NOT a shock to anyone who's seen the inside of Rivera’s operation of his or her PHX cluster. Tim Pohlman's interest in saying he owned a radio station was strictly based on Vanity. He loved the "this is mine" scenario, the one that directly will lead to this fall. As a matter a fact, it would be a stretch to find any employee that enjoyed working under this ego. What blows my mind is what took this bank group so long to figure this out? I'm guessing it was Rivera’s overpriced Scottsdale party condo. Just look at the long list of mistakes made under TP.
1. Firing Mark Waters after initially hiring him as part of Rivera’s management team. Bad move, one it was NOT a mutual parting, as I know Mr. Water was emotionally tied to the brand and staff. Left a bad taste in his mouth and DIRECTLY lead to the JAMZ start up, which if it wasn't for JAMZ cutting into market share, TP might still be around.
2. Hiring Nat Galvin. Did the guy have a clue? As of yet he's proven only to be the liked leader of two failing stations, who's more interested in partying with staff then actually producing numbers. Another who's passionate about that beloved Scottsdale condo.
3. Handing over KEDJ to St. James. How one man can do so much damage is beyond me. He single handily held the EDGE's hand on their descent into the pits of 1.0 land! Changing the music & firing Chuck Powell (who in hindsight wasn't the problem) are two of the numerous mistakes St. James has made. Let's see if in the inner circles he keeps blaming it on Tim Virgin, which we all know isn't the case.
4. Hiring Rob Riddlemosser. Besides stepping on the face and pride of both the KEDJ & KKFR marketing/promotions staff and upsetting scores of programming and sales people. This hiring did little to achieve anything. He was a joke to many and his graceful or yet lack of a graceful bow out left Pohlman wondering what happened to his savior. Presher came through for TP once again with that genius.
5. Pohlman moving to Phoenix. The final straw as far as I'm concerned. NG did not look kindly on the arrival of Mr. Pohlman from what I hear and it lead directly to the exit of a friend who was a trusted assistant to both NG and TP. Once in Phoenix he tried to rule with an Iron Fist! Micromanaging NG, St.James and the whole staff. He absolutely became paranoid. Worried of spy's, questioning staffs loyalty and becoming increasingly involved in what employees were doing outside of workplace walls.
Bottom line the guy tried to be a bully and ended up getting the horns. Phoenix is better off without him! As I previously mentioned, if he only kept his word to Mark Waters I'm convinced Jamz would have never been born in the Phoenix market. TP gave MW all the motivation he needed and it looks the better dressed, better boss bald guy is getting the last laugh!
