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| 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 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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