Imus in the Morning is an American radio show hosted by Don Imus on ABC Radio Networks and simulcast on RFD-TV.
The show originated on 66 WNBC-AM in New York City in 1971. In October, 1988 the show moved to WFAN when that radio station took over the spectrum license for the 660 band when WNBC went off the air. It was later syndicated to 60 other stations across the country by Westwood One, a division of CBS Radio, airing weekdays from 5:30 to 10 am Eastern time. Beginning 3 September 1996, the first three-and-a-half hours were simulcast on the cable television network MSNBC.
The show had been broadcast almost every weekday morning for 25 years on radio and 11 years on MSNBC until it was canceled on April 12, 2007, due to racist and sexist comments made on the April 4 broadcast. The remark resulted in the program's cancellation the following week (see Cancellation).
The Imus in the Morning program returned to the morning drive on New York radio station WABC on 3 December 2007. WABC is the flagship station of ABC Radio Networks, which syndicates the show nationally. The show is simulcast on television nationwide on RFD-TV and rebroadcast each evening on RFD HD in high-definition.
