Ben Laurie retires

[MikeShannon914]

He must have been part of the SEVENTY-TWO layoffs at Westwood One and Metro Traffic yesterday, nationwide. All the best to Ben, a class act and a true DFW radio legend!

 

[klifhanger]

BINGO! Ben retired "TWICE" before. Once to run a station in Longview-Tyler . That lasted a short time. He may have benn "grumpy" at times.but over all he is a nice fellow,with so much radio history behind him,including Nov.22.1963. Best wishes Ben!

 

[nuzguy]

Looking at it one way, Ben is a survivor in a business where there oftentimes are few, or no, survivors.

 

[klifhanger]

There is also some speculation going that with the recent announcement that Metro-Shadow laid off 72 employees, Ben might have been caught up in that,and did not truly retired. John Wolff was missing in action yesterday afternoon at KRLD.

 

[John Lewis]

There will be a definite void both on the air and in the air with out Ben! :'(
Best to you Ben!

John Lewis
Please visit www.KXOL1360.com and support this years MDA drive.

 

[bdabagia]

There is also some speculation going that with the recent announcement that Metro-Shadow laid off 72 employees, Ben might have been caught up in that,and did not truly retired. John Wolff was missing in action yesterday afternoon at KRLD.

John Wolf is on vacation until Wednesday -- no other on-air Metro folks got the boot in DFW. Ben left because KLUV isn't using airborne traffic anymore.