Courtesy of Lance Venta
May 24, 2002
Corus Classic Rock “Q107” CILQ Toronto has placed morning host John Derringer on hiatus pending an external investigation after multiple former co-workers alleged gender discrimination against him.
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Humble and Fred’s May 25th podcast makes some excellent comments about this sorry situation; time for the whole radio biz to smarten up and change, if it’s not too late. Maybe this is how radio can reinvent itself?! Cue deep male voice: “In a perfect world… Bring back experienced talent, appreciate them, pay everyone equally, and pay these golden tones what they’re worth!!”
I don’t know any of the players in this story personally but I do know, that during the course of my career, from the 70s to now, every woman I worked with gave as good as she got. I also understand not everyone has the nads to stand up to bullies in the workplace, and this sounds like one of those cases.