WADL TV Detroit abruptly fires Matt Uhl for violating corporate policy and cancels the Dr. Nandi Show.

For Immediate Release

DETROIT/EWORLDWIRE/Feb. 1, 2013 --- Matt Uhl, a Kevin O'Brien hire, stayed on as general manager after O'Brien was disgorged from WADL. Uhl succeeded veteran Steve Antoniotti, who was general manager of WADL for about a year.

One of the corporate violations cited was manipulation by a programmer.

When CFO Ralph Lameti of WADL informed Mr. Kevin Adell, CEO, that the Dr. Nandi Show was 90 days past due in payment, amounting to approximately $12,000, Adell questioned how this show in a prime time spot could only be $12,000; the balance should have been a lot more.

Adell reviewed the time period, how the show interrupted purchased syndicated programming, the low rate, and the show itself.

Adell asked Mr. Richard Mazzari, a retired former special agent of the FBI that works for Adell, to conduct a full investigation on the Dr. Nandi Show. Mazzari's investigation uncovered that Dr. Nandi received $1.2 million in film credits; that amount was based on $4 million in film expenses from which WADL only received a potential $26,000 for the year.

The findings showed that Dr. Nandi's application employed over 12 editors for a one-hour show. According to Adell, his "network and TV station runs 24/7 and doesn't have 12 editors." Adell questions how "a full-time doctor at Beaumont Hospital can have 12 editors, 39 employees, and spend $4 million to run a one-hour television program on WADL."

Adell wants to "make it perfectly clear," since his name and call letters were used in the application, that his station made no representation to the State of Michigan regarding film credits.

Special Agent Mazzari's findings will be turned over to the State of Michigan.

WADL TV Detroit is a full power commercial broadcast station serving the metro Detroit Market. Adell also owns The Word Network, the largest African American religious network in the world.

For additional information contact:
Denise Dody Johnson
Marketing Director
WADL Television Detroit
586-790-3838
Email: dody@wadldetroit.com

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WADL-TV38
35000 Adell Drive
Clinton Township, MI 48035
PHONE. 248-357-4566

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SOURCE: WADL TV Detroit