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WBUR/Boston Hit With Budget Cuts

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 kevincarter NPR, WBUR

• Public radio continues to get financially hammered by ongoing COVID-19-related issues. On the heels of major cutbacks at Chicago

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MPR Hit With COVID-19 Cuts

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 kevincarter Minnesota Public Radio

• The ongoing financial stress caused by the deadly coronavius pandemic has created some deep cuts at Minnesota Public Radio

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Steve Holstein On The Loose

June 10, 2020 kevincarter Saga Communications

• After a remarkable 24-year run with Saga-owned Country WIXY/Champaign, IL, Steve Holstein, host of the Holstein & Company morning

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iHeartMedia, Beasley Extend Furloughs

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 kevincarter Beasley Media Group, COVID-19, iHeartMedia

• Citing a longer than expected lockdown of businesses and communities across the country due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,

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Gary Williams Exits CMG Miami

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 kevincarter Cox Media Group, WFEZ

• RAMP has learned that after two decades in the building at Cox Media Group Miami, Gary Williams announced his

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Meruelo Furloughs Now Layoffs

June 2, 2020 kevincarter KLOS, Meruelo Media

• In late March we initially reported that Meruelo Media had temporarily furloughed a number of high profile staffers due

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Canale On The Loose

May 28, 2020 kevincarter SummitMedia

• COVID-19-related budget cuts have come calling again, this time at SummitMedia Wichita, KS, as Frank Canale has exited his dual

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COVID Cuts @ Connoisseur CT

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 kevincarter Connoisseur Media

• RAMP has confirmed several COVID-19-related personnel cuts at Connoisseur Media Connecticut — let’s start at News-Talk WICC 600/Bridgeport, where morning

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Two Sides Of The Randi Kirshbaum Saga

May 18, 2020May 19, 2020 kevincarter Saga Communications

• On Monday, RAMP stood in the center of a two-sided story emanating out of Saga’s Portland Radio Group in

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Buyouts At Minnesota Public Radio

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 kevincarter COVID-19, Minnesota Public Radio

• With the radio industry as a whole facing a budget crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota Public Radio