A round of layoffs are underway at iHeartMedia this week.
Sources tell us that revenue projections for the rest of the year are trending downward, which is leading to this round of cutbacks at iHeart’s local station operations as the company sets their budgets for the rest of the year. We are told the cuts are going to be made over a multiple day period, much like the company’s last round of layoffs in the fall of 2020. So far we have heard of dismissals from programming, on-air, and digital departments across the country.
Among the departures that have gone public so far are:
Boston
Lance Houston exits as Program Director of Country “101.7 The Bull” WBWL. The Atlanta based Houston was also a member of the National Programming Team and had previously programmed WPOC Baltimore and WEBG Chicago and had a previous six year stint programming WBWL and two tenures on-air at WUBL Atlanta during his fifteen year run with the company.
Chicago
Jordan ‘JRDN’ Foster is out as night host at CHR “103.5 Kiss-FM” WKSC. JRDN joined Kiss-FM in 2015 and was promoted from overnights and fill-ins to evening host in October 2019.
Tampa
Mychal Maguire departs as Program Director at Hip Hop “95.7 The Beat” WBTP after seven years. Maguire previously served as SVP/Programming for iHeart Montgomery AL, Director of Urban Programming in Maco and PD of WPHH Hartford for the company. He has also worked in Shreveport, Charleston and Killeen TX.
This story first appeared on radioinsight.com