Mickey Cucchiella, a host of radio station 98 Rock's morning show, is leaving the station, he announced Friday.
"I'm heartbroken by it and it's something that I will certainly miss," Cucchiella said in a YouTube video posted by the Baltimore station.
"The last year or so I've been battling pretty badly with depression, and it's getting better at times, but it's also sad at times. I've been through a lot, and I know I've put the people that I work with through a lot, but between the death of my mother and the eventual separation, eventual divorce with my wife, just never really got back to where I was."
Cucchiella told listeners in the video he "loved every moment" he spent as a host and his departure wasn't the result of any "animosity" against anyone at the station.
In 2011, Cucchiella, who also performs stand-up comedy in the Baltimore area, talked to Lutherville-Timonium Patch about Bigfoot, stalkers and the Rapture.
Dave Hill, the station's program director, told The Baltimore SunCucchiella will be "part of the family" and serve as a fill-in host, and said a new morning show will debut on July 8, but didn't elaborate on the format or hosts.
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