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I heard the bloodbath has begun; At WGY N/T at least. Jim Gagliardi, Lori Riley and Dave Lucas are out. I'm sure there are/will be more.
 
Orator1 said:
I heard the bloodbath has begun; At WGY N/T at least. Jim Gagliardi, Lori Riley and Dave Lucas are out. I'm sure there are/will be more.
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Too bad, I've had the pleasure of meeting Jim Gagliardi a few times. Quality guy. Hopefully WROW will pick him up.
 
Orator1 said:
I heard the bloodbath has begun; At WGY N/T at least. Jim Gagliardi, Lori Riley and Dave Lucas are out. I'm sure there are/will be more.
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I really enjoy locally-generated talk radio and if this is true I am sad to hear about it. I have a great deal of respect for all of these people. I especially enjoyed Riley's often bipartisan political topics and questions. She seemed like a true "independent" and this was very refreshing. Dave's writing was excellent and Jim was a very confident on-air presence. I wish all of them well if this is true.
 
Orator1 said:
I heard the bloodbath has begun; At WGY N/T at least. Jim Gagliardi, Lori Riley and Dave Lucas are out. I'm sure there are/will be more.
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I understand that the WPYX Program Director was let go, too.
 
W.T.BLeeP?!?!
NEWScasters Dave Lucas & Jim Gagliardi
were released from a NEWS-Talk Station?!
I am kunfuzed!
I understand Laurie Reilly's release.
She is probably headed to work on
Jane Fonda's Big Radio Network. HaHaHa!

First Ed Martin follows
Greg Foster (george finster)
out their doors for places unknown.

But Gag's & Lucas out of a N/T format?

Maybe Mr. JR GACH is REPLACING Ms. Laurie Reilly?!
JR ON SUNDAY MORNINGS-YEAH! WHOOO HOOO!
 
From the few news stories I have read involving other markets, CC is in "streamlining" mode. One could assume that means voice tracking overnights and eliminating employees without contracts. So if there are still any live overnighters-that don't have to keep watch on transmitters/towers, or have a zillion other duties-they are likely to be released.

If you get paid "too much" by CC standards, it's likely you'll get the boot, too.

I guess they will concentrate on losing the smaller-than-top-100 markets, probably "streamline" the rest.

Not too many other b'cast owners to go around for the job-seekers. No owner is feeling too generous these days.

This should be interesting.

I can think of a few Overpaid Blowhards I'd like to see pounding the pavement. For the others who were actually doing the work, my sympathies.
 
Orator1, these are interesting articles, especially since CC has been laying off dozens of people nation wide, and they can’t know what a new owner will do. It sounds like they are trying to calm discontent by :mad: LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH. :mad:
 
Wow. I am so dismayed to hear of the firing of Jimmy Gags, I was moved to register for this forum. Jimmy loves radio. He loves radio news, in particular. He cares about the company he works for, and he busts his butt for it. He is a guy who is committed to his job and to his community in a way that is exceedingly rare these days, and should be valued. He derives his identity from his chosen field, and I am sure he is devastated by this. I'm certain this was a difficult day, too, for Chuck Custer.

Well, as long as the beast gets fed, loyalty be damned.

*sigh*
 
I agree about Jim. Jim has always been a solid worker. But Dave Lucas too. Dave has around 6+/-kids, for God's sake..and he just got hired!

It will be very difficult for either one to get new jobs in the same arena, because of age, and salary needs. Don't even begin to tell me agism doesn't happen. It is more likely a result of anyone over 30 needing more than 7.00 an hour. Any employer knows that to get a person with 30 years experience, you're going to have to pay. And those days just don't happen so much in radio anymore.
 
Tomorrow is expected to be the debut of the CC Syracuse Traffic delivering reports in Albany. I heard that one of the Albany CC Traffic people might stay for a few weeks to help the Syracuse people get through the bumpy spots, like the I-87 Thruway and I-87 Northway confusion....and possible pronunciation issues; Schaghticoke and Coeymans, for example...


It should be worth a listen.
 
My favorite is COW loh-knee, and a couple times I've heard AL bany.....moroons
 
bmprfg said:
My favorite is COW loh-knee, and a couple times I've heard AL bany.....moroons
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How petty is it that you would criticize someone for mispronouncing a town they are not familiar with. Ever move to a new market and mispronounce a town? No? Maybe you should get out more. Were you born knowing how to pronounce Coxsackie or did you have to learn it? EVERYBODY DOES. If you are not happy with the traffic move, that is one thing, but to criticize how a town is pronounced is to criticize everyone who has been in radio long enough to have worked somewhere OTHER than Albany. Maybe you should move to an entirely different area and show them how it is done! You should try it. Change is refreshing. I do not like the traffic move; it affected a couple very good friends of mine. Nor is my wit so thin as to criticize strangers' mispronunciations. Bye.
 
The first thing one should do when moving to a new market is to learn the proper names of places; Especially when proper pronunciation of the towns would show a "seamless" change. This is important Most especially when the job entails naming places all the time! Since there are people still in this market to assist in the change, one would be wise to use the knowledge offered to them. To do anything else comes off as arrogant.

One of the best parts of this "change" is that the incidents they mention in the traffic reports, is that 90%+ of them are either NOT THERE or are announced as being in the wrong place! At least with
the "local" reporters, only about 10% of the incidents are not there when they are announced.

Pronunciation aside, accuracy in the "Price Chopper Traffic" reports would be also a good idea!

I really don't know where they are getting their information.....but all they have to do is listen to the Metro reports...or the reports on Channel 13...oh wait, they can't, they are too far away!

So far, the experiment is not working. And we as residents in the community they are trying to "serve" should not have to stand for it. If you are going to provide information, the least you could do is supply correct information.

There are many unseen and unheard people whose job it is to get good info (Police, Thruway, DOT, etc.) and pass that along to the media, who in turn supplies the info to the public. If the public is not getting the information correctly, the public is not being served.

So as long as the sponsors get announced properly, that's okay with you?
 
Orator1 said:
The first thing one should do when moving to a new market is to learn the proper names of places; Especially when proper pronunciation of the towns would show a "seamless" change. This is important Most especially when the job entails naming places all the time! Since there are people still in this market to assist in the change, one would be wise to use the knowledge offered to them. To do anything else comes off as arrogant.

One of the best parts of this "change" is that the incidents they mention in the traffic reports, is that 90%+ of them are either NOT THERE or are announced as being in the wrong place! At least with
the "local" reporters, only about 10% of the incidents are not there when they are announced.

Pronunciation aside, accuracy in the "Price Chopper Traffic" reports would be also a good idea!

I really don't know where they are getting their information.....but all they have to do is listen to the Metro reports...or the reports on Channel 13...oh wait, they can't, they are too far away!

So far, the experiment is not working. And we as residents in the community they are trying to "serve" should not have to stand for it. If you are going to provide information, the least you could do is supply correct information.

There are many unseen and unheard people whose job it is to get good info (Police, Thruway, DOT, etc.) and pass that along to the media, who in turn supplies the info to the public. If the public is not getting the information correctly, the public is not being served.

So as long as the sponsors get announced properly, that's okay with you?
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One of the best parts of this "change" is that the incidents they mention in the traffic reports, is that 90%+ of them are either NOT THERE or are announced as being in the wrong place! At least with
the "local" reporters, only about 10% of the incidents are not there when they are announced.

Where are you coming up with these estimates? Do you research the accuracy of the traffic reports or are you talking out of your a$$?

So far, the experiment is not working. And we as residents in the community they are trying to "serve" should not have to stand for it. If you are going to provide information, the least you could do is supply correct information.

Yeah, close it down, it must have already been what, a week?
 
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