Oregon Media Insiders

I am sad that he is gone. Now that I am over the magic age of 50, I approach the separation of an employee and a company quite differently. Ageism is a very relevant factor today and may have had something to do with Mr. Huston's experience at KOIN. I can emphasize with his employment with a dysfunctional company. I once was employed for a long period and subsequently fired by one of Oregon's prestige companies. I was on the receiving end of a very verbally abusive "human resources director" on my final day. Combine the druggie-moron HR "director" with a little Hitler "manager" who had been recently promoted and one has a recipe for disaster.
Another big factor in Oregon, is the "employment at will" situation. This makes a successful wrongful termination lawsuit that much harder. It also makes it easier for companies to target certain employees and make them want to quit. It sounds like KOIN is pretty dysfunctional.
I cannot understand why they continue to showcase certain on-air personalities- Portland's very own syrupy "Barbie Nordstrom" and "Ted Baxter" with a bad dye job come to mind first and foremost. Their combined talents run the gamut from A to B. Combine this with the usual problem of not showing the RIGHT graphics with the RIGHT news and there your have it... WJM lives. One longs to call Murray, or Mary to complain- but they've been let go as well.