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Kim leaves KOST

I just hope that what happened in NY at WLTW is not about to happen at the KOST and that Mark, Mike, Bryan and Karen will not need to seek other employment in the near future.
 
Gotta keep those profits up, ya know. Merry Christmas!

Now, don't let this bit of news affect your work attitude and sense of loyalty to the business!
 
If this was budgetary, this (and the WLTW thing) set a new low with dirt ball managers calling the shots on these. Are we not talking about people working on stations that bill 50-60 million dollars per year?!?! There's no way they were making that much money to make any kind of a real difference in the budget, relative to the revenues of the stations....no way in hell. This business - as much I love it in many ways - really pisses me off.
 
TheJermster said:
Well you get what you pay for, if anything. If it's not broke don't fix it look what they did to KBIG in Los Angeles.
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KBIG needed fixing. It sounds a lot more focused now.
 
The end of an era is in sight. I truly think that there will be a bloodbath in Burbank and tomorrow is the end of a pay period, so I'm thinking that Friday the 30th will be a dark day in LA. If I'm not mistaken KOST bills in the 60 million dollar neighborhood, so yes, they can afford to staff the station. I felt that Michael Martin was brought in to be a hatchet-man, and it looks to be that way since CC needed someone who could make these cuts without a care in the world and bring Burbank in line with what the company is doing at clusters all over the nation. They really hurt WLTW when they made these same kinds of cuts and KOST will most likely have problems as well. Martin has zero understanding about AC audiences and it will show. Sad...
 
You act like Martin has ANY say in this. These cuts are being done across the country so I'm sure it's out of his hands. Don't know the guy but it's comical to think this is HIS scheme.
 
Mark announced his firing this morning. He said, "I can't believe it. The ratings are good, I've been here 22 years...and, Oh my God, Garth Brooks
is here. Ladies and Gentlemen, Garth Brooks....."
 
Sorry, I believe I misunderstood. He was talking about Kim's firing and not
his own. He still has a job, I believe.


tedbell007 said:
Mark announced his firing this morning. He said, "I can't believe it. The ratings are good, I've been here 22 years...and, Oh my God, Garth Brooks
is here. Ladies and Gentlemen, Garth Brooks....."
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The cruel thing in this or any other business is that budgetary decisions often are finalized at the the end of the year, looking forward to the next year. So people get the bad news going into what should be a happy time.

As to the ending of an era, all things end and it often means that what any of us personally might prefer. I wish Kim the best for her future and someone with her experience and professionalism will win out in the end.
 
Itwasntme said:
You act like Martin has ANY say in this. These cuts are being done across the country so I'm sure it's out of his hands. Don't know the guy but it's comical to think this is HIS scheme.
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Yes, these cuts are being done accross the nation, but do you think that their market manager wanted to be the one to do the dirty work?
They needed someone who doesn't have a problem with it. It's not his scheme, he's just the instrument.
 
I've never been in the situation to make any firing decisions, but I know when it happened to me back in late 2000, I was told by somebody close at the station, that they are told locally that they need to cut X amount of $$ out of the budget for next year. It's up to them to decide HOW to do that, meaning there is a decision locally as to whom they'll be getting rid of. No matter how it works, it sucks.
 
I've had to fire several people and it definitely sucks. Yes it can be a local decision as to WHO goes so then comes to the impossible task of deciding out of a team of X amount of people WHO you have to let go. It sucks all the way around and I watch posts on this board really bashing the wrong people. No matter who you let go you can get scrutiny and the "what were they thinking" line thrown at them. That long time morning co-cost that makes a rediculous amount of money and refuses to do anything outside of their high salary four hour shift or that 30k a year person who would live and die for the station and works around the clock. You're either ending a long time player or youre stopping a new kid who's carreer is just starting and could be the next big thing. Either way it sucks and will be said it was the wrong decision. Sometimes the dollar amount needed to trim is so big it comes down to that one high profile person or 6 lower paid people. Tough decision.
 
ironic......just after a marvelous article in the trades about KOST and the lonegvity of its' people..........

if i were ashlock....i would have figured a way not to allow the article so i and my station didn't look STUPID....jeez....there are ways you can do that without letting the cat out of the bag.........

all cc managers know this could happen EVERY YEAR....so why allow an article like that late in the year......

jeez.....use thy head.......
 
Easier said than done. Until you've been on the other side of the equation, you simply can't appreciate all the things that go in to a process like this. It's much more complicated than people think...and that's not to diminish how the people being laid off feel. The article, frankly, is the least of it. The human factor...changing innocent people's lives because of a corporate mandate, dealing with very real severance and HR/insurance issues, insuring that the people still working are allowed to grieve without losing focus, and yes...communicating with advertisers so they understand what happened and why; those are a little higher up the totem pole than trying to affect publication of an article. Especially when an attempt to monkey with it will be only result in questions being asked. And after all, the article was in a trade publication, not the LA Times.
 
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