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Big O leaving WQAM

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From Barry Jackson's column on 9/22/10:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/22/1835813_p2/florida-marlins-decisions-loom.html#ixzz10oxpBMez

• Quick radio note: Orlando Alzugaray -- unhappy with being moved from late mornings to evenings -- is leaving WQAM in two weeks after 13 years at the station, but isn't discussing his next move: ``I'm disappointed with my career path at WQAM. I felt I had no room to grow.''


Any ideas to where he may go? Could 790theTicket hire him (after his non-compete) to replace "the Herd" and go all local again?
 
Sorry to hear that. But Joe Bell has totally screwed up QAM anyway with the lame Toretta and Michael Irvin shows. I always thought Stephenson and Anita Marks hit it off well and should have been offered a permanent spot somewhere after their brief run. Good luck Orlando wherever you land. As long as it isn't on the Internet Radio station.
 
Hockeyfan said:
Sorry to hear that. But Joe Bell has totally screwed up QAM anyway with the lame Toretta and Michael Irvin shows. I always thought Stephenson and Anita Marks hit it off well and should have been offered a permanent spot somewhere after their brief run. Good luck Orlando wherever you land. As long as it isn't on the Internet Radio station.
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So you're saying if he ends up on the internet you wish him bad luck?
 
On Big O's Facebook Page a little while ago: "The Big O Show returns to the airwaves this Thursday from 3-7pn on 640 AM WFTL. Starting Sept 30th. The Big O will air Mon-Fri from 3-7pm, hopefully you will choose us for your drive home"

Hope this answers your questions.
 
No, I don't wish him bad luck if he ends up on the Internet. I can't listen at work and listen on drive to and from work. He was on 640 AM this morning for almost a half hour, previewing his new show. I guess he doesn't have a "non-compete" with QAM or 640 isn't considered competition.

And they said Eddie Kaplan was leaving 640 so I assume he was given the axe. Guess that ends Hank Goldberg's Friday afternoon spot regarding the weekend "spreads".
 
I went to 640 after I got in my car for the drive home and no Big O. Later on they said it was a legal issue between him and QAM. I figured as much, the non-compete thing. And I was so happy that I had a choice so I didn't have to listen to fake name Weiner and LeBatard with their "jokes" that aren't funny or obnoxious, nasally New Yawk homer, Sid. Oh well, O's time will come.
 
I hate to see him go to 640....its a place where careers end. Too bad.
 
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