Joe Elliott Booted from WHAS Radio
Posted by Caleb O. Brown on November 30th, 2007 in louisville, radio |
I used to work with Joe Elliott. He’s a class act, an excellent host and it’s a shame that he’s been laid off:
A popular radio talk show host is off the air. WAVE 3 has learned from several sources that Joe Elliott — who for years has hosted the 9:00 p.m. to Midnight show on 84WHAS — has been let go.
Elliott — who is blind — grew up in Louisville. A college professor told him he’d never make it in radio. He ended up covering much of the nation on the 50,000 watt station dissecting all the important issues of Kentuckiana.
WAVE 3 contacted Clear Channel which owns WHAS radio. They offered no comment and haven’t released a statement. But our sources say it’s a cost cutting measure and that the time slot will likely go to a nationally syndicated program.
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This is truly a shame. I always enjoyed Joe’s show but now I’m sure they will replace him with another syndicated cookie-cutter conservative talk show Clear Channel seems to love so well. Very unpredictable those are! I can hear it now:
“Tune in from 9:00 to Midnight to hear the wannabe tough-guy regurgitation of the same things you heard from noon to 3:00.”
His replacement is Michael Savage, a host not exactly known for his well-considered opinions.