Posted by chicagomedia.org on August 28, 2007 at 09:36:24:
Emmis Broadcasting is the latest company to save money by eliminating live personalities from the overnight shifts on its local stations in favor of "music-intensive programming."
Forced out from Monday-through-Saturday overnights on classic rock WLUP-FM (97.9) was Ray "Crazy Ray" Styles.
Don Nelson is expected to shift from Sunday overnights to other duties at the Loop. During the week, Nelson works as a trainchicagomedia.org for Metra and voice of its automated announcements.
On alternative rock WKQX-FM (101.1), Ryan Manno will host from 7 p.m. to midnight, and his brother, Kevin Manno, will host from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. (They overlap from 10 p.m. to midnight.) After 2 a.m. Q101 goes unmanned (and un-Mannoed).
Emmis also axed three jobs in the sales departments of the Loop and Q101.