DOWNSIZING – Page 3 – RAMP – Radio and Music Pros

Jeff Ballard: Free Agent

• After nearly 20 years at Nettwerk — and 25 years in the music industry — Jeff Ballard recently exited

• UPDATED: More cutbacks have come to light inside Beasley Media Group — the latest departure is Kathy Romano, longtime

• Adri Stuhr, who had been doing both middays and nights at WVRC Media Country 97.9 WKKW/Morgantown, WV, has exited

• RAMP has learned that veteran programmer Bill Gamble has exited Mid-West Family South Bend, IN, as his position as

• Corporate restructuring and that dreaded term “Reduction In Force” (RIF) has now affected SummitMedia, where RAMP hears as many

• This week, Universal Music Group Nashville rebranded as Music Corporation of America (MCA). Apparently that was Step 1 —

• RAMP has confirmed that Will Calder is out as Director of Programming and Operations for Classic Hip Hop WPOW

• Guy Gordon, a fixture on Detroit television and radio for the past four decades, has been let go from

• Economic issues affecting the radio industry have now reached Hubbard Radio West Palm Beach — Programming pro Bruce Logan

• As first reported by Country Aircheck, Monument Records is shutting down more than eight years. As a result, most