US radio host Garrison Keillor fired over claim of improper behaviour
LOS ANGELES: Veteran US radio host Garrison Keillor, maker of the folksy show "A Prairie Home Companion," has been terminated over an allegation of unseemly conduct, Minnesota Public Radio said on Wednesday.
"Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is ending its agreements with Garrison Keillor and his private media organizations after as of late learning of charges of his wrong conduct with a person who worked with him," the association said in an announcement. It gave no points of interest.
David O'Neill, a delegate of Keillor did not quickly react to a demand for input. The Associated Press announced that Keillor said in an email he was terminated more than "a story that I believe is more intriguing and more confounded than the rendition MPR heard," however he gave no subtle elements.
Reuters was not ready to freely affirm the claims.
Keillor, 75, a creator and humourist, is best known as the maker of "A Prairie Home Companion," which he facilitated from 1974 to 2016.
MPR said it would end rebroadcasts of "The Best of A Prairie Home Companion," facilitated by Keillor, and additionally dispersion and communicate of his show "The Writer's Almanac."
It said the assertion identifies with Keillor's opportunity as a maker of "A Prairie Home Companion." MPR was told a month ago and held an outside law office to direct a free examination.
"While we value the commitments Garrison has made to MPR and to all of open radio, we trust this choice is the proper activity and is important to keep on earning the trust of our gatherings of people, workers and supporters of our open administration," Jon McTaggart, leader of MPR, said in the announcement.
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