M
Mickey37
Guest
I heard about the Providence cuts, they sound fairly brutal.
-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
raccoon, i guess a date with Jason Wolfe would be preferable over Janet Reno - Poor Janet, I'm a fan of hers,
but the only person uglier than her is Barbara Bush.
As Genya Ravan said on her T shirts "Who do I have to F... to get off of this label... (or radio station, as the case might be). The great thing about a photo of John DePetro is - no matter how much older we get, none of us take that bad a photo! Sheesh. Face made for radio? He's got a body made for satellite - the further away from planet earth the better. Jason Wolfe looks like Alec Baldwin next to DePetro.
but the only person uglier than her is Barbara Bush.
As Genya Ravan said on her T shirts "Who do I have to F... to get off of this label... (or radio station, as the case might be). The great thing about a photo of John DePetro is - no matter how much older we get, none of us take that bad a photo! Sheesh. Face made for radio? He's got a body made for satellite - the further away from planet earth the better. Jason Wolfe looks like Alec Baldwin next to DePetro.
Why all the personal attacks on DePetro's looks or lack there of? Is that the best you can come up with to mock him? Is that any better that him running out of insight and calling a fat lesbian a 'fat lesbian'? You've lost your moral highground!
The real problem wasn't the perceived 'gay bashing' as much as it was the fact that that was all a professional talkshow host had to bring to the table. It seems that much of this board can do little better than that as well. Maybe, sadly, DePetro is the perfect host for Boston.
The real problem wasn't the perceived 'gay bashing' as much as it was the fact that that was all a professional talkshow host had to bring to the table. It seems that much of this board can do little better than that as well. Maybe, sadly, DePetro is the perfect host for Boston.
>>WHJJ is owned by Clear Channel. There are major blood-baths going on at most Clear Channel clusters across the country.
Ah, then maybe he should try WTKK. Even if just for fill ins or weekends. He could even go the Feinburg route
and do a self-syndicated show.
And you're right, we shouldn't be sniping about JD's looks, etc. Better to talk about his on-air demeanor. It's
just probably the way he made "f-- l------" sound, his tone of voice (and other comments he's made in the
past) that was the "last straw" for 'RKO management. Remember again: pleasing the listeners, sponsors,
and the folks on Yawkey Way who don't want to be associated with a (newspaper-dubbed) "shock jock"
Ah, then maybe he should try WTKK. Even if just for fill ins or weekends. He could even go the Feinburg route
and do a self-syndicated show.
And you're right, we shouldn't be sniping about JD's looks, etc. Better to talk about his on-air demeanor. It's
just probably the way he made "f-- l------" sound, his tone of voice (and other comments he's made in the
past) that was the "last straw" for 'RKO management. Remember again: pleasing the listeners, sponsors,
and the folks on Yawkey Way who don't want to be associated with a (newspaper-dubbed) "shock jock"
It is called giving DePetro a taste of his own medicine. He is a strange looking dude. What right does he
have putting down candidates for things other than politics? I liked having four candidates in the race.
Let's face it, even one on one, Kerry Healey didn't have a snowball's chance in hell - and for two very
good reasons:
1)Mitt Romney's support for her was tepid at best
2)In the 4 years she had the 2nd most visible (not 2nd most powerful) position in Massachusetts she
could have done something to "press the flesh". Deval Patrick did more in a few months than Healey
did in 4 years. She came off as "entitled", "out of touch", and cold. The few good things she did
seemed like crumbs from Romney's table. Look at how Hillary Clinton made an impact as the wife
of a president, beyond Barbara and Laura Bush. Look at how Hillary got elected - twice.
These playbooks are there for serious politicians. If Kerry Healey is to come back, she is going to have to
do better than getting a thumbs up from the people who "muffy"-ized her. How could she mitigate four
years of being Muffy? DePetro - with low ratings - gives her his blessing.
It takes more than money and one slanted radio station. So there you have it, beyond DePetro's looks
you have his double-standards. Consider this: Had the "Independent Man" backed Grace Ross, knowing
that no one was going to beat Patrick, DePetro would have come out of the race with his job intact and
truly getting the "Independent Man" tag. The Green Party would have had people tuning in round the
clock, he would have probably hit a few Arbitron books, and WRKO management could certainly throw
the 9-noon time to the Green Party to look "fair and balanced." God knows the noon to 3 Rush Limbaugh
show did nothing for Kerry Healey, just give her morning and afternoon drive time and the station doesn't
look as biased as it is.
have putting down candidates for things other than politics? I liked having four candidates in the race.
Let's face it, even one on one, Kerry Healey didn't have a snowball's chance in hell - and for two very
good reasons:
1)Mitt Romney's support for her was tepid at best
2)In the 4 years she had the 2nd most visible (not 2nd most powerful) position in Massachusetts she
could have done something to "press the flesh". Deval Patrick did more in a few months than Healey
did in 4 years. She came off as "entitled", "out of touch", and cold. The few good things she did
seemed like crumbs from Romney's table. Look at how Hillary Clinton made an impact as the wife
of a president, beyond Barbara and Laura Bush. Look at how Hillary got elected - twice.
These playbooks are there for serious politicians. If Kerry Healey is to come back, she is going to have to
do better than getting a thumbs up from the people who "muffy"-ized her. How could she mitigate four
years of being Muffy? DePetro - with low ratings - gives her his blessing.
It takes more than money and one slanted radio station. So there you have it, beyond DePetro's looks
you have his double-standards. Consider this: Had the "Independent Man" backed Grace Ross, knowing
that no one was going to beat Patrick, DePetro would have come out of the race with his job intact and
truly getting the "Independent Man" tag. The Green Party would have had people tuning in round the
clock, he would have probably hit a few Arbitron books, and WRKO management could certainly throw
the 9-noon time to the Green Party to look "fair and balanced." God knows the noon to 3 Rush Limbaugh
show did nothing for Kerry Healey, just give her morning and afternoon drive time and the station doesn't
look as biased as it is.
>>1)Mitt Romney's support for her was tepid at best
You got that right. He was too busy out of state running for President. Like that OTHER Kerry a couple years back
And frankly, THIS Mass. politician probably will be no more successful in that quest that Mr. Kerry was.
You got that right. He was too busy out of state running for President. Like that OTHER Kerry a couple years back
And frankly, THIS Mass. politician probably will be no more successful in that quest that Mr. Kerry was.John Kerry won the presidency. He just didn't fight for it after Rove rolled over him.
Romney will be haunted by the fact that he was aloof as Governor of Massachusetts.
Especially with the Dems in control - we could all come up with 20 or 30 effective
commercials on him right now. Mitt Romney won't be able to defend the Kerry Healey
attack ads like Deval Patrick did.
In fact, I'd get Kerry Healey to come out and denounce Mitt - or better still -
show her with a pie on her face and all the times he abandoned her and Massachusetts in a
60 second TV commercial. Romney has about as much of a chance against Hillary as
he did against Kennedy: no chance.
Remember what Howie Carr said - if Shannon O'Brien didn't make that faux pas, she's
Governor for at least two terms.
Romney's a charmer but very untrustworthy. Everyone will remember how he spit on this state.
Romney will be haunted by the fact that he was aloof as Governor of Massachusetts.
Especially with the Dems in control - we could all come up with 20 or 30 effective
commercials on him right now. Mitt Romney won't be able to defend the Kerry Healey
attack ads like Deval Patrick did.
In fact, I'd get Kerry Healey to come out and denounce Mitt - or better still -
show her with a pie on her face and all the times he abandoned her and Massachusetts in a
60 second TV commercial. Romney has about as much of a chance against Hillary as
he did against Kennedy: no chance.
Remember what Howie Carr said - if Shannon O'Brien didn't make that faux pas, she's
Governor for at least two terms.
Romney's a charmer but very untrustworthy. Everyone will remember how he spit on this state.
T
TowerBuzz
Guest
Varulven said:
T
TowerBuzz
Guest
Varulven said:
I believe you mean Al Gore won the presidency, Kerry was not in the same situation.
DePetro's comments pales in comparison to some of your behavior;
TOWERBUZZ writes: that an ad hominim attack
Please learn how to spell before you attempt to bash people. Ad hominem is the correct spelling.
I would appreciate you not responding to my posts.
You are correct: I am a public figure having been on the BBC, VH-1 and as a writer, but it doesn't mean cowards with internet handles have a right to fling mud.
As Steven Tyler believes people should be licensed before allowed to have children, objectively speaking (no Ad hominem here, just a general statement) a diploma from 7th or 8th grade should be mandatory before people are allowed to post on this board. But that's just my opinion.
http://www.townonline.com/medford/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=601620&format=&page=1
http://www2.townonline.com/lynnfield/opinion/view.bg?articleid=614630&format=&page=1
That's All I Wanna Know - Bobby Hebb
Tuition Records (Germany)
http://www.tuition-music.com/media/Info_TIN_402_Bobby_Hebb_Thats_All_I_Wanna_Know_e.pdf
p.s. try this out
http://www.fallacyfiles.org/adhomine.html
Argumentum ad Hominem
Translation: "Argument against the man", Latin
TOWERBUZZ writes: that an ad hominim attack
Please learn how to spell before you attempt to bash people. Ad hominem is the correct spelling.
I would appreciate you not responding to my posts.
You are correct: I am a public figure having been on the BBC, VH-1 and as a writer, but it doesn't mean cowards with internet handles have a right to fling mud.
As Steven Tyler believes people should be licensed before allowed to have children, objectively speaking (no Ad hominem here, just a general statement) a diploma from 7th or 8th grade should be mandatory before people are allowed to post on this board. But that's just my opinion.
http://www.townonline.com/medford/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=601620&format=&page=1
http://www2.townonline.com/lynnfield/opinion/view.bg?articleid=614630&format=&page=1
That's All I Wanna Know - Bobby Hebb
Tuition Records (Germany)
http://www.tuition-music.com/media/Info_TIN_402_Bobby_Hebb_Thats_All_I_Wanna_Know_e.pdf
p.s. try this out
http://www.fallacyfiles.org/adhomine.html
Argumentum ad Hominem
Translation: "Argument against the man", Latin
T
TowerBuzz
Guest
My point still remains; you are doing exactly what you castigated Depetro for doing. Lucy is correct you have no right to the moral high ground given your hypocritical behavior in making comments aount essentially the same thing that he did.
You are incorrect. But that's not the point. The point is that Harvey Wharfield said arguing with people like you is comparable to a giant stepping on a flea.
You really need to get some schooling. There's no hypocrisy there.
Unqualified jocks: We've seen it at least twice on the FM and now on the AM in the past couple of years.
Where's Eddie Rabbit when you need him?
Showed your photograph
To some old gray bearded men
Sitting on a bench
Outside a general store
And up ahead's another town
That I'll be walking through
With the rain in my shoes
You really need to get some schooling. There's no hypocrisy there.
Unqualified jocks: We've seen it at least twice on the FM and now on the AM in the past couple of years.
Where's Eddie Rabbit when you need him?
Showed your photograph
To some old gray bearded men
Sitting on a bench
Outside a general store
And up ahead's another town
That I'll be walking through
With the rain in my shoes
T
TowerBuzz
Guest
Well just because you disagree with me does not mean that I am wrong and you are right my friend. You did exactly what you took Depetro to task for doing but apparantly what is good for the goose is not good for the gandor. If I were Harvey Warfield I would not want you constantlydropping my name advertising your friendship with me, it is probably part of the reason that he can't get a job anywhere. People are often judged by the company they keep.
Mr. Wharfield chose not to go back to the radio game. He told me he didn't want to go to WZLX when Bill Smith hired him in 1986 or whenever it was. Bill was persistent and Harv did an excellent job.
But there you go again - flinging mud behind an assumed name - as
if we don't know the "typing errors" you blame on your inability to express yourself properly.
I don't think I've seen Mr. Wharfield since the late John Kalishes' played Aerosmith's nightclub. I do send
him birthday and Christmas cards. We send them out to people from all walks of life - annually - if they
have been nice and not naughty. Don't expect yours. (OOPS, Harv was on Visual Radio about 3 years
ago. Guess I have forgotten more than most will ever learn, as my boss at the national TV company said
back in the 1990s)
Speaking of Wharfield, since I haven't seen him in years, it's a totally objective point of view that he should
do nine to noon on WRKO. Jason Wolfe just has to realize, Harv's not going to send an aircheck because he
is not actively seeking radio employment. WRKO would be advised to seek him out. Most radio people know his real name, not the stage name, so they can find him easy enough.
This thread was about DePetro's problems with degrading comments. My comments are snippy and clever.
That you don't know the difference is why I've kindly requested you stop badgering me.
Why don't you try:
a)reading some William Strunk, Jr.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
b)Take two advil
c)send your resume to Eskimo radio. An igloo ought to chill you out.
But there you go again - flinging mud behind an assumed name - as
if we don't know the "typing errors" you blame on your inability to express yourself properly.
I don't think I've seen Mr. Wharfield since the late John Kalishes' played Aerosmith's nightclub. I do send
him birthday and Christmas cards. We send them out to people from all walks of life - annually - if they
have been nice and not naughty. Don't expect yours. (OOPS, Harv was on Visual Radio about 3 years
ago. Guess I have forgotten more than most will ever learn, as my boss at the national TV company said
back in the 1990s)
Speaking of Wharfield, since I haven't seen him in years, it's a totally objective point of view that he should
do nine to noon on WRKO. Jason Wolfe just has to realize, Harv's not going to send an aircheck because he
is not actively seeking radio employment. WRKO would be advised to seek him out. Most radio people know his real name, not the stage name, so they can find him easy enough.
This thread was about DePetro's problems with degrading comments. My comments are snippy and clever.
That you don't know the difference is why I've kindly requested you stop badgering me.
Why don't you try:
a)reading some William Strunk, Jr.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
b)Take two advil
c)send your resume to Eskimo radio. An igloo ought to chill you out.
T
TowerBuzz
Guest
Joe I dont know Harvey Warfield I just know you brought his name up to try to insult but if he has not been in radio since 1986 like you say it looks pretty obvious that he's not in great demand in 2006. Im not slinging mud but you put him into the conversation and called me a flea. I have no desire to quarrel with you but you're constant hypocrisy undermines any point you try to make. Depetro's "fat lesbian" comment was not that bad when you consider that he was hired to rile up his audience and provoke reaction but you took offense which is your right. For you to then comment on his appearance is hypocrisy. You can't argue the point, it's fact. You frequently argue that this one or that one should be fired from WRKO, "they're homophobic", they are this or that, but you're constantly listening to wrko. Why do you do that? if you listen and you know that it will offend you it does not make sense to keep listening and then complain. Can you please try to get back on the topic and not fight with every poster that does not say "you're right Joe, you know everything".
Varulven said:
he parked at 'cgy after wzlx and that was very shortlived because ars bought 93.7 from gowdy and fired everyone including harvey. then steven dodge put on eagle or hawk 93.7 or whatever the effff they called themselves. i think it became star under entercom.
last time he did any kind of radio in this century was when they got all the jocks together at wror for one weekend and that was like four or maybe five years ago.
T
TowerBuzz
Guest
WCGY? how many years ago was that?. Meaningless. How is that for "punctuation"?.
how many years ago was that?. Meaningless. How is that for "punctuation"?.Varulven said:
so much bs from joe today. smith never made any hiring decisions over there. he just did mornings for about a year. i sold for 'hdh at the time so i remember all the players at other stations. the guy who hired and fired smith was gary guthrie(or maybe gathrie). he was an innovative pd they brought in from corproate offices to program classic rock at wzlx.
he also hired harvey for afternoons. besides, chuck nowlin trippled wzlx ratings when he replaced harvey.
TowerBuzz said:WCGY?
granted, they were a fringe station, but meaningless? i dunno. all i know from sales side, they made money for gowdy before he cashed out. he got somewhere around 12 mill. that was pretty big money back in the day for a non-Boston signal.
- Status