Country 102.5’s Jackson Blue, 105.7 WROR’s Jaybeau Jones laid off; Beasley Media cuts 7% of workforce: ‘Bad move Beasley’

The radio layoffs just won’t stop.

Country 102.5 DJ Jackson Blue, who has been a longtime staple on Boston radio stations, announced he was being let go by Beasley Media Group amid a rash of layoffs on Tuesday.

“So what’s going on? I just got fired,” Blue said in a social media video to his listeners.

“People always told me forever: You’ve never made it in radio until you get fired for the first time — which means I finally have made it, you know, after being in Boston radio for 20-something years,” he said.

105.7 WROR’s Jaybeau Jones also announced that he was one of the Beasley employees being laid off. About 7% of the company workforce was getting cut.

“It’s one of those hard days in radio where we are seeing friends let go. Well, today I am one of those friends,” Jones posted on social media. “After a wonderful 10 year run at WROR in Boston, ranking #2 adults I was part of the 7% and let go.

“I am happy to say I won’t be far away as you can hear me tonight and every night on SiriusXM 70s on 7,” he wrote, adding, “I will be looking for another fun opportunity to complement 70’s on 7.”

Beasley Media Group, which is the parent company of 98.5 The Sports Hub and other Boston stations, is cutting 7% of its workforce across the entire company.

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“We are realigning our core business operations to reflect the current economic conditions in order to best serve the needs of our valued audiences, advertisers, and shareholders into the future,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Herald asked a Beasley spokesperson how many employees in the Boston cluster are being impacted by the layoffs and who is being laid off. The Beasley spokesperson did not answer those specific questions.

Blue spent almost a decade hosting nights at KISS 108 before making the jump to HOT 96.9, where he did afternoons for a couple of years.

“Now Jackson gets to live his dream to the fullest, doing afternoons on Country 102.5,” his bio page reads.

Blue in his video announcing the layoff said he would make another video thanking everybody he worked with.

“There are so many people I love, and that’s what might make me cry right now,” he added as he started to tear up.

“It’s not not believing in myself,” Blue said. “Cuz I think I’m one of the best in the world at what I do… As far as an on-air DJ, I think I’m one of the best in the world. I honestly believe that, and I think I can bring a lot to any company out there.”

Blue said he does not have a job lined up after his sudden departure from Beasley.

“Even though I’m crying a little bit, I’m good,” he added. “Things are cool. Things are going to be OK. I believe in myself. I believe in my skills.”

“Whatever I end up doing, I’m going to be a (expletive) (expletive),” Blue said. “Bad move Beasley. Bad move.”

These layoffs at Beasley Media Group come after Audacy recently emerged from bankruptcy. Then the radio conglomerate announced “difficult but necessary” cuts. That included WEEI Patriots reporter Mike Kadlick being laid off by the company right before the NFL Draft.

Then last week, WBZ NewsRadio 1030’s Kim Tunnicliffe said she was let go from the iHeartRadio station.

WBUR recently announced that Boston’s NPR station is laying off seven employees and 24 others are taking buyouts. The layoffs and buyouts come weeks after the station on Commonwealth Avenue warned of possible job cuts.

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