Longtime 93.7 BOB FM morning host Eric Worden has exited the Norfolk station amid cost-cutting measures by parent company Sinclair Communications.
Worden had spent 35 years in morning drive in the market. His wife — Julianne, who served as the Program Director of 790 WNIS and Talkradio 850 WTAR for the company, in addition to working as the General Sales Manager — was also let go this week.
“I’ll tell you there are a lot of reasons why people in radio get let go. A lot of it is ratings generated,” Worden said in a video published to Facebook after his ouster. “We’ve done our job there thanks to people like you. Our numbers have been outstanding.”
“Combined, we have had 60 years of service to this radio station group,” Worden added in the video.
The job eliminations come after Bob Sinclair Sr., the owner of the company, died earlier this year. The company was founded by his father more than 60 years ago.
“Sometimes difficult decisions must be made by management, and yesterday we were forced to offer early retirement plans to several employees,” Sinclair Communications said in a statement released to WAVY-TV. “These decisions were purely financial and not based on performance. Again this was a budgetary decision, and we appreciate their years of dedication to our company and wish them well in the future.”
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