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National Layoffs at Clear Channel; Tulsa is safe

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Radio55

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I've been reading on Radio and Records.com about the Clear Channel layoffs nationally. It is interesting to see the number of times these staffers are being replaced by voicetracking. I am also happy to see that so far, Tulsa has been able to avoid the hatchet job at CC. I have hope that some day, some day, the public will realize that their radio stations and the personalities that they enjoy aren't even in the building for the most part. But I think this is wishful thinking, and further, I'm not so sure the public even cares anymore. It's a sad state of affairs for a business that used to matter to people--and was so much fun to be in.
 
You're right... The public doesn't care anymore. The real problem of radio listenership errosion is that the quality of the product keeps getting cut and cut and cut and cut. Eventually the public finds other things to listen to and bypasses terrestrial radio. It's all about the short-term short-sighted gains and nothing about the future. When the under 18 crowd gets a bit older and into the money-demo it would be a great time to NOT own a medium to large market radio station. They are creating their own vaccum and are too greedy to even realize it.
 
My guess is that the fact there's some higher foodchain folks up in CC of Tulsa is why we don't see the big slashes in their place. If no one is there to defend a specific market and what each of it's employees bring to the bottom line it's pretty easy for the beancounters in San Antonio to just axe names off a list.
 
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