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Radioguy914
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CCR is cutting staff again. Anyone in Memphis on their way out?
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I'm waiting for them to fire the automation system. That's all that's going to be left soon. Sad...
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Radioguy914
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Jeff Lee, afternoons on WDIA was cut, so was production director Aisha Raison, and three others that I know of. Sad day for CCR. There has to be a better way.
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Molly2011
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Cut the head of the snake off
*counts up the days* I think my severance is completed next Monday. If that's the case and I don't get another check in mid-November, I can finally talk!
Not to pile on, but Mr. Hawkins shouldn't have much trouble grabbing another gig. As reported last summer in these pages, he was voted Memphis' Best Radio Personality of 2010.
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/94387/ty-hawkins-honored-by-memphis-listeners
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/94387/ty-hawkins-honored-by-memphis-listeners
Michael said:I know very little about non-compete. Do the stand in lay-offs?
I do know. And, yes. They do.
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I'd be willing to bet that CC will have a new Market Manager within 6 months. The current one has been at the yolk of a nosedive of monumental porportions.
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Molly2011
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Too bad it will take years to undo the damage this guy has done to ratings and revenue . Not to mention the way he has disrupted (screwed) the lives of 100's of good people. Isn't he the GM who started all the firings? I'm so happy I've been out of that business for years but unfortunatly I still have many friends still stuck in that industry
Molly2011 said:Too bad it will take years to undo the damage this guy has done to ratings and revenue . Not to mention the way he has disrupted (screwed) the lives of 100's of good people. Isn't he the GM who started all the firings? I'm so happy I've been out of that business for years but unfortunatly I still have many friends still stuck in that industry
No, they started with Davies at the helm. This was the first "RIF" that he was in Memphis for.
"Cut the head of the snake off..." Boy, wouldn't that be nice. We never see a post about cuts at the San Antonio office, do we?
My rant from another thread on the site:
It's unfortunate that we have allowed radio groups to get so big and control huge portions of the markets. 3 big groups with bad practices only having to compete with each other do not promote creativity and fair competition. You only have to try not to be the worst of the 3. The entire bar has dropped as a result. When radio markets had several owners with a couple station each competing with each other things were very different. Radio was vibrant, creative, and personal.
Look at customer service stats for monopoly businesses like Power companies, cable providers, and etc. They are the worst of any industry almost. When a customer has no choice you don't really have to try.
These big groups will have to finish this cycle of dying and let stations go so creative people can come back into station ownership and turn the industry around again.
I fear how tough this rebirth could be with all of the new media options that compete with radio now.
I'm going to play the evil guy behind a keyboard now.... <start rant>
I know people who have PC's, Tablets, Smart Phones and other devices all over their homes and no radio. I am almost one of them. 15 years ago you would have a hard time finding a home without a radio in most of it's rooms.
I am guilty of this migration as well. I have Media Center extenders connected to my TV's in each room and several different set top boxes for playing local and online video. I already tend to lean to non terrestrial means to hear music and other programming first. I play various types of internet media via bluetooth in my car from a smart phone. As a techy former radio geek I also run a stream from my home 24x7 that is for my enjoyment both home and away.
I have always been a fan of local radio. I want to know the person talking to me is looking out the window and seeing the same sky I see. I don't want to hear them murdering a street name because I live in an area with lots of Indian names. They are 3 states away and never heard anyone pronounce those words. It's the same reason I wouldn't try to do radio in Ottawa, Alaska, or Southern parts of Louisiana.
These big companies don't connect with the listeners. Don't care about the talent or what's big in XX city and what's not unless they can exploit it for sales purposes. They look at things things through a macro lens and are loosing to more personal media types for this reason.
Clear channel and others should be shaking in their boots right now. Instead they still are selling ads the ads they can and kludging along while the cash grab is ending and they can't see past the truth and figure out why.
When people no longer use a radio it won't matter what your market share is if only 10% of people in the any market even use radio. You won't have stations with live and local personalities driving them. Cost/Profit wont allow that.
Businesses will start handing out magnets and calendars again and promoting themselves within their own communities by other means as it will be more effective and cheaper.
Remember when we used to pick up those paper things with letters all over them in the bright orange bags in our driveway? Who reads those things anymore?
<end rant>
This whole situation breaks my heart. Radio & Broadcasting have always been my first passion.
It's unfortunate that we have allowed radio groups to get so big and control huge portions of the markets. 3 big groups with bad practices only having to compete with each other do not promote creativity and fair competition. You only have to try not to be the worst of the 3. The entire bar has dropped as a result. When radio markets had several owners with a couple station each competing with each other things were very different. Radio was vibrant, creative, and personal.
Look at customer service stats for monopoly businesses like Power companies, cable providers, and etc. They are the worst of any industry almost. When a customer has no choice you don't really have to try.
These big groups will have to finish this cycle of dying and let stations go so creative people can come back into station ownership and turn the industry around again.
I fear how tough this rebirth could be with all of the new media options that compete with radio now.
I'm going to play the evil guy behind a keyboard now.... <start rant>
I know people who have PC's, Tablets, Smart Phones and other devices all over their homes and no radio. I am almost one of them. 15 years ago you would have a hard time finding a home without a radio in most of it's rooms.
I am guilty of this migration as well. I have Media Center extenders connected to my TV's in each room and several different set top boxes for playing local and online video. I already tend to lean to non terrestrial means to hear music and other programming first. I play various types of internet media via bluetooth in my car from a smart phone. As a techy former radio geek I also run a stream from my home 24x7 that is for my enjoyment both home and away.
I have always been a fan of local radio. I want to know the person talking to me is looking out the window and seeing the same sky I see. I don't want to hear them murdering a street name because I live in an area with lots of Indian names. They are 3 states away and never heard anyone pronounce those words. It's the same reason I wouldn't try to do radio in Ottawa, Alaska, or Southern parts of Louisiana.
These big companies don't connect with the listeners. Don't care about the talent or what's big in XX city and what's not unless they can exploit it for sales purposes. They look at things things through a macro lens and are loosing to more personal media types for this reason.
Clear channel and others should be shaking in their boots right now. Instead they still are selling ads the ads they can and kludging along while the cash grab is ending and they can't see past the truth and figure out why.
When people no longer use a radio it won't matter what your market share is if only 10% of people in the any market even use radio. You won't have stations with live and local personalities driving them. Cost/Profit wont allow that.
Businesses will start handing out magnets and calendars again and promoting themselves within their own communities by other means as it will be more effective and cheaper.
Remember when we used to pick up those paper things with letters all over them in the bright orange bags in our driveway? Who reads those things anymore?
<end rant>
This whole situation breaks my heart. Radio & Broadcasting have always been my first passion.
I am pretty sure the CC market manager did not have a choice on the RIF's that took place this week. If they are like the other RIF's at CC he was informed who he was to cut. I am sure if any of you were in his position you would follow the orders of the CC corporate office, if not you would be the one who would be looking for a job. Not sticking up for him just stating the facts that he is probably trying to hold on to his job as much as everyone else in the business is, after all CC is the license holder of these stations and they get to make the decisions in order to create there bottom line revenue that they have projected to the investors.
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Molly2011
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The RIF's do come down from the top. Prior bad decisions made by the local CC Market Manager put the staff at risk and dictated this action to go that deep. If he any brains (b@##$) he would have stepped aside a year ago...even my youngest son knows he doesn't have the skill set to drive the Ferrari. Its time for him to fall on his sword.
Molly2011 said:The RIF's do come down from the top. Prior bad decisions made by the local CC Market Manager put the staff at risk and dictated this action to go that deep. If he any brains (b@##$) he would have stepped aside a year ago...even my youngest son knows he doesn't have the skill set to drive the Ferrari. Its time for him to fall on his sword.
I don't completely trust his motives as a rule. But I did see that he had a LOT of bad foundation built up over "prosperous" years that he inherited and needed to rectify.
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