Imus show dropped from WKIP Poughkeepsie, NY

[xmradiopro]

Imus in the morning was dropped from WKIP Poughkeepsie recently...will he be ending his show at WABC as well ? When does his contract end ?

 

[WNTIRadio]

Not soon enough...

 

[disney fanatic]

It was replaced by a local morning show called "Hudson Valley Focus".

 

[wadio]

It was replaced by a local morning show called "Hudson Valley Focus".

Gee, what a creative name.

 

[WNTIRadio]

Imus should rename his show to "Mumbling Old Fool". Maybe they'll pick it back up to go with their literal show name format.

 

[TTalkradio1]

Has Imus ever taken phone calls on his show?

 

[Malika]

Imus only took calls when a sponsor was giving away something.
The show is awful and I can't listen to it. I used to be a listener. Going on Fox was what started the downhill trend.
Imus is over the hill. Just repeating Republican talking points like John Gambling is boring.

 

[Bob1370]

Wouldn't read much into this as far as Imus is concerned. Poughkeepsie is within WABC's 2.5 mV contour to begin with, so that's where he's probably getting most of his Dutchess County audience. WKIP's best competitive option is to offer something of its own in a crucial daypart. If there's a takeaway, it's that a station that wants to compete in any decent-sized market is going to need to have a lot of local content unique to itself. In that regard, WKIP gets it.

 

[MTNProductions]

I'll try to bump this thread, because the topic is 6 years old. His contract with WABC and other stations will be ending by the end of March. That means Don Imus is going to retire from radio starting March 29th.