By Jerry Del Colliano I guess money is not a problem at Cumulus after all. They’ve still got plenty of money to sue employees, to defend themselves against that California class action suit that will drag on and on and, of course, to pay settlements. And just when the nation's meanest radio operators find themselves deep in legal doo doo, now this. CEO Lew Dickey and “other brother” John Dickey have decided to file a $200,000 lawsuit against a former market manager because she had the nerve to leave Cumulus without first getting fired. They say she violated her employment contract. But the manager, Kristin Okesson (pronounced Oh-ka-son), apparently had an outdated employment contract that only covered her Danbury, CT market responsibilities. When Cumulus added additional responsibilities to manage far away Westchester, NY as well, they forgot to redo her agreement. Okesson left the Dickey Nation when she got an opportunity to work for a proven employee-friendly radio group, Cox, as Vice President and General Manager of WCTZ, WFOX and WSTC/WNLK in Stamford/Norwalk, CT. (Cox still honors its managers by calling them VPs). What’s so puzzling about this lawsuit filed in Bridgeport, CT on March 4 is that Okesson’s new Cox...
Source: Inside Music Media
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