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Kevin LeGrett going home to Rochester
- Thread starter yugoidar
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Hahahahahaha! Clear Channel, you've done it again!
Legrett bails out of Citadel just as it emerges from bankruptcy to go to Clear Channel, which might someday endure the same fate. And hasn't Clear Channel moved into the former CBS studios and offices? Talk about Back To The Future. CC has four FMs and two AMs to keep him busy in Rochester, including old bud Wease now on the Fox and loose cannon, Bob Lonsberry on WHAM. That Wease contract must be a noose around any GM/SM's neck. The bigger question may be, who's next in line to fill the chair at Citadel Buffalo and what's to become of it?
Gee, no hand-wringing from Citadel Buffalo over their loss? No rejoicing from Clear Channel Rochester over their gain?
The silence over this major change in both markets is deafening.
The silence over this major change in both markets is deafening.
So like, this was talked about in November last year? And now it's news. Sounds like a 6 month non-compete (short by standards)
But I don't really know diddly about this deal...so I'll just agree with Rox...can't hear a thing - it's deafening
But I don't really know diddly about this deal...so I'll just agree with Rox...can't hear a thing - it's deafening
Hear that sound? It's the Citadel Buffalo employees high fiving as LeGrett moves on. Never put any roots down in the market. Un-respected by his peers. Thinks he's running IBM with his manicured nails, french cuffs, and expensive suits. Watch as Clear Channel Rochester employees run for cover when he hauls out his philosophies stolen from John Wooden, Tiger Woods (yep), and his old worn-out mentor, Bob Morgan. Nothing original. Uninspired. The Rochester agency people were hoping he would go away, now he's back like a bad penny. Reportedly harassed Buffalo underlings, made inappropriate remarks to staff embarassing them in front of others. Track record? ho-hum. And he says he "wants to become a family man again"? After eight years away? Read this way: "time was up at Citadel, let's take a demotion before the Judy Ellis broom comes to Buff"
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bandontherun is obviously a disgruntled ex-CBS/Infinity/ARS/Citadel employee who couldn't handle actually working and thus was probably terminated for sitting on his/her butt. Kevin knows Radio and knows how to run a market and a region. He asks a lot of his team but is always fair. He rewards hard work. If you don't like to work hard, you won't like working for LeGrett. If you like to point the finger at everyone else whenever you fail, you won't like working for Kevin. Sounds like bandontherun had trouble showing up and working.
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Or maybe bandontherun is a current CC Rochester employee who is now nervous because he/she can't drive around all day pretending to go on "sales calls". Kevin holds people accountable so if I was in bandontherun's shoes I guess I'd try to discredit LeGrett too. McD's is hiring...
Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha. Thanks for posting, Kev, -er, I mean "results". Don't look too hard at his track record. Buffalo cluster drops to 3rd in sales. Erie loses the top spot in a two-man race. Syracuse? HAH. What a frickin' mess there. Binghamton benefitted from both benign neglect and Clear Channel's ineptitude. And what will Albuquerque do without him? (How's THAT for a "region" for a VP?)
What's a regional VP doing tracking sales people? Don't they have market managers and sales managers to do that? How's the "If the company wins, we all win" line going to go over with Clear Channel folks? About as well as it did with what's left of the Citadel folks? Maybe he can bring Opie & Anthony in to Rochester, and move Wease to afternoons.
It will be interesting to see if Citadel replaces him. Maybe Farid should pay attention to the actual operations of the company, let local managers manage, and skip the unnecessary layer of "management", expense accounts, and meetings that Legrett represented. My guess is that somebody will pick up some extra duties. If Farid stays true to form, he'll reach out to Syracuse - the most dysfunctional of Citadel markets. Maybe that would make Chet follow Kevin to Rochester.
What's a regional VP doing tracking sales people? Don't they have market managers and sales managers to do that? How's the "If the company wins, we all win" line going to go over with Clear Channel folks? About as well as it did with what's left of the Citadel folks? Maybe he can bring Opie & Anthony in to Rochester, and move Wease to afternoons.
It will be interesting to see if Citadel replaces him. Maybe Farid should pay attention to the actual operations of the company, let local managers manage, and skip the unnecessary layer of "management", expense accounts, and meetings that Legrett represented. My guess is that somebody will pick up some extra duties. If Farid stays true to form, he'll reach out to Syracuse - the most dysfunctional of Citadel markets. Maybe that would make Chet follow Kevin to Rochester.
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Sounds like Doyle and the rest of Entercom Rochester has their collective panties in a bind...
Doyle's got guts enough to come on here and post under his own name. How about you, Kev? It would be good news for Citadel if Clear Channel decided to "consolidate" Rochester & Syracuse under you.
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A little birdie told me that Entercom Rochester held a mandatory all staff sales meeting yesterday afternoon to "discuss" the LeGrett hire. I would have thought they would be out celebrating the "terrible" hire rather than trying to shake-up the sales troops. I guess now you will have to make a few more market visits Mike.
RadioGetsResults1, 4 posts. BandOnTheRun, 3 posts. Wow! Battle of the newbees. Welcome to the fray, proxies.
Y'know fellow posters and gentle readers, Kevin Legrett isn't much different from most 40-something GMs and RVPs in the business these days: There are mortgages to pay, kids to feed and educate, a job to keep, a corporate rep to sustain and underlings to be stepped on. It's like being a morning guy in a PPM world, there's a lot of stress... but you dress better.
Beginning as a promotion grunt in Rochester, Legrett worked himself into sales where he closed deals, impressing those who needed to be impressed in the WCMF and WPXY dynasties. Displaying uncompromising zeal and chutzpah, he rose from sales rep to Sales Manager to General Manager at CBS Rochester. He's worked with some of the oiliest characters in the radio business including Farid Suleman and Mel Karmazin, from whom he learned very early that power and money come from the top, not bottom up.
He has a track record as being driven to impress his superiors and a relentless if not always successful need to be the best at any cost. As out of place as it seems in the business these days, how can you fault a man for wearing French cuffs and $2 thousand suits? He dressed to impress those above him, notably the demure [/sarcasm] Judy Ellis and Farid Suleman, upon whom his paycheck depended.
Why be concerned with the grunts on the sales floor and in the studios? Let them eat cake! Anybody who's been in the business for more than six months understands where GMs and RVPs place their allegiance. It ain't with the engineers, sales ducks, PDs or air talent.
Legrett's reign at Citadel Buffalo wasn't a Reign Of Terror, but as some posters have suggested here, he didn't endear himself to a lot of people. Beginning with his early dress-down of department heads and other tactical missteps, he made known his opinion: Buffalo was a minor league city compared to his hometown 60 miles east. A commuter GM/RVP, he appeared to be in Buffalo only to clean up the mess of previous GMs before riding into the sunrise to return home. And so, it has come to pass.
He didn't slay the Buffalo market, didn't drive rate up, or win the billing contest with Entercom and Town Square. At best, he held it all together to the best of his abilities. Make of that assessment what you will.
Since he's so fond of great coaches and their philosophies, it would be only fair to grade his tenure in Buffalo: He'd like to be Bill Belichick, but he more closely resembles Bills ex-coach Dick Jauron, only flashier and with a better suite and haircut.
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Y'know fellow posters and gentle readers, Kevin Legrett isn't much different from most 40-something GMs and RVPs in the business these days: There are mortgages to pay, kids to feed and educate, a job to keep, a corporate rep to sustain and underlings to be stepped on. It's like being a morning guy in a PPM world, there's a lot of stress... but you dress better.
Beginning as a promotion grunt in Rochester, Legrett worked himself into sales where he closed deals, impressing those who needed to be impressed in the WCMF and WPXY dynasties. Displaying uncompromising zeal and chutzpah, he rose from sales rep to Sales Manager to General Manager at CBS Rochester. He's worked with some of the oiliest characters in the radio business including Farid Suleman and Mel Karmazin, from whom he learned very early that power and money come from the top, not bottom up.
He has a track record as being driven to impress his superiors and a relentless if not always successful need to be the best at any cost. As out of place as it seems in the business these days, how can you fault a man for wearing French cuffs and $2 thousand suits? He dressed to impress those above him, notably the demure [/sarcasm] Judy Ellis and Farid Suleman, upon whom his paycheck depended.
Why be concerned with the grunts on the sales floor and in the studios? Let them eat cake! Anybody who's been in the business for more than six months understands where GMs and RVPs place their allegiance. It ain't with the engineers, sales ducks, PDs or air talent.
Legrett's reign at Citadel Buffalo wasn't a Reign Of Terror, but as some posters have suggested here, he didn't endear himself to a lot of people. Beginning with his early dress-down of department heads and other tactical missteps, he made known his opinion: Buffalo was a minor league city compared to his hometown 60 miles east. A commuter GM/RVP, he appeared to be in Buffalo only to clean up the mess of previous GMs before riding into the sunrise to return home. And so, it has come to pass.
He didn't slay the Buffalo market, didn't drive rate up, or win the billing contest with Entercom and Town Square. At best, he held it all together to the best of his abilities. Make of that assessment what you will.
Since he's so fond of great coaches and their philosophies, it would be only fair to grade his tenure in Buffalo: He'd like to be Bill Belichick, but he more closely resembles Bills ex-coach Dick Jauron, only flashier and with a better suite and haircut.
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Hey Radio Gets Results:
1. I post under my own name.
2. I prefer Michael to Mike. Just thought I would mention it.
3. Sorry, your little birdie is wrong. No mandatory meetings on this topic. No optional meetings either. We are not focused on the competitors, we are focused on the clients. And getting them results. Hey, that's your name. Radio gets results !!!
4. Try not to spend too much time focused on my panties. Seems wrong, and a little creepy.
Why does everyone want to make it a fight.
I personally wish Kevin the best of luck in his new position. And contrary to what the others here are saying, I am sure you are not him, because he has too much class to waste his time on silly rumors about other broadcasters.
1. I post under my own name.
2. I prefer Michael to Mike. Just thought I would mention it.
3. Sorry, your little birdie is wrong. No mandatory meetings on this topic. No optional meetings either. We are not focused on the competitors, we are focused on the clients. And getting them results. Hey, that's your name. Radio gets results !!!
4. Try not to spend too much time focused on my panties. Seems wrong, and a little creepy.
Why does everyone want to make it a fight.
I personally wish Kevin the best of luck in his new position. And contrary to what the others here are saying, I am sure you are not him, because he has too much class to waste his time on silly rumors about other broadcasters.
I have not posted in such a long time but I have to post on this topic!! This change is the best thing that could happen for 97 Rock, The Edge and WHTT. Trust me when I say, this guy doesn't know or care about radio. He cares about his pockets! He did a wonderful job destroying 3 of Buffalo's best stations. This is a person who beats on every employee and doesn't care about hard work! If I were employed at any place I knew he was headed, I would be looking for a way out ASAP. Hell is coming to Clear Channel... if anyone thinks it was bad before... wait a few weeks.
Wow! This is a LOT of action for one person taking a new job in an old market. Obviously, Kevin is a polarizing individual; such is true of most great leaders. They are loved and respected by some and disdained by others. Despite the years of complete animosity between Kevin and me as mortal enemies when we were going tete a tete, we respected each other because we both knew the other was good and wouldn't back down from a fight. I'd rather compete against kick ass people who take no prisoners than those that phone it in because the former makes for better radio.
As for CC in Rochester, Kevin will make things happen there because that's what Kevin does. I, for one, wish him the best because great radio GMs are in short supply these days.
As for CC in Rochester, Kevin will make things happen there because that's what Kevin does. I, for one, wish him the best because great radio GMs are in short supply these days.
If being a "polarizing individual" makes a "great leader", then Papa Doc, Baby Doc, Adolph, and Joe were "great leaders". I think that great leadership depends on results, and so far I haven't seen it.
I realize that Kevin answers to higher powers, so maybe he's not entirely to blame, but the scoreboard isn't impressive, and he hasn't moved on before now. Would anybody be surprised to see a shake-up in regional management at Citadel? Would anybody be surprised to see Kevin jumping to Clear Channel because his buddy Farid gave him a heads-up that good news wasn't in the cards at Citadel?
I guess we'll have to wait to see how it turns out, but I don't expect a lot of beer will be watered down by tears after he leaves the building.
I realize that Kevin answers to higher powers, so maybe he's not entirely to blame, but the scoreboard isn't impressive, and he hasn't moved on before now. Would anybody be surprised to see a shake-up in regional management at Citadel? Would anybody be surprised to see Kevin jumping to Clear Channel because his buddy Farid gave him a heads-up that good news wasn't in the cards at Citadel?
I guess we'll have to wait to see how it turns out, but I don't expect a lot of beer will be watered down by tears after he leaves the building.
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