Jerry Schemmel, longtime Rockies radio voice, laid off by iHeartRadio

Jerry Schemmel, longtime Rockies radio voice, laid off by iHeartRadio

Jerry Schemmel, the longtime radio voice for the Colorado Rockies on KOA, was laid off by iHeartRadio on Tuesday.

Colorado Rockies announcer Jerry Schemmel laid off for second time by iHeartMedia

The Colorado Rockies are not in a good place as a franchise at the moment. The Rockies lost 119 games last season, tied for the third most in modern MLB history. They haven’t had a winning season since 2018. And now they find themselves without a one of their longtime radio voices as their flagship station is getting caught in a national wave of layoffs to hit the radio industry. On Tuesday, the Denver Post reported that Rockies radio announcer …