WBIG “BIG 100” radio presenter Don Geronimo was let go Saturday after an internal review by parent company iHeart Radio.
“After an internal review, Don Geronimo is no longer an employee of WBIG,” President of the Washington DC Region for iHeartMedia, Aaron Hyland said. “We take matters of this nature very seriously and this behavior does not align with our core values.”
His termination comes after both he and Crash Young were barred from broadcasting at Washington Commanders training camp in Ashburn, Virginia Friday morning following comments made during their radio show Thursday.
A large outdoor tent utilized by the radio station Thursday was unoccupied on Friday while the second day of Commanders training camp got underway.
Commanders’ leadership banned iHeartMedia, the parent company of WBIG, from broadcasting on the premises on Friday.
“Hey look, Barbie’s here. Hi, Barbie girl,” Geronimo shouted out to WUSA9’s Sharla McBride, while live on air Thursday as she was walking in to cover the team’s training camp activities. “I’m guessing she’s a cheerleader.”
Later in the broadcast, Geronimo again spotted McBride as she was conducting interviews.
“Oh hey. There’s that chick that you thought .. said tight,” said Geronimo.
“Yah. I screamed tight when she was ..” said Crash before being interrupted.
“I think. I think she’s a sportscaster at Channel 9. Or Channel 7,” said Geronimo.
“Yeah, She’s familiar,” replied Crash.
“I thought she was a cheerleader,” said Geronimo.
In 2022, during the Dan Snyder era, the Washington Commanders signed a three year partnership deal with iHeartMedia which is the parent company of WBIG and several other Washington-area radio stations.
McBride said she was hurt and incredibly offended that after 17 years as a journalist, sexist comments like that discredit her as a professional. She called it inappropriate, unprofessional and embarrassing.
When the new Commanders ownership group, led by Josh Harris, heard about Thursday’s radio comments by the duo, team President Jason Wright was fuming.
“We have worked hard to ensure that everyone feels safe and respected in our workplace, and we took swift action when we learned that an employee of our partner iHeart made sexually disparaging remarks to and about a member of the media while she was broadcasting live from training camp yesterday,” said a Commanders spokesperson in a statement to WUSA9.
SO: A media legend says some immature things about another media personality and now he can no longer feed his family! Don’t look for any other radio people to speak up for Michael Source (Geronimo). They didn’t stand up for Don Imus, Anthony Cumia, or the men on the Bull show in Buffalo. This is why radio is turning into crap! They are too scared to talk about it and to take a stand!
As for us, we will defend free speech. Even the most horrible things said against us! As for sexist, misogynistic behavior on 75, you haven’t seen nothing yet!
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