How important are the people within the Clear Channel management structure?
In the last year weve created opportunities for senior management positions for about 80 people at the regional VP level. These are folks on the general-management side and the product-management side with responsibilities past their home markets. Its an incredible training ground, it provides invaluable experience, and it is a terrific resource for the markets in which they serve. The good news is that probably 98 percent of those have come from inside the company. It is a very diverse group of people, which has been important to us. Weve bumped up people to the senior vice president level. Out of the 10 SVPs, six of them were RVPs this time a year ago. Our goal is to do everything we can to be the very best broadcasting company out there to be the very best Radio group, not just the biggest. Being the biggest was relatively easy to do; that just took money and speed. What we want to be is the very best, and if we can do that, we wont have to talk people into it. What steps are you ta
