NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2007
Don Imus Will Also Return To TV
Talk Personality's Radio Show Will Be Simulcast By Rural Media Group
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Play CBS Video Video Imus Returning To Radio? After reaching a settlement with CBS, shockjock Don Imus may be planning his return to radio amid protest from members of the Rutgers women's basketball team he insulted. Bianca Solorzano reports.
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Video Imus Makes Public Appearance Former radio personality Don Imus made his first public appearances since being fired for making controversial remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team. WFSB's Diana Rocco reports.
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Radio personality Don Imus appears on the Rev. Al Sharpton's radio show in New York on April 9, 2007. Imus was on the show to discuss racially-charged comments he made on his own show five days earlier. (AP)
The radio personality, who returns to the airwaves Dec. 3 on WABC-AM, will debut the same day on the seven-year-old cable and satellite television station that caters to viewers with homes on the range, the Rural Media Group, Inc., announced Wednesday.
The radio show will be simulcast on weekdays from 6-9 a.m., and will be rebroadcast from 6-9 p.m. each evening, said Patrick Gottsch, founder and president of the Rural Media Group. The program will also be available to RFD's nearly 30 million homes through on-demand services, Gottsch said.
Imus signed a five-year agreement with RFD, Gottsch said. An e-mail sent to Imus' lawyer for comment was not immediately returned Wednesday.Photos: Don Imus
Two weeks ago, Citadel Broadcasting Corp. announced it was bringing Imus back to host a New York-based morning drive time show. The cranky Hall of Fame broadcaster was fired eight months earlier after his "nappy-headed hos" crack regarding the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
RFD, with studios in Nashville, has a mostly rural audience that receives programming like "The Cattle Show," "National Tractor Pulling" and the "Largent and Sons Hereford Cattle Auction."
"Don's passion and understanding of rural America fits in so well with our ongoing effort to bridge city and country folks with this channel," Gottsch said. His station launched in December 2000, billed as the first 24/7 television network dedicated to rural America.
The previous incarnation of "Imus in the Morning" was simulcast on MSNBC, which dumped the show shortly after Imus' ill-conceived comment.
By Larry McShane
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- Turn on BET channel. You''ll see all kinds of fun stuff. But somehow it''s ok when black folks do it. Can you even count how many times rappers say the "n" word in their music videos? This Imus brouhaha was the original tempest in a teapot. You''d think he lynched a black man or something.
Guess I won''t be seeing Imus on TV unless I live on a cattle ranch in Wyoming. - Reply to this comment
- America is a redneck racist nation so I''m sure Don Imus'' radio and TV ventures will be very, very successful. This country continues to sell its soul for money. If Imus had made a negative comment toward Jewish people his career would have been destroyed and he would have been banned from television for life.
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- He shouldn''t have been fired in the first place. For all the talk of free speech, there sure are quite a few people out there wanting to take that away. Let the people decide. If nobody would listen to him he would fade away. No market, no Imus.
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- It did No good to fire this man for using a racial slurr he is back! They should also hire Isaiah Washington back as well for his remarks!
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