Layoffs Hit Cumulus Stations Nationwide

Cumulus Media has laid off air talent, programmers and management across multiple markets as part of its ongoing financial restructuring. 

The company has not disclosed the total number of employees affected, but confirmed departures span stations in California, Michigan, Arkansas, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Illinois and New York, with additional exits expected in the coming days.

Among the most prominent cuts are longtime KNBR San Francisco midday hosts Greg Papa and Greg Silver. Papa, the play-by-play voice of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, has been at KNBR since 2019 after previously hosting at KGMZ-FM. Silver joined the station in 2023 as a producer and moved to middays last November.

Other confirmed departures include Dave Fuller, afternoon host at WDVD Detroit; McConnell Adams, program director of KURB and KLAL in Little Rock; Leo “LB” Baldwin, program director of WOMG and WTCB in the Columbia, S.C., market; and Cami Marlowe, program director and afternoon host at WABD Mobile.

Also let go were Anthony “Big Ant” Simmons, program director at KMJJ and KRMD-FM in Shreveport; Wes Jordan, production director for the Bloomington/Peoria cluster and afternoon host at WZPW; Jordan Lass, assistant program director for WHTS and WKLQ in Grand Rapids and afternoon host at WLAV; and Jay Soderberg, vice president of digital programming operations, podcasts and digital operations in New York.

The layoffs come as Cumulus awaits FCC approval to complete its Chapter 11 restructuring. The court-approved plan would eliminate roughly $592 million in debt, cut annual cash interest expense by about $49 million and transfer ownership to the company’s lenders.

Cumulus has not publicly commented on the reductions or announced programming plans for the affected stations. Several vacancies, including morning and programming leadership roles, are expected to require replacements in the coming weeks.