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Posted: Friday, 21 November 2008 2:17PM

Eddie & JoBo Out At B96 Radio



CHICAGO (CBS) ― The veteran morning team of Eddie and JoBo are out on WBBM-FM B96 radio, 20 years after they began at the Top 40 music station.

Officials at B96 confirmed to CBS 2 that Ed Volkman and Joe Bohannon were let go from the station on Friday, and their midday host J Niice through the end of the year. A new morning team will debut in January, B96 officials confirmed.

B96 officials would not release information about why Eddie & JoBo were let go.

Eddie & JoBo were first teamed together at B96 in 1988, but they were let go in late 1994 after former WMAQ-TV news anchor Joan Esposito sued Bohannon for comments about the death of Esposito's husband and claimed she had been impregnated by a member of the Chicago Bulls.

The team was rehired in late 1996 after short runs with two other morning teams.

Ed Volkman is the son of Harry Volkman, a longtime Chicago meteorologist who spent much of his career with CBS 2. Eddie and JoBo had most recently been hosting their show with co-host Erica Cobb.

As of early Friday afternoon, Eddie and JoBo's names had already been removed from the on-air listing at B96's Web site.

Both B96 and CBS 2 are owned by CBS Corporation.

(© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)


 
 
11/21/2008 5:39PM
Goodbye B96
I will be listening to the next No# 1 radio station that hires Eddie & Jobo, me and the 1,000s of listeners that once enjoyed your station. Your Loss ONCE AGAIN..
11/21/2008 6:12PM
this is crazy
I agree good bye B-96
11/21/2008 6:19PM
You get what you pay for
You let them go because money's getting tight, but you're gonna replace them with blah morons like before and you're gonna lose more money than had you kept them and paid them what they were worth!!!! Not smart!
11/21/2008 7:11PM
I agree
everything must end though? Bittersweet....
11/21/2008 7:24PM
what happened to Erica?
her name is not on the list of DJays anymore
11/21/2008 8:25PM
here we go again
dejavu didn't work then ain't going to work now. big mistake
11/21/2008 10:27PM
Bitter Sweet
I'd rather them end at the top then end when/if they ever lost their mojo. . . bye Eddie and Jobo it was good while it lasted, you will forever be in Chicago's heart. Some of us grew up with you and your legacy lives on!! :-(
11/21/2008 10:32PM
YOU WILL REH\GRET IT
LIKE I SD A DEVOTED FAN FOLLOWS YOUR LOST B96 BIG MISTAKE EVER WHY NOT GET RID OF THE "JULIAN THE NIGHT NINJA" REALLLLYYY DOES HE DO BETTER THEN THEM ON THE MORNING THINK THINK I HOPE YOUR HAPPY NOW..... I WILL MISS U EDDIE JOBO AND SEXY ERICA
11/21/2008 10:33PM
B9SUX AGAIN!
HERE WE GO AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVE A TEAM THAT IS WORKING AND BRINGING IN THE RATINGS YOU DON'T LET THEM GO.MAYBE THE MANAGER OF THIS RADIO STATION CAN GIVE THE OWNER OF THE CHICAGO BULLS A CALL AND ASK HIM HOW MUCH AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BE ON TOP AGAIN, SINCE HE BROKE UP MICHAEL JORDAN AND SCOTTY PIPPEN. I GUESS THIS RADIO STATION WILL NEVER BE ON TOP JUST LIKE THE CHICAGO BULLS.
11/21/2008 10:36PM
wow
it's not going to be the same wit out the worlds best radio host they were a good team and they the people laugh and they know what we like to listen too. it just wont be the same now to find a new station wont be easy.
11/21/2008 10:41PM
NOT AGAN!!!!!!
EDDIE N JOBO WERE THE BEST THESE STATIONS R MAKING A HUGE MISTAKE,THIS IS THE SAME THING DAT HAPPENED TO 107.5,STEVE HARVEY TOOK OVER N THE RATING PLUMMETED LEARN FROM OTHER STATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
11/22/2008 12:17AM
what da fk u thinking
bye b96 hello power 92
11/22/2008 12:18AM
Good Bye B96
That was not smart to let go Eddy, Jobo and Erica, I sure will miss them they were the only reason that I turn to B96. Don't worry you not just lost the best dj's you lost thousands of listeners.
11/22/2008 1:12AM
Contract Time?
These two are probably up for contract renewals. Eddy & Jobo probably aren't taking what has been offered to them. So they were let go.
11/22/2008 1:57AM
Makeover for B96
Although I've been tuning into Eddie and Jobo since the New Kids on the Bloack were once cool, I think B96's taking these two off the air is a refresh for the radio station. B96 is being overpowered by other radio stations and need to ' change with the times'. Eddie and Jobo did something most DJ's dream off. They lasted WAY longer then most. Good job boys.
11/22/2008 7:40AM
OMG......
wHAT R THEY THINKING THIS STATION WILL NEVER B THE SAME. U GUZ R GONNA LOOSE ALOT OF LISTENERS. FAITHFUL FANS WILL FOLLOW THEM TO THERE NEW HOME.....
11/22/2008 7:42AM
WTF....
I CAN NOT BELEIVE THIS.. THEY MADE MY RIDE TO WORK GO BY SO QUICK,I DONT THINK I CAN EVER LISTEN TO B96 AGAIN,ALL YOUR OTHER DJS DONT EVEN COMPARE TO WHAT YOU LOST, U DUMB A$$........
11/23/2008 6:00PM
poor decision
eddie and jobo were around for a long time ,thats the only time I listen to b96 is in the morning the rest of the day b96 stinks...
11/24/2008 8:49AM
Surprised
I grew up listening to eddie and jobo and I do wish them the best and look foward to seeing them in something else making chicago laugh and entertaing us like always. Thankyou eddie and jobo for many years of entertainment.
11/24/2008 10:44AM
This is CRAZZZZZYY!!!!!!!
Why did they do that?? did they know only the morning show do great!!!! geeezzz since i move here in yr 2000. they are the only one i listen every single morning from my house to work!!!!!!
11/24/2008 2:03PM
Too Bad
These two guys were the best in the loal barbershop quartet. Let's not forget that. They also do the past seal coating in the city. They'll be missed.
11/24/2008 2:06PM
Too Bad
I meant to say, the did the "best" seal coating in the city....south side.
11/24/2008 6:22PM
B96 Broke our loyalty!!
Im so pi**ed with B96.... Are u stupid or what?? Guess what just lost another one!! Good way to start MY DAY TODAY!!!
11/24/2008 10:54PM
East Coast
Lived in the Chicagoland area for 14 years and loved Eddie and JoBo Maybe they will come to the Boston area where I reside now! B96 will not be the same! I listened to them on my computer!
11/26/2008 10:32PM
how sad
I grew up listening to Eddi, Jobo and once Karen Han....U lost them once and I stopped listening. I was so excited when they came back and started listening again and it only got better when you introduced Erica, what could of been so bad to let them go? You've lost me as a listener and now my ride to work will SUCK!!!!
12/02/2008 12:53AM
BAD MOVE
Eddie and Jobo were the best that B96 had that is the reason I would turn my radio on in the mornings. Really bad move by CBS. The new "phrase that pays" is soon going to be a big lie.
12/03/2008 4:58PM
Your kidding right????
I can't believe CBS let them go again! BIG, BIG, BIG mistake! You have lost me as a listener again as well as many 1000's of people.
12/03/2008 9:25PM
OMG BAD DECISION
I cant believe there gone i looked forwardto myride for work in the morning because their morning show.Your ratings go up and you letthem go.B96 will never be the same you will lose alot of fans I will never listen to your station again....EddieJobo andErika you will be missed youguys wrwe better than coffee in the morning...
12/05/2008 2:26PM
too Bad
the only reason I listen to B96 in the morning was because of Eddie Jobo Erica By I will never listen to B96
12/07/2008 8:33AM
Drex
People grow up. 103.5 Drex is so much better than Eddie and Blow Joe. I listened to B96 in HS..now that I am almost 30...I have grown up to better tasting music.
12/15/2008 9:50PM
rebuttle on Drex!
Are you kidding Drex? 103.5 plays the same music as B96. Get with it! Someone at CBS ought to review the value of entertainment to the listeners, survey us first before making such cock-eyed decisions, sure we don't put out the big paychecks, but we buythe products the sponsors are selling! Wise up! Just like any "Big Business" they always get rid of what's working! Damn! Who put these "decision makers" in charge? Yeah, Have a nice Day!!!
12/17/2008 11:18AM
BIG MIStAke
I WILL NO LONGER LISTEN TO B96 EDDIE AND JOBO WHERE THE BEST!!!!
12/23/2008 10:08AM
DUMB A$$E$
I haven't listened since I haven't heard Eddie & Jobo on the air & I won't anymore. They were the best & Erica was great with them, I'll listen to them where ever thay go.
11/21/2008 4:29PM
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