Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Langmyer is out

This is a shocker. WGN Radio's General Manager was forced out yesterday. He's being replaced (on an interim basis) by a former colleague of mine, WGN's director of sales Jeff Hill.

Not sure exactly what happened there. According to Feder, this is the message he left his staff...

“I can't tell you how much I have appreciated the privilege of working with you,” he wrote in an email to his staff. “WGN is a very special place, and I’m very lucky to have spent nearly eight years as part of it! . . . Looking forward to new challenges ahead!”

Does this mean that big changes are in store for the station? I'm going to say yes. The biggest potential change, of course, is a change in ownership. Now that the Tribune has emerged from bankruptcy, anything can go. Even one of radio's crown jewels.