Bolger/Kay --- Star 93.3

[that girl]

So on Thursday morning...I heard Mark Bolger & Kimberly Kay on Star 93.3. Some random searching on hudsonvalleyhelpwanted.com brought up a help-wanted ad for a morning show team, immediate availability. Of course, when I tuned in during my commute this morning and found no Mark & Kim, I figured something was up. Upon checking the station website this evening, there is no mention of the (former??) morning show team....anyone know what happened and where Bolger will end up? He's been a Hudson Valley staple for so long, I was just curious what'll be next....

 

[HotelPaper]

They were let go after the show on Thursday. Bonehead move by Cheap Channel. I bet they will probably bring in some voicetrack show. : :

 

[MHVRadiofan]

All Access confirms that that morning team Mark Bolger and Kimberly Kay have left WBWZ, Star 93.3. Mark had been there since 1996 when he left WSPK when the then new owners would not pay him what he felt he was worth (this was pre Clear Channel). I always wondered how a much smaller station like WBWZ let alone cheap channel could afford to pay him the big bucks. Perhaps this is the morning drive show opening Andre was referring to that he was offered when he and Jack Hammer left WBPM back in October.

 

[disney fanatic]

Thanks for the info about the departure of Mark Bolger & Kimberly Kay on "Star 93.3". That happened on Thursday morning whern they both left the station. Mark has been on this station after he left "K-104" back in 1996. He was a morning host on the then "Z-93" until it became "Star 93.3". Prior to that, he was on "K-104" doing mornings after he took over from Stew Shantz. Stew was a great morning guy and the PD of WSPK's "K-104" before Mark came along. That was probably around 1994 or so.

 

[Roger]

Mark Bolger started at K104 doing nights in 1983 or 1984. He then took over mornings around 1987 or 1988 until he left K104 in 1996 and that is when Stew Schantz took over mornings. Stew Schantz did mornings on K104 until the station was sold to Pamal Broadcasting in 1997.

 

[Roger]

I was just thinking this. Randy Turner should hire Mark Bolger and Kimberly Kay for the WBPM 92.9 morning show.

 

[disney fanatic]

I was just thinking this. Randy Turner should hire Mark Bolger and Kimberly Kay for the WBPM 92.9 morning show.

That's a good idea, bring Mark and Kim to the "New Electric Morning Show".

 

[alwayson]

They would be great on 92.9. That station deserves more credit than it gets.

 

[MHVRadiofan]

According to Radio -Info’s Tom Taylor this may have been part of Clear Channels 12/9 annual cost cutting. Mark and Kimberly were told the decision was because of the stations declining ratings and revenues. The story is in Mondays Poughkeepsie Journal http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/201012120600/BUSINESS/12120365?odyssey=mod_related_ and http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/201012111343/BUSINESS/101211012?odyssey=mod_related_topix

As far as them making the switch to WBPM that would be a great move if Pamal would take Mark back. He left them in 1996 in a contract dispute.

 

[oldies4ever]

Bring Mark into 92.9, get rid of Turner and run it like it should be; maybe they can get the ratings out of the bottom of the sewer..... ;D

 

[MoldaMania182]

Bring Mark into 92.9, get rid of Turner and run it like it should be; maybe they can get the ratings out of the bottom of the sewer..... ;D

The overall ratings don't really matter. The station exists to pull just enough ratings away from WPDH.

 

[oldies4ever]

you are kidding-- 92.9-take listeners away from PDH??? Howzat?? Poor music selection, ratings lower than whale crap (thats at the bottom of the ocean)...you must either be turner or have been brainwashed by turner. Look at the ratings since this fiasco was launched...harry gregor tried the same thing...he hated PDH with a passion and put his WCZX up agains pdh, then lost the station thru bankruptcy, and it wound up at Penndell road anyway. I stand fast- give turner the boot, switch formats and let Bolger do the morning show and programming...


oldied4ever ;D

 

[disney fanatic]

you are kidding-- 92.9-take listeners away from PDH??? Howzat?? Poor music selection, ratings lower than whale crap (thats at the bottom of the ocean)...you must either be turner or have been brainwashed by turner. Look at the ratings since this fiasco was launched...harry gregor tried the same thing...he hated PDH with a passion and put his WCZX up agains pdh, then lost the station thru bankruptcy, and it wound up at Penndell road anyway. I stand fast- give turner the boot, switch formats and let Bolger do the morning show and programming...


oldied4ever ;D

Yeah! Let Mark Bolger do it in mornings on WBPM and forget this classic rock thing. The station sounded a lot like WPDH and the two NYC rock stations WRXQ's "Q-104.3" and WRXP. Make it a greatest hits format where WBPM plays the Supremes, the Beatles, the Tempations, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, the Bee Gees and a few others, and stop playing Aerosmith and Van Halen and all of this crap. The ratings are still sinking in the bottom of the sea.

As I said, put Mark Bolger on WBPM and forget Dave Lucas, he's not the best morning person in town.

 

[buford]

dont forget that kay used to work for turnip ... actually with bob miller ... over on sleezy x. i dont think she parted on good terms then (think it had something to do with turnip not being the best man at kay's wedding!!! ) anyway, will be interesting to see if bolger winds up there. stranger things have happened.

 

[Lando Griffin]

I remember Bolger's old "Record Crusher" part of his WSPK evening shows. He played one of my tracks from a high school music project with my partner "The Richtone" during a local musicians' record crusher week.

It was voted by listeners to go to the crusher... LOL