"We bled two million listeners since sunrise."
Arthur slammed the analytics printout onto the mixing console. The thick stack of paper scattered across the digital sliders.
Marcus stared at the plunging red graph. He did not touch the paper. He sat in his worn leather chair and rubbed his tired eyes.
He had spent two decades building the morning drive audience for KLAX Radio. It took twenty years of early mornings and relentless charisma to gain ten million loyal commuters.
It took Ryan Parker four hours to steal them.
"They are migrating to the Resonance app," Marcus stated. His voice was gravelly from years on the microphone. "They are plugging their phones into their car stereos. They want the ghost track."
"Then play a different upbeat pop song," Arthur ordered. The station manag
