Lotus Tucson Furloughs Three

• Like many broadcast companies during this ongoing pandemic, Lotus Arizona Corp. has had to make some tough economic decisions — the company announced it has temporarily furloughed three talented Tucson employees (l-r): Beth Simmons, afternoon personality on Classic Rock KLPX, Dino Nespoli, afternoon talent on Active Rock KFMA (Rock 102.1) and Mike Rapp, morning news anchor/weekend air talent on AC KMXZ (94.9 Mix FM).

Lotus released a company statement that reads, in part, “Unfortunately, the current pandemic situation has impacted our business significantly, and as a result, we find that we must make some immediate and difficult personnel decisions, so Arizona Lotus is implementing a temporary furlough of certain positions. The purpose of a furlough is the availability to bring our team members back when (hopefully) there’s been an economic improvement to our operations. While not ideal, this arrangement will help us move forward in the short term. We cannot stress enough how valuable each of these people are, and very much look forward to the day we can call them back home.”