What happened to Barry Keefe from WTMX ?

Question

Does anyone know why Mark Sepelsa replaced Barry Keefe on the Q101.9 WTMX radio station, in Chicago?

Answer 1

maybe he moved to another station, i know dj's do that all the time...

but, sorry cant help ya. just wanted to say HI! ;)

Answer 2

he swollowed the microphone so they fired him. He constantly made mistakes broadcasting the news and several times messed up the sports scores!

Answer 3

Sorry friend, If I lived in the Chicago area I would know :)

Answer 4

Sounds like he was fired. Here's an excert from an interview with him.

Rick: The way your departure was described in Robert Feder's column ("the curtain came down unexpectedly") makes it sound like you weren't quite ready to go. How did they approach you with the news, and were you already planning to step down in the near future?

Barry: They approached me with an HR person present…but I guess that beats approaching me with some little guy in a court jester’s outfit. The HR stuff is law and regs. It was an uplifting meeting, thanks to the care Jerry Schnacke (Vice President/Market Manager of Bonneville Chicago) and Greg Solk (President of Programming/Bonneville) took with a few things. I got a good deal…and having never been one for contracts – I can go and work anywhere ASAP. Our family’s departure for Michigan isn’t as imminent as some may have made it seem.

Rick: Is there anything you'd like to say to your former colleagues, students or listeners that may be reading this interview?

Barry: Don’t be frivolous with money. I hit the age of 55 in a couple of weeks at the tail end of the era of severance and pension. It’s going to be an unfriendly world out there. Young adults just entering the work world would do good to enjoy Burger King’s Tuesday 59 cent burger specials once in awhile. And I’m not kidding. Hey…for only a dime extra you get cheese with that!