Indy's J.D. Cannon: "I Was Asked to Leave"

Long-running radio personality J.D. Cannon says he doesn't want listeners to think his departure from WFMS-FM (95.5) was his choice, according to a story by David Lindquist at indystar.com.

"I was asked to leave," says Cannon, music director and disc jockey at the country station from Feb. 19, 1979, through his final shift last Friday afternoon.

Inducted to the Country Radio Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2002, Cannon says he was fired Monday based on philosophical differences about styles of Nashville songs heard on the station owned by Cumulus Media.

WFMS recently ended a decade-long streak as the most popular frequency among Indianapolis listeners ages 12 and older.

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