Posted on 02/29/2008 12:08:17 PM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD
Citadel Cuts MAL's Core & More - 2/29 - DCRTV gets confirmation: Longtime DC radio talker Chris Core has been let go from Citadel talker WMAL, which has promptly erased him from its 630wmal.com website, including its program schedule (right). We're told that it was "not personal," just "part of a massive cutback country-wide by Citadel." Core has worked at WMAL more than two decades, doing the Bill "Trumbull And Core" afternoon show in the 1980s. And there are rumblings of more cuts at Citadel's three DC stations - WMAL, WRQX, and WJZW - including the latter's entire airstaff (see newsblurb below). Also, DCRTV is also hearing that Citade
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From the DCRTV site - MORE -
DCRTV is also hearing that Citadel is seriously thinking about ditching WMAL’s Fred Grandy and Andy Parks morning show.....
They’ll be replacing them w/ Imus.
You mouth is a jar?
You know how I feel. I hope Chris Plante gets his slot...
Wha?!?!? WTF? Indeed! He’s got to be a money maker for the station since the only real alternative is Larua Ingram on 970.
Chris Core sucked.
Big time!
How do you eat popcorn?
I always yell at my Suburban when it tells me the rear door is a jar.
Stupid car!
Well, if Plante gets his slot then hooray. The problem lies in that if Don Imus replaces G&A, that’s not much of a lead-in to a ‘hypothetical’ Plante show at 9:00 a.m. Imus sucks.
VirginiaRidgerunner is going to be so PISSED!!! He saw this writing on the wall when WMAL PD Paul Duckworth left in December...
Shit. Shit. Shit.
Now why would they get rid of the grandy and andy show that’s the best show on the air including rush limbaugh IMO.
Don’t know, Jack. It’s unreal to me.
Let’s just cross our fingers that Plante doesn’t get the pink slip, too.
DCRTV hears that evening man Chris Plante will be moved into Core's 9 AM time slot.
Yippee!!
Core was named one of three top radio personalities by readers of the Washington Times in their 2002 Readers’ Choice awards and was recently named one of the Top 100 Talk Show Hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine for the 2nd year in a row.
So much for Chris... he’ll land on his feet... somewhere.
OTOH...it's great news for Chris Plante. I know you're excited about that!
Same here. I used to like Chris, but over the last 10 years or so he's really turned liberal (he calls himself a "moderate"). Many times if callers are not in sync with his particular point of view, he cuts them short.
That would DEFINITELY suck. Those two are the only ones who make my morning commute tolerable.
What would happen if Imus replaces Grandy & Andy on 630 WMAL?
Chris must have been blind-sided since he was in a pretty good mood this morning. Andy and Grandy are probably next, so that they can trip and slip Imus into the lineup. I'm not sticking around for it, and will either go over to the Greaseman on WMET 1160 AM, or simply start listening to my classical music CDs again.
Silvie, if you have an inside line (through Chris Plante) to the station's Program Manager, please tell him that WMAL can go to hell. I'm gone for good this time!
Yes, the article was updated and it appears that Plante is moving to mornings... the issue now lies in whether or not Michael Piercey will move with him or not... Michael is the BEST technical director there is and much of Chrissy’s success is very much in part because of Micahel’s bumper music and sound effects.
WE WANT PIERCEY IN THE MORNINGS, TOO!!!
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