As the first quarter of the year winds to a close today, the end of the quarter has brought about staff reductions at some iHeartMedia clusters.
Coming two weeks after initiating cost savings that were “to do everything we can to get through this difficult economic time while protecting our employee base as much as possible,” cuts have taken place this week at a handful of iHeartMedia markets.
Among the known exits:
Chicago
‘Johnnie D’ Glover exits as Program Director at Hip Hop 107.5 WGCI as his position was eliminated. Glover joined the cluster as APD of WGCI and Adult R&B “V103” WVAZ in June 2015 and rose to PD of WGCI in January 2017. Prior to joining the company he served as APD/Morning Show Producer at “V103” WVEE Atlanta and held roles at WQHT New York, WPWX Chicago, and WPHI Philadelphia.
Rochester NY
Rich ‘Rizzo’ Deaver and Jeff ‘Rat’ Daly have been let go as afternoon hosts at Hot Talk “Radio 95.1” WAIO Honeoye Falls after just over a year at the station. The duo joined WAIO in March 2022 after previously hosting mornings at MacDonald Garber Broadcasting CHR “106 KHQ” WKHQ-FM Traverse City MI. The duo also worked together at CHR “98.7 Amp Radio” WDZH Detroit where Daly co-hosted mornings and Deaver was the producer. Under the on-air name ‘Rat Boy’ and later just ‘Rat’, Daly also co-hosted afternoons at “Q102” WIOQ Philadelphia, and nights at 93.3 WFLZ Tampa with Josh ‘Puff’ Foreman. Rizzo previously hosted mornings at Classic Rock 94.3 WQCM Hagerstown MD and CHR “92.9 The Beat” KOSP Springfield MO. He was also part of “The Todd Show” on WPLJ New York under the on-air name ‘Meatballs’.
Tampa
Jack Harris was let go as morning host at News/Talk 970 WFLA ending his third stint at the station which started in 1993.
Sarah Lanieu departs as VP/Marketing & Promotions after five years with the cluster. Prior to her arrival in Tampa, Lanieu spent five years as Director of Marketing/Promotions for CBS Radio Miami and was also Marketing Director for WPXY Rochester and Promotions Director for WWHT Syracuse.
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