IMUS CANNED!!

Did anybody call this earlier than Tuesday, April 10th at 11:48:26 AM? If not, I believe this puts me in line for the Palomar Observatory's Annual Could-Have-Seen-This-Coming-From-A-Million-Miles-Away Award.

 

Chickenshit move by Les.

 

Actually, I believe Stern called it Monday morning, but on the net, that's the first I've seen, JGMACG.

Here's Moonves' letter:

http://gawker.com/news/don-imus/imus-is-done-says-les-moonves-251913.php

 

His ratings are the key. Would CBS have put up with his bullshit if he was atop the ratings? Absolutely.

 

Imus wasn't sold to advertisers based on ratings. He was sold on quality of audience. You get a targeted, interactive audience. Same principle for all talk radio, but even more so for Imus.

There will be a short-term hit felt by WFAN and CBS, but Les Moonves must've gotten some very concrete feedback that revenues were going to drop and not come back, even after a cooling off period, for him to make this move at this time. WFAN will go on, as will the format. We all can be replaced.

As our mod said, it's about money.

Edit: Imus wasn't sold on ratings and WFAN did about $25 million in billing in 2005. They have traditionally been one of the top billing stations in the country.

 

Les needs to learn some capitalization rules.

Is he also going to apologize to all the other people Imus has offended over the years?

(ps. I have no problem with the firing, but I'm monstrously sick of the hypocrites pretending they've never heard such vile language on their airwaves...)

 

Re: mad dog russo -- yikes!!

Fen my man you need a habit that isn't as addicting as posting pictures. Have you looked into meth?

 

As was stated earlier, This could be the end of WFAN, and sports-talk radio to a larger degree, as we know it.

Based on how obnoxious and stupid some of these sports talk hosts can get, the death of sports talk would almost be a dream come true.

 

Re: mad dog russo -- yikes!!

Whoever taught him how to post pictures has my vote for '07 Poster of the Year.

 

" The worst lack of taste that I've ever seen. The decision made the bosses of CBS is unconscionable." Mike Fransesa.

That was Mike announcing that CBS had terminated Imus. I have new found respect for Francesa and Russo.

They completly took out their bosses and held nothing back.

 

Yeah. Pardon me if I don't hold my breath.