Friday, June 6, 2014

St. Louis Radio: Report…It's Been A Big Mess At KFNS

It’s been a highly tumultuous run the last year for Grand Slam Sports, the company that owns KFNS — which, according to Dan Caesar at stltoday.com,  is back in the sports-talk business after a failed short run at ‘‘guy talk” after having been anchored in the jock-talk arena for two decades.

There is a long list of current or former employees who are complaining long and loud about the company’s plight, discussing a litany of problems. Payrolls missed. Workers abruptly dismissed. Lawsuits filed. Court judgments rendered against the company. A biting anonymous letter delivered to the wife of Dan Marshall, the man overseeing the company, designed to embarrass him into action. The lead investor wanting out and saying others do, too.

But there are two distinctly different camps of people who currently work, or have worked, for Grand Slam — which in addition to KFNS 590 AM owns KXFN 1380 AM.

Depending on who is talking, Marshall is either a despised and uncaring villain who flaunts his wealth while at the same time being responsible for putting people’s lives in financial turmoil — or he’s a guy who should be praised for trying to rescue the stations from certain failure and saving jobs by bankrolling the operation.

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