Sounds like the ABC model...kill off any dead weight, real or perceived, before the beancounters from the NEW company come in and look over the books, pre-merger or pre-buyout. I call it 'greasing the bottom line.'
Overpaid second-bananas or overpaid non-morning talent...watch out! Just ask Dan Potter or Chris House.
Not fair to call it an ABC model. The Cumulus takeover of Susquehanna was a blood bath, but even with that is it Cumulus fault that WOLF etc was fat with body count? I think every GM has the responsibility to have a prudent bottom line. it doesn't mean going without, it means discipline to have what you need to get the job done. Its everyones model in running a good business. Sorry about Dan and Chris, but people choices are made every day in our business. Beancounters only make you brutaly aware of what you should have done in the first place.
Fair assessment, but to that point. If "modeling" isn't fair, then why is it that every uber-corp out there seems to have a reputation that precedes it?
> C (an't) B(roadcast) S (#$%) - Broadcasting without a net
> CC - Broadcasting with a God complex
> Citadel - Broadcasting between the lines
> Radio One - Broadcasting on the take
> CUME-less - Broadcasting on the cheap
I could go on, but why? Bottom lines are a necessary evil in this business, and I get that. But to make every good and hard working board-op, producer and talent crawl under the line just to make in their "structured" world is a bit much. But hey, what do I know... I'm not the biggest fan of JACK-FM
