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That's pretty much what the recipient of a vesting option grant should do! Likewise for vested RSUs upon their lapse.
I purposely avoided using the term "stock options" as the majority of people I have known misunderstand what "options" are.
I'm glad you mentioned that there are different kinds of options. The most usual come with the signing of a contract and are part of the deal. Options may be granted as a "reward" for performance, and I have seen a number of GSMs so incentivized based on achieving or exceeding goals.
In all cases, the principal objective from the perspective of management is to encourage good management level employees to stick with the company so as not to lose those extra dollars.
As a sidebar, I've not seen cases where on-air talent was given such incentives. First, most I have dealt with who would warrant the grant of options were already near or at the 7 figure salary level and their incentives were ratings based. Of course, we can file most of this in the back of the drawer under "O" for "Once upon a time..:"
Could Heartland Signal, the owner of progressive talk WCPT, be the potential buyer? They just purchased a silent AM in Phoenix.
That be interesting actually. The return of Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartman show on Bay Area radio. Could it happen? Sure especially where there are 2 rival "republican" like radio shows on the AM dial
Honestly, I think it could work. Heartland Signal has found a business model for progressive talk on AM, that is working. If it works in Chicago, why not bring it to San Francisco. Considering the politics of the area, I can't think of a better place than San Francisco to try and bring back commercial progressive talk radio.
Of course, there will the "AM is too dead" in the SFBA replies, but I still think it could work.
Stephanie Miller was on KFI back int he 90s, I think?
The last left-leaning talk station (on any band) that even kinda-sorta worked (until PPM came out and cratered its ratings and Cumulus finished it off so unceremoniously) was KGO.
I don't care for conservative talk, and for some time now, that's all there is to listen to in the SF market outside KCBS, KNBR, and the veritable plethora of ethnic and religious stations. In fact, many of the better stations that come in (including, notably, music stations such as KYNO 940, KVMI 1270, and KUBA 1600) aren't even local.
In short, SF's AM dial stinks. The FM dial isn't all that great either, but that's a different topic.
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We'll see.
The last left-leaning talk station (on any band) that even kinda-sorta worked (until PPM came out and cratered its ratings and Cumulus finished it off so unceremoniously) was KGO.
I don't care for conservative talk, and for some time now, that's all there is to listen to in the SF market outside KCBS, KNBR, and the veritable plethora of ethnic and religious stations. In fact, many of the better stations that come in (including, notably, music stations such as KYNO 940, KVMI 1270, and KUBA 1600) aren't even local.
In short, SF's AM dial stinks. The FM dial isn't all that great either, but that's a different topic.
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Didn't iHeart try a left-leaning talk format on either 910 or 960 at one time?
Dave B.
I'm not sure about iHeart, but there was an attempt made using 960 after the demise of KABL. It was called The Quake, and it only lasted a year or two, I think.
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It was Clear Channel which is now known as iHeart.
I remember "The Quake" as 98.9 FM with their "Rock of the '80s". There was another Quake? I also recall somewhere in there was "tech talk" or C-net radio. But my memory is kinda hazy from that era.
Dave B.
Remember, Clear Channel devoted about a a half dozen stations to Air One, a progressive network. A nombre, like Miami, La and Portland, were 50 kw stations, too.
That failed experiment was called Air America; Air 1 is a K-Love product. Clear Channel didn't take the entire lineup; it aired Ed Schultz in afternoons. I can't remember if it bumped the afternoon program to another slot, just carried the refeed in the overnight, or dropped it altogether.
An acquaintance of mine owned radio stations and ran Ed Schultz in the southwest Missouri Ozarks. He was surprised at how popular it was. Granted, Missouri wasn't as Republican 20 years ago as it is now, but the southwestern part of the state has never been a progressive beacon. About 100 years earlier, said station's city of license was home to a publication called "The Menace."
Both 910 and 960 hosted progressive talk formats within the last two decades, with 910 running one from 2018 to 2020. I remember listening to 910 for their progressive talk during that time before its flip to BIN.
I remember 960 at one point was renamed "Green 960", still doing progressive talk. Which I thought was a weird branding. Was the station supposed to be eco-friendly? Lol.
At the same time there was also one in Sacramento doing prog talk, named "The City", which was on 1240 AM.
At the same time there was also one in Sacramento doing prog talk, named "The City", which was on 1240 AM.
I was the PD of 1240, KSAC. Talk City for about a year .
My bad. Of course it was Air America.
In most markets, they took almost the entire lineup. I was able to monitor Miami LA and San Diego and it did not seem to have its own originations. My point, though, is that Clear ran progressive stations in a number of markets and had no real bias against trying a different format to see if it had some long-term sustainability; it did not.
I remember Christine Craft did a local show there. Sone might remember her doing fill in on KGO, and as the token Liberal on KFBK, as well. She did a great show. Always wondered what happened to her.
Wow, good for them though!
I think they bought some carbon offsets
I remember her.
She did have a good show.
Whatever happened, I hope it was good!
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