A round of layoffs took place this week at Colorado Public Radio affecting fifteen employees.
A report from the organization says that most of the cuts came in the audio and podcast production departments with CPR News Executive Editor Kevin Dale stating, “I hate to see talented colleagues lose their positions for financial reasons. CPR News has been growing into a powerful news source for the past six years. Our mission has been to become an urgent newsroom that also has time to devote to enterprise reporting and accountability reporting, and we remain dedicated to that.” The cuts were connected to a drop in corporate sponsorships and drops in podcasting revenue. An all-staff meeting is scheduled for this morning.
The cuts followed growth at CPR from 46 employees in 2006 to 214 in 2022 as it expanded to three programming services with “CPR News” based at 90.1 KCFR Denver, “CPR Classical” at 88.1 KVOD Denver, and AAA “Indie 102.3” KVOQ Greenwood Village. Colorado Public Radio also took over the operations of Colorado College’s 91.5 KRCC Colorado Springs in 2020 retaining that as a separate brand.