CBS fires Imus from radio show

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, April, 2007 | by Michael Klein and Michael D. Schaffer Inquirer Staff Writers

The tidal wave of outrage that had already cost Don Imus his TV show swept him off the airwaves altogether yesterday, eight days after the radio pundit used a racial slur to describe the Rutgers University women's basketball team.

CBS president Leslie Moonves announced that the network was immediately canceling  Imus in the Morning . The show, which originated from New York, is heard on 61 radio stations around the country, including WWDB-AM (860) in Philadelphia.

Hours later, Imus met with Rutgers coaches and players at the governor's mansion in Princeton to personally apologize.

A person participating in the meeting, which lasted nearly three hours before ending about 10:45 p.m., characterized it as...