[BC] Fallout from cuts

[Dana Puopolo]

I dunno...
My contacts say he's a pretty good guy.
Perhaps he decided to do the firing himself, rather then have a Citadel lackey
do it-then decided "screw it, I'm outta here".

Let's see-we're up against WGN, the station that legends are made from-now how
can we compete effectively?
I KNOW! Let's GET RID of people! If we ELIMINATE half our talent and our
entire news department we'll be in a MUCH better position to compete!

Makes me wonder what Senior management at Citadel are smoking in that glass
pipe!

-D

------ Original Message ------
Received: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:14:46 PM EDT
From: Jess hundahl <j-hundahl at northwestern.edu>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Fallout from cuts


>Still reeling from budget cuts, massive layoffs and disappointing 
>ratings, news/talk WLS-AM (890) lost its top boss Tuesday.
>
>In an unexpected move, John Gallagher resigned after more than three 
>years as president and general manager of the Citadel Broadcasting station.
>
>  John Gallagher resigned after eliminated more than a dozen jobs 
> and virtually gutted the news department. On orders from Citadel last
February,

>This Man? should of quit ! And made the next boss do the blood bath 
>for Citadel . imho

He guts the station and then sneaks out like a bad dog.