Radioactive fallout from Arbitron's spring ratings: The first casualty of the quarter was Dean Richards, whose contractwas not renewed after three years as morning man at WNUA-FM (95.5).
A Chicago native who seemed perfectly suited to his station's"smooth jazz" format, Richards said he had been led to believe hisrenewal was a certainty.
Richards' only mistake may have been not moving quickly enoughon a new deal while John Gehron still was around as general manager.After Gehron exited for a better job in Boston, new general managerRalph Sherman and program director Lee Hansen moved quickly to cutout what they derided as excess "talk and clutter."
Sherman …
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