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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jul 1, 2020 5:15:11 GMT -6
Ken said "I was told that an email was sent out on Tuesday, the 26th, to the staff. Just said he was no longer with the company, and that they could not comment any further on HR matters." That would put it the day after Memorial Day, a traditional time for station changes BTW. I trust Ken as a known insider more than random Facebook nonsense.
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Post by David on Jul 1, 2020 8:50:57 GMT -6
Ken said "I was told that an email was sent out on Tuesday, the 26th, to the staff. Just said he was no longer with the company, and that they could not comment any further on HR matters." That would put it the day after Memorial Day, a traditional time for station changes BTW. I trust Ken as a known insider more than random Facebook nonsense. I think we need some clarification here. Ken's post says Carter was dismissed on May 26th, yet marconi's post dated June 25th says Jon was on KRSP "as late as week before last". That would have been the week of June 8th. The last post made on Jon's Facebook page is dated June 9th for an Arrow 103.5 event on June 12th. Something just doesn't add up.
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Post by amanuensis on Jul 1, 2020 10:10:46 GMT -6
Perhaps he was given notice on 26 May that he would be dismissed (or he gave notice on that date that he was quitting), but he was given an effective date a couple of weeks in the future (or he gave two weeks notice to KRSP) so that he could wrap things up such as remote broadcasts that he was already signed up to do.
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Post by kenglish on Jul 1, 2020 11:12:46 GMT -6
I really need something better than a phone keyboard.... It was Tuesday, June 16 (not 26). Same day as KJZZ was originally scheduled to switch to ATSC 3.0. That's what I was told by people who still work at KSL. Sorry.
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Post by David on Jul 1, 2020 13:20:04 GMT -6
Thanks for the clarification, Ken. The June 16th date agrees with the information posted in the Utah Radio Chat group by a former Bonneville International employee.
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Post by zero on Jul 2, 2020 21:39:35 GMT -6
Arrow didn't get rid of the voice guy you referenced (Nick Michaels). He passed away in 2018.
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Post by drpepper on Jul 5, 2020 1:48:53 GMT -6
Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification. IMO, he did great work. Heard him on KMTT, and a handful of others that aren't coming to mind ATM.
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Post by marconi on Jul 9, 2020 10:37:40 GMT -6
His Arrow Facebook page has finally been taken down. I guess that about wraps it up. Good luck, Jon Carter, wherever you are, and thanks for the memories.
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Post by oldiesfunhouse on Jul 10, 2020 8:44:25 GMT -6
This is just my opinion and perception so if my post is deemed offensive please take it down with my apologies. It's because of things like this that, as a listener, I feel very used by the radio industry. I realize these are private companies and, as such, they have the right to hire and fire employees as they see fit and they do not owe the public an explanation. But it seems that when it comes to consuming their content, these companies want to be VERY public. They hope we'll take time out of our days, listen to their programming, and, ultimately, patronize their advertisers so that they can continue to be viable and profitable. We come to their remotes and allow their talent into our homes and cars and make them part of our daily routine. So when it benefits THEM they want to be VERY public. But, in a situation like what has happened with Jon Carter, all these loyal listeners/customers (and again this is just how it feels to me) mean nothing to them. We tune in one day and he's there and the next he's gone. No explanation, no comment. I start to feel much less like a loyal valued customer and much more like a meaningless dollar sign. I've come to expect this kind of treatment from companies like Cumulus and iHeart but, naively, I expected better from Bonneville. If Jon was legitimately retiring, it seems like they should have promoted the heck out of it and given him a big send off complete with press release and a listener party etc. But, maybe he has a new deal in the works and with NDAs and all that it had to be this way. At least there is some justice in the world. I mean, Tom Barberi sued Clear Channel (now iHeart) and won, right? That was sweet justice. They fired Tom trying to make it look like he retired, he sued them and one, and not long after that they had to sell the station. I'd be interested if anyone else feels the same way. Okay. Rant over!
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Post by David on Jul 10, 2020 12:05:23 GMT -6
Based on some the comments posted recently on The Arrow's Facebook page, you're not the only one who's upset that Jon is gone. There doesn't seem to be much enthusiasm for his replacement, either. It will definitely be interesting to see how Jon's departure affects KRSP's ratings, and whether or not he turns up on another radio station in the future.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jul 11, 2020 10:33:55 GMT -6
oldiesfunhouse, you don't have to worry about the content of that post. It's a well thought out opinion and is critical without being disrespectful. I wish we had more posts like it.
There is one thing I think you mischaracterized. I don't think anything around Tom Barberi had anything to do with selling 910 and I'm curious why you think it did. Radio Disney was leasing 860 and their usual operation was owning the stations they ran on. Apparently Citadel didn't want to sell for what Disney was willing to pay so Disney got 910 from Clear Channel instead. As a result of the deal KALL moved from 910 to 700 and got an upgrade.
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Post by oldiesfunhouse on Jul 13, 2020 9:52:36 GMT -6
Thank you, CAwaninNJ, for your kind words about my post. I actually wasn't referring to 910. I was referring to 700. When they fired Tom Barberi from 700 and, sickeningly, in my opinion, tried to make the public believe he retired, by running these really nice thank you promos for all his years of service, they turned it into a sports station branded as Hot Ticket 700. They kept an issues talk show in the morning, though, and it was hosted bya guy called John Wright. I have no idea where he had come from because I had never heard of him before … or since, actually. They actually kind of fired Bill Markroft, the voice of the Utes, at around the same time and brought in Matt Thomas from Texas and Bill Reilly moved over from KSL. It wasn't long after all that that Clear Channel sold 700 to Simmons or Broadway or maybe it was the Checkitts family. I apologize. I'm going totally from memory on this. Maybe they had planned on selling the station anyway but from the outside looking, or perhaps I should say, listening, in, it felt to me like things just totally discintigrated after they fired Tom Barberi and, essentially, Bill Markroft too. I think Markroft was planning on retiring anyway so, for him, it wasn't as big a deal but, it's not the kind of send off I'd want after doing a job, and doing it very well I might add, for several decades. Hopefully, that makes more sense.
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Post by tardiscaptain on Jul 13, 2020 13:18:42 GMT -6
Jon Carter posted on his personal Facebook page that he was on radio hiatus for a while and would be back.
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Post by kenglish on Jul 13, 2020 19:06:39 GMT -6
Was Jon the last of the original Carlson KRSP crew to still be on the air under the KRSP call sign? One of the other boards has a 1978 calendar, with everybody's faces on it.
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Post by henry on Jul 15, 2020 1:56:00 GMT -6
Jon Carter posted on his personal Facebook page that he was on radio hiatus for a while and would be back. That sounds a heckuva lot like a non-complete time out. Could he be headed for KODJ or KBER?
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