Cuts At Clear Channel

Trimming jobs to affect 1,500 at radio/advertising giant Clear Channel Communications. Targeted employees and budget cuts are said to include local programming hosts and production staff.

I’ll suggest that eliminating local programming is a mistake. While some of my favorite radio shows are nationally syndicated (and I happen to work for a national broadcast), there is a strong case to be made for a good local presence. That is what makes for good radio. And as the ol’ saying goes, “All news is local.”