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CLEAR CHANNEL MANAGERS ... WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY DO?

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RADIO geek squad

Does anyone have any idea why does Clear Channel have so many managers?
In tough times, don't cut on-air talent, office and sales. Cut, where the big $$ is being spent (managers salaries).

What exactly does MK, PDF, GH, and CW do?
Probably FLZ and BEAT can run with one manager.

Remember, Less is More.
Less managers is More money.
 
They don't think that way...LESS programming staff is MORE YACTS for them.
CC Managers jobs are to create other manager jobs so they have more wealthy buddies to play golf with while corralling airstaff to the unemployment office.
 
Whatever happened to the days, when managers and PD's actually PULLED A SHIFT? That in itself would be a cost-cutting move. As a sidebar: I worked for a station within a large Tampa cluster and the PD always implemented crazy ideas...things which weren't workable...but only the on-air people knew this! ;D
 
David Sharp said:
Whatever happened to the days, when managers and PD's actually PULLED A SHIFT? That in itself would be a cost-cutting move. As a sidebar: I worked for a station within a large Tampa cluster and the PD always implemented crazy ideas...things which weren't workable...but only the on-air people knew this! ;D
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With the exception of PD's in very large markets, if they are not either pulling an airshift and/or programming a second station in the cluster they will be soon! That's been the trend over the last two years or more. If I were a G.M. and had the chops, I would definitely voicetrack a show, if only a weekend daypart. Not only would it save a buck, but would also send a strong message to the employees.
 
LasVegasRadioJunky said:
David Sharp said:
Whatever happened to the days, when managers and PD's actually PULLED A SHIFT? That in itself would be a cost-cutting move. As a sidebar: I worked for a station within a large Tampa cluster and the PD always implemented crazy ideas...things which weren't workable...but only the on-air people knew this! ;D
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With the exception of PD's in very large markets, if they are not either pulling an airshift and/or programming a second station in the cluster they will be soon! That's been the trend over the last two years or more. If I were a G.M. and had the chops, I would definitely voicetrack a show, if only a weekend daypart. Not only would it save a buck, but would also send a strong message to the employees.
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You said it all.
It's true, very true.
 
Does a GM even know what to do in a studio anymore? Except to bark at the jocks....
 
Unless the GM has an airshift & built the studios himself it's a manace to have a GM in the studio fiddling around. Once had a GM that did a "tradio" type show & after he was done I'd go in the studio & master volume was up ALL THE WAY, mic up all the way, cart decks cranked...processing working overtime. Surprised he never blew anything. Good to see some station Prod Managers have a key card where no one but Programming staff are allowed in. Plus it keeps sales from using studios as their personal phone booth. ::)
 
What do CC managers do?.... Lie, obfuscate, get in the way, cover their @$$, fire anyone they think might be a threat to them or be smarter then them [which amazes me that they're not the only ones left], in general, just be a hired weasel for the ones above them.
 
RADIO geek squad said:
Does anyone have any idea why does Clear Channel have so many managers?
In tough times, don't cut on-air talent, office and sales. Cut, where the big $$ is being spent (managers salaries).

What exactly does MK, PDF, GH, and CW do?
Probably FLZ and BEAT can run with one manager.

Remember, Less is More.
Less managers is More money.
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I'm not sure how they do things over at CC. You have to imagine that each station is viewed as a department to the large company, and each department has their own department head.

As for "MK, PDF, GH, and CW", I'm guessing those are initials of people at CC. Are those the only managers that don't do anything there? I know CC has many different stations, do those people all work for different stations or do they all work for the same station?

Anyways, in this economy, it's anyone's game. I guess this wasn't a good time for me to get into the industry.
 
What do they do?
They rarely add anything or create any value to the stations they bought up.
It's mostly cut cut cut until there's little left and you get sterile-sounding stations most times of the day.

970-WFLA is a prime example of this. Bare-bones staff, fewer and fewer people, nearly automated syndicated programming. Little creativity or imagination.

Sack your one token liberal, Mark Biero, and replace him with a syndicated computer show.

They've got to be frightened when a competitor emerges, because they can't cut anymore to prosperity.

Mark Larsen was probably right when he said, after WWBA went 50kw days at 820 AM, "Gabe over there at CC had to change his underwear this morning."
 
I actually found over the years, stations where the PD pulled a shift, ran much better than stations with PD's, who weren't on the air. Also, in most of these cases, the PD worked in tandem with the GM and it pretty much flowed. Having said that, I remember one station years ago, where the PD also pulled a midday shift. A great guy, who had a gad-zillion years experience and even turned down a gig at CNN... he did things his way, even if it meant telling the GM his (or her) hair-brained idea wouldn't work. During my final days in Tampa, I couldn't tell you what the managers were doing at the cluster I was with. They seemed to have lots of meetings and were "unapproachable" by "lowly" air staff. One nice exception was when I was at Paxson Communications, under the helm of Drew Rashbaum. He was a really nice guy, very approachable, you could go to his office any time. PLUS...he wanted to know what the PD and staff had on their minds...made for a VERY EFFICIENT and PLEASANT work environment. I wonder...are there any "Drews" left today?
 
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