i was gonna bump the LOA thread i started for that update.
anyway, the reason for his LOA was according to him, was that he was some sort of contract renegotation/dispute with iHeartMedia management, and during this time, he possibly was wanting to quietly retire from radio or leave the company all together. but in the end, they reached a new deal where he can do the show from his home, inside a home studio. Tuesday's show had a hiccup as he only was on for 1 segment due to issues with the home studio setup.
plus he now will only be on the air for the 2nd and 3rd hour of the show as Dan and the rest of "The Treehouse" will have the 3 PM and 6 PM hour to do what they were doing when Russ was on leave, don't know if the 4-6 PM of Russ part is temporary as he works out the "being on-air" rust and techincal kinks to get corrected or is this permanent. but either way, it's good to hear Russ back on the airafter 3 months.