Imus in the Morning began simulcasting Monday on Fox Business Network, having Glenn Beck and John McCain among his guests and indulging in some classically edgy shtick with longtime newsman-sidekick Charles McCord.
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Talk-radio host Don Imus announced on the air that he has stage 2 prostate cancer, but predicted a complete recovery.
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Shock jock Don Imus returned to the radio airwaves Monday morning, with new sidekick Karith Foster — an African-American comedienne — at his side. "I thought it was an opportunity to diversify the cast," he explains.It was a smart if calculated move to smooth things over in light of the incident that got him booted seven months ago. In a sitdown with Barbara Walters airing Thursday night, Imus says of his face-to-face with the Rutgers women's hoops team, "They were hurt. They told me how they felt and I got the message. I [will] never... do anything that will make them regret that they forgave me."That said, Imus hasn't pulled a complete 180 — far from it. Dick Cheney is "a war criminal" and "Hillary Clinton is still Satan" as far as he's concerned. "I haven't changed."What's your take? Should Imus be given a second chance?
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Barbara Walters has landed the first interview with disgraced radio shock jock Don Imus since he was fired last April. The I-man will talk with Walters on her annual 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007 special that airs Dec. 6 on ABC. Imus is making his return to radio on Monday, when he takes over the morning slot on Citadel Broadcasting's WABC. CBS Radio and cable outlet MSNBC canned him after his racist and sexist on-air comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team. — Stephen Battaglio
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Don Imus is officially forgiven in the heartland. The veteran radio and TV hell-raiser who was booted from MSNBC after his injudicious comments about Rutgers University's women's hoop stars has a new multimillion-dollar TV gig, the New York Times reports. RFD-TV, a rural cable and satellite outlet available to some 30 million homes, is expected to sign Imus, who already has a deal with New York City radio's WABC-AM, for a daily morning show and a nightly rerun. Plans are for the formerly disgraced personality to debut his show on Dec. 3, possibly with a live telecast from Manhattan's Town Hall. RFD founder Patrick Gottsch says Imus' many mea culpas are "good enough for me," and he sees the show as the ideal vehicle to raise his channel’s profile.Imus's RDF colleagues will include cattle auctions, country music and the popular Big Joe Polka Show. Sounds pretty ripe for some Imus satire to us. — Ileane Rudolph
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