With Clear Channel coming in to take over at WOR in New York, changes are being made to the station. Both Dr. Joy Browne (pictured) and former New York Governor David Patterson have been let go. It looks as if Buckley Broadcasting CEO Joe Bilotta was told beforehand who Clear Channel would keep so he could take care of the employees before he left the building.
Clear Channel purchased the station from Buckley for $30 million earlier this year. Dr. Browne has been with WOR for nearly 15 years. Patterson had been doing a show for a little more than a year. Buckley Broadcasting CEO Joe Bilotta released the following statement: "The acquisition of WOR has officially closed. We thank our employees for their service over the years and wish them all the best in the future. We are providing our workers with a generous severance package, and Clear Channel will absorb a number of the station staff."
Read more here at the New York Times
(12/21/2012 4:07:47 PM)
Paterson had a good show and it was getting better, though I was not a regular listener. The death knell at WOR begins...What is disturbing about WOR and WABC, both NYC powerhouses, is that their weekends and late nights are increasingly leased time/infomercials. WABC cut 1 hour off Mark Simone, the #1 weekend show too. They expect listeners to stick around for a steady diet of vitamin, real estate and financial touts?
(12/21/2012 11:31:34 AM)
This marks the death knell for one of the last great live & local heritage talk stations in America. My business relationship with WOR goes back to 1986, when I first placed advertising on the station. I also worked there in the late 1990's. Dr. Joy Browne and David Patterson will be missed. They both are the essence of great radio.
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