Imus to receive $20 Million settlement
CBS has settled its termination dispute with fired shock jock Don Imus, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, a possible step toward Imus going to work for a rival broadcaster.
Imus was fired in April after referring to a mostly black university women's basketball team with a racial slur, generating a storm of controversy that led CBS Radio to cancel his popular "Imus in the Morning" show.
The Imus show was carried on 61 radio stations across the United States including CBS-owned WFAN in New York.
WFAN announced on Tuesday that former NFL quarterback and CBS sports broadcaster Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton, an afternoon FM talk radio host, would become hosts of a show that takes over Imus's former weekday morning 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. time slot.
Imus had threatened to sue CBS for breach of contract, his lawyer Martin Garbus announced after the dismissal, but it was not confirmed if the lawsuit was ever filed.
CBS spokesman Dana McClintock referred further questions to Garbus. Garbus did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It's been reported Imus would receive $20 million in the settlement.
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