Hennen Booted From 'The Flag' During Show

Longtime talk-radio host Scott Hennen is off Fargo, ND airwaves, again, and his exit Monday came faster than he expected, according to a posting by Dave Roepke at inforum.com.

On his syndicated show on 1100 AM The Flag (WZFG)  on Monday afternoon, Hennen told listeners his final show on the radio station would be on Friday.

In the midst of making the on-air announcement, The Flag took him off air, pre-empting his show with past Hennen programs.

Breck Von Bank, the general sales manager for The Flag, said the station pulled Hennen’s show mid-broadcast because “all the terms of his departure had not been agreed upon.”

Von Bank said Hennen’s removal from 1100 AM is permanent. A replacement in the 2 to 5 p.m. time slot hasn’t yet been determined. In the interim, pre-recorded Hennen shows will air in the slot, she said.

After his announcement, which he’d invited local media to attend, Hennen, a political conservative, said his abrupt departure was “extremely unfortunate for the audience.”

Hennen said he had been notified by station management at The Flag on April 1 that they planned to end his show, which under his contract required a two-month notice.

Hennen founded 1100 AM in 2008 after leaving WDAY 970 AM, where he had been general manager for seven years. His investor group fired him from his position helming The Flag in September and axed his show. He returned to The Flag in November, under a syndication contract, switching from mid-morning to the afternoon time slot.

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