New Sunday Night dj for Amp

[TravisWMLN]

Karson, every studio has the software...whether or not it's installed is another story

Isn't that what I just said? I'm confused by your response. Then again, I'm easily confused, it's late, and I wake up at 3:50 AM.

Oops, I guess I glazed over the word "installed" in your post. Also, getting up at 3:50 is one thing, but I probably wouldn't "wake" up until like 11. Morning dj's are a different breed.

 

[MassMusicMan]

What benefits CBS to get tied up with a union? #CCwouldn't

I think every radio station owner should be obliged to abide by union rules if the employees demand as such.

 

[BoredModerator]

I dunno, most jocks have little or no leverage, so ditch the union contract and they'll still show up anyway.

 

[MassMusicMan]

You'd think radio people would try harder to avoid moving every two years. I'm sure Boston TV stations aren't making as much money as they used to either, but their camera and editing folks keep their jobs for decades.

 

[reelyreal]

I dunno, most jocks have little or no leverage, so ditch the union contract and they'll still show up anyway.

...they'll still show up until the company cuts all part time jocks and starts tracking/automating or throwing in a syndicated program in weekday dayparts. SAG/AFTRA protects positions. There are literally dozens of positions at the CBS radio stations that wouldn't exist without the union contract. You can be anti-union, but you can't deny that SAG-AFTRA protects valuable radio jobs, and the CBS stock is still doing mighty well.

 

[ScottBurns]

Let's hope that the rumors of Cumulus buying CBS Radio are just that - rumors. Because of those union contracts, CBS runs the best radio stations of any corporate radio operator today.

 

[reelyreal]

Let's hope that the rumors of Cumulus buying CBS Radio are just that - rumors. Because of those union contracts, CBS runs the best radio stations of any corporate radio operator today.

Even if it happened (it ain't happening) Cumulus would just inherit the existing union contracts.

 

[DavidZ]

I thought when a company buys a union shop they do not have to honor the existing union contracts? They can rip them up and renegotiate new agreements.

 

[reelyreal]

I thought when a company buys a union shop they do not have to honor the existing union contracts? They can rip them up and renegotiate new agreements.

That's true, I didn't get into more detail. If CBS Radio as an entity were to no longer exist and another company owned the stations, the new company would have to negotiate a new collective barganing agreement with the bargaining unit. There would potentially be some givebacks on the part of the bargaining unit, but it'd still be a better situation than no union.

 

[johnster]

I thought when a company buys a union shop they do not have to honor the existing union contracts? They can rip them up and renegotiate new agreements.

That's true, I didn't get into more detail. If CBS Radio as an entity were to no longer exist and another company owned the stations, the new company would have to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with the bargaining unit. There would potentially be some givebacks on the part of the bargaining unit, but it'd still be a better situation than no union.

Actually it's way more complicated than that. If you actually look at the licensee's or the company name of all these stations you will see that they always keep the entities going under the big corporate umbrella. The union deals follow with this as well so often with the mergers you will have 5 stations under one roof and all different collective bargaining agreements or some with none at all. This is way CBS and CC all have some union shops and some without and even some with different unions or one station in a cluster that has none.

 

[pariho2013]

What benefits CBS to get tied up with a union? #CCwouldn't

I think every radio station owner should be obliged to abide by union rules if the employees demand as such.

Really, the Union Route? Then maybe all stations will go jockless, that would speed it up for sure.

 

[dumber than a box of hair]

What benefits CBS to get tied up with a union? #CCwouldn't

CBS had union contracts going back into the 1940's, before CC even existed.