"We are crunchy and broken and rocky and dysfunctional, just like everybody else. We are a very truthful, honest radio station, and that really speaks to our people."
"If one lapse in judgment is enough to erase an otherwise successful career, we're setting a standard that very few people—inside or outside of sports media—could ever hope to meet."
"The second I got the phone call, I knew this chapter of my life is done. I went back to the building and cleaned out my office and walked out knowing that walking out was my last time walking out of the building that I grew to love."
"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."
"We are crunchy and broken and rocky and dysfunctional, just like everybody else. We are a very truthful, honest radio station, and that really speaks to our people."
"If one lapse in judgment is enough to erase an otherwise successful career, we're setting a standard that very few people—inside or outside of sports media—could ever hope to meet."
"The second I got the phone call, I knew this chapter of my life is done. I went back to the building and cleaned out my office and walked out knowing that walking out was my last time walking out of the building that I grew to love."