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Dan Bongino Ends Radio Program In Vaccine Mandate Battle With Employer

https://www.theepochtimes.com/dan-bongino-ends-radio-program-in-vaccine-mandate-battle-with-employer_4074134.html

Conservative radio host Dan Bongino announced his daily show will only
air replays while he deals with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate with his
show’s parent company Cumulus Media.
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 21: Dan Bongino speaks onstage during
Politicon 2018 at Los Angeles Convention Center on October 21, 2018 in
Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for
Politicon )

Bongino shared the news during his Wednesday online podcast.

    “They didn’t consult with us content providers. I strongly object
to the mandate,” Bongino said.

    “The fight with them is having a real impact. Behind the scenes,
it’s getting a little ugly here. I wasn’t on the radio today. I don’t
know what they did, played the ‘best of’ or whatever. You don’t treat
people this way. You don’t let people go because they insist their
body is theirs,” he added.

During Wednesday’s podcast, Bongino also urged listeners to join the
Locals platform. Video platforms Rumble and Locals merged on Tuesday
after Rumble recently acquired the tech company.

“It is unfortunately an ugly fight. I wish it weren’t,” Bongino said
as he reviewed the controversy with Cumulus during his Wednesday
episode.

“Some of the people who were fired by Cumulus whose stories are piling
in, they are really disturbing. I hear you … I read one of the emails
yesterday and I’m going to get to more of them as time goes on.”

Though Bongino is personally fully vaccinated against COVID-19, he
opposes the company’s vaccine mandate.

The former New York police officer and Secret Service agent’s message
first pushed back on the media group’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
requirement last week.

“You can have me or you can have the [vaccine] mandate. But you can’t
have both of us,” Bongino said during his nationwide radio program on
Oct. 18.

    . at dbongino to Cumulus Radio: "You can have me or you can have the
[vaccine] mandate. But you can't have both of us."

    Find your local station to listen LIVE: https://t.co/IK6DZpbTzJ

    Or watch here: https://t.co/NaTE4NeVLy pic.twitter.com/tKzemVWEbB
    — Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) October 18, 2021

“I’m not letting this go,” Bongino publicly declared in another post.

“I’m not even considering letting it go. I’m announcing it publicly so
you know I’m not letting it go,” he added.

    . at dbongino publicly calls out Cumulus, who carries his radio show
on hundreds of stations, for issuing its own vaccine mandate.

    "I'm not letting this go."

    Find your local station to listen LIVE: https://t.co/IK6DZpbTzJ

    Or watch here: https://t.co/NaTE4NeVLy pic.twitter.com/7fAfJY9FoH
    — Bongino Report (@BonginoReport) October 18, 2021

Cumulus Media announced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees on Aug. 12.

CEO Mary Berner stated in a message to employees that they needed to
be fully vaccinated by Sept. 27—two weeks prior to the scheduled
return date.

The statement included various exceptions to the mandate. Cumulus
Media says its workforce includes approximately 4,000 people and runs
more than 400 stations in 80 markets.