‘Everybody’s in Revolt’: How One Radio Station Fought iHeartMedia Cuts — and Won
here will be some employee dislocation — some by geography and some by function — which is the unfortunate price we pay to modernize the company.” In a subsequent statement, iHeartMedia said “the number [of cuts] is relatively small given our overall employee base of 12,500.”
Fales and Murphy’s campaign also serves as a potential playbook for rebelling against an arbitrary corporate mandate and emerging victorious. As soon as Fales found out his colleagues were cut, he started texting with Murphy, who was on an overdue vacation with his wife in Cancun. “We just decided, we’re not going back on the air today,” Fales says. “It felt like being a scab crossing a picket line.” only exacerbated the “Murph and Andy” hosts’ frustration.
And the story of the layoffs at KXNO hit a nerve. As word spread online, many listeners announced their intention to take their patronage elsewhere. In response to a post from Murphy on Facebook, a user named William Gilly Halling declared that “KXNO won’t be on my dial unless you and the crew are back on.” “I already deleted my iHeartRadio app because I have no use for it anymore,” added a user named Chris Eirikson.
Joel McCrea, who serves as general manager of KXNO, did not respond to a request for comment. But he chimed in on the station’s official Twitter account. “I heard you,” heon Thursday afternoon. “I made a mistake. They are all coming back on Tuesday morning at six!”
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