Mancow, Emmis Settle Suit

Five years after he was ousted as morning personality at WKQX-FM (101.1), Mancow Muller has quietly settled his legal dispute with the Emmis Communications alternative rock station in Chicago, according to Robert Feder at chicago.timeout.com.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but the resolution brings to an end the lawsuit Muller filed in 2007 stemming from the company’s decision not to renew his contract the previous year. The suit claimed that Muller’s former bosses had made “false and disparaging statements” about him and discouraged other potential employers from hiring him in the market.

Citing confidentiality of the settlement, Muller declined to comment Wednesday except to say: “I feel wonderful about my life in every way.” The lawsuit had been seeking $6 million.

From the outset, Q101 and Emmis officials dismissed Muller’s claims as frivolous and without merit. “The suit and the allegations it contains aren’t worth dignifying with a response,” Emmis Radio president Rick Cummings said at the time. “Emmis doesn’t have the ability to keep a good show off the air.”

Since he wrapped up his eight-year run at Q101 in July 2006, Muller has continued to broadcast his syndicated morning show for Talk Radio Network to other markets from studios in Chicago.

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