I am SO behind.
When did IMUS join WABC?
Sean is leaving WABC?
Imus came back on Dec. 3
As for Hannity, while his contract with Citadel (which bought
ABC Radio) runs out next year, there was talk he was hoping to exit as soon as this month—because last year at this
time Citadel bought ABC and Sean may feel that his contract
may allow him to leave now. Last week Citadel CEO Farid
Suleman had dinner with Sean and they’re hoping to keep him.
—IF Sean leaves, he would be leaving the entire Citadel-ABC
deal nationwide and joining up with a different syndicator.
One theory has Clear Channel (owner of hundreds of
stations) and its syndication arm Premiere (Rush, Coast
to Coast, Beck) doing some kind of joint venture with
ABC-Citadel which might mean that Sean would be on ABC-
Citadel’s biggest stations (like WABC) as well as Clr.
Chnl stations nationwide. But nothing is decided yet.
For now Sean is staying where he is but if he signs
with another syndicator there is a chance he may wind up
on different stations or times in different cities.
Again, Sean’s deal is with WABC’s parent Citadel-ABC
Wikipedia:
>>In 2004, Hannity signed a $25 million five-year contract extension with ABC Radio to continue the show through 2009.
But Sean may feel ABC’s sale to Citadel may mean he
can escape early.
Wikipedia, on ABC Radio:
>>The acquisition of ABC Radio by Citadel Broadcasting was officially completed on June 12, 2007
(Tomorrow is the one yr anniversary of that deal
and is the date some are saying where Sean could
poss. leave ABC. It’s all up in the air! Citadel
is having financial problems at the former ABC Radio-
owned stations. Many talk hosts and other workers
were let go on March 1...Sean may want to jump to
a lucrative offer at another company)\