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Posted by SlipperyPete
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Sep 2007
2796 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 8:36 pm
Will they be impacted by the following?

From the NY Post....

The new owners of radio giant Clear Channel Communications will next week begin implementing a massive restructuring plan that seeks to cut $400 million in costs at the company, The Post has learned.

According to three sources with knowledge of the plan, the restructuring will include layoffs across the company's radio, outdoor advertising and international divisions as well as cuts to programming budgets and consolidation of back-office operations.

A precise headcount for the layoffs could not be obtained. Clear Channel has about 30,000 employees worldwide.

The company is also likely to move toward a "national programming" model that would require less local-level staffing, despite being criticized in the past for a similar action using centralized disc jockeys that made it appear as though they were broadcasting from local stations.

Sources said an initial round of layoffs is expected to commence next Tuesday - not coincidentally the same day President-elect Barack Obama is to be sworn into office. Clear Channel managers are hoping they can slip in the layoffs while the press is preoccupied with Inauguration Day festivities, sources said.

A Clear Channel spokeswoman declined to comment.

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Posted by TigerJohn
The 5th Floor
Member since May 2004
15705 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 8:40 pm to
It very well could. Buddy, Jimmy, Jordy are untouchable b/c of the fact they are puting 2500-3000 into the station each month. The only people who are employed by the station are Me, Matt and Richard.
Posted by Cash
Vail
Member since Feb 2005
37594 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 8:40 pm to
TFR's days are numbered.
Posted by SlipperyPete
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Sep 2007
2796 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 8:43 pm to
Was that article news to you?
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
175883 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 8:45 pm to
Maybe now you'll only be able to hear it 10 miles outside of Baton Rouge instead of the 20 miles you can now.
Posted by TigerJohn
The 5th Floor
Member since May 2004
15705 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 8:45 pm to
Nope. Been hearing about it for a long time now.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77825 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 8:47 pm to
quote:

Clear Channel Communications will next week begin implementing a massive restructuring plan that seeks to cut $400 million in costs at the company


This would never happen to Westwood One.

Posted by medtiger
Member since Sep 2003
21956 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 9:50 pm to
quote:

Buddy, Jimmy, Jordy are untouchable b/c of the fact they are puting 2500-3000 into the station each month. The only people who are employed by the station are Me, Matt and Richard.


I've heard this said before, so just out of curiosity, if Buddy is putting that kind of cash into the station each month, what else does he do? I know Jordy has other jobs, so I understand how he makes a living, but I've never seen Buddy do anything but the radio show.
Posted by Maximus
Member since Feb 2004
81448 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 9:51 pm to
ads?
Posted by TigerJohn
The 5th Floor
Member since May 2004
15705 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 9:54 pm to
Buddy sells his program and makes enough money to pay his bill with station and live comfortably.
Posted by Cash
Vail
Member since Feb 2005
37594 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 9:57 pm to
The score is only making about $35-35k/year from Buddy's Noon-3PM slot? If so this is peanuts and I don't see how they are profitable.

Or do they get to hold back some of the ad time to sell themselves?
Posted by Dirt Dog
Member since Jan 2008
225 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 9:58 pm to
quote:

if Buddy is putting that kind of cash into the station each month, what else does he do? I know Jordy has other jobs, so I understand how he makes a living, but I've never seen Buddy do anything but the radio show.
He's a high-paid model and spokesman for The Body Image...remember those 3 S's: sugar, salt, and saturated fats.


I really don't know but I'm always curious what else these guys do. Seems like they're always dabbling in something.
Posted by TigerJohn
The 5th Floor
Member since May 2004
15705 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 10:09 pm to
Bottom Line: Songy Pays 2500-3000 a month. If he sells 20 sponsors for 500 bucks a month then he's making a pretty comfortble living. Throw in the fact that he probably has some trade with some of his sponsors ( free golf, free meals etc) he is ok.

The station gets a few minutes of ad time per hour during the contracted shows.
Posted by TigerJohn
The 5th Floor
Member since May 2004
15705 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 10:11 pm to
Then throw in the fact that Real Deal Coaches Show, Jaguar Journal, Jon Fine Sports and Tulane Sports all pay for air time on the station
Posted by TigerPhan27
edgy racial f'n pervert.
Member since Apr 2008
15693 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 10:44 pm to
So you are saying Buddy makes 80k to know nothing but the lsu football depth chart and hit on women half his age? that doesn't seem right.

I enjoyed Condon's flip out on today's show when someone asked if we could get ott to take his place so we could have sports talk from 4-6
Posted by TigerJohn
The 5th Floor
Member since May 2004
15705 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 10:46 pm to
That was an estimate. I know that Buddy is well off. If you can sell yourself in Baton Rouge you can make a lot of money.
Posted by TigerPhan27
edgy racial f'n pervert.
Member since Apr 2008
15693 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 10:47 pm to
That's just awful
Posted by SPEEDY
2005 Tiger Smack Poster of the Year
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 1/16/09 at 10:47 pm to
quote:

when someone asked if we could get ott to take his place so we could have sports talk from 4-6



Posted by TigerPhan27
edgy racial f'n pervert.
Member since Apr 2008
15693 posts
Posted on 1/16/09 at 10:50 pm to
it caused him to go off on how no one listens to sports talk and he had the numbers to prove it and he was so good that the score pays him instead him paying them.
Posted by sheek
New Albany, OH
Member since Sep 2007
44131 posts
Posted on 1/17/09 at 9:14 am to
whats the over/under on when jimmy telling li scrappy to frick off on monday. I say right when he walks through the door of the Xerox building.
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