MEET THE “DISLOCATEES” • MISSING LISTENERS IN IOWA

Last Tuesday (1/14/20), iHeartMedia announced a new internal operating  structure.

The goal of is to save money by cutting expenses including eliminating jobs. 

Now the toll of the “fallen” has begun to appear...

iHeart calls this process “employee dislocation.”

iHeart’s move has cost more than 100 people their jobs.

This is bad news for radio.

The leadership at iHeart seems to want broadcast and audio centers that operate with the fewest number of people possible.

For instance, one of the new divisions, called the Community Division, will lump together stations in smaller markets that are geographically close and are “culturally similar.”

Here is iHeart’s goal in, their own words:

“We want to provide a better experience for listeners and business partners and a more efficient process for all of its employees."

LET’S MEET SOME OF THE “DISLOCATEES” THE MAKE IN NONCOM PUBLIC MEDIA

Check RadioInsight.com for updates here.

NEW ORLEANS

• ANGIE BERLIER, Producer/On-air Talent Sports WODT (1280)and WRNO (99.5)/NEW ORLEANS  angela.berlier@yahoo.com (504) 782-5633  FACEBOOK.com/producerangie

LOS ANGELES

• JULIANNE MILLER, KYSR/LOS ANGELES, THE WOODY SHOW Phone Screener/On Air Talent SATURDAY Nights 7p-12a, Jewels2784@yahoo.com, (951) 809-1281, IG & TWITTER: @damnJulianne

MINNEAPOLIS

• MOLLIE KENDRICK Morning co-host Triple A KTCZ (CITIES 97.1)/ (with CHR and country experience) mollieonair@gmail.com (970)980-4940 @mollieonair

MEMPHIS

• PAUL “BRODEE” SCOTT APD/Creative Services Dir./Digital Content Coordinator/Afternoon Drive, Top 40 KWNW (101.9 KISS FM)/MEMPHIS
pmjscott1@gmail.com  (901) 634-7902 @brodeescott

ALBANY

• Joe Gallagher departs as weekend host at News-Talk 810/103.1 WGY. Gallagher started at the station as afternoon host in the 1980s.

Cluster operations manager Randy McCarten and production director Dan “Duke” Mussman also lost their jobs.

ASHEVILLE

• Morning co-host Sharon Green departs Country “99.9 Kiss Country” WKSF.

• Afternoon host Pete Kaliner departs News/Talk 570 WWNC Asheville NC.

•Tank Spencer departs WWNC as news anchor, producer and sports talk host.

BOSTON

• Morning anchor Deb Lawler departs News 1030 WBZ just weeks after celebrating her 35th anniversary at the station.

• WBZ also cuts ties with overnight talk host Bradley Jay, commentator Jon Keller and sportscaster Tom Cuddy.

CINCINNATI

• Weekend hosts Marilyn Harris and Dale Donovan depart Talk 550 WKRC along with producers Mark ‘Ranger Bob’ Erickson and Dave Cuddohy and a number of unnamed board operators from the cluster.

GRAND RAPIDS

• Rick Albin, political reporter for WOOD-TV will no longer contribute to the morning show at News/Talk 1300 WOOD/106.9 WOOD-FM.

HARTFORD

• Cameron Hendricks is out as News Director at News/Talk 1450 WKIP/1370 WJIP.

• Dianne ‘Dee’ Zanin exits as News Reporter for News/Talk 1450 WKIP/1370 WJIP and weekend host at Country 107.3 WRWD.

LOUISVILLE

• Leland Conway is out as 9am-12pm host at News/Talk 840 WHAS Louisville after six plus year

MARION, OH

• Randy Bigley exits mornings at News/Talk 1490 WMRN and News Director for iHeartmedia Mansfield/Ashland and Marion.

NEW YORK

• Joe Concha exits as host of the “WOR Tonight” evening show on 710 WOR.quad c

QUAD CITIES

• Morning host Dave Levora and afternoon host Jim Fisher depart News/Talk 1420 WOC.

SUSSEX, NJ

• Tony Dee exits as Chief Engineer for the cluster.

NIELSEN “FALL QUARTER” RATINGS FOR RICHMOND, DES MOINES, MONTEREY-SANTA CRUZ, SPOKANE

The Nielsen numbers for Fall 2017, 2018 and 2019 for Des Moines need to be questioned. 

It just doesn’t make sense that all three Iowa Public Radio stations/formats lost such big chunks of listeners.

The dip by WOI-AM is unrealistic.

Good news for radio in Richmond. After splitting WCVE into two stations with distinct formats.

It’s the same pattern in Roanoke. WVTF split into two stations around the same time.

There are two noncom stations in Spokane that aren't rated but they matter:

Classical KAGW, from Gonzaga University and Jazz KEWU are both players.

Whenever we see the ratings for Monterey-Santa Cruz, we think of KUSP.

Once it was a proud NPR-member News station. 

Unfortunately it was operated by fools who cared more about politics than the listeners and supporters