WBZ cuts Leveille, Cuddy, Dyett, poss. Desmarais

[Jim Armstrong]

Amen Lou et al.   

I just fail to see how cutting, cutting and more cutting makes for a better
product.   Sure they can save some and try to prove to the stockholders that
they aren't as poorly run as they are.  

But why not cut the big dogs salaries, keep the talent and hire anyone else
to manage these corporate entities.  Someone with ZERO business training (I
am thinking of Cosmo Kramer here) certainly couldn't do any worse!  

Here's an analogy, if you run a restaurant that sells Steak and fries,  You
start making lousy fries and dried out expensive smaller steaks. Why will
people eat there?    

In radio you are selling a product to prospective advertisers at a premium
price.   You have now diluted and washed the product out so much that
listeners are turning to Cable TV, IPods, NPR and Print. What makes you
think that Mom and Pop's Paint and Wallpaper Store will spend a dime buying
spots?  

It is really depressing. 

 

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[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Lou
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 11:10 AM
To: 'Mark Laurence'; 'BostonRadio Mailing List'
Subject: RE: WBZ cuts Leveille, Cuddy, Dyett, poss. Desmarais

I will add my voice to the choir by saying:  This is horrible.  Where does
it end?

Perhaps, in an overly optimistic vein, the pendulum will begin to swing
back.  Corporate people will try to unload some of these properties back to
local companies which will pump-in some local cash with hopes of
resurrecting them.  Or has the economic model for good, local radio really
faded into history?


-----Original Message-----
From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Mark Laurence
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:17 PM


The biggest common denominator is merger-driven corporate debt.   
Everyone is hurting to be sure, but the companies in the worst  
trouble are those who borrowed their way to the top.  Since that is  
pretty much everyone at the current top, it's hard to distinguish  
them from the rest of the business, but they are the ones who are  
most fiercely cutting their way into the dumpster.