Today Sirius XM announced new programming positions. But who got the boot? Mega-dittos!
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Who got the boot?
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According to reports, these folks were given their walking papers yesterday.
'50s Channel PD KEN SMITH, '50s Channel MD MATT THE CAT, '60s Channel PD PAT CLARK, '80s Channel MD/afternooner KANDY KLUTCH, Cross-Country PD JESSIE SCOTT, Decades Channel Sr. PD KURT GILCHRIST, and Cafe PD BILL EVANS, Ethel MD ERIK RANGE and up to 25 others.
With Karmazin's plan to cut a few hundred million out of the budget, it's very likely there will be many others to follow.
'50s Channel PD KEN SMITH, '50s Channel MD MATT THE CAT, '60s Channel PD PAT CLARK, '80s Channel MD/afternooner KANDY KLUTCH, Cross-Country PD JESSIE SCOTT, Decades Channel Sr. PD KURT GILCHRIST, and Cafe PD BILL EVANS, Ethel MD ERIK RANGE and up to 25 others.
With Karmazin's plan to cut a few hundred million out of the budget, it's very likely there will be many others to follow.
Who Got The Boot? I canceled three XM Radio Subs and smashed all the radios into little pieces and tossed them all into the dumpster. I'll listen to my own music on my I-pod and my CDs! Radio's dead and satellite radio is even more dead. Uncle Mel is running for his life! Have you seen the stock price lately? Screw satellite radio even if they do keep Phlash Phelps on the 60's on 6. I hear the sevrence pay is very very good though. Good luck to Pat Clark and the rest.
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Satellite radio,
Welcome to broadcasting consolidation. There will be more to follow. AM/FM have been asking about when you'd show.
Sincerely,
1996
Welcome to broadcasting consolidation. There will be more to follow. AM/FM have been asking about when you'd show.
Sincerely,
1996
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Remaster said:
This may be the funniest thing I've ever seen on this board. And that takes some doing.
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Wow thats to bad,I feel for Jessie Scott and the rest that got hit with the axe.Now what show will get the Axe.I hope AT40 with Casey Kasem and The Grand Ole Opry does not get axed, If that happens , I will do the same that RadioStarOne did,pull the plug and tune in to the streams from the terrestrail AT40 Stations and WSM online to listen to the Grand ole opry.
This is why I was never in favor of the merger. I knew XM would be taken apart by Sirius. If I had wanted Sirius I would have bought it. I will vote with my $$.
got to agree with 1Letterman...this is the funniest freakin' post!Remaster said:
Since most of these guys were making $15.00 an hour, they will find other equally lousy paying gigs. Water seeks its own level.
Even more ominous is this line from the article
"The Post also reports that original plans to have two separate line-ups, one for XM and one for Sirius, may be abandoned, and instead will feature one universal line-up heard on both services."
This would seem to indicate a lot more layoffs
"The Post also reports that original plans to have two separate line-ups, one for XM and one for Sirius, may be abandoned, and instead will feature one universal line-up heard on both services."
This would seem to indicate a lot more layoffs
Well, my XM subscription is up in March and I wil not be renewing. I have noticed they have tightened up the playlist so I keep hearing the same damn songs over and over ever 12 hours on all the decades channels. If I wanted to listen to the same tunes over and over I can do that just by turning my FM radio back on and listen to the same 40 songs over and over that they now play [down from the 4,000 they used to play] 
I wonder if Howard Stern and Opie and Anthony got the boot? I surely hope not. Also i guess eminem got the boot. This reminds me of the time Mtv2 took over "the box" a music channel that was all request like a jukebox. I remember reading on some message board a comment something to the effect of how happy the person was that they could see real music and not have to wade through the rap to get to the good music. I thought to myself wait five years and they will be just like mtv. Well mtv2 turned into mtv in like 3 years. It seems like anything that is too good to be true or any concept that is novel, fun, or of artistic value gets ruined. When i was a kid i remember going on vacation with my parents and i'd bring a tape recorder with me and every big city we passed through i'd record the hip hop stations and dance stations(really any station that sounded good regardless of format) That would be pointless now because the hip hop station in columbus sounds just like the one in cleveland sounds just like the one in nashville. 90% of what i listen to is through my i pod, because radio is so boring and cookie cutter now. I realize that my comments were kind of unfocused and all over the place. I just generally dislike the state of all radio right now including satellite radio.
This reminds me of the time Mtv2 took over "the box" a music channel that was all request like a jukebox. I remember reading on some message board a comment something to the effect of how happy the person was that they could see real music and not have to wade through the rap to get to the good music. I thought to myself wait five years and they will be just like mtv. Well mtv2 turned into mtv in like 3 years. It seems like anything that is too good to be true or any concept that is novel, fun, or of artistic value gets ruined. When i was a kid i remember going on vacation with my parents and i'd bring a tape recorder with me and every big city we passed through i'd record the hip hop stations and dance stations(really any station that sounded good regardless of format) That would be pointless now because the hip hop station in columbus sounds just like the one in cleveland sounds just like the one in nashville. 90% of what i listen to is through my i pod, because radio is so boring and cookie cutter now. I realize that my comments were kind of unfocused and all over the place. I just generally dislike the state of all radio right now including satellite radio.Here's the problem...
In the past dozen years or so, these corporate clowns (Mel Karmizan et al) have begun to see employees as objects. We have been completely DEHUMANIZED! It began when they renamed Employee Relations to Human Resources. Problem is, treating employees as beans means the bean counters can't WAIT to get rid of them!
NOW we have a bigger problem: when XM gets rid of 80 people, that's 80 less people that have ANY disposable income to buy a frill like XM! Multiply this by a half a million companies doing the same thing this year-and now you can see WHY cars and houses and TVs and XM isn't selling! NO ONE CAN AFFORD THEM BECAUSE SO MANY ARE UNEMPLOYED! It becomes a Catch 22!
THIS is the systemic problem with our country's economy! ONE HUNDRED PERCENT short term thinking! No one can even SEE the bigger picture any more!
In the past dozen years or so, these corporate clowns (Mel Karmizan et al) have begun to see employees as objects. We have been completely DEHUMANIZED! It began when they renamed Employee Relations to Human Resources. Problem is, treating employees as beans means the bean counters can't WAIT to get rid of them!
NOW we have a bigger problem: when XM gets rid of 80 people, that's 80 less people that have ANY disposable income to buy a frill like XM! Multiply this by a half a million companies doing the same thing this year-and now you can see WHY cars and houses and TVs and XM isn't selling! NO ONE CAN AFFORD THEM BECAUSE SO MANY ARE UNEMPLOYED! It becomes a Catch 22!
THIS is the systemic problem with our country's economy! ONE HUNDRED PERCENT short term thinking! No one can even SEE the bigger picture any more!
Hey Mel,, if you read these, should you decide to eliminate the following, i will cancel ,, Norm N Nite, Cousin Brucie, Magic Matt,, or eliminate Sirius Gold, Im gone ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I currently have 4 XMs and 3 Sirius subs, To be honest with you Mel, A new station KYA1260 is on the stream now, and its available from a cell phone, this is an option, wow i sure spent alot of money on the XM and Sirius radios! not to mention the installation Circuit City charged me, As far as Sirius, the Sirius Gold was my favorite, heard songs you never hear on terrestrial,,, and MR MUSIC NORM N NITE is by far the most knowledgable guy in music! I discovered his show 3 years ago, and immediatly had Circuit City install it in my Silverado! Kenny in Concord california
Attention cost-cutting morons:
Please reinstate IT. It costs NOTHING.
Also, please leave Moments To Remember and Pink and Black Days, and the 40s channel. Great, unique, well-produced, professional shows (and a channel.) Not sure how much they cost, but probably not much.
I echo the sentiment that I am not going to pay for XM anymore if it becomes Sirius. Think before you cut.
Please reinstate IT. It costs NOTHING.
Also, please leave Moments To Remember and Pink and Black Days, and the 40s channel. Great, unique, well-produced, professional shows (and a channel.)
Not sure how much they cost, but probably not much.I echo the sentiment that I am not going to pay for XM anymore if it becomes Sirius. Think before you cut.
Re: Here's the problem...
Huh?
I'm guessing your profession isn't economics.
Had XM & Sirius been even remotely responsible with their investments they might have made a go of it. But no, they followed the 90s dot-com business plan & threw good money after bad to the point where there was no way either service could make any money.
Mel Karmazin is a businessman, not an artiste. Clearly, neither service was attracting enough subscribers to make a go of it, even combined they were one large white elephant instead of 2 small ones. If anyone can make satellite radio a viable business, Mel is the one to do it. But he's not going to do it by making the same mistakes as his predecessors.
The reason we're in a recession is because for too long, too many people spent money they didn't have on things they couldn't afford, now the bills have come due. Greed and short-sightedness are not restricted to Wall St. The boom years of the 90s & early 00s were not sustainable.
LA_Guy said:
Huh?
I'm guessing your profession isn't economics.
Had XM & Sirius been even remotely responsible with their investments they might have made a go of it. But no, they followed the 90s dot-com business plan & threw good money after bad to the point where there was no way either service could make any money.
Mel Karmazin is a businessman, not an artiste. Clearly, neither service was attracting enough subscribers to make a go of it, even combined they were one large white elephant instead of 2 small ones. If anyone can make satellite radio a viable business, Mel is the one to do it. But he's not going to do it by making the same mistakes as his predecessors.
The reason we're in a recession is because for too long, too many people spent money they didn't have on things they couldn't afford, now the bills have come due. Greed and short-sightedness are not restricted to Wall St. The boom years of the 90s & early 00s were not sustainable.
Uncle Mel is going to have his Hat handed to him. The entire country is in a severe recession and its only just beginning! Its over for satellite radio, turn out the lights the parties over! The powers that be are just holding it together until after the election and then the **** is really going to hit the fan. Get ready for the soup and bread lines in every major US city.
Aren't you the optimistic one?
I was disappointed today listening to a podcast (gasp) of tech guy Leo Laporte discussing the subject of radios in cell phones.
Whereas it's this big push here―in radio circles―to get radios embedded in phones and music players because "everyone listens to the radio at some point" his point of view as a techie was completely different. He and his participants couldn't understand why ANYBODY'd want a radio in an mp3 player or cell phone when the iPhone can stream so many music channels off the internet.
He also added that satellite is done for, for that same reason. "Who wants to pay 13 bucks a month?" he asks, but no one with any common sense replied, "because it's cheaper than a $400 phone with a $100/month phone plan." One participant chimed in with truckers; another noted that terrestrial radio "probably" covers more territory for now than 3G. Note to these folks... Terrestrial and satellite radio cover a lot of this country than even AMPS ever did! Both will be useful necessities for the forseeable future.
I have to admit: Verizon has an impressive 3G network. AT&T and Sprint are behind, but not looking bad. T-Mobile is late to the game, as always... But I have at minimum 40 miles to hit ANY 3G network and almost that far to get real EDGE speeds on my GSM phone. There are huge chunks of this country whose 3G rollout might as well be NEXT century because the profitibility ain't there.
And there, we'll have satellite and terrestrial.
Or maybe just terrestrial if Uncle Mel keeps cost-cutting all the good things out of sat rad.
The fact of the matter is the next-gen technology is still a decade out for us "small towners" who, as always, get left behind technologically. We may be the ones who keep sat rad chugging, er, stumbling along for another 10-20 years if Mel doesn't Hindenburg this thing first.
I was disappointed today listening to a podcast (gasp) of tech guy Leo Laporte discussing the subject of radios in cell phones.
Whereas it's this big push here―in radio circles―to get radios embedded in phones and music players because "everyone listens to the radio at some point" his point of view as a techie was completely different. He and his participants couldn't understand why ANYBODY'd want a radio in an mp3 player or cell phone when the iPhone can stream so many music channels off the internet.
He also added that satellite is done for, for that same reason. "Who wants to pay 13 bucks a month?" he asks, but no one with any common sense replied, "because it's cheaper than a $400 phone with a $100/month phone plan." One participant chimed in with truckers; another noted that terrestrial radio "probably" covers more territory for now than 3G. Note to these folks... Terrestrial and satellite radio cover a lot of this country than even AMPS ever did! Both will be useful necessities for the forseeable future.
I have to admit: Verizon has an impressive 3G network. AT&T and Sprint are behind, but not looking bad. T-Mobile is late to the game, as always... But I have at minimum 40 miles to hit ANY 3G network and almost that far to get real EDGE speeds on my GSM phone. There are huge chunks of this country whose 3G rollout might as well be NEXT century because the profitibility ain't there.
And there, we'll have satellite and terrestrial.
Or maybe just terrestrial if Uncle Mel keeps cost-cutting all the good things out of sat rad.
The fact of the matter is the next-gen technology is still a decade out for us "small towners" who, as always, get left behind technologically. We may be the ones who keep sat rad chugging, er, stumbling along for another 10-20 years if Mel doesn't Hindenburg this thing first.
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