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ProfessorGAC

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1. Equally Surprised

Reply to mucifer (Original post)

Fri Nov 5, 2021, 06:14 PM

Nov 2021

Especially about XRT.
The whole concept is low-key & ratings are music driven, not personality driven. (Although I like a few of their long time hosts a lot, notably Terri Hemmert.)
Surprised that there would be workplace issues like this, plus demotions of long standing women hosts.
It's true that radio is male dominated. When a station has a pleasant sounding professional woman on air for a while, why rock the boat.
AOR radio isn't going to make hundreds of millions, no matter what. So, why this behavior?

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Equally Surprised ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #1

Damn! I'd totally missed this story. I remember when I first moved to CHI one of Carlitos Brigante Nov 2021 #2