Senior Director, Player Programs / Communications
“The firing, done only for financial reasons, would be shocking — except that it isn’t. Legacy media such as newspapers, television and radio continue to see their audiences shrink and change… The result is a shattering of communal gathering experiences. We exist largely in silos of information that often turn into echo chambers. The world of sports media has been slivered into endless, mostly unlistenable, podcasts, AI-generated search results, streaming services you might not want to buy, too much content created by inexperienced and unreliable outlets.” Ann Killion of the San Francisco Chronicle highlighting the painful realities behind CUMULUS MEDIA’s major shakeup effecting not only one of the markets top-voices in Sports Radio for nearly 3 decades in Tom Tolbert - but also several longtime Industry Professionals who kept KNBR 680/1050 shows and programming a fixture on the West Coast dial. In a separate move – the Company has also changed the formatting drastically of two iconic stations – KSFO 560 and KGO 810 - going from Bay Area news/sports/weather/insights to national programming headlined by grievance and fear with only occasional local traffic reports. Terrestrial Radio for me is a mental getaway at times and I have always appreciated the many local Professionals who bring this service and medium to thousands around them each day. READ ARTICLE HERE: https://lnkd.in/gwur3izv #radiobroadcasting #linkedinsports
