Snyder Dropped from Dahl’s Show
Times are tough at FM talker WCKG-FM. First, the station loses Howard Stern and replaces him with the lackluster Rover,
who whose program barely even registered in the ratings. They replace Rover with the New York-based XM duo of Opie & Anthony, and the numbers drop even further.
In the meantime, the station has been anchored by longtime afternoon drive host Steve Dahl. In fact, some have even intimated that the sole reason the station has not flipped to Spanish is because of Dahl’s enormous guaranteed contract, and presumably because Dahl doesn’t speak Spanish.
Now, Robert Feder is reporting that Dahl has dumped sidekick Wendy Snyder from the show:
Snyder, whose contract was set to expire in March, is a six-year veteran of WCKG. She has spent the last five years as traffic reporter and secondary sidekick for Dahl.
“I had a unique opportunity to work with a couple of the best in the business,” she said. “Now I’m looking forward to moving on. I can’t wait to get back on the air.”
The move raises a number of questions, chief of which is whether the move was a cost-cutting measure on the part of the CBS-owned station or whether there was a personality conflict between Dahl and Snyder. Either way, Snyder’s departure can’t be a positive sign for the struggling station.
[...] Matt from Chicago Radio & TV asks “whether the move was a cost-cutting measure on the part of the CBS-owned station or whether there was a personality conflict between Dahl and Snyder. Either way, Snyder’s departure can’t be a positive sign for the struggling station.” [...]
I cannot believe that they fired Wendy on her return from a knee replacemnet surgery. Steve Dahl’s son is now replacing Penn starting today in the 1-2 slot preceeding his dads show…. I expect to see Garry Meier back soon to pick up the ratings from the reunion type show that happened last year. Perhaps Wendy will be rehired to work with Garry… hmmmm
Now WCKG is just a boy’s club. Wendy was underused and her talent was not appreciated. I no longer listen to WCKG, it just doesn’t work for me anymore. They kept Tom Leykis?
I can’t believe Wendy is gone- how will
Steve know when to go to break if she isn’t laughing?
Is Buzz getting tired of this, too? Who will I listen to in my garage after work this year?
Dahl has gotten past worse then this…I remember when some religious thugs took over his show on the LOOP back in the day. He’s weathered a lot and this is just one of those constants in the world that we all become accustom to…change!