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Clear Channel lays off four in Asheville

Jason Sandford January 21, 2009

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

Following up on this earlier post, which I found over at the Carolina Stompers: I hear that four people have been laid off Clear Channel in Asheville. The Stompers confirm that information, and add this:

A source tells the Carolina Stompers that 3 sales associates and the production manager have been laid off at Clear Channel of Asheville and more lay offs are expected. “Morale is not good”.

This economy really, really sucks.

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Real Reporter January 23, 2009

I saw the Stompers reply to radiofollower on their website. Just to say you have one reporter and one director doesn’t mean anything. What kind of education and qualification do these people have? Did they check the information with more than one source, or just take the word of a disgruntled person with an ax to grind. I think radiofollower’s point was the accuracy of the information, not what titles they give themselves.

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Chad Nesbitt January 22, 2009

We replied to "radio follower" and "mark" at http://www.carolinastompers.com

We apologize for the mistake and it has been corrected.

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Mark January 22, 2009

Please…oh please Jason, don’t start using Carolina Stompers as a source. They can’t seem to get much right. Just this past weekend they published a headline that made it seem as though Matt Mittan would be fired from Clear Channel. While it’s true that they did not come right our and SAY that Mittan was about to be fired, but they used trickery and a clever headline to make it sound that way. Not sure if you listened or not but Matt is still running his mouth on the radio.

That’s just poor journalism. And this is not the first time Carolina Stompers has published flat out wrong information.

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Ricky January 21, 2009

All part-timers were let go as well. The "promotions" manager not the production manager was let go.

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radio follower January 21, 2009

Regarding the Clear Channel cutbacks: The Production Director did not lose his job. There were, however, cuts in the promotions department. I’m sorry when anyone loses his or her job in radio..or any business for that fact. It just sucks. Careful what you hear from the Carolina Stompers. They are not an official news organization (although they would like to think of themselves in that realm) and rumour shouldn’t count as the truth. We’re talking about people’s jobs.

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matt January 21, 2009

They laid off Sam Steele at Rock 104.9 as well, he did the 7-12am m-f shows I believe. Now all they have is the manager and the kid that did a weekend show. That’s good thinking…

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Ricky January 21, 2009

Wow, that’s unusual for a broadcast company to cut sales staff since they generally are only paid commission and are the ones bringing in dollars. From my experience at Clear Channel, it was always programming people who were let go because they could always just have somebody in another market voice-track a show and make it sound local.

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