Everyone knew this day was coming, but it still was a bit of a shocker because she is part of the "Eric & Kathy" show name. They will obviously have to change the name, although they haven't decided what to call it yet.
Robert Feder has the details.
This is the part of the article that caught my eye...
Behind the scenes, (agent) Mandell was working to resolve the impasse one way or another. Sources said he and Hart met in Chicago recently with Ginny Morris, chair and chief executive officer of Hubbard Radio, to plead their case that Hart should either be reinstated under new working conditions or receive a substantial financial settlement.
By that point, insiders said, it was too late. Hubbard Radio had decided to move on.
While Hart sat out month after month (through a succession of agents), her absence seemed to have no effect on the station’s ratings. In Nielsen Audio figures released this week, The Mix remained No. 1 with a commanding 7.4 percent share of all morning-drive listeners and an 8.8 share of adults between 25 and 54. By all accounts, “The Eric & Kathy Show“ continued to do very well without Kathy.
I think in the end, the fact that the show did just as well without her was the final straw. If the ratings had taken a dive, they would have figured out a way to bring her back.
I interviewed Kathy in happier times, back in 2007. You can read that here.
