SAN FRANCISCO--2-12'09
Fresh off cutting millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs, via it's radio stations in the mid-west and south, Atlanta-based CUMULUS CEO, Lew Dickey, is in San Francisco looking over the company's radio outlet's here, (KNBR, KFOG, 107.7, "The Bone") among other things, scouring the various talent, producers, salespeople, promotion people and their salaries'.
Anybody making over $100,000, including management positions, are reportedly being heavily scrutinized as the Cumulus stock fell to 87 cents, and many industry analysts expect that the company will conduct a "Clear Channel operation", referring to CC's $400 million across-the-board, budgetary cuts.
Wonder if Dickey's compensation will be subject to the possible ax-wielding: he made almost $11 million in 2007.
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T.O. to the Raiders?
Dallas Cowboys star wide-out Terrell Owens is out of owner Jerry Jones plans this year, according to SI/NBC's Peter King, fueling rumors of a possible move by the Oakland Raiders to acquire the controversial, but talented 35 year-old. The Raiders need a wide receiver, but would they be willing to pay the $9 million Owen's contract for '09? And will the Cowboys cut their star receiver or try to trade him? We know that Al Davis has long coveted Owens, and has a cordial relationship with Jones. Stay tuned.
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PEBBLE BEACH
Just got off the phone with famed golf and NFL football writer Art Spander who told me that the press center at the AT& T golf tourney in Pebble Beach was half-empty, another indication that news outlet's, mainly newspapers, have decided to cut back sending writers to even famous golf tournaments like this one...Spander also relayed that KTVU's Fred Inglis was present, but without a cameraman, and that there is word that KRON's weekend sports anchor Vernon Glenn will soon be "dispatched". I called KRON to get a comment; was directed to Glenn's voicemail, so for now, "Mr. Involvement" remains at the troubled YOUNG broadcasting indie. UPDATE: Word is now out that indeed, Glenn has been laid off at KRON-TV.
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QUESTION: How can KGO radio be taken seriously when they use insipid, excruciatingly irritating and 'bizarro talk hostess Pat Thurston? The grating Thurston, who once used her bra size as a hiring point on an application to a radio station a few years back, is one of KGO's revolving hosts on the station's 10 PM--1 AM time slot.
Presumably, GM Mickey Luckoff and PD Jack Swanson will get to their senses and '86 Thurston asap. She's about as entertaining and compelling as watching a CNBC infomercial on Saturday night.
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Larry Shannon is the King of radio trades and his "RDN Central" at http://www.radiodailynews.com/ is must reading for everyone in the biz . Take a look.
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