What Happened To Scott Hennen
With news breaking yesterday that Scott Hennen was leaving AM1100 “The Flag” (the same station which broadcasts my morning radio show) I’ve been inundated emails, texts, phone calls, tweets, etc. asking to know what’s going on. After all, Hennen founded AM1100 and its parent company (which presides over three other stations as well).
Basically, what happened is that Hennen and his fellow investors (Hennen remains an investor in the group and part-owner of the stations) had a parting of the ways when it came to the management of the station. Hennen’s ratings are way, way up. The station’s ratings were way, way up. But sometimes, in business, people just have different opinions about how things should run. In this case, Hennen’s was the minority opinion.
So what’s next? I can’t say because I’m not really sure. Today I’m broadcasting my regular radio show as well as filling in for the 8am – 11am spot. As for Scott, he’ll be focusing his attention on Freedom Force Communications, which is a company that I am partnered with him on and is engaged in a number of new media and political projects.
The future of AM1100 is to shift to a more local focus.
I’ve had no small number of people tell me they’re worried that this had to do with Scott’s health. He made a trip to the Mayo Clinic recently and pre-cancerous cells were found in his colon. I can tell you after talking with Scott last night that he is healthy and happy.
So stay tuned. There are great things to come. There are a lot of very talented people at AM1100 and its parent company who will continue to generate great content, and Scott will be popping up somewhere again soon.
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