It’s the end of an era at WEEI for John Rooke, as the longtime columnist and former host announced his position at the Audacy station has been eliminated.
Rooke made the announcement via social media on Monday, saying that the layoff came as a “sign of the times.”
Rooke had been publishing his weekly “Thinking Out Loud” column regularly and had grown to be quite popular. He said of potentially keeping a similarly structured column going that he’d “sure love to try.”
John had been at WEEI since 1995. He will continue to serve as the play-by-play voice of Providence College men’s basketball, as well as writing columns for the New England Patriots.
Additionally, Rooke is the director for the Center for Business, Entertainment and Sport Management at Dean College in Franklin, Mass.
Rooke’s career in media spans more than four decades and includes stops at ESPN/ESPN Radio, NBC Sports Radio and WOR 710 New York.
