Kevin Cassidy has been in charge of Audacy’s six Chicago radio stations for just over 18 months. In that span, one station has required more attention than the others.

You mean B96? SMH.

All six stations — The Score, 93XRT, B96, US99, 104.3 Jams and WBBM Newsradio — are profitable, whereas Audacy emerged from bankruptcy in January.

The "heritage" factor wears off after a while when stations do not perform with advertisers. For B96, it is coming. There is so much you can do to cut expenses and run it on the cheap, unless you go lockless, phone it in from elsewhere or go all AI.

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