This is not about me so let's not make it so FCC.
> If Nik is so accurate why did he get booted the minute the
> individual who
> made the questionable hire was himself shown the door?
Oh I really hate to ruin your theory based on nothing but your own opinion but it just did not happen that way. If it had I would be the first to tell you "yeah they screwed me", but you know what? they did not, they made a decision based on $$$$$$ mostly, and a new PD's desire to make his mark on his station and surround himself with his guy when my contract was up. Which is his right but clearly since Ive been out of the picture at that radio station for a year and my name still comes up fairly frequently when discussing WBCN, I guess it is impossible to say that i did not make an impact on the station. Without insult meant to the man who took my place at wbcn who I have had email correspondence with and I can say truly is a gentleman: Numberrs do not lie and the ratings have not been what they were when I was there, and they have yet to achieve the numbers that I Left with, that is not opinion, or ego, it is fact.
>
> Fact is, WBCN would get much better numbers if it attempted
> to reach out to
> the real audience that wants good radio. Infinity's new
> experiments are just that - experiments - now that Howard
> Stern has left for more $$$.
WEll let me start by saying that whether you like what I do on air or not is fine with me as it is your right. However you always miss the point that no matter what we did at WBCn when I was there you would not have enjoyed it or have been satisfied with my program because for starters YOU ARE NOT THE AUDIENCE, we targeted men between the ages 18-34, mostly straight men who were aware of current pop culture, not men in their mid 50's who live alternative lifestyles and identify themselves as ultra liberals, whose only musical frame of reference appears to be bands of 30 plus years ago, it is just that simple. in short you're too old and too out of the mainstream of rock/pop culture to appreciate anything being done on a station that targets young men. In addition you have your own well documented vendetta against certain persons in the local radio community I (for whatever reason) being one of them, you're so blinded by your misguided hatred for anyone even remotely related to the Oedipus era of WBCN that your posts have no credibility to them, and anyone who even takes a cursory glance at this board is aware of this.
>
> Stern is a jock distinctly different from Nik Carter - Stern
> broke down
> the doors in defiance of "the man", Nik just copied what
> Stern did - only
> Nik Carter did it with precision outlined by his Program
> Director - and clearly, not as well. Opie & Anthony, Howard
> Stern, gee, they've got gigs.
> Can Nik get a real gig - and keep it - without Oedipus
> opening the door for
> him?
I agree Stern is a dictinctly different jock than I am, I would never even count myself in the same arena as Howard Stern, nor would I ever compare what I do to what he does, they are very different appraoches, of course he kicked in the door and made it possible for virtually EVERYONE on Fm radio today to express themselves in an honest manner, not talking shock just talking honestly. I believe that with all my heart and have TOLD howard that on air myself. Actually I have been far greater infulenced by Laquadara, and parenteau who I grew up listening to, they formed my idea of what a radio personality could be...i didnt even hear Howard Stern unitl I was almost in my 20's and had already decided who I wanted to be on air, so please dont try throw that howard Stern wannabe nonsense around, that just proves you've never really listened to me, but Im not going to say that Howard has not also been an influence on me, of course he has, at least Im honest enough to admit it!.
>
> It is kind of sad that the self-proclaimed King of the
> Boston afternoon
> airwaves is reduced to composing innuendo, snippy comments,
> and outright
> lies about people on radio-info. Every post Nik Carter
> makes proves what
> is written in this post.
Well that is a lie, I never proclaimed myself king of ANYTHING, never, ever, ever!.... you're a liar plain and simple and everyone knows it. Composing snippy comments and innuendo?.........Joe you're on these boards more than I am, Joeseph Gallant is up to what? 60000 plus posts at this point? and the saddest thing about you in all of your guises, FCC FIGHT, Joeseph Gallant, Jay X etc is that you feel you can insult anyone that you want but the moment that someone defends themselves or responds to your inslts you cry and whine that they are "attacking" you. You're a spineless man, spineless yyet you try to bully anyone who disagrees with you, "they're attacking me, they're bashing me for my lifestyle".........You cant dish it out convicingly and you most definately cannot TAKE it when it comes back to you.
>
> Hey, we're the crazed lunatic fringe fans. It's our job to
> scribble on
> the internet. Nik Carter's job is supposed to be as a radio
> host.
> Perhaps if he invested his energies towards getting a real
> radio gig
> instead of being a part-timer we wouldn't be having this
> discussion.
>
> Howard Stern just got a half a billion dollars. Nik Carter
> is now doing
> weekends in New York. You do the math.
>
> P.S.
>
> If Nik Carter would create a great radio show and deliver
> what the people
> want he would get my congratulations and would have a loyal
> listener.
> He attacks various people - FCC Fight wishes Nik well - and
> wishes
> Nik would come up with that formula to rake in 1 or 2 mill
> and have his
> own show. It just seems that if he wastes his time on these
> boards with us "crazies", he will never achieve his dream.
> Nice that he is hanging out with "the little people", but
> isn't it time to grow up and do some real work?
I dont know where you're getting any of this, but do not attribute your own insecurities and fears as comments that i have made, I have never referred to anyone as "the little people" or anything of the sort. I do believe that you're in no position to comment from any place of autority on what makes good radio having never done it yourself, having never done anything besides college radio which you were removed from seemingly because of your obvious problems and inability to interact harmoniously with many, or your blogging which I admittedly regard as a joke, anyone can do it. Wait until you do something that is not available to anyone who just decides to go to a community center and sign up to do it, then and only then will you have any credibility to critique myself or anyone else who has ever cracked a mic on a commercial frequency with any sort of authority. I guess I should be flattered that you would mention my name and Howard Stern's in the same sentence but to say thatt becuase Howard inked a half a billion dollar deal and I have not that somehow makes me a failure, well thats ort of thinking could only come from a disturbed mind. No one will ever get a deal like Howard has otten again, it will never happen and good for him for ggetting it!.
You talk out of your ass, you talk about my ratings when you've never seen them because all you have access to are the 12+ ratings that they print online or in the Herald, you want to know the real difference between you adn the professionals out here?.......The professionals never have to tell anyone who they are or whhat theyve done, the pros dont brag about their accomplishments for the most part. TThey allow their work to speak for itself, whereas YOu are constantly defending your "career" or lackl thereof while bragging about it, "respected rock journalist", "ve been taped by vh 1" it is a half step above a bragadocious man in a bar extoplling the virtues of his gential size, something that shouold have been settled in a lockerroom years agoi. Ive neverr referred to myself as the King of Boston afternoons, it has never happened, but I dare you, I DEFY YOU to NOT blow your own horn, by using any of your concoted screen names, I defy you not to brag about what you think you have done in your storied career writing album reviews or whatever else you've done online or wherever,.....I dare you not to write about yourself extolling your own virtues for one week..........and see if ANYONE ELSE DOES. You cannot, because you know that no one else will.
Happy New Year to all, and to all a prosperous and productive 2006!.
PS Pardon the typos, Im rushing to get out into the NYE air with all of the other half wits!
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> Ipod of mainstream yet underground stuff -
> > > material
> > > > off the "rare" Stones CD available at Starbucks
> > > > (not worth buying but might be worth listening to for
> > > free).
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> > > No because those formats would draw an audience of one,
> > you.
> > >
> > It's not often I read a post that makes me chuckle out
> loud.
>
> "Mickey" writes:
> > Nik, that one did. You're dead-on accurate.
> >
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