Anybody know of any bad news out of Cox Louisville? Sure hope I'm wrong.
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Cox Louisville Cuts
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Troy Robuck, Gary Clark and Kathy Lincoln all cut.
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My thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by the staff cuts.
Cox is a good company to work for. The corporate suits are generally nice people. The GM in Louisville is one of the best I've ever worked with. The problem with Cox is that upper management is stupid. They are extemely short-sighted. They look at PPM results in their bigger markets and form the conclusion that on-air personalities are not an asset. The problem is their radio product is nothing more than a bad ipod with 8-10 units an hour. The ONLY thing that can save radio long-term is LOCAL content. They simply don't get it. The ONLY reason why Cox isn't on the brink of bankruptcy is because of their auto auction business. Idiots like Alex Taylor will ruin the broadcasting/print side of the company.
Cox is a good company to work for. The corporate suits are generally nice people. The GM in Louisville is one of the best I've ever worked with. The problem with Cox is that upper management is stupid. They are extemely short-sighted. They look at PPM results in their bigger markets and form the conclusion that on-air personalities are not an asset. The problem is their radio product is nothing more than a bad ipod with 8-10 units an hour. The ONLY thing that can save radio long-term is LOCAL content. They simply don't get it. The ONLY reason why Cox isn't on the brink of bankruptcy is because of their auto auction business. Idiots like Alex Taylor will ruin the broadcasting/print side of the company.
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Radio Dave said:
Anyone else? Was this on-air only?
StaxofWax said:
From the Radio-Info main news page:
Radio-Info.com learns that a staff meeting was held this morning, in which it was announced that several key employees had been let go. They include Don Nordin, PD of Classic Rock WSFR (107.7) and AC WVEZ (106.9); Kathi Lincoln, morning co-host on WVEZ; Troy Roebuck, morning man on WSFR; Gary Clark, PM driver on “Country Legends” WRKA (103.9); and on air fill-in jock/continuity director Allan White.
Without any commitment to LOCAL programming from companies like COX, and by completely prostituting their business model to a monopolistic company like Arbitron and its non-reliable, drive-by listening mechanism known as the PPM, there is simply ZERO REASON to listen to terrestrial radio anymore. Too many other entertainment/informational options in the digital age. Bye, bye, terrestrial radio.
bsquared11 said:
Local talk radio is a great asset and reason to listen to terrestrial radio.
radioville said:
When it's done right. Gary Burbank = great asset. Terry Meiners = reason to use the power button. Unfortunatly, we are losing great assets like Burbank to retirement, attrition or cuts like this in order to service the tremendous debt companies have run up. I was really baffled when I heard this since I thought Louisville was one of Cox's strongest markets.
Nobody is safe anymore. My advice to anyone wanting to get into broadcasting now, "don't".
When there is severe weather local talk show hosts, even Terry Meiners, will bring you wall to wall coverage and give listeners all the info they need. The Howard Stern channel on Sirius can't do that.
It also looks like Shane Collins is the new ops manager at Cox now.
It also looks like Shane Collins is the new ops manager at Cox now.
If you re-read by first sentence I said, "WITHOUT any commitment to LOCAL programming." If there's a a COMMITMENT to local, local, local, then I agree, terrestrial radio can still be a great listen for a little while longer. If no local, no go to terrestrial radio, which by-the-way, WILL be undone by its utter failure to learn how to provide entertainment in small bites in the digital age. Streaming one's terrestrial signal online IS NOT understanding the digital age. Carping for FM chips in mobile phones IS NOT understanding the digital age. They've already lost two generations and counting. Towers and transmitters will be completely passe by the end of the decade, EVERYTHING will be about mobile, mobile, mobile.
radioville said:
That's great, but the last time I looked, severe weather does not happen only during local drive times. Have you ever heard WHAS during a severe weather event when there wasn't anyone there? You get better results with a Radio Shack weather radio.
bsquared11 said:
If I had a dime for every time I heard that prediction, I'd be able to buy out the Mays family. It's not gonna be "mobile, mobile, mobile" until the cell phone companies get a clue and we get reasonable wifi in our automobiles. I don't see either of those happening in the next 10 years.
And yes, Shane Collins is the new ops manager for Cox in Louisville. Vicki Rogers has also been pushed up to APD of SFR and VEZ.
bsquared11 said:
Going back to the invention of the telegraph, the history of electronic media has been the history of bandwidth. As bandwidth has increased, choices have improved, and older technologies have fallen by the wayside.
When I was a little kid, we had a choice of 3 television channels. Yesterday, I received a flier from AT&T pitching their fiber optic U-Verse service with 450 channels - including one devoted exclusively to jewelry!
Towers and transmitters passe? Yes. The march of technological innovation has not granted any exemptions yet, and it's not going to start now.
Bengalsfan said: "If I had a dime for every time I heard that prediction, I'd be able to buy out the Mays family. It's not gonna be "mobile, mobile, mobile" until the cell phone companies get a clue and we get reasonable wifi in our automobiles. I don't see either of those happening in the next 10 years."
Bengalsfan, I don't know where you live, but where I live we already have reasonable wifi in our cars, nothing like making that Skype phone call to London (UK, not Kentucky) in the front passenger seat, and listening to digital entertainment. If you don't think mobile phone companies will have "a clue" in the next 10 years, then I've got a bridge for sale (cheap) across the Ohio River. The advancement in technology in the next 10 years will be FAR GREATER than the 10 year spans between 1970-80, 1980-90, 1990-2000, and 2000-2010. BTW, screw the Mays family, they don't deserve any promotion.
Bengalsfan, I don't know where you live, but where I live we already have reasonable wifi in our cars, nothing like making that Skype phone call to London (UK, not Kentucky) in the front passenger seat, and listening to digital entertainment. If you don't think mobile phone companies will have "a clue" in the next 10 years, then I've got a bridge for sale (cheap) across the Ohio River. The advancement in technology in the next 10 years will be FAR GREATER than the 10 year spans between 1970-80, 1980-90, 1990-2000, and 2000-2010. BTW, screw the Mays family, they don't deserve any promotion.
What a sad day??? I remember gary aka greg scott when he did the night shift now occupied by sarah jordan at djx and kathi lincoln when she did mornings w/mr glenn beck on 103.1 wrka and we thought only clear channel did this lol
But then you read things like clear channel signs a new 60 million dollar deal w ryan seacrest so wtf but he has worked hard to be where he is at.Hard work n opportunity are where luck meet. I bet this will end up being a blessing in disguise for some of them. Sometimes the only time we make life changes is when we are forced to that said it still is not fair!!!
I dont care much for any of there stations anyways if mainline got rid of ben and kelly then i would be very upset!!!
But then you read things like clear channel signs a new 60 million dollar deal w ryan seacrest so wtf but he has worked hard to be where he is at.Hard work n opportunity are where luck meet. I bet this will end up being a blessing in disguise for some of them. Sometimes the only time we make life changes is when we are forced to that said it still is not fair!!!
I dont care much for any of there stations anyways if mainline got rid of ben and kelly then i would be very upset!!!
bsquared11 said:
You are forgetting one, small, factor. Our imperial federal government. Why do you think they already have broadband speeds up to 10x faster in other parts of the world than we do?
And when I say cell phone companies get a clue, look at what the cellular carriers are doing in other parts of the world. Here AT&T eliminated their all you can use plans and Nextel has jacked the pricing on theirs up.
I have heard the line "radio is on the way out" since I have been in broadcasting (30 years in April 2011). It's still here.
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