word is Entercom MM Dwight Walker is about to be shown the door. Small comfort to Dave Milner, Jude Heller, Scottie B, Mike Fadelli and all his hand picked hired that took the billet for him as well as the PDs and DJs he pledged loyalty to and all the former Bonneville folks he fired because the weren't his people.
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Smiling Asassin to feel the ax?
- Thread starter geek-orama
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Just heard he is "retiring." Maybe things are worse at that cluster than corporate is letting on?
Assuming that you meant "they weren't his people," that's a pretty simplistic view of a market manager's actions. Don't think for a minute that a market manager makes decisions about whom to fire all by himself. A market manager reports to people above him/her. A lot of pressure gets applied. The market manager appears to be the bad guy, when in reality he may be following orders. And the market manager dare not ever even imply that a decision affecting people below him was not his own.
Now, would you like to say that thing about "the (sic) weren't his people" again?
No, just probably "as bad" as corporate is letting on. Corporate made no secret of their disappointment with the SF cluster's performance. And once they admitted weakness, corporate had to take some action. Shareholders don't like the attitude of "Well, let's wait a few months and see if he can turn this around."
It wasn't a good quarter for Entercom SF. They were pouring too much money into product that wasn't able to pay for itself. Somebody's head had to roll. Mark my words: More heads will roll and changes will be heard. It doesn't take a psychic to predict that. It only takes somebody who has seen the same movie before, quite a few times. And, even knowing how the movie ends, I also know there's always a possible sequel!
Well he brought in folks that worked for him at Susquhanna when he fired people who had stayed from Bonneville. He didn't them even though Entercom had picked them to stay. Sorry I missed the Y. Curse you autocorrect!
I think you missed more than the Y. Re-read your post and tell us what you really meant.
He systematically got rid of the holdover Bonneville people in Sales so he could hire his former employees from KFOG KSAN. Then did the same in administration. Finally in KOIT programming. Then he let 'his people' take the fall when corporate wanted to know who screwed up. He was a coward who couldn't tell his bosses the truth about their screw ups, like the 95.7 debacles and how KFOX was not really a good idea because he wanted to save himself rather than to be a good manager. Loyalty goes up the ladder and down the ladder. Andy Holt left because DW was a bad manager. After many turnovers in sales, sales managers, PDs and air personalities, he could escape no longer. Clear now, NML?
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