The I-man will finally sign off a week from today, ending 50 years in radio.
http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/don-imus-to-sign-off-for-the-last-time/360083
https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/don-imus-howard-stern-1.17614269
A long HOF career with many high and low lights but I will remember him as the person who made WFAN possible. His show there from when he started to roughly when he started begging for money for his ranch was one of the best things I'd heard. He championed both Russo and Francesa and made Mike and the Mad Dog possible as well. He also later became an irrelevant bore with his ranch charity, endless pleas for money (Eddie Andelman kind of ended up here too) and sadly, later on a horrible racist. I really hate when he became but I will also very fondly remember his peak years and his influence on how people talk about politics and pop culture. He was very creative and original, an act Howard Stern largely copied.
http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/don-imus-to-sign-off-for-the-last-time/360083
https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/don-imus-howard-stern-1.17614269
A long HOF career with many high and low lights but I will remember him as the person who made WFAN possible. His show there from when he started to roughly when he started begging for money for his ranch was one of the best things I'd heard. He championed both Russo and Francesa and made Mike and the Mad Dog possible as well. He also later became an irrelevant bore with his ranch charity, endless pleas for money (Eddie Andelman kind of ended up here too) and sadly, later on a horrible racist. I really hate when he became but I will also very fondly remember his peak years and his influence on how people talk about politics and pop culture. He was very creative and original, an act Howard Stern largely copied.