Marconi Out at KINK-FM Morning Show
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Marconi Photo Credit: Facebook (image cropped)
Marconi Bologna was newish to the station—he joined fellow co-host Sheila Hamilton in late July—but not to Portland. Marconi, who has appeared on local radio stations including KNRK-FM and KUFO-FM, became well known for a notorious incident on KNRK that involved some remarks he made after playing the audio portions of the beheading of an American hostage in 2004. He was let go from that job.
And now he's been let go from KINK too. Friday was Marconi's last day on "Sheila and Marconi in the Morning," that aired weekdays from 5 a.m.-10 a.m.
Here's what KINK Program Director Chris Mays had to say on KINK's Facebook page about Marconi's abrupt departure: "Dear Kinksters,...Over the past few weeks we've received a lot of feedback about the changes on KINK. In response, we've decided to make a few tweaks. Most of you love the KINK Air Personalities, but for many of you, the addition of Marconi to the Morning Show didn't strike the right chord. So we've decided to resume our search for the perfect partner for Sheila Hamilton."
In a radio spot that started to appear on the station this morning, Mays says that in their attempt to keep Portland weird, "maybe (KINK) got a little too weird".
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