Imus show producer also fired
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The longtime producer for Don Imus’ syndicated radio show joined his boss in the unemployment line one week after the broadcaster was booted from the airwaves for racist and sexist comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team.
Bernard McGuirk, who joined the “Imus in the Morning Show” as producer in 1987, was let go late Thursday by WFAN-AM for his role in the incident, CBS Radio spokeswoman Karen Mateo said Friday. CBS Inc., the parent company of WFAN, pulled Imus off the air on April 12.
McGuirk was one of Imus’ frequent on-air foils and was involved in the now-infamous “nappy-headed hos” exchange on April 4. He provided much of the program’s dicier content.
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