September 28, 2004, 07:38 AM

Dan Rather off the air at KPRC

By Owen Courrèges

Dan Rather may still be with on CBS, but at least in Houston, his radio broadcast is staying off the air:

Dan Rather's daily CBS radio broadcast is off the air where he grew up.

Houston CBS radio affiliate KPRC hasn't been running it for the last couple weeks in reaction to his “60 Minutes” report questioning President Bush's National Guard service.

“I felt no anchor ... should ever be the story or bigger than the story,” Ken Charles, program director of the news-talk station, said Monday. “I thought it was appropriate to take him off the air.”

It was very appropriate. I just hope that he never gets back on the air.

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