Riverside-based radio station KGGI has lost its last local on-air hosts.<\/p>\n
Longtime radio personalities Evelyn Erives, Nick Nack and Garrison King were all cut from the Inland Empire station last week as part of iHeartMedia\u2019s latest round of national layoffs. In an internal memo, the media giant said it would restructure its radio programming to better \u201cleverage\u201d the company\u2019s technology.<\/p>\n
iHeartMedia declined to comment on how many people lost their jobs, but dozens of on-air and other staff positions have reportedly been cut across the country.<\/p>\n
The memo \u2014 attributed to Chief Programming Officer Tom Poleman and Ann Marie Licata, the chief executive of the company\u2019s multiplatform group \u2014 framed the changes as a way to \u201cmove faster and operate with greater precision across markets\u201d and to \u201cposition us not just to adapt to the future, but to lead it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The cuts are part of a broader push to reduce costs. In May, iHeartMedia launched a new savings program, set to begin in the second half of 2026, aimed at trimming an additional $50 million on top of the $100 million in savings the company had already announced.<\/p>\n
iHeartMedia is the nation\u2019s largest radio operator, with more than 850 stations across 160 markets and a sizable presence in Burbank. Its Los Angeles-area stations include KFI-AM, KLAC-AM, KOST-FM and KIIS-FM. <\/p>\n