tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post9072556595467948603..comments2023-11-02T04:44:59.171-04:00Comments on John Gorman's Media Blog: Radio: Lost in TranslationJohn Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15246404080972884401noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-49508713659671355072008-01-31T12:59:00.000-05:002008-01-31T12:59:00.000-05:00How many sales personnel of competing stations are...How many sales personnel of competing stations are showing prospective clients this memo around in their markets?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-3458380762819065392008-01-29T20:04:00.000-05:002008-01-29T20:04:00.000-05:00NINE DOLLARS AND CHANGE. GOTTA LOVE IT. BAIN/LEE...NINE DOLLARS AND CHANGE. GOTTA LOVE IT. BAIN/LEE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. BACKOUT OR CC TAKES A HAIRCUT. <BR/><BR/>THE DEVALUATION HAS BEGUN.<BR/><BR/>HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-6244044619195461012008-01-29T15:11:00.000-05:002008-01-29T15:11:00.000-05:00You really have to admire the tremendous respect M...You really have to admire the tremendous respect Mr. Hogan has for his managers. He gives them a marching orders and expects a written response by the end of the day. This guy couldn't manage a Subway or maybe he could. Use one less pepperoni, one less cheese slice and fewer cold cuts. That is how he runs a radio company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-4125530704799092012008-01-29T15:06:00.000-05:002008-01-29T15:06:00.000-05:00I read, re-read and re-read again John Hogan's mem...I read, re-read and re-read again John Hogan's memo. That has to be the most morale-busting memo I have ever read. Not to mention transparent. That memo should be an example on how not to write one. Hogan should have done this in a conference call not an email. I can see this memo being used as an example of how not to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-63692676061482748702008-01-29T14:51:00.000-05:002008-01-29T14:51:00.000-05:00Well, tough to say no one saw it coming. I've been...Well, tough to say no one saw it coming. I've been gone from the business over10 years, though I stay in touch. I agree that the mismanagement in radio might pave the way for greater creativity down the line. But only if the collapse comes fast enough that when better ownership takes control people still have radios to listen to.<BR/><BR/>FWIW, I think you're wrong about Bain bailing out. As stupid as corporate radio management is, investment bankers are even stupider.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-8480970734908660702008-01-29T14:45:00.000-05:002008-01-29T14:45:00.000-05:00I have worked for both CBS and Clear Channel and o...I have worked for both CBS and Clear Channel and one is almost as bad as the other. Both stifle any promotion or marketing. CBS at least in "my town" is a political mess overseen by a skinny runt who fancies himself "The Godfather". He makes all the decisions regardless of department and radio stations. He is "owned" by his consultant who makes the programming decisions at two of the stations. Clear Channel in "my town" had invisible management. I met our market manager only once and we were never formally introduced. We go through that once a month exercise of who is going to get fired. How can either cluster survive in the long run. One run by a megolomaniac and the other barely run at all. I could not tell you which is worse. There are far more politics and even decisons based on religious beliefs made at CBS and at Clear Channel no decision is made locally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-85454886542265825852008-01-29T12:32:00.000-05:002008-01-29T12:32:00.000-05:00How does a "just hired" feel at a Clear Channel st...How does a "just hired" feel at a Clear Channel station? Is there a worse job than trying to sell time for that company especially after this memo leaked out? Buyers have to be having a field day. This is from a company that has already been spreading its legs and giving away bonus spots galore just to keep clients on the air. What now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-11363796230102799802008-01-29T12:27:00.000-05:002008-01-29T12:27:00.000-05:00it could be that randy micahels' way of getting ev...it could be that randy micahels' way of getting even with clear channel for humiliating him was to make john hogan the next in command. that guaranteed to kill clear channel. the way that company has treated its employees over the years they deserve to have their bain capital/lee deal fall apart. the mays family is well insultated and wont be hurt financially which is sad. if there is good news its that they will be exposed as the pariahs they are and they will be out of "the game".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-15936314444777507932008-01-29T12:03:00.000-05:002008-01-29T12:03:00.000-05:00John Hogan must have a pretty hefty golden parachu...John Hogan must have a pretty hefty golden parachute to be kept in the position of CEO for Clear Channel Radio.<BR/><BR/>His operation violates nearly every rule of effective management. Anyone worth their salt has to be looking for another company to work for since they have absolutely no control of their destiny.<BR/><BR/>Is that anyway to run a business? I am a bit shocked at the Mays family too. Lowry Mays was considered a brilliant businessman. You may or may not agree with his principles but he did know how to run a profitable company.<BR/><BR/>Lowry went wrong when he allowed the Jacor contingent to take over radio programming and sales. They never recovered from Randy Michaels. (and the same will be said of Tribune Corp.)<BR/><BR/>Clear Channel began its rapid downward spiral when the Lowry Mays's sons took over the operation. Young, rich and dumb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-26324584524499456552008-01-29T11:47:00.000-05:002008-01-29T11:47:00.000-05:00I cannot believe that a company CEO would issue su...I cannot believe that a company CEO would issue such a memo and in such detail. They really are that clueless in San Antonio. John Hogan is one of the original Randy Michaels boys. Is there a possibility that when Hogan's deal is up that he will jump ship to Tribune? The way he operates it is believable that he wants CC to boot him out so he can collect his golden parachute money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-49183216468005766412008-01-29T11:29:00.000-05:002008-01-29T11:29:00.000-05:00so, what do you think the businesses around town w...so, what do you think the businesses around town will think after reading that memo? Imagine the poor salesperson trying to "sell" their station--whem the company itself says NO MORE MARKETING money...i feel badly for the current employees..BUT maybe and just maybe...there is hope that radio could re-imagine itself after this is all said and done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-71049568231752858752008-01-29T10:59:00.000-05:002008-01-29T10:59:00.000-05:00By eliminating thier promotion and marketing CC is...By eliminating thier promotion and marketing CC is telling its clients that advertising is meaningless. I would hate to be on thier sales staff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-11572943185031703262008-01-29T10:54:00.002-05:002008-01-29T10:54:00.002-05:00I want to thank John Hogan for devaluing radio. S...I want to thank John Hogan for devaluing radio. Since I have no stock in broadcast media I'm all for its fall. Even though I was #1in my daypart and hit all the demo numbers I was downsized for budgetary reasons. Clear Channel rewards failure. While I lose my job and have to refigure my life the Mays family continue to run CC into the ground and pay themselves handsomely for doing so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-30553941367343535162008-01-29T10:54:00.001-05:002008-01-29T10:54:00.001-05:00I want to thank John Hogan for devaluing radio. S...I want to thank John Hogan for devaluing radio. Since I have no stock in broadcast media I'm all for its fall. Even though I was #1in my daypart and hit all the demo numbers I was downsized for budgetary reasons. Clear Channel rewards failure. While I lose my job and have to refigure my life the Mays family continue to run CC into the ground and pay themselves handsomely for doing so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-767688227202119442008-01-29T10:54:00.000-05:002008-01-29T10:54:00.000-05:00I want to thank John Hogan for devaluing radio. S...I want to thank John Hogan for devaluing radio. Since I have no stock in broadcast media I'm all for its fall. Even though I was #1in my daypart and hit all the demo numbers I was downsized for budgetary reasons. Clear Channel rewards failure. While I lose my job and have to refigure my life the Mays family continue to run CC into the ground and pay themselves handsomely for doing so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-28471016847297149892008-01-29T09:44:00.000-05:002008-01-29T09:44:00.000-05:00How not to run a company. As you say...fish stink ...How not to run a company. As you say...fish stink from the head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-38060195893953679082008-01-29T09:07:00.000-05:002008-01-29T09:07:00.000-05:00I had to laugh when I saw that memo because I just...I had to laugh when I saw that memo because I just drove by a Clear Channel billboard begging for salespeople to call them! So far I think only a handful of homeless and the mentally challenged have applied! [and if they aren't mentally challenged before they work for CC, they certainlly will be afterwords!]YEKIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921751875397071034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2639893053950014759.post-67164513594077928802008-01-29T08:52:00.000-05:002008-01-29T08:52:00.000-05:00The bigger they are the harder they fall-- on the ...The bigger they are the harder they fall-- on the poor saps who dreamed of working in radio. Aw Me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com