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Several longtime on-air hosts at Riverside’s 99.1 KGGI were cut as part of a wider wave of reductions at iHeartMedia, the nation’s largest radio operator. The article describes the local impact — the station now lacks familiar local hosts — and places the moves in the context of company-wide cost-cutting and strategic shifts toward technology and podcasting. It notes employee uncertainty, the company’s stated rationale to “operate with greater precision,” and community reaction to the sudden loss of local voices while pointing to broader industry pressures on radio advertising and staffing.