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Iowa Public Radio Announces Job Cuts

By KCRG Intern

Story Created: Jul 3, 2009 at 9:19 AM CDT

Story Updated: Jul 3, 2009 at 9:36 AM CDT

IOWA CITY (AP) - Iowa Public Radio has bought out, laid off or reassigned five employees and will leave four other positions unfilled in an effort to cut costs.

The umbrella news organization, which is made up of employees at three state universities, says it must reduce expenses after state and university funding dropped off this year. That funding makes up about one-third of the stations' total revenue.

Iowa Public Radio CEO Mary Grace Herrington says the cuts will affect the marketing and music library, and that none of the cuts will come from news or talk show programming and none of the shows currently on-air will be cut.

Herrington says the cuts are the last part of a four-year-old merger between the radio stations.

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