While the station has always been a blip on the screen, many talented people, including Mitch Lebe and Jerry Barmash, were let go as Bloomberg radio downsized in the face of tough economic times.
If there is ever a company that was (and still is) living the lavish lifestyle, it was Bloomberg.
Years of living with the income of the entire Bloomberg empire allowed WBBR to be the radio equivalent of a tree falling in the forest without a witness. Then came "Plan B".... a restructuring of the Bloomberg empire that became a case of "survival of the fittest". Plan B was kicked off with a multi-million dollar concert in the plaza outside Bloomberg. Nothing like telling divisions about money saving plans by spending on this while a memo and booklet would have done the same thing.
It turned out, radio was not fit. Despite this, management continued to allow such luxuries as car service for employees off-hours, a fully stocked snack bar, lavish and expensive lighting and carpets that were changed every few months.... bathrooms remodeled almost annually, fish tanks loaded with thousand dollar specimens... grand scale for the grand ego of Mike himself.
Instead of being conservative (and proper money management), the company spent like a man who was told he was dying in 30 days. Then suddenly there was no money. And more than 60 people are gone.
This is the company run by the man who is guiding NYC thru these tough economic times... the same city where $126,000 per year is the monetary equivalent to $52,000 in Houston and $26,000 in Atlanta. Not only has Bloomberg ruined the quality of life in NYC, he has sucked any success out of Bloomberg radio, by his culture and the managers he has place in charge to run the show.
At WBBR the emperor had no clothes and he finally stepped in front of the mirror.
If there is ever a company that was (and still is) living the lavish lifestyle, it was Bloomberg.
Years of living with the income of the entire Bloomberg empire allowed WBBR to be the radio equivalent of a tree falling in the forest without a witness. Then came "Plan B".... a restructuring of the Bloomberg empire that became a case of "survival of the fittest". Plan B was kicked off with a multi-million dollar concert in the plaza outside Bloomberg. Nothing like telling divisions about money saving plans by spending on this while a memo and booklet would have done the same thing.
It turned out, radio was not fit. Despite this, management continued to allow such luxuries as car service for employees off-hours, a fully stocked snack bar, lavish and expensive lighting and carpets that were changed every few months.... bathrooms remodeled almost annually, fish tanks loaded with thousand dollar specimens... grand scale for the grand ego of Mike himself.
Instead of being conservative (and proper money management), the company spent like a man who was told he was dying in 30 days. Then suddenly there was no money. And more than 60 people are gone.
This is the company run by the man who is guiding NYC thru these tough economic times... the same city where $126,000 per year is the monetary equivalent to $52,000 in Houston and $26,000 in Atlanta. Not only has Bloomberg ruined the quality of life in NYC, he has sucked any success out of Bloomberg radio, by his culture and the managers he has place in charge to run the show.
At WBBR the emperor had no clothes and he finally stepped in front of the mirror.
