WMT radio lays off local on-air personalities

CEDAR RAPIDS — WMT radio has been on the air in Cedar Rapids for more than 100 years.

On Thursday, local on-air personalities had their shows canceled abruptly as the station’s parent company, iHeartMedia, implemented changes across the nation after, it said, facing losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars in past years.

A call to the WMT newsroom was answered in Des Moines by a person who said that someone would call back with comment and more information, but the call was not returned…

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