Quinn & Rose’s show was produced by WPGB-FM, the Clear Channel News Talk station in Pittsburgh, PA. They were carried on a handful of affiliates in the general area of Western Pennsylvania and more importantly to most listeners were on SiriusXM.<\/p>\n
Clear Channel recently sold their ownership interest in XM (which they helped found) and by doing so gave up their right to program channels on XM.<\/p>\n
Given the politics of Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman, I predicted at the time that Q&R’s days were numbered without the national audience to protect them.<\/p>\n
A reliable listener says that Friday’s show started out very weird and was replaced by a best of show. Friday is often when shows are given the axe. The WPGB-FM web site has been scrubbed of Q&R references which is strong evidence that they’re gone.<\/p>\n
Warroom.com is owned by Jim Quinn, not Clear Channel, but contains no hint of what is going on. It’s also possible they quit rather than being fired.<\/p>\n
In unrelated news, Premiere has reached an agreement to extend Randi Rhodes’ contract for another year.<\/p>\n
In other unrelated news, the FCC voted 5-0 to end the rule limiting foreign ownership of radio & TV stations to 25%, so the real owners of Clear Channel can now come out of the shadows.<\/p>\n
It can happen here, and is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Quinn & Rose’s show was produced by WPGB-FM, the Clear Channel News Talk station in Pittsburgh, PA. They were carried on a handful of affiliates in the general area of Western Pennsylvania and more importantly to most listeners were on … Continue reading