Cumulus Cuts in Little Rock and Oklahoma City

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/ar...layoffs-claim-4-central-arkansas-radio-voices

4 Staff members are removed from Cumulus Arkansas operations due to cuts.

Four radio personalities in Cumulus Media Inc.’s Little Rock operation have been laid off, including KURB 98.5 morning co-host Robyn Cisar and several stalwarts in KARN’s newsroom.

All four broadcasters have confirmed the job losses in media posts, and a worker who answered the phones at KARN on Monday confirmed some layoffs but referred a reporter to Keith Liesmann, the Cumulus vice president and market manager for Little Rock.

Liesmann didn’t respond to a message seeking comment. Along with Cisar, who was part of B98’s Kevin and Robyn show with Kevin Idol, others put out of work were news and traffic anchor Chris Ingram, anchor and reporter Heidi Sohl, and traffic reporter Chris Counts.

The layoffs occured last week, with the news arriving at KARN a day after Cisar, who succeeded Lisa Fischer on the morning show in June 2018, was let go.

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/...klahoma-city-include-wild-104-9-morning-show/

Cumulus Cuts Oklahoma City are being reported.

Cumulus Media made a round of cuts at their Oklahoma City cluster last week.

The “Wild Wake Up” morning show at Rhythmic CHR “Wild 104.9” KKWD hosted by Mike Ipong, Maggie Flores and producer Beartoe has been eliminated as the station picks up the syndicated Bert Show with at least Ipong exiting. Ipong joined KKWD in 2015 after previously serving as a producer at Hot AC “Kiss 98.9” KYIS. Flores had joined the show in 2018 after serving as a receptionist, producer and weekend host at KYIS.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/183676/mac-daniels-exits-as-kplx-kscs-program-director/

Mac Daniels has exited as Program Director of Cumulus Media’s two Dallas Country stations just shy of his four year anniversary.

Daniels joined “New Country 96.3” KSCS and “99.5 The Wolf” KPLX in February 2016 from Cumulus’ “92.3 Nash-FM” KSJO San Jose.

Now Mac Daniels are named to be removed from Cumulus Dallas.

 

[Will_H_69_9]

I wonder if Cumulus is following in IHeartMedia's footprints in laying off employees. this might be the beginning of a dark period for radio.