Fall is upon us! The weather is cool and crisp, holidays will soon be upon us, and iHeart has started its annual purging of employees as it tries to become profitable.

There’s speculation that hundreds of employees are expected to ultimately be given walking papers nationwide. Locally, the first victims include KFI (640 AM) evening personality Morris W. O’Kelly — aka Mo’ Kelly , his producer Tawala Sharp, and station Image Director Clay Roe, along with Real 92.3 FM’s overnight personality Chuck Dizzle. All four had at least a decade with their stations; Roe was a 26-year veteran of KFI and the man behind the clever on-air imaging.

While the first reports alluded to ratings being the deciding factor at KFI, I don’t believe this to be the case. While KFI has dropped somewhat from its pre

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