Many of the cuts will be in the markets where there are currently both Entercom and CBS clusters. Sales, traffic, engineering and many other internal functions can likely be consolidated. Savings will also come from co-locating all stations.
There will also be savings by moving the CBS offices to Philly and closing the Nashville support office.
Future savings can come from greater leverage on purchasing, further consolidation of traffic, accounting, billing and collections and even in legal and other support functions.
Combining all digital / new media operations looks like a big area for savings and greater market presence.
And I am sure I missed a number of areas.
That too. I'm thinking about cuts that involve blowing up radio stations in certain markets. However, I don't know what radio stations will get blown up under the new Entercom ownership. If blowing up stations is part of Entercom's agenda, I'll expect Entercom to blow up those radio stations within 6 months of closing.