Don Imus

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Don Imus (born July 23, 1940 in Riverside , California , † December 27, 2019 in College Station , Texas ) was a controversial American radio presenter . His well-known radio show Imus in the Morning has been broadcast in the US since 1979 on weekday prime time and canceled on April 12, 2007 after a public discussion about the host's racist and sexist abuses. From December 3, 2007 to March 2018, the show Imus in the Morning was broadcast on Citadel (now Cumulus Media) station WABC77 .

Life

The former miner, marine and gas station attendant began his career in 1966 on the radio station KUTY in Palmdale, California . Because of his unconventional, provocative and scandalous demeanor, he became known in the media landscape in the USA. His programs were syndicated in the USA and reached over 90 stations and the NBC subsidiary MSNBC not only had half a million TV viewers but also around 1.6 million radio listeners . Don Imus generated advertising income of around $ 40 million a year for CBS alone . But because of its failures, major advertisers like General Motors pulled out of NBC and CBS.

In his shows, Imus repeatedly made derogatory comments about groups of people who were unpleasant to him. He once described Palestinians as “smelly animals” and insulted Washington Post columnist Howard Kurtz as “bone-nosed Jewish boys”. Commenting on the college finals in women's basketball, he called the predominantly African-American athletes "nappy-headed hoes".

After his public scandal and the show's cancellation, the presenter reached a financial settlement with CBS in August 2007. At the same time, Kia Vaughn, center player of the Rutgers basketball team, filed a civil lawsuit against Imus.

In March 2018 the radio show Imus in the Morning was discontinued and Don Imus withdrew from the public.

Imus had two daughters from his first marriage and a son from his second marriage.

Awards

Imus won three Marconi Awards , two for Major Market Personality of the Year (1992 and 1997) and one for Network Syndicated Personality (1994).

Imus has been represented in the Radio Hall of Fame since 1989 . In 2002 Talkers magazine named Imus one of the greatest radio hosts of all time.

literature

  • Donald Imus: God's Other Son . Simon & Schuster, 1994. ISBN 0-684-80166-3 , (first edition 1981 ISBN 0-671-22537-5 .)
  • Donald Imus, Fred Imus: Two Guys Four Corners: Great Photographs, Great Times, and a Million Laughs . Villard, 1997, ISBN 0-679-45307-5 .
  • Deirdre Imus: The Imus Ranch: Cooking for Kids and Cowboys . Rodale Press, 2004, ISBN 0-87596-919-4 .
  • Jim Reed: Everything Imus: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Don Imus . Birch Lane Press, 1999, ISBN 1-55972-504-4 .
  • Kathleen Tracy: Imus: America's Cowboy . Carroll & Graf, 1999, ISBN 0-7867-0608-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Duane Byrge, Katie Kilkenny: Don Imus, Legendary 'Imus in the Morning' Host, Dies at 79. In: The Hollywood Reporter , December 27, 2019 (English). Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ Marc Pitzke: Das Ende des Schock-Jocks , Spiegel online, April 13, 2007
  3. ↑ a b - Broadcasting ban on US radio talkers . In: Deutschlandfunk . ( deutschlandfunk.de [accessed on February 14, 2018]).
  4. ↑ News: Civil law suit against radio host Don Imus . Wildstyle Shop & Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  5. ↑ https://marriedbiography.com/don-imus-biography/
  6. ^ The 25 greatest radio talk show hosts of all time
personal data
SURNAME Imus, Don
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American radio presenter
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Riverside
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 2019
Place of death College station