Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] replacements for Imus

[Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Brooker wrote:
> Just wondering, as I miss getting my Imus fix on WFAN-660 during sunrise
> skip thanks to Al Sharpton (and I don't recall him ever being fired for
> concocting the Tawana Brawley scam)...what are the former Imus affiliates
> doing to fill the AM drive slot since that crack about the Rutgers female
> hoopsters cost the I-Man his job?  Are they picking up the Mike & the Mad
> Dog show (Imus' replacement on WFAN), airing other syndicated talkers such
> as ESPN's Mike & Mike in the morning, or even running tapes of old Imus
> shows?

KCAA 1050 Loma Linda CA was the only ex-Imus affiliate running tapes of 
old shows, and they stopped doing that after CBS sent in the lawyers. 
(The last run of the "best-of" shows there was Friday.)

In the region I cover for NorthEast Radio Watch, WHEN 620 Syracuse is 
doing Fox Sports Radio's morning show, WXUR 92.7 Herkimer NY picked up 
Mike & Mike, WHJJ 920 Providence is moving the syndicated Quinn & Rose 
show (from WPGB 104.7 Pittsburgh) from late mornings to the Imus slot, 
WWMJ 95.7 Ellsworth ME is doing automated music, and WTKK 96.9 Boston 
has plugged local host Mike Barnicle into mornings. A few others in the 
region are apparently taking Mike & the Mad Dog for now, but that's only 
an interim move on WFAN's part, so I don't know what'll play out there 
in the long run.

A number of ex-Imus affiliates have publicly said they'll sign up with 
any syndicator who can put together a new Imus package.

s
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