In April 2007, WTKK management attempted to add "Boston Herald" columnist and talk-show host Howie Carr to its lineup, when the station's syndicated morning show "Imus in the Morning" was cancelled after Don Imus' comments about the Rutgers University Women's Basketball team got him fired by CBS Radio. But Carr's long-time radio employer and WTKK's chief rival, Entercom-owned WRKO, blocked that move by exercising a clause in Carr's contract allowing it to make a matching counter-offer. Carr held out until November 16, 2007, after which point Carr returned to WRKO. On December 3, 2007, WTKK resumed broadcasting Imus in the Morning when it was picked up by WABC in New York City and syndicated by Westwood One. But over time, Imus' hours were cut back on WTKK, ultimately only airing for 2 hours every weekday morning. In January 2011, WTKK dropped Imus from the lineup completely in favor of an extended edition of the local late morning team of Jim Braude and Margery Eagan.