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"Classic" Dennis and Callahan?

When money $$$ is involved. It does not matter who is advising. These guys have heads the size of Fenway's infield and would believe anything an agent or "advisor" is telling them.
 
This "bombshell" will only be a bombshell IF it really happens. Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be a strong smell of "April Fools Day" about this. Entercom Boston is not above yanking the collective chains of its listenership, and the other media in order to milk publicity for its various endeavors.

Assuming that by some miracle that Nassau really pulls this off, how do they propose to get coverage in Southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Eastern Connecticut?
 
also in Herald
http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTrack/view.bg?articleid=1017497&format=&page=2

Boston Radio Watch
http://www.bostonradiowatch.com

and Scott's Shots/BSMW
http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/shots

which says that according to "sources", there would be Big Money behind putting sports on what is
now Nassau's classical "network" (and other stations) in MA (including the Cape), NH, ME and VT
(as part of the venture capitalist group). And if it does happen the BSMW piece says that classical
would be put on another signal owned by Nassau (who, 106.3 in Nashua?)

Still a longshot but if big money is involved...
I wonder if maybe ESPN might be part of this. Or if they aren't (as part of poss. ownership), I could
see a Sports 99.5 (and its sister stations) aligning with ESPN for non-local shows.

It gets interesting, if it IS true.
 
radiodouble said:
D. R. Tucker said:
A bombshell from the Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2007/08/16/dennis_callahan_may_move_to_wcrb/
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it's only a bombshell if you jump from #1 to #2.
by jumping from #1 to zero audience is called huge risk.
who's advising these guys, anyway?! felgie? mcdonough?

tsb, you concur?
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This must be the regional sports network that was being floated a week ago. Well, anything is possible, and this would appear to be a good way for D&C to end their broadcast careers. WCRB could promote the show on the sides of milk cartons. I'm sure that D&C would have loved a syndication deal, but I'm not sure Bar Harbor was what they had in mind,

IF WEEI is unable to re-up them, I'm sure this would be their (WEEI) favorite solution...have them disappear. If there is one thing that is obvious, it is that trying to compete with WEEI on sports is a loser. The only thing I'd think would be worse than owning one WWZN would be owning a dozen of them. Plus, trying to brand a sports station or network with no local pro teams on the roster is tough.

Luckily for WEEI, they have a pretty deep bench, or potential bench. One thing that did make a lot of sense in these reports was the possibility of Bob Ryan joining WEEI. It looks like WEEI has gotten lucky with the Celtics, and Ryan could be handy. Plus, it is pretty well known that Ryan is looking for a soft landing out of the Globe, and this would certainly be that. And, with the Sox in the pennant race, it would give whomever WEEI used to fill AMD (I like the Neumy idea myself, teamed up with one of the in-house talents) a nice honeymoom to get up to speed. Regardless, WEEI holds the strongest hand in this game, provided it really is a game and not a stunt.

I'm still leaning to D&C staying with WEEI, because it makes the most sense both money- and ego- wise for them. When you reach a certain money level, prestige plays a bigger part in the decision making process. Being a big fish in a big pond has a lot of going for it. Not to disparage our friends to the north, but I don't know of many major market players whose dream is doing a 3.0 in White River Junction.

I'm reminded of an interview Jonathan Papelbon did where the host mentioned that being a closer rather than a starter could be the difference between him getting 8 mil per in his next contract rather than 10 mil. Pap responded by saying that if doing what he liked and being known as the best at it meant only getting the 8 mil, then he "could live with that."

Regards,
TSB
 
>>Not to disparage our friends to the north, but I don't know of many major market players whose dream is doing a 3.0 in White River Junction.

Maybe so, yes. Who knows, the "VC" (not VietCong but venture capitalist guys) might wind up doing a deal
with WEEI instead, should D&C stay, to syndicate 'EEI up North...a suggestion I made awhile back
 
radio and records says WCRB is poo-poohing the idea

>>However, WCRB PD/midday host Mark Edwards tells R&R that Nassau Broadcasting assured him and his staff on Thursday morning, after the speculation started surfacing, that the station would be remaining a classical music station.
 
This kinda stinks now, I won't be able to live my fantasy of working for Entercom and getting Callahan fired for making some anti-everything remark towards me. Oh well.
 
raccoonradio said:
radio and records says WCRB is poo-poohing the idea

>>However, WCRB PD/midday host Mark Edwards tells R&R that Nassau Broadcasting assured him and his staff on Thursday morning, after the speculation started surfacing, that the station would be remaining a classical music station.
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if they shift it to an HD channel and call it "Classical WCRB", technically the format will still exist so Edwards looks like a guy who knows what's going on.

if nassau pulls a trigger on this sports thing and hires these two clowns, it will be the biggest joke this market has ever seen. up there with radio anarchy 101.7. maybe even more amusing.
 
TSBench said:
I'm still leaning to D&C staying with WEEI, because it makes the most sense both money- and ego- wise for them. When you reach a certain money level, prestige plays a bigger part in the decision making process. Being a big fish in a big pond has a lot of going for it. Not to disparage our friends to the north, but I don't know of many major market players whose dream is doing a 3.0 in White River Junction.

I'm reminded of an interview Jonathan Papelbon did where the host mentioned that being a closer rather than a starter could be the difference between him getting 8 mil per in his next contract rather than 10 mil. Pap responded by saying that if doing what he liked and being known as the best at it meant only getting the 8 mil, then he "could live with that."

Regards,
TSB
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Hey TSB,

is prestige (sometimes called status) more important to hosts than to owners?

Just wondering. Not to beat a dead horse or anything.
 
raccoonradio said:
radio and records says WCRB is poo-poohing the idea

>>However, WCRB PD/midday host Mark Edwards tells R&R that Nassau Broadcasting assured him and his staff on Thursday morning, after the speculation started surfacing, that the station would be remaining a classical music station.
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yea, when was the last time wcrb cracked top 10 in 25-54? 1971?
another useless management hack type blowing smoke.
what happens after wcrb bills 6.5 million this year?
edwards is the bill glasser of 2007.

entercom was being cheap by buying 50% of wcrb. field should've bought the entire thing
and moved weei to fm. for pete's sakes, i want to hear the squeaking sneakers in stereo.(not!)
does the last domino fall tomorrow at 6am when d&c return to weei? i want hear the jerry maguire's flipper speech one more time : "who's coming with me?...anyone? jason? julie?...flipper?"
 
I'm still befuddled by this whole D&C affair. They've gone through an entire ratings period without Callahan and have used some of the lamest fill-ins imaginable and they were still #1 in the ratings. Isn't it obvious that the station's listenership is driven by the Red Sox, Patriots, and now a lot of Celtics talk. I know that you can't throw just anyone in there. I'm sure that, for instance, a Mustard and Johnson AM drive show would lose listeners just because they're that bad. I don't usually pay much attention to Scott's Shots, but I think putrid was an apt description of M&J.

If, however, they put in competent hosts with a good knowledge of sports, and are not obnoxious, they shouldn't lose any ground. They replaced Neumy, a seasoned pro, with Michael Holley, an amateur at the time, and their ratings went up. Have Wolfe and Kahn deluded themselves into thinking that their "talent" is solely responsible for the high ratings? I think they've had a lot of help.

I think they should tell D&C to have a nice life and move on.
 
Hey TSB,

is prestige (sometimes called status) more important to hosts than to owners?

Just wondering. Not to beat a dead horse or anything.

More important to talent. It gives them some chips to throw on the bargaining table, And, in an ego-laden business, hearing the applause and public recognition is important to a lot of these folks, as demonstrated by the number of on-air talents who hang in until the bitter end, needing to have the microphone pried from their hands. Plus, a good reputation and past prestige can give you a career well past your 'sell thru' date; there always seems to be stations willing to roll the dice with washed-up big name talent hoping they'll rediscover the old magic. That almost never happens, but a lot of owners and managers are still willing to try.

For station owners and managers, prestige gets you compliments at cocktail parties (usually from folks who have no idea what your station does, but remember the call letters from somewhere back in their memory cells) but that's about it. Advertising agency media buyers, as a group, are a remarkably unsentimental lot. Up where the big money lives, it is a 'what have you done lately' kind of world.

Regards,
TSB
 
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