Kuby On Imus, And Radio

Civil rights attorney Ron Kuby, one half of the former Curtis and Kuby in the Morning Show, speaks out on Don Imus, who replaced him on WABC in Newsday. Kuby, always passionate, previously told FishbowlNY, ”Radio hosts are well-compensated, but we have no more security than do chickens on a poultry farm.” In today’s opinion piece, he argues that two forces — neither of them ratings — doomed his radio show. One force is Globalization, or, as Kuby defines it, the industry trend involving the firing of local radio hosts in favor of syndicated programming.