BANGOR, Maine The Zone Corporation will probably retain its ties to help sports programming on Bangor airwaves station WZON AM 620 even though seller Stephen King fired sports overseer sportscaster Dale Duff and reporter sportscaster Clem LaBree on Thursday.
That was the word from Region Corporation general manager Bobby Russell on Feb 5th morning. Monday through Fri but that will be replaced by the simulcast of the progressive liberal chat format on WZON FM, the Pulse 103.1.
"But we will continue to carry your Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins and we will still do high school activities," said Russell, who has made the local sports coverage as much as Toby Nelson.
Russell said the decision to flames Duff and LaBree was a hard just one.
"It was tough," claimed Russell, who cited low evaluations and the fact the corporation ended up being losing money as reasons behind choosing one. show has recently run into competitiveness as Rich Kimball, a former WZON sportscaster, came out last fall with his In town with Rich Kimball radio display on Bangor radio station WAEI 910 AM. As well as show recently added about three new stations.
The Down-town with Rich Kimball show Tamara Sisson 08 is especially a sports talk indicate but they also delve into other subjects like lifestyle issues. They don't have a call in format just like the Duff and LaBree show did.
Master had told Duff and LaBree which his decision had not do with the broadcast top quality and Russell concurred, saying "there ended up things they did adequately. And they were the hardest working people at the station.
"Sports talk attendees are very loyal. But now there just weren't enough of these folks," Russell said. "People really like to hear games, big games.Inches
Duff was hired by King 19 years ago to immediate the state's first Around the clock sports talk show and also Duff hired LaBree in the first time of year.
Duff said Thursday night that he understood the business aspect of the decision however the abruptness of the firing and the way it had become handled were hurtful. He thought the situation could have been handled more professionally and he in addition to LaBree deserved better treatment for their particular service to the station.
"That's the happens in TV and radio," defined Russell.
TV and radio executives have usually avoided allowing fired upon air employees to return to air for fear of retribution.
"That is how it's done in radio," stated LaBree. "It's completely understandable. But right after 20 years, they should have acknowledged we wouldn't do something prefer that."
Like Duff, LaBree said he has been pleased with what they have done.
"When I got the job, some of my [skeptical] friends said are you sure for you to do a sports talk present in Bangor? Wij doen veel voor het goede doel It worked for 18 years," said LaBree. "It's just too awful to lose something that did so many things that had never been accomplished before in radio and can never be duplicated, which is a great feeling. Nobody covered high school graduation sports on radio such as we did."
Duff and LaBree were also instrumental Voulons NOUS non partage des REVENUS 70 30 Ce Ne pas le CAS pr Le projet 07 around bringing the WZON Hot Stove Banquet to Bangor in which Red-colored Sox media personalities have been displayed like radio play by play men Joe Castiglione and Gaga O'Brien.
They were also the first regional station to stream game coverage on the Internet, he said.
Additionally, they interacted with their fans during this kind of activities as bus trips to Red Sox games plus the Fenway Faithful club at the Soil Round where they would explore the fortunes of the Purple Sox.
"We got out with the people plus they knew us. That's why we the success we had. Persons knew who we were and toothbrush may see us and discuss with us," said LaBree. Nelson, that has been at the station pertaining to 15 years and was the sports representative at affiliate WDME FM, which is at this point WZON FM, called the situation "sad."
"Dale provided the opportunity to work here. These are two of the people who really forced me to be along in my career. They have been great to me," said Nelson, who is a jack of most trades at the station, including sales and doing adhere to play.
He also noted of which Duff launched a lot of other jobs, also.
Nelson said they will use people to broadcast games in addition to everything is still "a work in improvement."
"It's not the number of game titles we're going to do that worries me personally. But we want to keep the top quality and standards that were recognized by Dale and Clem," he stated.
Under Duff's regime, the station won 135 awards and it was twice chosen the state's top radio station from the Associated Press.
They will both equally receive severance packages from the sta.
The 54 year old Duff, any Houlton native, would like to remain in athletics but the 40 year old LaBree, who's going to be from Old Town, is to take health care administration classes web said "it's a good time to explore many possibilities.
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