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KFI & KLAC Post Program Director Opening

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HerbNero

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Program Director- KFI & KLAC

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HerbNero said:
iheartmedia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com

Program Director- KFI & KLAC

iHeartMedia Markets Current employees and contingent workers click here to apply and search by the Job Posting Title. The audio revolution is here – and iHeart is leading it! iHeartMedia, the number one audio company in America, reaches 90% of Americans every month -- a monthly audience that’s...
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Replacing Robin Bertolucci and her husband, who both were out on the same day.

I honestly don't know the norm for compensation for an L.A. PD, much less one in charge of two stations, but the $280,000-$350,000 cited in the posting sounds livable if maybe a little light.
 
I bet they will be receiving LOTS of resumes! So many out of work radio people looking for jobs, and a liveable salary for LA. We'll have to see who ends up with the position.
 
Smart money says no one will be re-hired for a position like this.

They are required to post the position. Even if their real intention is to fill it from within - adding the station to someone else's existing workload. It will likely go to one of their many regional PDs, or perhaps shuffle things around to make a new one. No one will benefit except iHeart execs.
 
If you eliminate a position I don't think you have to advertise. Some states have notification rules. If they are a changing an existing person's title and calling it a "promotion" they most likely don't have advertise.

Of course most folks who apply will fill out the EEOC part of the application, but if none of the applicants didn't because it is bogus position and just a waste of the applicants time it would serve them right.
 
secondchoice said:
If you eliminate a position I don't think you have to advertise. Some states have notification rules. If they are a changing an existing person's title and calling it a "promotion" they most likely don't have advertise.
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I mentioned in another thread that I had lunch recently with a well-placed and well-respected PD within the company. I was with CC/iHeart for eight years myself (2012-2020).

That PD and I agreed point-by-point on what most likely happened:

On Friday, November 8, iHeart gave KFI PD Robin Bertolucci a list of most of the news staff and told her she'd be laying them off on Monday, November 11.

Rather than do that, Robin tendered her own resignation that day. Her husband, Don Martin, PD at KLAC and EVP/Sports for iHeart, quit in solidarity with his wife.

Here's where iHeart saves money:

While I don't know what Robin or Don were making, it's a safe bet that together, it was well above the $280,000-$350,000 quoted in the job listing for the new role of combined KFI/KLAC PD.

Watch for someone already in spoken word programming at iHeart to "add" Don's EVP/Sports responsibilities to what they're already doing. That could be more work for someone under Chris Berry, but more power and control for Chris himself, who is EVP of News, Talk and Sports Programming.

I've said it many times since I met Chris: If you work in a spoken word format at iHeart, even if you've never met Chris Berry---even if you've never heard his name---you work for Chris Berry.
 
michael hagerty said:
I mentioned in another thread that I had lunch recently with a well-placed and well-respected PD within the company. I was with CC/iHeart for eight years myself (2012-2020).

That PD and I agreed point-by-point on what most likely happened:

On Friday, November 8, iHeart gave KFI PD Robin Bertolucci a list of most of the news staff and told her she'd be laying them off on Monday, November 11.

Rather than do that, Robin tendered her own resignation that day. Her husband, Don Martin, PD at KLAC and EVP/Sports for iHeart, quit in solidarity with his wife.

Here's where iHeart saves money:

While I don't know what Robin or Don were making, it's a safe bet that together, it was well above the $280,000-$350,000 quoted in the job listing for the new role of combined KFI/KLAC PD.

Watch for someone already in spoken word programming at iHeart to "add" Don's EVP/Sports responsibilities to what they're already doing. That could be more work for someone under Chris Berry, but more power and control for Chris himself, who is EVP of News, Talk and Sports Programming.

I've said it many times since I met Chris: If you work in a spoken word format at iHeart, even if you've never met Chris Berry---even if you've never heard his name---you work for Chris Berry.
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Whoever they get will have a much lower salary than those who vacated those positions.
Berry is also getting pretty close to retirement age, himself. PDs and OM's have already been doing the work of 2,3,4,5+ people due to cost-cutting, for darn near 20 years now. Wonder if he'll throw in the towel himself. At least he has a reputation of being a decent guy.
 
RayydioLA said:
Whoever they get will have a much lower salary than those who vacated those positions.
Berry is also getting pretty close to retirement age, himself. PDs and OM's have already been doing the work of 2,3,4,5+ people due to cost-cutting, for darn near 20 years now. Wonder if he'll throw in the towel himself. At least he has a reputation of being a decent guy.
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I dunno... as a former LA talk PD, I am ultra-familiar with the market and with how to get 25-54 listening. But until they would offer something above the mid six-figure point, I would not consider such a position in LA. The city is t0oo expensive and hard to live in, the job is too high a profile and iHeart has a reputation for cutting.
 
RayydioLA said:
Berry is also getting pretty close to retirement age, himself. PDs and OM's have already been doing the work of 2,3,4,5+ people due to cost-cutting, for darn near 20 years now. Wonder if he'll throw in the towel himself. At least he has a reputation of being a decent guy.
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My standing joke is that Chris will be the last live human being employed by iHeart (by then re-named iChris).

You're right about his reputation. Chris is a decent guy, demanding but not difficult, and overall working with him is a good experience. But as David says, anyone would have to consider iHeart's reputation as well as Chris' and know that they not only frequently cut, but often the cuts are surprises you don't see coming.
 
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