LAist staff cuts (5%)

[Miss Tuned]

The name is just absolutely awful. Maybe it works as a blog name but as a radio brand that has to be verbally spoke constantly it is just dreadful and awkward. I don’t think it has grown on the station at all even after years of usage.

The sooner they dump it the better. I don’t think they should necessarily go back to KPCC. I’m sure some local branding agencies would be willing to do some pro bono work on their behalf and come up with something fresh, comfortable, and congruent.

It would be a good name for a radio station that was about LA. But most of its daily schedule is national programming - it doesn't really feel like the radio station and the blog/news site have much in common. One is all local content, the other is just a fairly standard public radio station.

 

[RayydioLA]

It says what they did:



Companies usually don't announce names, in deference to employee privacy. The employees can announce if they choose

Um, EVERY legit broadcasting publication publishes the names of who was laid off. So that (gasp) people can KNOW. Please quit responding. You dont' work in the business.

 

[TheBigA]

Um, EVERY legit broadcasting publication publishes the names of who was laid off. So that (gasp) people can KNOW. Please quit responding. You dont' work in the business.

Please read my post before you tell me what to do. I wasn't talking about "publications." I was talking about companies.

Here's an example of how @lanceventa handles layoffs at RadioInsight:

Even More Names Affected From Last Week’s Audacy Layoffs

Audacy is conducting a round of significant layoffs today. Sources indicate that approximately 250-300 staffers across the country will be

radioinsight.com

If you’ve been affected and wish to have your info shared, please contact us at [email protected].

As I said, companies usually don't release names. That's why Lance asks those affected to contact him.

 

[gr8oldies]

Please read my post before you tell me what to do. I wasn't talking about "publications." I was talking about companies.

Here's an example of how @lanceventa handles layoffs at RadioInsight:

Even More Names Affected From Last Week’s Audacy Layoffs

Audacy is conducting a round of significant layoffs today. Sources indicate that approximately 250-300 staffers across the country will be

radioinsight.com

As I said, companies usually don't release names. That's why Lance asks those affected to contact him.

Yes, allows the talent to contact him, so he can share their contact info. As it should be.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Public broadcasting is not all that "public service" involves. My mother spent 50 years on the board of Cleveland's city public hospital system where "public service" is the total goal: why is public broadcasting above that kind of true public service?

Without CPB funding, a station like KSKO couldn't exist and people would be left with zero local source of life saving information