Cumulus Media’s latest staff reductions extend beyond on-air shifts into programming, sales and market leadership, according to November 12 reporting by RadioInsight and New Mexico Political Report.
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico Political Report identified longtime market manager Jeff Berry among those laid off. RadioInsight also reported the departure of KRST assistant program director and afternoon host Eddie Haskell.
RadioInsight’s expanded list includes WKHX program director Mike Moore in Atlanta, Georgia; WQUT program director and afternoon host Buzz Casey in Johnson City, Tennessee; senior account executive Jeff Berman in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and KJOY afternoon host Darren Ferreira in Stockton, California. Casey discussed his departure directly with RadioInsight; Ferreira said he had been let go in a public statement reproduced by the publication.
These reports broaden the picture beyond the individual departures first reported November 11 by RAMP. A company-wide headcount, the full list of affected stations and replacement programming arrangements remain unconfirmed.
The reductions follow Cumulus’s October 16 emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a private company, which RNN previously reported.