Bloomberg cancels “Baystate Business” radio show

Bloomberg has pulled the plug on “Baystate Business,” its only locally produced radio program, and laid off hosts including Kim Carrigan, Tom Moroney, and Joe Shortsleeve, reports Larry Edelman of the Boston Globe.

Edelman reports, “The show — which aired from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on 106.1 FM Boston/Newburyport and 92.9 HD2, and was also available as a podcast — was replaced starting Monday by ‘Bloomberg Businessweek,’ which broadcasts across the company’s radio network.

“Also laid off in Boston were on-air staffers Anne Mostue and Janet Wu, and executive producer Peter Lagace.

“A Bloomberg spokesperson declined to comment.

“The company will ‘redeploy these resources into on-demand audio and podcasts, as well as live video streaming of our national product,’ according to an internal memo from Anthony Mancini, Bloomberg’s global head of audio, that was obtained by the Globe.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.