Imus may return by Dec 1

[raccoonradio]

Wash Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100502219_pf.html

"...the contractual details would likely be finalized within a week. Although the deal, which would pay Imus millions of dollars, might hit a last-minute snag, the Imus team is confident that he will be back on the air around Dec. 1. Citadel Broadcasting, which owns 243 radio stations, including ABC Radio Networks, plans to put the I-Man in the morning slot on the powerhouse New York station WABC, the source said. The program would be offered in syndication to other stations around the country. Imus is also seeking a television outlet to simulcast the show, but that is less definite."

Am sure Media Matters will be in their little cubicles monitoring...
One person quoted said "he paid the price". Yeah getting $20 mil in a settlement from CBS must
have been really rough...

 

[Ultimajock]

...geez, those b@$tards will do anything to get rid of Ron Kuby, won't they? ;-) ...

 

[kaufcom]

Am sure Media Matters will be in their little cubicles monitoring...
One person quoted said "he paid the price". Yeah getting $20 mil in a settlement from CBS must
have been really rough...

It wasn't media matters that did in Imus's TV and radio syndication deals. MM goes after all right wing talkers, and rarely attacked Imus prior to his downfall. It was actually the female employees at NBC who pushed hard on management to take action. Then so-called black leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton piled on. Yes, it's true that Imus has made a pile of money and now has a local market radio gig on Phil Boyce's station. But he has been essentially marginalized by those three infamous words.

 

[brian65]

Will his show possibly be broadcast in the Cincinnati area? I'm not familiar with Citadel.