The Chicago combo appears to be the latest large market visited by post-merger layoffs. Cumulus took over Citadel Broadcasting in mid-September, and has previously cut staff in Dallas, San Francisco, Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York. On Tuesday, there were cutbacks in Chicago, at talk WLS (890) and classic hits WLS-FM (94.7).

Among the casualties: WLS-FM operations manager Michael LaCrosse. TimeOut Chicago’s Robert Feder has LaCrosse’s note to staff, and the names of other laid-off people, here. At classic hits WLS-FM, Chris Papendick, producer of Greg Brown’s afternoon show, is gone. At talk WLS (890), the layoffs include Roe Conn/Richard Roeper show executive producer Jock Hedblade. Also Don Wade & Roma show executive producer Zack Christenson. Feder has a sidebar about WLS-AM operations director Drew Hayes: with Cumulus in charge, Hayes is no longer overseeing Washington DC's talk WMAL-AM/FM (630/105.9). As for Michael LaCrosse’s old job at WLS-FM: that would seem to be part of why Cumulus SVP of Programming Jan Jeffries recently re-located his base of operations from Atlanta to Chicago. He will likely take WLS-FM, returning him to the frequency he programmed in the 1980s and also saving a salary. See what the Chicago Board of Radio-Info.com is talking about, here.