Philly Radio: Michael Tearson Departs SiriusXM

Michael Tearson

After 12 years on the air at SiriusXM, veteran Philadelphia DJ Michael Tearson has announced he has done his last show. Citing unhappiness with programming changes, Tearson made his announcement Monday morning. His last show was Sunday night.

“It’s really something that’s been brewing for several months,” Tearson said. “I got to be unhappy with the way they were evolving the channel. It was time for me to walk way from it.”

Tearson pre-recorded his weekend shifts on air on Deep Tracks, on the platform’s classic rock deep cuts channel, from his home studio. He’d made his final decision to leave the company after recording last weekend’s shows on Thursday, alluding to his departure by dropping little hints throughout his breaks — like how Bob Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” was “uncommonly appropriate” in his life currently.

“I did the last show knowing it was the last show, but they didn’t know,” he said.

Philly.com reports The 48-year radio veteran got his start in Philadelphia at WXPN and then moved on to WMMR and WMGK until jumping on to SiriusXM in 2003.