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Michael Stevens has more on the WHAS/Joe Elliott issue.

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.

Why does anyone care what a guy says on the radio? And why does a sitting U.S. Senator feel the need to come to his defense?