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December 8, 2006

Update: Arlene Violet's show ends one day early

Talk-radio icon Arlene Violet will not be on the air this afternoon, the day her radio station, WHJJ (920-AM), said on Wednesday would be her last day.

Rather, the show she hosted yesterday – in which caller after caller said goodbye and sang her praises – was the last show, the station’s program director and news director, Bill George, said early this afternoon.

For now, Violet is still showing up on WHJJ’s schedule posted online, with the following description: “The Arlene Violet Show: Nobody's more Rhode Island than Arlene. For more than a decade, when Rhode Islanders have seen Red, they've turned to Violet! Arlene Violet, that is.” Check it out.

In Violet’s place today will be the nationally syndicated program featuring the politically conservative Sean Hannity. WHJJ said in its Wednesday news release that Hannity’s show would first air locally on Monday.

George declined to comment on what had changed since the news release issued Wednesday said Violet’s last day on WHJJ would be Friday, Dec. 8.

“This is a personnel issue,” he said. “I know that it’s a great story because it’s a story people are interested in, but it’s a personnel matter, and we don’t discuss things like that.”

Violet’s show ran at its usual time yesterday, from 3 to 6 p.m.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 12:32 PM | Permalink

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