Infinity Cutbacks

[radioprofessor]

As anticipated after the Clear Channel and Bonneville cuts the first wave of Infinity cuts hit today. 5% rollback with another 5% to come. Seattle will phase in cuts. Freeze of marketing dollars. Emmis laid off 5% Monday. Read the thread earlier on survival in this kind of pullback parameter.

 

[LITTLEBOYBLUE]

Don't see reference in trades to Seattle...so wonder who is potential future adjustment? I see other markets are pretty senior level people (guess if you're going to drop the shoe it may as well be someone with experience drawing some serious coin) ... but here I can only identify a couple senior people who might be potential adjustments without hitting bone @ station operations level.

 

[TakeItFromMe]

Bummin right now cowboys. Entercom may be next from what I hear. :-\
Cuts are top brass and PD consolidation in the first round at Infinity here. Word is S.Rivers may
be getting another station to program Could be a couple of staff reductions, but most will come
out of other areas in the Seattle Infinity operation. Seems like workin for the big boys ain't so hot
right now. Fisher, Sandusky and Christa seem to not have the same kinda investor pressure :-[
Let's hope for better times for all

 

[345palm]

I also hear rumblings that the axe fell at Entercom Seattle yesterday. Anybody know details?

 

[ambandwidth]

Axe falling at Entercom?, And get rid of the stellar upper management?
Can't happen,just too valuable. :

 

[TheRadioJudge]

on air personalities always feel the axe first. why? i dont know. if this was a war why would you punish a footsoldier before you punish your generals???

 

[jupiter2]

Infinity Seattle?

Isn't that a car dealership?

Here's a ponder: Will Entercom keep both the BJ morning show and The Men's Room in the afternoon? Or will that be like (back when there was an Infinity Radio) letting Robin and Maynard go?

So what are we all going to do when terrestrial radio cuts OUR jobs? If this happens year after year (and it likely will), where does it eventually land?

Try this: One Multi Format Programmer per market, Cluster Sales Manager, Google handles National, 4 out of 5 stations voice tracked except mornings.

 

[air_newbie]

The cutbacks are so bad at CBS (Infinity) that the stations are ordering their part-timers not to work more than 20 hours per week or they'll be fired. How cheap can you get? I mean, c'mon--these people get paid the least of anyone in the building and often work just as hard as anyone in the building, if not harder. So much for the thought that the new GM would go to bat for staffers. She cares about as much as the old GM.

 

[SeattleRadioPro]

So much for the thought that the new GM would go to bat for staffers. She cares about as much as the old GM.

I think you need a reality check, air_newbie. Why would the GM put the budget (and their bonuses) in jeopardy for any staffer - especially a minimum-wage part timer?

 

[RichJohnson]

I believe that, with the exit of Mel Karmazin, CBS purged the name 'Infinity' (perhaps believing the legacy of Mel could be exorcized that easily) from its radio division. It's back to good ol' CBS Radio.

 

[raydioheadfm]

The cutbacks are so bad at CBS (Infinity) that the stations are ordering their part-timers not to work more than 20 hours per week or they'll be fired. How cheap can you get? I mean, c'mon--these people get paid the least of anyone in the building and often work just as hard as anyone in the building, if not harder. So much for the thought that the new GM would go to bat for staffers. She cares about as much as the old GM.

Please, give me a break. If you work at CBS, you know,that 20 hours is the max for part time, because anything more starts getting too close for comfort in regards to pushing an employee to full time. This policy has been in place for 3 or 4 years and is nothing new. This is in regard to regularly scheduled hours. A part timer can fill in for more hours, but it can't be regularly scheduled more than 20. And since when did part time employees decide their own hours. You can't just work more than 20 hours? If a manager schedules someone more than 20 hours regularly, the manager gets in trouble, not the employee. You don't fire someone because THEIR BOSS scheduled them to work? That's insane. Did you read what you wrote?

 

[ty]

It's all because of Don Imus and his candor when it came to his preference of hair style. Perhaps someone should have commented on his chin strap hat, ay buckaroos?