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Kim Carrigan on Bloomberg 106.1

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DavidZ

Kim Carrigan has joined Bloomberg 106.1 as an afternoon news anchor.

I listened yesterday afternoon for the 1st time in a while and they also have a local show @ 4 p.m. hosted by Tom Moroney and Joe Shortsleeve called Bay State Business.

And they are just mentioning 106.1 & 92.9 HD2 throughout the broadcast with the WRCA 1330 ID just at the top of the hour.
 
Shortsleeve had co hosted a show on WMEX for a time, then made an unsuccessful run for office. Nancy Shack Morrison (Sandy) who followed that show was a supporter.WMEX shut down at the end of June 2017, pending eventual return.

Nancy worked at Bloomberg for awhile and is now with Dan Rea on WBZ.Kim of course co hosted mornings with VB at WRKO but was cut, as the station moved VB to noon with Kuhner sent to AMDrive
 
DavidZ said:
And they are just mentioning 106.1 & 92.9 HD2 throughout the broadcast with the WRCA 1330 ID just at the top of the hour.
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96.9 WBQT HD-2, "The Irish Channel", still mentions WRCA 1330 AM and the 106.1 translator on its TOH ID. Apparently the ID in the WBQT HD-2 automation was never updated to remove them since a brief transitional simulcast of "The Irish Channel" on WRCA just over two years ago.
 
DavidZ said:
Kim Carrigan has joined Bloomberg 106.1 as an afternoon news anchor.

And they are just mentioning 106.1 & 92.9 HD2 throughout the broadcast with the WRCA 1330 ID just at the top of the hour.
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Well, Kim did co-host The Financial Exchange with Barry Armstrong for a couple of years, so she's got some experience covering business. I'm happy she landed on her feet. I was hoping she'd find a spot at either WGBH or WBUR. And I still wish 'RKO had kept her with VB on The Morning Show, which was easier on the ears than Kuhner in the morning.
 
The only microphone she should be talking into needs to be connected to a speaker at the drive up window at BK.

I would not consider this a "career move"

If she is lucky Swampscott Public Access will let her in their studios.

I guess carrying Charlie Bakers water in the media is not a stepping stone to a spokesperson's gig in his administration

I wonder if Heather Unruh is taking career advice from her.
 
MRBIboredop said:
The only microphone she should be talking into needs to be connected to a speaker at the drive up window at BK.

I would not consider this a "career move"
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Now that's not very nice, is it?

Kim is a talented journalist and anchor....and an all around nice person.

As far as a "career move"....staying employed at a worthwhile endeavor (Bloomberg) is a good "career move" in this day and age.

(The landscape is strewn with former b'casting people who were tossed. Staying employed an on-air is a feat in and of itself these days.)
 
Wimmmex said:
A matter of opinion.....and the assumption that everyone has the same opinion.
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that's what makes america a wonderful place, everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
 
MRBIboredop said:
The only microphone she should be talking into needs to be connected to a speaker at the drive up window at BK.

I would not consider this a "career move"

If she is lucky Swampscott Public Access will let her in their studios.

I guess carrying Charlie Bakers water in the media is not a stepping stone to a spokesperson's gig in his administration

I wonder if Heather Unruh is taking career advice from her.
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BRAVO!
My thoughts exactly!
Now if we can only harpoon Liggotti!
A guy can dream,...cant he?
 
MRBIboredop said:
The only microphone she should be talking into needs to be connected to a speaker at the drive up window at BK.

I would not consider this a "career move"

If she is lucky Swampscott Public Access will let her in their studios.

I guess carrying Charlie Bakers water in the media is not a stepping stone to a spokesperson's gig in his administration

I wonder if Heather Unruh is taking career advice from her.
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Abso-freakin'-lutely....and she was a huge deval cheerleader, she's been to his home multiple times for Christmas parties and other assorted events. When she worked for Armstrong (Financial Exchange) she used to berate him on air for eating chips or whatever he was eating or said he had for dinner etc, she even admitted that her husband thinks she's way too skinny. She also admitted on air when she worked for Armstrong that people in town don't call her Kim, they call her Mrs. Carrigan.....in other words they worship the ground she walks on and please don't say they call her 'mrs' out of respect...she always had that "holier than thou" attitude...people are probably afraid to call her Kim for fear she'll run them down!
 
She does 25 years in TV, most of it major market.

She gets shown the door at her last TV station when her contract was not renewed.

OK it happens, but you have a name in the market, but can't capitalize on it.... Many WFXT cast aways went on to much better things IMHO, her career tanked.

WFXT cuts her loose, she sits on the beach for close to 2 years before ending up being a sidekick on a paid time program, that lasts less than 2 years and WRKO grabs her for AM drive.

That venture had a real rocky start, she stayed, various co-hosts and news readers came and went until Doug Goudie was picked up on waivers from WFXT. That lasts just over 3 years, not a bad run, but your options in the market are now pretty limited.

How many people in this situation have gone on to better things, either into corporate media relations or to Regan or another agency of that type? Quite a few.

Some just walked away into other ventures... Kerry Connolly's "Row and Ride" fitness studio comes to mind.

Some have ended up at Total Traffic hoping to get on/to WBZ AM ... Nancy Shack Morrison comes to mind.

But Ms Carrigan has ended up on WRCA-AM, and it's 106.1 translator along with WBOS HD-2, and WNBP AM and their 106,1 translator, which I suspect have the combined ratings to rival WEEI AM.

(I don't know what Bloomberg is paying Beasley for the use of WRCA AM, WBOS HD-2, and 106.1 W291CZ, but it must be substantial for Beasley not to be trying to monetize it themselves. )

But my point is that after 25 years in the market, 18 of them on TV, and you are at the stations I mentioned above, chances are this is the end of the road for your career in broadcasting. She might as well be on WUNR.

Just my opinion, I know several of you may have an issue with it, not a problem. What do I know I am not a media professional.
 
MRBIboredop said:
She does 25 years in TV, most of it major market.

She gets shown the door at her last TV station when her contract was not renewed.

OK it happens, but you have a name in the market, but can't capitalize on it.... Many WFXT cast aways went on to much better things IMHO, her career tanked.
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Didn't she go to Ch 7 for awhile?

She wrote a book.

She also mentioned in a TV interview that she had teenage kid(s) and wasn't interested in an all-time-consuming job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WcOg7e2PhI

At 6:20 she talks about wanting to stay in Boston....and concerns for family.
 
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MRBIboredop said:
How many people in this situation have gone on to better things, either into corporate media relations
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I always got the impression she was vying for a position as media spokesman for Short or Tall Deval. She certainly name-dropped enough about the “parties” she attended.


Wimmmex said:
She also mentioned in a TV interview that she had teenage kid(s) and wasn't interested in an all-time-consuming job.
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I guess if you’re only interested in working part-time because you’ve married and your husband is the primary breadwinner, it works. Not exactly the type of attitude I normally run into these days with all the “wymyn power!” ladies out there, but hey, different strokes and all that.

Personally, I’m holding out to be a kept man so I can live the life of luxury. Unfortunately John Kerry has beat me to all the local heiresses but I’m holding out hope. I could work a couple of hours each day just to have something to do to keep me busy, and to have people hover around me and tell me how wonderful I am, etc. I don’t think my wife is on board with the idea though. :(

Having raised 3 teenagers myself (now 30, 25, 21) I do find the teenager thing sort of odd... When my kids were teenagers they were always out with friends, or doing hobbies, etc. Hanging out with dad wasn’t super high on their list of cool things to do. But then I wasn’t “cool dad” or their “pal”, I was their parent. Maybe helicopter parents are different.


What do I know I am not a media professional.
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Methuselah said:
Personally, I’m holding out to be a kept man so I can live the life of luxury. Unfortunately John Kerry has beat me to all the local heiresses but I’m holding out hope. I could work a couple of hours each day just to have something to do to keep me busy
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being a kept man isn't all it is cracked up to be, it doesn't suck but make sure you have your own money stashed away for those things you don't want her to find out about... like the parts to keep your three motorcycles happy. The reason I worked 3 hours a day up until last month ( as an Insurance Appraiser) was to fund the motorcycle projects and my flying hobby.
 
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