Discuss a heartless business.
iHeartMedia has once more laid off Doug “VB” Goudie, who was beforehand on WRKO and was a producer for The Howie Carr Present. Goudie was additionally a well-liked Fox 25 information persona.
Goudie — who on social media describes himself as a “conservative voice in the Upstate New York wilderness” — was just lately let go from iHeartMedia’s WGY in Albany, the place he hosted mornings.
iHeartMedia has been reducing employees throughout the nation in one other spherical of layoffs.
“The corporate axe came down, and yes, my neck was under it, so that’s that,” Goudie mentioned in a video on Tuesday, whereas sporting his Pink Sox hat.
After Goudie departed WRKO when he was laid off by iHeart throughout their 2020 cuts, he returned to iHeart quickly after to host mornings on WGY in New York.
“I don’t know what’s next for me,” he mentioned on Tuesday. “I’m open to every part and something, and I’m simply undecided but.
“But as we all do in New York, when we get knocked down or we get pushed around or that path doesn’t go where we think it’s going, we turn to that state motto of ours,” Goudie added. “I know it’s cliché but it is true: ‘Excelsior.’ That’s what I teach my kids. That’s what I’m doing right now, and when I know more, I’ll let you know more. I promise.”
A fast phrase, and a observe of because of all of you who’ve reached out… pic.twitter.com/J84SUc7FhW
— Doug Goudie (@nygoudie) November 12, 2024
Throughout his video saying his departure, he recapped his busy 4 years on the New York station.
“We’ve seen the rise and fall of (Gov.) Andrew Cuomo, we’ve seen the fall and rise of Donald Trump,” Goudie mentioned. “We’ve seen the first-ever feminine governor right here in New York, who instantly noticed the autumn of her lieutenant governor. We noticed an try on Lee Zeldin’s life when he was working for governor, and we noticed a gang capturing in his yard, too.
“We saw a former governor, David Paterson, get in a street fight at the age of 70 this year, and he came on the show the day after to give us the blow-by-blow. How ’bout that?” he added. “We saw our police chief try not once, not twice, but thrice to get out of Albany. Third time was the charm, he’s gone… We saw the Belmont come to Saratoga.”
His first day on air on the New York station was Jan. 7, 2021 — the day after Trump supporters attacked the Capitol. His final day on the station was two days after Trump was elected for his second time period.
“Think about those bookends, and the time that we had together in between there,” Goudie mentioned. “Pretty cool.”
