Bruce Elliott to Permanently Take Over 9-Noon Slot at WCBM 680

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WCBM PROGRAM DIRECTOR SEAN CASEY STATEMENT:

 

“IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS SINCE THE PASSING OF OUR COLLEAGUE, TOM MARR. ON BEHALF OF THE MARR AND MANGIONE FAMILIES, I’D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR OVERWHELMING OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND SYMPATHY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. YOUR CALLS, LETTERS, EMAILS AND TEXTS HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF GREAT COMFORT TO US ALL IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO TOM. YOU HAVE LET US KNOW WHAT KIND OF IMPACT HE HAS HAD ON OUR LISTENING AUDIENCE HERE IN BALTIMORE AND NATIONWIDE.  TOM WAS A UNIQUE ON-AIR TALENT WHOSE STYLE AND PERSONALITY WILL NEVER BE REPLACED , HOWEVER, HE WOULD WANT HIS LEGACY TO CONTINUE ON THE RADIO STATION THAT HE HELPED TO BUILD AND THAT WCBM REMAIN COMMITTED TO OFFERING THE MOST POWERFUL NAMES IN TALK. AS WE BEGIN  A NEW CHAPTER, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR SEARCH FOR THE NEXT GREAT TALK SHOW HOST WAS EXTENSIVE AND THOROUGH. THE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS WERE RIGOROUS AND DEMANDING. THE SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED LOCALLY AND FROM COAST TO COAST. WCBM RECEIVED OVER 100 INQUIRIES AND APPLICATIONS FROM SEATTLE TO TEXAS, FLORIDA TO MAINE. WE WELCOMED INPUT FROM OUR LISTENERS AND SPONSORS AS WELL. IN THE END, WCBM BELIEVED IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CHOOSE A TALK SHOW PERSONALITY WHO COULD NOT ONLY INFORM AND ENTERTAIN BUT WHO KNOWS OUR COMMUNITY AND LISTENERS AND IS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. THIS BROADCASTER’S RELATIONSHIP WITH BALTIMORE STARTED OVER 40 YEARS AGO AND CONTINUES TODAY. HE LAUNCHED HIS CAREER HERE AT WCBM WITH STOPS AT CHANNEL 2 IN BALTIMORE, CHANNEL 7 IN D.C. AND WBAL AND NOW HE IS COMING HOME. ALONG THE WAY, HE HAS GARNERED MANY AWARDS AND HAS A SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD OF GENERATING RATINGS AND REVENUE. AS PART OF THE WCBM RADIO LINE-UP, I KNOW HE WILL BRING THE SAME PASSION AND COMMITMENT TO COMPELLING AND STIMULATING TALK RADIO THAT YOU HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM THE NUMBER ONE NEWS-TALK RADIO STATION IN BALTIMORE. 

ON BEHALF OF THE MANGIONE FAMILY, INCLUDING NICK MANGIONE JR, GENERAL MANAGER MARC BEAVEN AND ALL OF US HERE AT TALK RADIO 680 WCBM, I AM PLEASED AND EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR NEW ADDITION TO THE MOST POWERFUL NAMES IN TALK IS….BRUCE ELLIOTT. PLEASE GIVE BRUCE A WARM WCBM WELCOME. CONGRATULATIONS AND NOW…..THE BRUCE ELLIOTT SHOW!