Clear Channel Cuts Announced, 1850 People Out Of Work

[Kevin Vahey]

I will be curious on what the print edition says tomorrow. O'Dell was
the heart and soul of WNUA. Ramsey Lewis is now supposed to be offered
nationally because of name value.

In Detroit they eliminated local sports talk and have gone to Fox
Sports 24 hours...




On 1/20/09, Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:
> Kevin Vahey wrote:
>> There is a lot of outrage building in Chicago on how long time WNUA
>> personality Rick O'Dell was shown the door, literally escorted out of
>> building by a mail room clerk.
>>
>> However chances of his being fired in Chicago papers tomorrow is slim
>> and none because of another story.
>>
>
> Try again: it's already in Phil Rosenthal's Tribune blog, and will
> surely make the print edition tomorrow:
>
> http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2009/01/wnuafms-rick-odell-is-first-of-local-clear-channel-cuts.html
>
> I don't read much into the "CC tried to bury this on Inauguration Day so
> it wouldn't make the headlines" conspiracy theories. I took a call from
> one of the local TV stations today looking to do a story about the cuts
> in Rochester, and another one of the stations ran a story as well. If
> this was really CC's PR strategy, it wasn't a very smart one, and
> they're usually a little smarter than that.
>
> Sadly, 1850 layoffs nationwide is small change compared to, say, 30,000
> people out of work because Circuit City is closing. This was never going
> to be anything more than a business section mention (outside the small
> radio community) no matter when it was announced.
>
> s
>