iHeart Radio Layoffs: Why Radio L...
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iHeart Radio Layoffs: Why Radio Lost Its Soul
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The Hammerin’ Hank Show by Ride The Wave Media

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Show Notes: The Hammerin' Hank Show, Radio Layoffs, Nostalgia & Giants Memories

Radio is broken, and Hammerin' Hank isn't holding back. This episode opens with the elephant in the room: iHeart's massive layoffs that just claimed some of his closest radio buddies, including the Morning Madhouse crew from K.D.O.N. in Salinas after over 20 years on air. Ryan and Hank dissect what went wrong, corporate automation replacing live, local personalities with executives reading app promotions. The result? Radio listeners are abandoning ship, and iHeart keeps wondering why they're irrelevant.

But the show doesn't stay dark. Hank pivots to radio memories that actually matter: his first time at the Sound Factory on his birthday in 1996, meeting friends who shaped his life. He shares the autism PSA that earned a Kansas Association of Broadcas ... 

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