CBS News anchor, Dan Rather, has been removed from the air on, at least, two stations.
For years, Rather did headlines and IDs for some Infinity owned stations and affiliates across the country. Now, after Rathegate, many stations are removing him from the air.
Here's a brief story from the Chicago Sun-Times.
"It didn't take long for Dan Rather's radio brethren in Chicago to break bad on him. Within hours of CBS News' backpedaling on its '60 Minutes' report about President Bush's National Guard service, the Infinity Broadcasting all-news station here dropped all station identifications featuring the star anchorman's voice.
Until last week, WBBM-AM (780) had been airing one of four different station IDs and promos delivered by Rather at the top of the hour and during Bears pre-game and post-game broadcasts.
In related actions, KPRC-AM in Houston pulled Rather's daily radio newscast, and WNIS-AM in Norfolk, Va., withdrew its CBS affiliation.
But unlike 'Newsradio 780,' which is owned by the same Viacom Inc. parent as CBS, the other stations are only affiliates of the network.
Rather apologized for using documents in his Sept. 8 '60 Minutes' piece that were not authenticated."
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