Jay Lawrence Leaving KFI
The voice of Orange County and the Inland Empire was laid off by KFI AM 640 last week. Jay Lawrence, 60, who got his start as a college stringer, reporting golf games, says that in his 18 years reporting for the radio station he survived firestorms, earthquakes and being shot at. But budget cuts got him.
“They called me in the office on Thursday and said, ‘Goodbye. Here’s your severance check,'” Lawrence told FBLA.
Lawrence is good-natured about his own situation, but he is not optimistic about the future of corporate radio.
“They’re really giving up quality for quantity,” Lawrence said.
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