iHeartLayoffs

[TheSportsPredictor]

About a thousand people out of work:

iHeartMedia restructuring leads to layoffs at radio stations in Cleveland and beyond

 

[playthrough]

Two guys who had an afternoon drive time sports show here in Indy were let go. There are folks here better versed in the radio biz than me, but I thought iHeartRadio had an uphill climb from the day it launched and it hasn't gained any ground. Mass layoffs certainly don't suggest otherwise.

 

[LanceyHoward]

Two guys who had an afternoon drive time sports show here in Indy were let go. There are folks here better versed in the radio biz than me, but I thought iHeartRadio had an uphill climb from the day it launched and it hasn't gained any ground. Mass layoffs certainly don't suggest otherwise.

Will local programming be maintained or will the station move to syndicated programming?

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Will local programming be maintained or will the station move to syndicated programming?

From what I've read, it will be syndicated. Some DJ in, say, Dallas will spend all day just recording bumpers and intros and outros and a producer will drop them in between songs in stations around the country.

 

[justgladtobehere]

Two guys who had an afternoon drive time sports show here in Indy were let go. There are folks here better versed in the radio biz than me, but I thought iHeartRadio had an uphill climb from the day it launched and it hasn't gained any ground. Mass layoffs certainly don't suggest otherwise.

Isn't iHeart a renamed Clear Channel?

 

[exmediahack]

It’s been a bloodbath.

Lots of friends and acquaintances affected but this is where radio is now.

Where newspapers were at a decade ago.

Where TV news will be in a decade.

 

[LanceyHoward]

Isn't iHeart a renamed Clear Channel?

Yup. I think they changed the name after their trip to Chapter 11.

 

[Chef2]

It’s been a bloodbath.

Lots of friends and acquaintances affected but this is where radio is now.

Where newspapers were at a decade ago.

Where TV news will be in a decade.

Ah.....the advantages of being locally owned.
Our PD had a couple of his good friends get it.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

Corporate ****ing America.

 

[swingline]

Jesus, that's horrible news.

 

[playthrough]

Will local programming be maintained or will the station move to syndicated programming?

On this particular station it appears to be all syndicated (Fox Sports).

 

[cyclingwriter2]

As with many markets, we have an abundance of iheart channels that sound just like every other iheart channel in the world. I know some of the jocks laid off. I liked them, but they were so neutered.

At least the entercom channels allow their jocks to sound like they are local. We also have a small independent that is “fantastic.” I put that quotes because I love it, but I don’t think have great ratings but their jocks are all old pros who can hit spots, talk local and play oddities and rarities. I enjoy them because I appreciate the craft.

 

[Severian]

Corporate ****ing America.

Making America Great Again(?)

 

[LanceyHoward]

On this particular station it appears to be all syndicated (Fox Sports).

Is Clay Travis the morning guy on Fox. If so I recommend podcasts.

 

[wicked]

Apparently they gutted the big historic station in Boston, WBZ.

 

[Batman]

Here's a rolling list.
One that stuck out was John Allers at WRFF in Philadelphia. He was also the national brand coordinator for their alternative format stations. I don't know him at all, but I love the station. I live in a different part of the country and stream it all the time. Wonder if this bodes ill for their alternative stations as a whole?

Ongoing List Of Those Affected By iHeartMedia Cuts - RadioInsight

 

[playthrough]

That's a helluva list. Went down the rabbit hole with it and found out that one of my favorite local sports radio hosts died last year. Had no idea since I had long moved out of that market, but it really saddened me. Local radio matters just like local newspapers. But how you save either one, I have no idea.

 

[apeman33]

Wichita got it relatively easy. Only three got the axe and two were part-timers. But the full-timer had been promoted just last month.

Also, a new sickening corp-speak word has come out of this: "Dislocation."

 

[wicked]

Local radio matters just like local newspapers. But how you save either one, I have no idea.

Local radio has been killed even more by the suits than print. Stations go more national and kill off any form of local personality. If I wanted to listen to Ryan Seacrest, which I don't, I'd get an XM subscription. There's no reason I should be able to hear him on three separate stations in this market and the adjoining ones.

Clear Channel/iHeart had a big purge in 2009, too, so this isn't their first rodeo.

 

[MileHigh]

Waiting for the shoes to drop in Denver after some big-money contracts were recently doled out.

Layoffs Loom Over iHeart Radio Stations in Denver