Colorado Media Newsroom
August 1st, 2024, 11:10 AM
From Radio Insight:
https://i0.wp.com/radioinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/daveaiken-200x200.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1Amidst a round of significant layoffs at Dick Broadcasting, ‘Weather Dave’ Aiken has exited as co-host of the syndicated 2 Guys Named Chris (https://2guysnamedchris.com) morning show and APD/MD/afternoon host at Classic Rock “Rock 92 (https://www.rock92.com)” WKRR Greensboro NC.
Aiken had been with WKRR since 2003. He also held roles over the past two decades in creative services, promotions and event planning, the last in which he was co-founder and chair of the Summertime Brews Festival from 2005 to 2019. Prior to joining the station he spent eleven years as a meteorologist for WFMY-TV Greensboro from 1991 to 2002 and has served as a freelance meteorologist for WXII-TV since 2015.
On the morning show today, host Chris Kelly tearfully said, “Yesterday, we had a very bad day here, a lot of good people lost their job yesterday. And on of them is Dave Aiken. Dave is fine, this is not a funeral, we did not know that was going to happen until yesterday so it was a really tough time for us. I really didn’t expect to be emotional about this but. He has been such a major part of our team for twenty years so that’s a really hard thing for us to go through. He’s not going to be here anymore and we didn’t get a chance to say how much we appreciate him.”
We have confirmed additional cuts Dick’s clusters across its footprint in Greensboro, Myrtle Beach SC, New Bern NC, and Savannah GA, however none of the names have gone public yet.
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/276684/weather-dave-aiken-exits-wkrr-two-guys-named-chris/)
https://i0.wp.com/radioinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/daveaiken-200x200.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1Amidst a round of significant layoffs at Dick Broadcasting, ‘Weather Dave’ Aiken has exited as co-host of the syndicated 2 Guys Named Chris (https://2guysnamedchris.com) morning show and APD/MD/afternoon host at Classic Rock “Rock 92 (https://www.rock92.com)” WKRR Greensboro NC.
Aiken had been with WKRR since 2003. He also held roles over the past two decades in creative services, promotions and event planning, the last in which he was co-founder and chair of the Summertime Brews Festival from 2005 to 2019. Prior to joining the station he spent eleven years as a meteorologist for WFMY-TV Greensboro from 1991 to 2002 and has served as a freelance meteorologist for WXII-TV since 2015.
On the morning show today, host Chris Kelly tearfully said, “Yesterday, we had a very bad day here, a lot of good people lost their job yesterday. And on of them is Dave Aiken. Dave is fine, this is not a funeral, we did not know that was going to happen until yesterday so it was a really tough time for us. I really didn’t expect to be emotional about this but. He has been such a major part of our team for twenty years so that’s a really hard thing for us to go through. He’s not going to be here anymore and we didn’t get a chance to say how much we appreciate him.”
We have confirmed additional cuts Dick’s clusters across its footprint in Greensboro, Myrtle Beach SC, New Bern NC, and Savannah GA, however none of the names have gone public yet.
more (https://radioinsight.com/headlines/276684/weather-dave-aiken-exits-wkrr-two-guys-named-chris/)