• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

Cuts at New Jersey 101.5

This is a station that's sort of stuck in a time warp. Everybody is cutting staff, regardless of platform. This station is just one more.
 
TheBigA said:
This is a station that's sort of stuck in a time warp. Everybody is cutting staff, regardless of platform. This station is just one more.
Click to expand...
The way the release is worded, it sounds like management felt the three men being let go weren't able or willing to adjust to multimedia (on air and online) journalism and entertainment. I'd be curious to know how old they are and how old the person making the decision is. Ageism could be at work here, but I'm not sure a lawsuit would get anywhere.
 
TheBigA said:
If your job is eliminated, it doesn't matter how old you are.
Click to expand...
But the station is going to replace them. Evenings will still be live, but the responsibilities of the people staffing that shift will include internet stuff. Read the release. Pick the right court and the right judge or jury and they could get a positive result. That's what Townsquare should be fearing. I smell a potential big settlement to make the issue go away.
 
CTListener said:
But the station is going to replace them. Evenings will still be live, but the responsibilities of the people staffing that shift will include internet stuff. Read the release.
Click to expand...

I did. He says it's a different job:

Our plan for the NJ101.5 newsroom is to add multi-media journalists that excel both online and on-air, and we are currently recruiting for those roles.
Click to expand...

So their broadcast-only jobs were eliminated. The decision was based on function, not age.
 
Indeed, there are ways around the age issue, and this wording covers that, regardless of what someone's unstated intentions were. The journalist jobs at the least are being reworked into something new, so the old ones went away, and so did the occupants. They may well change the hosting situation as well--redefining the role into something that may happen to include that shift.

All of that said, the fact that the talking fossil on the midday show is still around undercuts the idea this is all about age.
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom