Cox Media Group RIF Reveals High-Profile Names

Jeremy Rice: Hot Free Agent

Late YESTERDAY afternoon (9/23), ALL ACCESS was made aware that a reduction in force was taking place at COX MEDIA GROUP, where a number of well-known radio executives and on-air personalities are no longer at their jobs.

Longtime CMG Top 40 Coordinator and WBLI/LONG ISLAND PD JEREMY RICE has left the building after a 20-plus year run. Reach him at (516) 527-7700 or boobatz86@gmail.com.

WBLI morning co-host DANA “MJ” PARISI is also out. Wakeup co-host SYKE and producer ALLY ALI remain in place.

TED LINDNER, News/Traffic Director at Classic Rocker WBAB & T40 WBLI/LONG ISLAND, who’d worked with ROGER & JP at WBAB since 2006 and at WBLI since 2003, is out. Find him at (347) 564-6005 or at tedlindnerbab@aol.com.

There are changes at Top 40 WFLC (HITS 97.3)/MIAMI with Dir./Operations JILL STRADA leaving. Find her at JillStrada@gmail.com. KIMMY B. and AL P. are out doing mornings at HITS 97.3.

Also leaving sister R&B WHQT (HOT 105)/MIAMI is TRACY CLOYD, who did news for HOT 105 mornings.

Other changes in MIAMI include Urban WEDR (99 JAMZ)/MIAMI morning show TRINA & TRICK DADDY.

Classic Country KTHT (COUNTRY LEGENDS 97.1)/HOUSTON morning duo DAN GALLO and CHUCK AKERS are no longer in place. Reach GALLO at danjgallo@hotmail.com or by phone at (281) 536-1946. Reach AKERS at chuckakers@comcast.net.

JASON SKAGGS, two-time RADIO MERCURY AWARD winner and production/creative services director at COX MEDIA/HOUSTON was also let go.

Country KCYY (Y100)/SAN ANTONIO morning show producer and night talent CHRIS CARDENAS is looking for a new post and can be reached at Cardenas_Christopher@yahoo.com.

And, sister Classic Rocker KISS/SAN ANTONIO bids farewell to JERED DEY, morning show producer for BILLY MADISON, as well as afternoon air talent RANDY BONILLAS. Reach JERED at Jareddey@gmail.com.

KEN "GUS" AUGUST is no longer holding down mornings at Classic Rocker KJSR (103.3 THE EAGLE)/TULSA.

MATT "HOLIDAY" BEYER, MD / Afternoon Host in ORLANDO for WPYO (POWER 95.3)
Moved down there for the job in May. Reach MATT at mbeyer101196@gmail.com or
 (631) 655-2875

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