What television network will now be showing Imus in the Morning?”
He may have spent a week in his new studio beforehand getting used to everything. But Don Imus’ debut on the Fox Business Network this morning was still jittery enough to feel like a first-time affair, complete with a first guest on a temperamental cell phone and production assistants occasionally walking into camera shots. Not that Imus hasn’t made the most of his new home. Plopped into a a high-tech forest of glass, steel and projection screens, Imus’ crew looked grizzled and a bit old school next to their sleek, striking surroundings. A busy backdrop flashed animated versions of the show’s logo behind the radio jock’s cowboy hat head, while the multilevel set offered a wide expanse perfect for sweeping camera shots and varied looks. Imus has already talked about the transition to some, but today offer fans the first, full look at his new TV home. The first hour of Imus’ show felt a little off-balance, packed with so many business updates and news headlines that the star couldn’t get
Imus in the Morning is an American radio show hosted by Don Imus on Citadel Media (formerly ABC Radio Networks). The show originated on 66 WNBC-AM in New York City in 1971. In October 1988 the show moved to WFAN when that radio station took over the spectrum license for the 660 band when WNBC went off the air. It was later syndicated to 60 other stations across the country by Westwood One, a division of CBS Radio, airing weekdays from 5:30 to 10 am Eastern time. Beginning September 3, 1996, the 6 to 9 am portion was simulcast on the cable television network MSNBC. The show had been broadcast almost every weekday morning for 25 years on radio and 11 years on MSNBC until it was canceled on April 12, 2007 due to controversial comments made on the April 4 broadcast. The remark resulted in the program’s cancellation the following week (see Cancellation). The Imus in the Morning program returned to the morning drive on New York radio station WABC on December 3, 2007. WABC is the flagship sta
Radio provocateur Don Imus, whose daily talk show begins simulcasting on Fox Business Network on Monday, said the cable channel “is a much nicer place” than the other networks that have run his program. The debut of “Imus in the Morning” on Fox Business Network comes 2 1/2 years after the shock jock was dropped by CBS Radio and MSNBC for making derogatory comments about the members of the Rutgers University women’s basketball team. Imus said he understood the action they took. “You have an obligation if you work for News Corp. or GE to behave yourself,” he said. “It’s irrelevant as to whether I was kidding or not. It starts with the comment. … I fully understand that.
