RADIO WARS: Andy Bloom Has Been Fired By WIP
The maestro has emerged from a pile of diapers and baby ogling (mom and baby are doing great!) to bring you this very important holiday update: signals intelligence has picked up word that WIP Operations Manager Andy Bloom has been fired. A source tells me he has not been reassigned within CBS and ties with the company have been completely severed.
The timing makes sense. It’s, for all intents and purposes, the last Friday of the year, and as great cinema has taught us: it’s always better to fire people on a Friday, because studies have statistically shown that there’s less chance of an incident if you do it at the end of the week.
In July, David Yadgaroff was named VP of CBS Philly. Some believed it could spell the end for Bloom, who was hired by Yadgaroff’s predecessor, Marc Rayfield.
What does this mean? Well, probably not great things for Josh Innes sticking around long-term. His contract was picked up, but he was Bloom’s guy and given a long leash with which to do his sometimes-sports thing. I’m assuming a successor will not be as lenient as Bloom. One would wonder if Josh would even want to stick around. A general turmoil has surrounded the station since he came on-board, and most of Bloom’s decisions since can be traced to Innes’ presence. Earlier in the year, Bloom called me an asshole and a fraud – on the air – for my reporting on the matter, specifically with regard to Rob Ellis, then with WIP, learning of his demotion on this site. It would indeed by ironic if that’s how Bloom found out today… but I doubt it.
We’ll have more later. MUSIC BABY: