Dead air update: KUFO's Rick Emerson Show crew fired. Cort and Fatboy fired. KUFO responds.

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UPDATE 5:10 pm:
Sarah X. Dylan of the Rick Emerson Show on KUFO just confirmed via text that the RES crew was "let go."
has not made an official comment,
recent media kerfuffles
back-from-the-deal maneuvers
If any group of radio lovers can make themselves heard—it's them.
Save the Rick Emerson show webpage.
UPDATE 5:45 pm:
the entire Rick Emerson Crew—Rick Emerson, Sarah X. Dylan, Tim Riley and Greg Nibler—as well as Cort & Fatboy have been let go.
Seattle radio personality
Ricker
"What I can tell you is that the station is a rock station and will continue to be a rock station,"
Larry Wilson
UPDATE 8 pm: Rick Emerson
The Rick Emerson Show
website
here

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KUFO 101.1's
Cort & Fatboy (aka Bobby Roberts) were fired earlier this afternoon.
Alpha Broadcasting,
KUFO programming director Chris Patyk was being replaced by a San Diego "Afternoon Drive personality" called Ditch.
WW
"
Officially unemployed. Goodbye KUF-O (sung to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road)."
explaining that they were heading to a meeting where they guessed they were about to be fired.
here.
pesky podcast right here.
website
us
Also, the pair will continue their popular Midnight Movies series at the Bagdad Theater.
Raising Arizona
Twitter
Facebook
I'll update the post with more info on what KUFO plans to replace Cort & Fatboy with once I get a call back from the station.

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