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>Dave, thanks for this amazing insight which could come >only from you. I love how you describe your departure >from KDKA as a retirement. So classy! Employees at >KDKA still talk about you! > > > >>It was as if CBS had purchased Group W. For one thing, >>Group W had one of the best employee benefits packages >>in the industry. It was dumped in favor of the CBS >>package, one of the worst. Also, the quality of >>management declined. People with sales backgrounds >>were put in charge of programming, and some had no >>experience in news/talk radio. Also, the physical >>plant declined. Just as is happening with HD at >>KDKA-TV, the promised installation of new equipment >>kept getting postponed. When I retired in 2003, there >>had been masking tape on a frayed piece of carpet for >>eight years. I was told last year that people are >>still tripping over it. And, if you complained about >>any of this, management considered you a morale >>problem. I hope things have improved since I left, but >>I doubt it. >> >>>Maybe Dave James would have some insight on this. How >>>much did KDKA radio change when Group W sold it to >>>CBS? I guess I'm asking if things were run much >>>differently when Group W was in charge.

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