But it increasingly wore on listeners, myself included. That was part of the charm about him when he started at WIP in 2014. Did I think he was over-the-top on the airwaves many a time? Absolutely. I met Josh and I don’t think he’s a bad dude. “There are a lot of people at 97.5 - and 94.1 - that are really happy to see this finally happen,” the source added. It’s part of the reason many at his own station listened to the competition, Missanelli, during Innes’ timeslot. “That just tells you how things were there,” he added. According to sources, however, this was not only permitted, but was encouraged by Bloom. He was also known for badmouthing other WIP hosts when he was working at night, a fireable offense at most stations. Innes would apparently arrive three or four hours early and listen to old Howard Stern segments from the late 80s and early 90s when he would attack then-WMMR host John DeBella along with Bloom while the two plotted how they were going to go after Missanelli. Although he was originally hired as the night guy, it was pretty clear to those at the station that he was actually hired to be the afternoon drive guy.

“He was just a real creep ,” the source said.īut he was also a creep around the studio, and immediately upon his arrival at the station, began working with then-program director Andy Bloom to plot not just how they were going to take out Missanelli, but their own hosts as well.įrom the second he got there, he and Bloom seemed to be making plans, another source close to the situation said. It also caused a local establishment to ban their afternoon show from broadcasting there because of the way he treated its staff, putting in jeopardy a larger partnership that, had it collapsed, would have cost them quite a bit of money. And while that might have been the straw that broke the camel’s back, PhillyVoice is reporting Innes’ unceremonious removal from the station was due to a culmination of things.Īccording to the report, Innes was labeled a “creep” from a source at the station, who also told PhillyVoice that Innes and former program director Andy Bloom basically had a plan to make him the afternoon drive host when he was hired to do nights.Īnother source close to WIP told PhillyVoice that Innes’ personality and antics had been wearing on others, including on-air hosts and management. Many think it was because of the over-the-top reaction Innes had on Tuesday’s show to the whole ‘Dwayne from Swedesboro’ drama from 97.5 The Fanatic. Yesterday, WIP reportedly fired its afternoon drive host, Josh Innes. It was later confirmed by a WIP spokesperson.

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