Bottom Line: Kansas City radio icons Max Floyd and Tanna Guthrie (and two others) have filled age-discrimination suits over their recent firings. Fellow broadcaster Chris Stigall of KCMO-710 said on his show (2/29) that their lawsuit is "ludicrous" and that being fired is just part of the business.
Posted on Thu, Feb. 28, 2008 Fired KY disc jockeys file discrimination complaint By AARON BARNHART, The Kansas City Star Four former employees of classic-rock station KYYS-FM have filed an age-discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over their firings in January. Former morning-show hosts Max Floyd, 67, and Tanna Guthrie, 51, and two other on-air personalities of the former KY-99.7 allege that Entercom Communications of Philadelphia pink-slipped them because of their age. Entercom officials said the moves were made in order to relaunch the station as �99.7 The Boulevard.� �They said this was a format change,� lawyer Brian Costello, who is representing the four employees, said at a news conference Thursday. �They�re tied to that excuse.�
