IHeartMedia lays off on-air personalities nationwide

IHeartMedia lays off on-air personalities nationwide reports staffing cuts affecting radio hosts across the U.S., including at KGGI in Riverside, California. The Inland Empire station lost its final local on-air personalities after longtime hosts Evelyn Erives, Nick Nack, and Garrison King were cut last week as part of iHeartMedia’s latest national layoffs. An internal memo said the company will restructure programming to better “leverage” its technology, with leadership framing the changes as a way to operate “with greater precision across markets.” iHeartMedia declined to say how many jobs were eliminated, but the article says dozens of on-air and other roles were reportedly reduced nationwide. The cuts align with a broader cost-reduction push, including savings planned beyond earlier targets. The memo did not clarify who, or what, will replace the removed local hosts.