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Local Layoffs at Audacy (and a Resignation), the 2025 Edition

henry said:
Charles Feldman? Oof. That's a rough name to hear on the layoff list.

Guess that's a wrap on "KNX In-Depth" then, since Feldman is out.
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What a shame. He and In Depth were top reasons to listen in the mid-day in the car. Who are they going to get to do that terrific program, or are they cutting it? He also looks remarkably like actor Corey Feldman. Wonder if they're related.
No big loss about Silverman. The local fire coverage was honestly good, and he was even on the air for some of it. But for the last 2 years did he do anything innovative? Not really. Oversaw some weird hirings and musical chairs. Maybe he saw the writing on the wall; his exit sounds like a resignation rather than a firing. Then again, Millennials are a fickle sort.
Did that link say that Ralph Stewart was the PD of The Wave, and on-air? Wonder who will replace him.
Hm, this all must be why there has been a cryptic "Air Personality (Pipeline)" post on the LA Audacy job page for a few weeks.
 
RayydioLA said:
What a shame. He and In Depth were top reasons to listen in the mid-day in the car. Who are they going to get to do that terrific program, or are they cutting it? He also looks remarkably like actor Corey Feldman. Wonder if they're related.
No big loss about Silverman. The local fire coverage was honestly good, and he was even on the air for some of it. But for the last 2 years did he do anything innovative? Not really. Oversaw some weird hirings and musical chairs. Maybe he saw the writing on the wall; his exit sounds like a resignation rather than a firing. Then again, Millennials are a fickle sort.
Did that link say that Ralph Stewart was the PD of The Wave, and on-air? Wonder who will replace him.
Hm, this all must be why there has been a cryptic "Air Personality (Pipeline)" post on the LA Audacy job page for a few weeks.
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Silverman is a bright guy who now managed (and overseen growth at) two of Audacy's all newswers. Perhaps -- especially with MSNBC building a separate news operation -- he feels he's outgrown radio (and it's ever dropping audiences) and is ready to jump into TV.
 
Silverman improved on what Ken Charles left him (and Ken's a tough act to follow). Bonus points (even though it took a while) for bringing Steve Gregory on board.

Jen Seelig at KCBS is great, but I don't envy her having to oversee two all-news operations in two major markets 400 miles apart (note that Federman's statement did not say "in the interim").
 
Sad to hear about Kevan Kenney. I think he was one of the most creative music hosts on radio. For someone who wasn't even born during KROQ's early years, he embodied the spirit and attitude of those days. They can play music in his place, but he really can't be replaced.
 
michael hagerty said:
Jen Seelig at KCBS is great, but I don't envy her having to oversee two all-news operations in two major markets 400 miles apart (note that Federman's statement did not say "in the interim").
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That is positively insane. Seelig is going to have to have a strong deputy in both newsrooms to make this work.
 
radio128 said:
Looks like the European model of one personality, like Kenney, simulcast in multiple markets is not working either.
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Is it the model or the format? The model seems to be working fine in other formats and companies.

Maybe it's neither and they just had to cut a number of people, and these are who got cut.
 
TheBigA said:
Sad to hear about Kevan Kenney. I think he was one of the most creative music hosts on radio. For someone who wasn't even born during KROQ's early years, he embodied the spirit and attitude of those days. They can play music in his place, but he really can't be replaced.
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His work on KROQ may very well have been excellent (I've only listened to pieces of his KROQ on-air shift on two occasions), but his voicetracking on other Audacy alt stations left a lot to be desired. On average, he spoke for a total of 60 seconds in each hour on my local station.

Nonetheless, it is certainly disappointing to see yet another round of on-air and programming layoffs hit large & major market stations.

I still remember him comparing the Lumineers to Pearl Jam in one of his voicetracks a couple years back; I thought that comparison was an insult to Pearl Jam (albeit an unintended one), and still do.
 
The other voice trackers are on mic on that same station much more than he is in a typical hour.

I'm actually being liberal in estimating his on-mic time at a minute an hour. There are definitely instances where I've heard him talk for maybe 30 seconds in total during a complete hour.

If the air talent is only going to speak a minute (or less) an hour, why use any air talent in the daypart?
 
MarkW said:
The other voice trackers are on mic on that same station much more than he is in a typical hour.
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That's still not a decision the talent makes.

MarkW said:
I'm actually being liberal in estimating his on-mic time at a minute an hour. There are definitely instances where I've heard him talk for maybe 30 seconds in total during a complete hour.
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The station's PD determines how long the tracks need to be and how many to have in a given hour. The talent has no input. They need to get within half a second either side of the target, period.

MarkW said:
If the air talent is only going to speak a minute (or less) an hour, why use any air talent in the daypart?
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That's a question you ask the PD.
 
michael hagerty said:
Silverman improved on what Ken Charles left him (and Ken's a tough act to follow). Bonus points (even though it took a while) for bringing Steve Gregory on board.

Jen Seelig at KCBS is great, but I don't envy her having to oversee two all-news operations in two major markets 400 miles apart (note that Federman's statement did not say "in the interim").
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Silverman's changes at KNX have really freshened up the station, even after he was forced to go to a solo anchor format in middays and PM drive due to prior cuts.

Better imaging, stronger anchor line-up, cleaned up the infomercials on the weekend (now only on 1070 while 97.1 keeps the news format), etc. He's done a great job. This is a big loss.
 


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