Colorado Media Newsroom
June 2nd, 2022, 04:45 PM
From Radio Insight:
https://radioinsight.com/wp-content/images/2020/12/wbls-200x200.pngMediaCo Adult R&B 107.5 WBLS (https://www.wbls.com) New York has declined to renew the contract of longtime midday host Shaila Scott.
Scott has been a staple in the New York market since 1988 when she first joined WBLS. She moved to “98.7 Kiss-FM” WRKS in 1994, where she would remain until rejoining WBLS following the merging of the two station’s IP in April 2012 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/57125/wrks-intellectual-property-to-be-merged-into-wbls/). She began her career while in college at WBLK Buffalo.
Scott shared in a press statement, “Sadly, Mediaco decided not to renew my contract and advised me that ‘the station is going in a different direction’. As a native New Yorker, it has been a pleasure to be your radio relative, and I am humbled to have been rewarded with consecutive #1 rankings in the 12 and over, 18-49, and 25-54 age demographics. Thank You for trusting me to deliver content that touched and concerned our communities.”
The New York Daily News reports (https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-wbls-fm-fires-shaila-scott-moving-in-another-direction-30-year-career-20220602-utoi24y35nd6vh7njpkogvh7k4-story.html) that Fred ‘Bugsy’ Buggs is currently filling-in on the midday slot until a replacement is named.
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227447/shaila-scott-departs-wbls-middays/)
https://radioinsight.com/wp-content/images/2020/12/wbls-200x200.pngMediaCo Adult R&B 107.5 WBLS (https://www.wbls.com) New York has declined to renew the contract of longtime midday host Shaila Scott.
Scott has been a staple in the New York market since 1988 when she first joined WBLS. She moved to “98.7 Kiss-FM” WRKS in 1994, where she would remain until rejoining WBLS following the merging of the two station’s IP in April 2012 (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/57125/wrks-intellectual-property-to-be-merged-into-wbls/). She began her career while in college at WBLK Buffalo.
Scott shared in a press statement, “Sadly, Mediaco decided not to renew my contract and advised me that ‘the station is going in a different direction’. As a native New Yorker, it has been a pleasure to be your radio relative, and I am humbled to have been rewarded with consecutive #1 rankings in the 12 and over, 18-49, and 25-54 age demographics. Thank You for trusting me to deliver content that touched and concerned our communities.”
The New York Daily News reports (https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-wbls-fm-fires-shaila-scott-moving-in-another-direction-30-year-career-20220602-utoi24y35nd6vh7njpkogvh7k4-story.html) that Fred ‘Bugsy’ Buggs is currently filling-in on the midday slot until a replacement is named.
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227447/shaila-scott-departs-wbls-middays/)