I'm not former, I'm current (and thus perhaps not in your line of focus for that post). 26 years at WMWM as of March. I've never worked for WRKO--I listen to them
for Howie, Red Sox, and occasionally Todd F. Who knows, Tommy could be a great talk show host but his
reputation does precede him (as does the slap-on-the-wrist he got for perjury). More than a few angry
responses from listeners on air at WRKO and on their messageboard. It's a hot topic. (Certainly gets them
in the news. 'Say what you want but just spell my name right.'")
It may seem like the "let's talk about/bash/praise" WRKO talk here is getting tiring, but consider that this
board is like talk radio itself. As Howie himself would put it, "This is the news people are discussing at their
water coolers...this is what people talk about".
Whether it's WRKO's follies, Severin giving up a national gig (or was he forced out?) to go back to Boston,
AAR being dumped from one of the most liberal cities in the nation, "we're here to talk about it".
btw on Prov board, someone is hearing that Hannity may just be a temp. show on WHJJ and that Mar 1
could be DePetro's return.
>>The FCC does not care about WRKO hiring Finneran, and they never will.
And unless the (un)Fairness Doctrine comes back, they probably won't respond to listeners complaining
about AAR being pulled here either.
And say what you will about Entercom and the Julie & Jason Show this morning: at least they're
doing local talk. More than can be said about Canal Claro y la nueva Rumba and the fact that
they never put a daily local talk show on Boston's Prog Talk. (Yet there are local DJs on Rumba;
guess they found money for THAT!
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