Photo from Mike McConnell’s Facebook.
Where there’s smoke, there’s often fire. Yesterday, I called B.S. to technical issues preventing Mike McConnell from doing his WGNRadio.com online-stream show. Last night, Robert Feder reported that McConnell’s agent has tentatively agreed to an early settlement from his remaining two-year contract.
To be fair, I had no idea what the situation involving McConnell was when calling B.S. to the technical difficulties excuse. When asking around yesterday among some inside WGN, no one claimed to know anything pertaining to McConnell. Even without comment from WGN Radio President and General Manager Jimmy de Castro, I trust Feder got his information from a very high level source.
The obvious question for the remaining McConnell fans is where he might land next. Wherever McConnell goes, he probably won’t make close to the $500,000 a year he reportedly made at WGN. His willingness to leave that kind of money on the table would suggest taking less money elsewhere is worth more in the long-run where he can presumably work at a station more designated for his brand of news/talk while also having the support of management.