Tilden would not comment for this story. Earlier this month April Yerger, a former assistant at two Clear Channel stations in Tampa, Fla., filed a sexual harassment suit. Clear Channel has yet to respond to Yerger's suit in court. Any minority was at high risk to be the brunt of jokes and not treated well. That's how he sees and treats women.
Employees say that atmosphere comes from the top down inside the company.
It's an ugly, frat boy posse mentality. Everybody noticed it and felt uncomfortable but were afraid to they might lose their jobs if they said anything. One former Clear Channel salesperson recalls the difficulty she faced after announcing she was pregnant. His complimentary e-mails and memos stopped, she says, replaced by comments about how she seemed overwhelmed, despite the fact that she was meeting her monthly sales goals. A few months later she was fired.