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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Chicago Radio: PD Bill White Fired From WGN AM

Bill White
On his first day on the job, newly appointed GM Jimmy De Castro fired WGN 720 AM Program & News Director Bill White. He had been with the radio station since February 2011.

According to CR&M, White himself made the announcement in an email to the WGN Radio staff. In it, the memo reads, "Today is my last day as Director of Programming & News of WGN Radio. Having the opportunity to work with such a tremendous team at one of America's legendary radio station has been a privilege and an honor. I wish you and WGN Radio much success in the future."

Tribune Broadcasting and former WGN Radio Vice President and General Manager Tom Langmyer hired White to replace the controversial Program Director Kevin Metheny.

CR&M reports White had the difficult job of undoing some of the public and internal damage done by his predecessor, as well as trying to grow a radio station, while burdened with heavy contracts created by the previous regime. To make matters worse, for most of the time Bill White worked for the station, its parent company was in bankruptcy and demanding every possible corner be cut.


Prior to coming to Chicago, White was the Operations Director of WBT-AM, WBT-FM and WLNK-FM in Charlotte, NC. Before his successful time in Charlotte, the news/talk radio programming vet had worked at KMBZ-AM/KCMO-AM Kansas City, KDKA-AM Pittsburgh, WTVN-AM Columbus, WEZN-FM Bridgeport, and WTIC-AM in Hartford.

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