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Look at the San Diego radio casualty list
As bad as this wholesale firing is, it's nothing new. I got into radio in 1966. One thing I learned early is that, unlike other fields, being fired didn't put a black mark on your resume. That was radio. We called it house cleaning. A new P. D. would be sneaked in and management told us all not to worry because "no changes are coming, we're just smoothing out or tightening up the format or or or. . .lies lies lies. We were then told to sign no-competes and anybody who refused (me) got purged immediately. In 1975 when I was at KAYO in Seattle, that new p.d. brought a whole new staff with him. Two years later at KMPS in Seattle, it took a few days longer but the result was the same. These weren't big chains, but were every bit as heartless. After two gigs in Phoenix, KLFF went to satellite and axed everyone. I then went to work on satellite at KCWW Real Country Network (what a hypocrite, huh?) on 85 stations for $10.00 an hour. Four years later I decided it was time to grow up, went back to Seattle, eventually got a county job (with benefits!) and retired after sixteen years with a pension. People in radio may not know what a pension is. Look it up. You'll be shocked. I haven't owned a radio or TV for twenty years. Radio used to be a companion and a friend. What happened? Dick Ellingson https://www.pugetsound.media/author/dick-ellingso…— January 29, 2020 7:37 a.m.