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KLLL Loses Another

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From what my radio friends have told me, Amy Lee has left KLLL to go to Townsquare. With Ken Buckner gone and now Amy Lee, LLL has turned over majority of their day shifts during this ratings book alone.

I doubt that'll reflect on the ratings this time around, but it is interesting. Either she hated it there or Townsquare made her a nice offer.
 
Everyone hates their jobs at the KLLL group. From what I understand, it is and has always been a horrible place to work.

Their ratings won't suffer could probably even go up. You could broadcast dead air 24-7 with those call letters and still pull numbers. Even having former KLLL personalities at both of their competitors, neither station still can't take them down. They have heritage and phantom cume on their side.
 
I bet she hated working there and I bet there are a lot of other people who hate working there. I, too, have also heard KLLL is a horrible place to work. That can only mean one thing, management must suck. :eek: Too bad. I'd venture to say Ken Buckner and Amy Lee leaving won't be the last in the next 12 months. Too bad someone won't force that morning show to leave! :eek:
 
From what I have heard, she became very dissatisfied with the treatment from management. Scuttlebut is, she hated her job there for that reason alone. Have heard also that personnel sign contracts and are stuck there or more might be leaving. Sad day when corporations make it hard to better yourself with a better work enviornment if that is indeed the case here. I have listened to KLLL all of my adult life and it has always been my "Go To Station". I liked Amy Lee's show and also Ken Buckner's. I could tell Amy Lee loved what she did and was good at it. Buck up management before you lose another valued employee!
 
Non-competes are difficult to enforce. Especially with "at will" employment. If an employee is not under contract, or does not receive any extra compensation or bonus as a result of signing the contract, they are not really valid.

My friends in Lubbock have told me of the nightmares that are endured by all employees of those stations. It's not just one disgruntled person. It's pretty much all employees. Management is nothing than arrogant bullies that think they can treat their people like garbage for little pay and hold them under their thumbs with a piece of paper. Station ownership should be more worried getting sued for sexual harrassment than trying to scare broke disc jockeys with a lawsuit if they leave.
 
Non-competes are usually written into boiler plate contracts. Something about the talent acknowledging that agreed-to compensation extends station's exclusivity on talent in market for six months beyond end of employment.
 
There are two main problems that cause a case like this. 1: The directives from the corporate level. In this case...Wilks (but you can insert Clear Channel/Cumulus/etc just as well). And 2: how local management deals and handles those directives to the actual employees. Everything else is an aftershock of that.
From what I have been told it is a company that puts ridiculous pressure on its staff...both sales and everything dealing with sales (a majority of a jocks time is spent on spots...) and really cares nothing about its programming side.
And then its up to the local mgmt to not roll that pressure on to its skeleton crew that barely has enouh bodies to run the station. Which few managers ever can or know how to do.

Question...anyone think this all sounds familiar???

Its because it is...everywhere. Maybe you will be lucky to be at a place that has more than a few bodies to run the place and the pressure is spread out. But its the same story...and the question THEN is...do you still love this radio business enough to fight thru the mess?...Or is it just "a job?"

Find a business this doesn't apply to. Its just that in radio...we feel entitled because most doing it still love the business. Doubt the same viewpoint is shared by the asst mgr at Walgreens or the dude that sells cars. And try being a chick in the biz....thats a whole other mess.

If the heats too hot...stay out of the station.
 
The bs pretty much applies to almost any corporate entity in every field.

The horror stories I've heard about Wilks in Lubbock (granted they are not directly from anyone working there) have been pretty bad. Why anyone would put themselves through it is beyond me.

Even if they love radio that much, you can find any job that pays what small market radio pays. Sit out your non-compete and keep yourself in the loop or find a job in another market for a year and don't ever sign one again.
 
ralph_hurley said:
Even if they love radio that much, you can find any job that pays what small market radio pays. Sit out your non-compete and keep yourself in the loop or find a job in another market for a year and don't ever sign one again.
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thats probably why they left. Buckner was the exception because he upgraded big time to DFW...Lee just bailed. I would assume the same for Neely.

But its naive to think these people had contracts. Big companies are even phasing that out...even in big markets. But a non compete is probably in the employee handbook...so programming and even sales has to abide by it. Which is unfounded because this is a right to work state and wouldn't hold up in court.
 
Wilks... or who ever they are today.... decides what "non-competes" to enforce. Some they don't fight and others they do... as in this case... if what I was told is correct. Armen W. had a non-compete when he came over to CC/GAP, from what I remember. They didn't bother enforcing it. So, I find it pathetically comical... that they would suddenly enforce one now. However, I don't monitor dirt city much... so they could be doing that all the time now. Yet, and I could be totally wrong.... it seems to me... that they (Wilks or who ever owns them today)... was simply acting out of frustration and pettiness... since it seems that many are jumping ship.

IF WE CAN'T HAVE YOU..... NO ONE WILL! Insert Evil Laugh Here..... and............... wait............. Here!
 
If they don't enforce this Non-Compete, then others will follow. However, if they enforce it, resulting in legal fees the poor broke disc jockey is left with, other Wilks employees will think twice before jumping ship. You could call it a short term win for Wilks management. But I would think things like this could only hurt them in the long run trying to get people to come to work for them. People aren't just chomping at the bit to get into radio as either jocks or sales people these days.

But, it's not like any of the on air talent have been crucial to KLLL's success. They could play liners all day and still be the big dog in town. Amy leaving won't have any effect on their numbers. Former KLLL talent are working at other country stations in the market and have had no effect on KLLL So to hold their people hostage with a Non-Compete sounds like it is pettiness and frustration.


So outside of the drama at KLLL, what else is happening in the hub city?
 
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