Radio station dropping Michael Savage after controversial remarks about autism

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Friday, July 25, 2008

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WHK AM/1420, the only Cleveland-area station carrying Savage's radio talk show, is break ing its contract with Savage's syndicator, Talk Radio Net work, said Mark Jaycox, who manages the Cleveland stations under the Salem Com munications corporate um brella. WHK is owned by Cali fornia-based Sa lem Communi cations.

"This guy's a knucklehead, and I want to get rid of him," Jaycox said...

Nicholas Phillips, a member of the Cuyahoga County Republican Party’s executive committee, will host a political talk show from 9 to 10 p.m. Thursdays during the election season, Jaycox said.

Jaycox decided to yank Savage after receiving about two dozen calls and e-mails from parents of autistic children, who said they were hurt by the remarks...


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Mediamatters.org reports Savage's show has been dropped from the 7 station Super Talk Mississippi Radio Network, and AFLAC, the insurance company, has pulled ads. Meanwhile, Talk Radio Network says Savage's syndicated show is heard on over 450 radio stations and his program reaches over 8 million listeners each week.