"It's something that we need to continue to highlight and re-emphasize not just for this audience, but I think it's also important to reach people beyond the little box that we live in, in talk radio."
WAMU plans to launch a local program with hopes of adding an additional app for the station. It also plans to expand its political coverage to include Maryland and Virginia, in addition to Washington D.C.
Many staffers questioned the motives of the company and its reasoning for dealing with Herridge's files and possessions differently than other fired employees, with one manager calling the situation "outrageous."
"The Athletic has to own this. They have to own that one of their highest-paid employees seems like, sounds like, feels like, was banging an NFL head coach who's married."
The timeline of Maria Bartiromo's last appearances on the network coincides with the announcement that current White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt would resign from the post.