DOWNSIZING – Page 43 – RAMP – Radio and Music Pros

Michelle Stevens: Free Agent

March 24, 2019March 25, 2019 kevincarter Connoisseur Media

• Longtime programmer Michelle Stevens is now a free agent for the first time in over a quarter-century, as her position

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Tom ‘Grover’ Biery Exits BMG

March 18, 2019March 19, 2019 kevincarter BMG

• Longtime record industry executive Tom “Grover” Biery has exited as BMG’s EVP/Recorded Music on the heels of a recent management

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Cumulus Indy LMA Leads To Shrinkage

March 1, 2019March 3, 2019 kevincarter Cumulus Media, Entercom, Indianapolis

• At the stroke of 12:01am on Friday, March 1, Cumulus initiated the LMA of the three Indianapolis radio stations

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Shepard Downsized At BCA San Diego

January 23, 2019 kevincarter Broadcast Company Of The Americas

• RAMP has learned that veteran programmer/consultant Mike Shepard was laid off Tuesday, part of a RIF at Broadcast Company of

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Boogie D Exits Radio One

January 11, 2019January 15, 2019 kevincarter Radio One, Urban One

• RAMP has confirmed that Radio One programming fixture Jowcol “Boogie D” Dolby has exited his post as OM of Urban WGPR (Hot

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AJC: Wanda, Miss Sophia Exit V103/Atlanta

January 3, 2019 kevincarter Entercom

• The always reliable Rodney Ho at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting Entercom Urban WVEE (V103)/Atlanta has parted company with two-thirds of Frank

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Shutdown Creates FCC Shrinkage

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 kevincarter FCC

• In the highly unlikely event that the partial government shutdown is ended anytime soon, the Federal Communications Commission announced

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The Programming Dept.

January 1, 2019January 1, 2019 kevincarter Entercom, Hubbard Radio, Momentum Broadcasting

• Great news about a longtime friend and former Fresno radio colleague, Rose Ortega — she has been upped to Assistant

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Chuck Knight: Free Agent

January 1, 2019 kevincarter

• One of the industry’s most experienced programming pros is now available for his next broadcasting opportunity — Chuck Knight exited

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NextRadio, TagStation Cut 35 Jobs

December 13, 2018December 20, 2018 kevincarter Emmis, NextRadio, TagStation

• Back in October Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan initially announced the company planned to “dramatically reduce” operations of his passion projects