NEW YORK (AFP) — Don Imus, the popular talk-show host who was fired in April from his radio and television show after uttering a racial slur, will be back on the air by year's end, US media reported Monday.
News reports said Imus in December will launch a new radio program on WABC radio in New York, the biggest US talk radio station, for a multi-million dollar annual salary.
Imus lost his job after calling the mostly black women's basketball team of Rutgers University a group of "nappy-headed hos" (whores) during his on-air banter.
Broadcasting giant CBS dropped Don Imus's radio show, carried on 61 stations nationwide, and MSNBC dropped its television simulcast of his "Imus in the Morning" after major advertisers began to shun the programs and anti-racism activists called for his head.
Imus attracted as many devoted followers as enemies with his sharp-tongued brand of "insult humor."
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