Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Bay Area Radio: Chuy Gomez Talks Firing

Chuy Gomez with Fernando (right) & Greg
After twenty years at Bay Area Hip Hop radio station KMEL 106.1 FM, morning show host Chuy Gomez was abruptly ousted on Thursday.

Caught by surprise, the 44 year old on-air legend Gomez was called into a meeting at the offices of Clear Channel on Townsend Street in front of his bosses and the general manager and immediately knew where that was going.

Where the station was going would not involve Gomez.

When Live 105′s Steve Masters referred to the rumors of the ousting was due to “budget reasons,” Gomez said “…they didn’t blatantly say “we fired you because we got no money for you.” They just said “change of direction, bro!”

On Tuesday, Chuy Gomez visited friends and colleagues at CBS Radio and Fernando & Greg on CBS Radio’s KMVQ 99.7 NOW. Gomez recounts what happened and his outlook on the future.

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