It’s been a highly tumultuous run the last year for Grand
Slam Sports, the company that owns KFNS — which, according to Dan Caesar at stltoday.com, is back in the sports-talk
business after a failed short run at ‘‘guy talk” after having been anchored in
the jock-talk arena for two decades.
There is a long list of current or former employees who are
complaining long and loud about the company’s plight, discussing a litany of
problems. Payrolls missed. Workers abruptly dismissed. Lawsuits filed. Court
judgments rendered against the company. A biting anonymous letter delivered to
the wife of Dan Marshall, the man overseeing the company, designed to embarrass
him into action. The lead investor wanting out and saying others do, too.
But there are two distinctly different camps of people who
currently work, or have worked, for Grand Slam — which in addition to KFNS 590
AM owns KXFN 1380 AM.
Depending on who is talking, Marshall is either a despised
and uncaring villain who flaunts his wealth while at the same time being responsible
for putting people’s lives in financial turmoil — or he’s a guy who should be
praised for trying to rescue the stations from certain failure and saving jobs
by bankrolling the operation.
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