285 names! Wow. WERS has more listeners on an off day.
That is pretty bad. I'm not going to mention the names of two Boston "radio hosts" who were fired in the past couple of years, but their self-importance seems limited to (or in their mind, validated by) their MySpace accounts. The public just did not buy into their personas. What these people don't realize is - just because
they got up to the plate doesn't mean they had talent. They struck out, failed to hit the home run.
And it's not like poor Ken Shelton who was a Carl Yastrzemski in his day that didn't have it in the end.
These three personalities discussed here never hit the home run. Ever.
They were chosen usually by one person with an agenda. The agenda should be: a)to please the audience b)to generate income because you've pleased the audience.
Business being business, Program Directors seek to put the cart before the horse trying to please advertisers before audience (y'know, the people with the pocketbooks who buy advertisers products). The result?
You get DePetro, Kentuckybob and the rest.
Like I said, what's the difference between Paul Sullivan and Todd Feinburg. It's a rhetorical question starting with the word talent. The former has it, the latter couldn't find it if it were written on the mic in front of his face. 285 votes, mostly jokes. So much for DePetro's popularity. If he's the breadwinner, he'd better take a long hard look in the mirror (or in the aircheck room). Anti-gay jokes at the expense of modern day families (gay people) cost DePetro his gig. Deservedly so. Now maybe WRKO will find some talent instead of these low-grade shills.
