Randi Rhodes Is On Her Own and Nova M Files for Bankruptcy. It comes to light now that the sticking point between Randi Rhodes and Nova M was her belief that her contract included helping her with legal costs which it did not. She is now rumored to be seeking a local radio gig and many believe she’s trying to get back to her old station – WJNO, West Palm Beach. As for Nova M, it was losing a lot of moolah — $100,000 per month. The founders and corporate officers — Sheldon and Anita Drobny — are filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation for the company. Some of Nova M’s other talent — Mike Malloy, Nancy Skinner — continue in syndication as another person involved with Nova M from the beginning, Dr. Mike Newcomb, is reorganizing the network as On Second Thought Radio Network.
The radio business is in a tailspin right now, and Randi has had a lot of legal bills stemming from the lawsuit filed against her by Iraq contractor CACI. It's a big loss for the South Florida talk radio market, which frankly, wasn't that good to begin with. That say, let's all say a prayer for Thom Hartmann (number 10 on the Talkers "Heavy 100" and the number one non-winger show.) If he goes, I'm going to go back to listening to jazz CDs in the car.
Cross-posted at Reidblog.
3 comments:
Thanks for this post, Joy. Randi will be missed, though I got more listening pleasure from Thom Hartman and Mike Malloy, I think it was the crazy "bounce your boobies" song that wasted precious air time. Always lost me. Was that some kinda signature of hers?
Unfortunately, rumour is that 940WINZ is quickly headed toward an all-sports format rather than daily liberal talk. Bye-bye Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann :/
I've already plugged in my iPod to my car and the ride home without Randi Rhodes is empty but not disastrous. That she is not on when the likes of Limbaugh is carrying on like a complete asshole is way beyond my understanding.
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