[BC] Re: Anyone know the details?

[Jerry Mathis]

That sounds like an "Urban Legend". Cumulus has more than one Engineer on
its payroll, and there are contract engineers around.

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Jerry Mathis

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:15 AM, Dana Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:

> Enquiring minds want to know...
>
> -D
>
>    It appears a Cumulus station went silent during the chief engineer's
> mandatory furlough week.
>    The staff couldn't call him -- after all, when the Dickey's say you're
> furloughed, they mean it.
>    The problem arose when the furloughed engineer was not answering his
> phone, page or whatever means of communication he had. The station was
> reportedly off-the-air for a long period of time -- station people standing
> by
> in horror -- helpless.
>    The idea that real, live, breathing employees are expendable whether for
> furloughs or just your ordinary firing is proving to be shortsighted. It's
> one
> thing to try and cut expenses, but it shouldn't take a Harvard grad (Lew)
> to
> understand that being off-the-air is -- well, an emergency.
>
>

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Jerry Mathis