sctvhound 27 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Ben Hoover at WIS in Columbia has been let go, because his contract has expired. The angst to him getting let go is unbelievable. Thousands of FB comments and posts, and a petition to bring him back with 9,000 likes. Newspaper article: http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/03/3546797/wis-ben-hoover-says-farewell.html The station FB page: https://www.facebook.com/WIS10?fref=nf Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13716-ben-hoover-fired-from-wis/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Ben Hoover at WIS in Columbia has been let go, because his contract has expired. The angst to him getting let go is unbelievable. Thousands of FB comments and posts, and a petition to bring him back with 9,000 likes. Newspaper article: http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/03/3546797/wis-ben-hoover-says-farewell.html The station FB page: https://www.facebook.com/WIS10?fref=nf WACH him appear somewhere else really soon. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13716-ben-hoover-fired-from-wis/#findComment-108724 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 511 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 WACH him appear somewhere else really soon. Doubt it. He probably has a noncompete he has to wait out. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13716-ben-hoover-fired-from-wis/#findComment-108726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bammy9 26 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 (the statement is the exact same as posted on their Facebook page) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13716-ben-hoover-fired-from-wis/#findComment-108795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC Political Digest 0 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Donita Todd, WIS GM, seems to be implementing her personal politcs into running WIS. Read: http://scdigest.blogspot.com/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13716-ben-hoover-fired-from-wis/#findComment-108806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daybreak 288 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 This was a shock to everyone and lets just say now many at WIS are upset at how management handled the situation. I was talking to several employees at WIS who I know and they said they don't understand why that happen because WIS is a rating powerhouse and Ben in some ways help improve the ratings especially with the chemistry he had with his on air co-anchors Judi and Dawndy. When Ben came in he had some big shoes to replace (Craig Melvin of MSNBC) and he fit right in very well. I'm sure he would land on his feet somewhere very soon. Best of luck Ben. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13716-ben-hoover-fired-from-wis/#findComment-108809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctvhound 27 Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 This was a story he did earlier this winter during the snow storm Columbia had. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSd5cpYUXxk Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13716-ben-hoover-fired-from-wis/#findComment-108832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3951 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 ...and in a twist of irony, Donita Todd was once a GM at WPMI in Mobile. Her replacement, Bob Franklin was the one who was responsible for canning the ENTIRE primary anchor team in 2007. Her tenure there was a relatively quiet point in that station's twisted history, (and short one) since less than a year when she was hired, she was promoted to GM at sister station WOAI in San Antonio under Clear Channel, and from there, left for WIS in 2008. Well, if there was anything that happened under her watch, was this...... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13716-ben-hoover-fired-from-wis/#findComment-108868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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