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Officer Jim Bishop Gone From WDBO 10-28-09
After reporting traffic for WDBO-AM
580 for 16 plus years, Officer
Jim Bishop has been shown the door. WDBO General Manager Susan
Larkin told the Orlando Sentinel's Scott
Maxwell: “We wish him well and appreciate everything he’s done for
16 years.”
Officer Jim Responds
10-29-09
Officer
Jim Bishop responded yesterday (10-28-09) in Scot
Maxwell's "Taking Names Column" in the Orlando
Sentinel:
"Thanks everyone (well, almost everyone) for the very kind comments. I'm
glad that I had the chance to become part of so many lives over years and
please, if you see me around town somewhere please stop me and say
"hi". Thanks for listening and remember....put down the cell phone
and drive safely! Posted by: Officer
Jim | October 28, 2009 at 05:20 PM
Today (10-29-09) Scott talked to Jim and here is what he told Scott:
Word that he was losing his job definitely came as a surprise.
"Oh yes," Bishop said. "But I totally understand it. Business is
business. My biggest regret is that I didn't have a chance to say
goodbye."
So I asked Bishop what he would've said, and he said he never ceased to be
amazed -- and touched -- by how friendly and supportive listeners were through
the years. They would ask about his children (who are now grown) and say they
were always interested in his life. " So I just wanted to say thanks
for letting my family be part of their family.”
Bishop said he actually planned on retiring in a year or so, but station execs
surprised him by moving up the date. (Word around the station is they wanted
someone who could do more for cheaper.) "Like I said: Business is
business," Bishop said. "There’s not a thing bad I can say bad
about Cox radio.”
Now that's a class act. And Bishop also reminded folks that he's not going
anywhere. You can still find him at the Florida Safety Council -- and, he
added, "on the Casselberry golf course. ©Orlando
Sentinel 2009
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Traffic reporter-Jim Bishop is a retired (22 year
veteran) 