Chicago Radio: Hosts Find Out They're Fired While On-Air

When the news leaked out Thursday that the Tribune Co. and its WGN 720 AM were pulling the plug on WGWG 87.7m LP-FM/The Game, the news was startling.

It was esecially startling to talkers Alex Quigley andf Ben Finfer.  The duo got the news while they are doing their show via a Twitter post from Chicago media critic/blogger Robert Feder!

As on would guess they are a bit ticked-off.  Not so much that the end had come, but they were not told by management before hearing the news from the outside.  They blame industry vet GM Jimmy de Castro for not having the courage to inform them.

Here's how they handled it on..