For decades, Quad-City listeners have started their mornings with the Leuck and Howe Morning Show on WLLR or heard the voice of Mark Manuel on The Big NEW 106.5 or 100.7 The Fox between the latest hits. After widespread layoffs by iHeartRadio, those routines will be no more.
iHeartRadio let go of many radio personalities throughout the country including Pat Leuck, Dani Lynn Howe, Manuel and a slew of sports talk show hosts in Des Moines. “The day before we were let go, there was a memo from the company,” said Howe. “If you could read between the lines, you knew there were going to be some cuts coming; you could just tell by the wording.”
The three learned they were part of the cuts Wednesday after Leuck and Howe were done with their live show. They didn’t have an opportunity to say a goodbye to their listeners…