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Brian Ping out at KNX

More changes at KNX live today per the schedule on audacy.com.

KNX In-Depth dropped from the schedule. Unclear what happens to Charles Feldman, but I heard him on air on Friday (after the cuts were announced).

KNX Mid-day and Afternoon News (11AM-7PM) now has alternating solo anchors each hour with Rob Archer and Margaret Carrero. No sign of Karen Adams, but like Feldman, she was on air last week after the cuts were announced.

Chris Sedens moves from middays to evenings replacing Brian Ping.
 
KMan said:
KNX In-Depth dropped from the schedule. Unclear what happens to Charles Feldman, but I heard him on air on Friday (after the cuts were announced).
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In Depth has been cut since the beginning of November I believe. Charles Feldman has been doing longer form reports as well as occasional In Depth town halls since the daily In Depth show was cut.
 
Andy Ludlum said:
Bankrupt management only sees a daypart with fewer listeners.
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That is the biggest issue. Those "new" managers have a banker mentality. They do not understand that a news station must have its image maintained 24/7 because on those occasions when listeners want or need news on off hours, they have to have their expectations met.

When that "its after 7 PM" or "it's the weekend" mentality creates a low quality product, listeners lose faith in the station overall.

That is why it took legislation to get seatbelts and airbags in cars: the manufacturers saw those things like the way owners see overnights today in radio: a useless expense.
 
DavidEduardo said:
That is the biggest issue. Those "new" managers have a banker mentality. They do not understand that a news station must have its image maintained 24/7 because on those occasions when listeners want or need news on off hours, they have to have their expectations met.
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That's what happens when you work in a business that no longer can afford to meet expectations 24/7. The truth is that overnights never made money. But there was a time when the profits from the daytime hours could cover the rest of the day. That's no longer the case. So the challenge for news directors is to find ways to cover the time without spending money.

That problem exists in any platform that covers news. It happened first in newspapers and magazines. They simply couldn't have exclusive reporters covering every story anymore. That happened a long time ago. Radio can't do it now. Some TV is starting to see this as a problem. All of the TV networks want to get out of what they call linear TV. Because they don't want to staff 24/7. Most cable news and weather channels are not 24/7. I notice it now in the professional internet sites. I know which ones are barely staffed at night and weekends. It's painfully obvious. It's small consolation, but the problem is not unique to radio. And it's getting larger and much worse. This is a news problem, not exclusively a radio problem.
 
Darn. I liked Brian Ping's on-air delivery style on KNX's Midday News. Other noticeable recent KNX changes on-air - shorter traffic reports, no weather accompanying the traffic, and touted segments of commercial free "non-stop news". I get how weather need not be on the clock of regular features given SoCal weather is normally predicably lovely (reference Steve Martin's LA weatherman in the wonderful movie LA Story "Our next weather report will be in 4 days.") and everyone now has access to a weather app on their smartphone.
 
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Joey1986 said:
Bumping this thread to say that Brian Ping has returned to KNX. I heard him this
evening and tonight anchoring the coverage on the Palisades and Eaton fires.
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I heard that too.

He also covered the weekend evening shift this Sat/Sun. Looks like they've brought him back for some freelance work which is a good move.
 
They must have hired him back. He's been on constantly with the ongoing fire coverage, and presumably was already there before this week.
 
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