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DePetro All But Confirms He Was Giving Entercon What They Wanted

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In a rather weak apology John DePetro dismissed his
"F-a-g" slur of Matt Amarillo as something that "offended a large community".
Huh? ???
He went on to excuse his remarks as one that happened in the "heat of the argument" and that it did not represent WRKO or management.

Sure, and the falling ceilings in the Big Dig don't represent the failures of Bechtel et al.

Seems that WRKO and Entercom who have long track record of "hate speech" and personal attack radio got what they wanted: a week of their name in the paper. As someone once said,' there is not such thing as bad publicity' and they spelled everyone's name correctly.

Entercom set the policy and DePetro just gave them exactly what they wanted. As Ol' Will once said, " I fear thou [ Entercom ] protesteth too much.." Better still, "the problems dear Brutus are not in our stars but in ourselves" for listening to such crap.

Good night and good luck!

Wake up! America!
 
To be fair, DePetro did say that his slur didn't represent the views of his employers. Any conspiracy theories suggesting otherwise are just opinion. You could be right, and it wouldn't shock me if you were. But we just have no way of knowing, unless one of us in a position to know first-hand.

This is one of the few times since the New York college student murder that I've had the opportunity to listen to DePetro, and what I've heard so far sounds fairly interesting.
 
Yes, "wake up america" to some radio host saying the word ------, the horror of it all.
 
Any conspiracy theories suggesting otherwise are just opinion.

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Not necessarily. If you have one, maybe two out of line comments by various hosts on one station, you could say it's racist or homophobic, and that would be the individuals opinion.

Howevah.....when you have incident after incident after incident after incident....it's pretty clear.
 
well, you read it in the Herald, lip service from Jason Wolfe, lip service.

If DePetro was making fun of the Irish or Italians or Eskimos or African Americans I would take the same position.
[EDIT] People are generally stupid and John Depetro is looking for ratings. Jason Wolfe is an enabler.

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Words don't result in people dying, actions do. [EDIT]



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No, but some words can lead to suspensions from radio and bannings from radio boards. You have been reported for that comment Smoke. You can't try and say "Um, I was saying "Dogs" or Eggs" It was clear and to your morbid point.

I consider that hate speech, and I have save this thread just in case it gets deleted or I get banned for calling you out.
 
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. If you have one, maybe two out of line comments by various hosts on one station, you could say it's racist or homophobic, and that would be the individuals opinion.

Howevah.....when you have incident after incident after incident after incident....it's pretty clear.
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that's fine. it becomes clear....in the opinion of some. there are different ways to interpret just about anything. if you recall, people have debated the meaning of the word "is."
 
Again, Entercom has a history of these things.
It all but invented "tabloid talk radio" and this is the next step.

Too bad Archie Bunker is dead. He would have made a great talk show host "meathead" ;)
 
I didn't hear it--work weird hours and didn't get up til 9:30...I tuned in a bit later and someone thanked him for his apology etc but I didn't really hear much of his show today.

>>his slur didn't represent the views of his employers.

The Whiner Line on WEEI has a disclaimer on behalf of its callers saying "we're not responsible for what these
guys say, hey, they don't speak for us". DePetro also technically bears responsibility for what he says rather than the station itself, but as an employee he also does kind of represent them...and when he crosses the line and they object (and punish him), he has to take it, no different than if, say, a Toronto Blue Jays infielder
who used to work for the Red Sox (we'll call him "Shea") gets "cut" by the team for his behavior and what he may have written or said.

>>It all but invented "tabloid talk radio"

yeah, they're not classy like that woman on Air America who "joked" that...
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/5/12/153908.shtml
 
Yes, it is a "cigarette" - see my explanation in earlier posts - and gay men and women were allegedly thrown on the fire to burn witches, which is the repulsive way that epithet made its way into mainstream Britain...allegedly...
 
It seems to me, Varulven, that the only people that were extremly upset about the comments was the gay community... ::)

anything you'd like to share?
 
Yes, there are many homosexual men who aren't part of the "gay community". Some are married to women but totally into guys; some are single guys that don't hang out in bars or participate in activism. They do not like the label nor do they deserve it.

People are generally disgusted with the corruption in radio. Slap Opie & Anthony on the wrists when they are the saviors when it comes to the advertising dollar. It's not the radio business anymore - it's just business.

Radio is basically on satellite and college radio. You can't call what John Depetro does "entertainment" nor can you call it good radio. When all is said and done Howie Carr will just be some regional voice overshadowed by Jerry Williams and Gene Burns. Corporations have bought up the public airwaves and now they are the Corporate Airwaves with a different name.

Saying the gay community are the only people upset with Depetro is painting with a broad brush. His pitiful ratings prove that the silent majority is totally fed up with him. Mid day or not, he doesn't help the morning show or the afternoon drive. He is an anchor. And not a TV anchor, an anchor as in one big drag.

No, it's not just the "gay" community. And it isn't just Depetro that is the problem. Jason Wolfe is a decent programmer and should know better. I'm really appalled at him.
 
And what makes you an authority on calling pitiful ratings "fine". Where are those great ratings, behind George Bush's curtain with the WMD's? It's great that we have a forum where the truth about WRKO can be written and people can see the spinmasters come out and try to make something out of nothing.

Outside of the bad ratings, his voice is annoying and he has yet to land a topic of interest. The only time he gets press is when he is a naughty boy. That won't get him very far. Next time he uses a bad word the press will probably ignore him - unless Jason finally gives him the pink slip.
 
Varulven said:
People are generally disgusted with the corruption in radio.
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It would be nice if, just for a change, you could support such drivel with facts.

The facts are that 94% of the American public still listens to OTA radio at least once a week, and that of that 94%, 74% are satisfied with what they hear. Those facts don't come from critics who can't support what they spew on a message board. They come from disinterested parties who study the media and its relationship with its audiences.

So, where's the disgust, other than in your head???
 
Varulven said:
And what makes you an authority on calling pitiful ratings "fine". Where are those great ratings, behind George Bush's curtain with the WMD's? It's great that we have a forum where the truth about WRKO can be written and people can see the spinmasters come out and try to make something out of nothing.
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Yes, it is great that we have this forum so that we can debunk what you call "truth."

Unlike you, I'm actually looking at DePetro's ratings...and since I can't disclose them here, suffice it to say that there are no generalized talk stations which rank higher than he does during the hours he's on. The stations above him in the Spring Arbitron are WBZ, WEEI and music stations. His audience share is higher than 96.9, and your beloved Air America is almost invisible.

Yeah, really pitiful ratings. ::)
 
John Carroll on Beat The Press revealed DePetro's ratings and I think he said he was 12thin his time slot across the dial which means he is near the bottom of the rating pool...and drowning.
 
As pathetic as 12th is (I couldn't name 11 other shows in that time slot), it is a huge step up from 18th this winter; I guess you could say he is at the head of the pack for the medium talented.
 
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