no intention of pulling the show.