As part of a nationwide reduction of force, iHeartMedia laid off local veteran lead engineer John Rigg on April 14, 2026. Besides San Diego, John had been supervising crews in Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Honolulu.

John joined Clear Channel Communications as Director of Engineering in 2006. (Clear Channel later renamed itself as iHeartMedia.) He had been a staff engineer and later radio engineering manager at KFMB-AM-FM-TV from 1994 until 2006.

Multiple sources say the Phoenix regional lead engineer was laid off, as well.