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Detroit’s WADL Scratches Local Newscast, Following Months of Controversy

By Andrew Gauthier on May. 24, 2012 - 11:42 AM

After a series of missteps and false starts, Detroit independent station WADL has decided to scrap its 9 p.m. newscast. “WADL is moving in a new direction, and the news programming will not be a part of its new format,” ...

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WADL Hires Owner’s Wife as News Director

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 13, 2012 - 1:24 PM

After a tumultuous couple of weeks in which the station abruptly fired its president and news director, WADL announced today that Joelle Lukasiewicz, wife of station owner Kevin Adell, had been named news director. Lukasiewicz, wh ...

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Fired News Director Worried WADL Management Would Make Him ‘Disappear’

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 5, 2012 - 10:41 AM

Hired as news director at WADL, Matt Stevens took extra precautions when meeting with station management on the day he was terminated because he feared he “might never be seen again.” In a recent post on his personal b ...

Abruptly Fired by WADL, Kevin O’Brien Shares His Side of the Story

By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 28, 2012 - 6:25 PM

After his very public termination as a WADL consultant, Kevin O’Brien is firing back at the independent station and its owner Kevin Adell. Today an attorney representing O’Brien circulated a press release defending him ...

WADL Fires Kevin O’Brien After P.I. Finds ‘Violations of Numerous Corporate Policies’

By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 23, 2012 - 3:09 PM

After hiring a retired FBI agent to conduct a thorough investigation, WADL fired Kevin O’Brien this week, just two months after the Detroit independent station hired him as a consultant to “aggressively make changes.&# ...

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