Radio and television talk show host, writer, humorist
Years active
1964–2018
Spouses
Harriet Showalter
(m. 1969; div. 1979)
Deirdre Coleman
(m. 1994)
Children
6
Awards
NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame, 4 NAB Marconi Radio Awards
John Donald Imus Jr. (/ˈaɪməs/; July 23, 1940 – December 27, 2019), also known as Imus, was an American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author. His radio show Imus in the Morning was aired on various stations and digital platforms nationwide until 2018.
Imus began his first radio job at KUTY in Palmdale, California in 1968. Three years later, he landed the morning broadcast position at WNBC in New York City. He was fired from WNBC in 1977, worked for a year at WHK in Cleveland, and was rehired by WNBC in 1979. He remained at WNBC until it left the air in 1988, at which time his show moved to WFAN, which took over WNBC's former frequency of 660 kHz. Howard Stern's success with national syndication led Imus in the Morning to adopt the same model in 1993.
Imus was labeled a "shock jock" in his later career.[2] He was fired by CBS Radio in April 2007 after describing the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos".
In January 2018, Cumulus Media told Imus that the company was going to stop paying him, and his final show aired on March 29, 2018.[3] He died the following year of complications from lung disease.[4]
^Littleton, Cynthia (December 27, 2019). "Radio Legend Don Imus Dies at 79". Variety. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
^Spiegelman, Arthur (April 12, 2007). "'Shock jock' Imus finally faces music". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
^Brown, Ruth (January 22, 2018). "'Imus in the Morning' is going off the air". New York Post. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019. The company recently declared bankruptcy and told him it was going to stop paying him after March.
^Bauder, David (December 27, 2019). "DJ Don Imus, Made and Betrayed by His Mouth, Dead at 79". Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
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