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Entercon Thugs Out In Force

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Casablance

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Seems you can have constructive criticism for any Boston radio station but Entercon's WRKO.
Dare to print anything negative and the "boys" from Entercon send out their henchmen to intimidate the critics.
Another example of the crazed right wing only being able to dish it out but unable to take it.
 
Not sure that's the problem here. Seems to me the real problem may be you. After all PY, you were fired from the station twenty plus years ago and you've never gotten over it. That's obvious to anyone who has seen the hundreds of threads,under dozens of different SN's you've used to attack WRKO since this board started. You have the moderators snowed, they'll kill this thread and continue to run your baiting posts. But we all know the real score here. You're the kind of guy who gets a job doing PR for Nuns and gets fired from that too. It's a good thing those nuns don't have a message board.
 
It's Entercom...not Entercon. The company name ends with an M...not an N.

No, I don't work for them either...and never have.
 
I have always been an advocate for this company. They've employed me in 3 markets and have shown me that although you might not be what they want for one station, they value good people.

There are good and bad people in every company and this one's no exception. But, it's certainly not concerned with crticism on radio message board.

Perhaps it's just getting old. There seems to be an inordinate amount of trash talking about WRKO; a station that's outperforming ALL of the rock stations, and sits in the top third of the market with almost twice the ratings of the other talk station.

Someone's doing something right. The numbers are the only defense that station needs to mount to any critic.

It's Boston. If you're from Boston, you have an opposing opinion to everything, and everyone's entitled to hear it.

It's what makes talk radio there better than almost everywhere in America.
 
He's calling it Entercon to kind of express his opinion on it, I'd guess...I don't work for them but I enjoy WRKO and WEEI
and sometimes Mike 93.7, too. Casablance can say what he wants but everyone here has the right to either
check out his posts or to refuse to if we so choose.

>>the crazed right wing only being able to dish it out but unable to take it

or the Left, ditto.
 
Shawn O'Domski said:
It's Entercom...not Entercon. The company name ends with an M...not an N.

No, I don't work for them either...and never have.
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The "n" is for emphasis.
 
INTERcom99 said:
Not sure that's the problem here. Seems to me the real problem may be you. After all PY, you were fired from the station twenty plus years ago and you've never gotten over it. That's obvious to anyone who has seen the hundreds of threads,under dozens of different SN's you've used to attack WRKO since this board started. You have the moderators snowed, they'll kill this thread and continue to run your baiting posts. But we all know the real score here. You're the kind of guy who gets a job doing PR for Nuns and gets fired from that too. It's a good thing those nuns don't have a message board.
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The moderation here is better than the old moderation, but did we really need a Klan referrence to WRKO? C'mon, you're putting us on here Paul!

No doubt TKK would take the beatings from this board if they got the ratings to match it.
 
"When did you ever offer constructive criticism?"

Go back and re-read the old posts. When folks have constructive criticism about the station, they express it. It's one of my favorite stations, but they are not without flaws -- a lot of them.

Calling it a "klan" organization is completely without merit and anyone who throws out baseless claims like that has a completely transparent agenda. Present some valid criticism with a coherent argument and perhaps people will take you seriously. Do you honestly think someone who posts to this board with praise for WRKO (or even neutrality) is employed by the station?
 
No Blacks and No Women at WRKO speaks for itself. [News people and traffic people don't count] And Yes, I think some who come here to defend Entercon are employed by them.
 
Casablance said:
And Yes, I think some who come here to defend Entercon are employed by them.
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You have no evidence of that rather ridiculous charge. It is obvious, however, that Joe Vig's paranoia is rubbing off on you.
 
Re: EnterScam Thugs Out In Force

Joe Vig's "paranoia" - Hah - another Karl Rove attack from the peanut gallery.

A good friend says that the paranoid survive! By the way, my problem with Enterscamm is that they are
BOOOOOOOREEEE RING - from Paul Marshall to John DePetro to Jeff Katz to Howie Carr....>BORE-ING...
BORE-ING

Yeah, I agree with Paul about the failure to hire minorities and promote them - but my biggest complaint is that it is SOMINEX RADIO. How Coolidge can call it "paranoia" to call a station BORING is more junk - stuff from Karl Rove's playbook - DISTRACT - go off topic, but don't let them tell you that WRKO is BORING!

Yawn.

And, yes, I agree, Al Franken and WBUR can get tedious, but tedious you can put up with, boring is just awful.

So I guess calling Al Franken tedious and Howie Carr boring makes me "paranoid".
 
You comment on WRKO almost exclusively. Your comments are specific betraying the fact that you listen to the station all the time. When will the moderators of this board finally put an end to your multiple years of soiling the memory of the person who created said board with your paranoid, bitter bile.
 
Casablance said:
No Blacks and No Women at WRKO speaks for itself. [News people and traffic people don't count] And Yes, I think some who come here to defend Entercon are employed by them.
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Racial/Sex/Any hiring policy other than "most qualified for the position", is no more acceptable than not having any particular group of people represented.

This is just bull. There will never be true equality until people stop considering "balancing" the inequality.

Best person for the gig. That should be the ONLY criteria. End of debate.
 
"Best person for the gig. That should be the ONLY criteria. End of debate."

Oh Paul, that will get you one week in mandatory diversity training!! Now off you go!
 
Casablance said:
No Blacks and No Women at WRKO speaks for itself. [News people and traffic people don't count]
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Who died and gave you the power to decide that?

Until you can prove what you've posted, you're just another disgrunted ex-employee. We've been to this party already. Yawn.
 
Paul Marshall,

There's always someone better out there. So the
"best person for the gig" ideology is great in a perfect world.
When Tony Soprano seems to be running most of radio these days,
it is hardly an even playing field. Too much stumbling over words
on the weekends (except for the case of Howie Carr's fill-in, so
inept we had to tune out on a weekday!)
 
jane grant said:
Paul Marshall,

There's always someone better out there. So the
"best person for the gig" ideology is great in a perfect world.
When Tony Soprano seems to be running most of radio these days,
it is hardly an even playing field. Too much stumbling over words
on the weekends (except for the case of Howie Carr's fill-in, so
inept we had to tune out on a weekday!)
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You know what? I tend to agree with Marshall on a great many issues because I think he is one of the smarter radio people out there, I truly do. However I have to agree with Jane Grant on this one, it would be nice if the best one for the job got the job and that were the only criteria but we all know that is not always the case. You really have to be someone of the advantaged group to make a statement like that and to stand by it because for someone like Paul who is a very talented guy, if he does not get a job he KNOWS it's becuase he wasnt the right one in management's eyes for that position, and for no other reason. For someone not of the advantaged class if you dont get the job it is not always that slear cut and simple. It probably is the same reasoning behind it, you were not the right candidate in management's eyes but you'll never know that.. and history has shown us that a great many other factors out of your control often go into such decisions. WE'll never live in a color blind society, never. Nor will our society ever be blind to gender or sexual orientation, never. IN the meantime it's somewhat naive for someone who will always reap the benefits of advantaged class to say " it shouldnt be about anything other than talent" YOU ARE RIGHT, It shouldn't but if you think it ISNT, you're not living in the real world. It's very simple: People tend to gravitate to those most like themselves, and that has social implications and it obviously spills over into the hiring practices too. Is it worng? not so much wrong as it is short sighted. Probably not as much malicious as just plain ignorant. Paul has told me on many occaisions " I come from nothing" which is admireable to see that he's made a success of himself but it's also not accurate. In this buisness in particular which is a microcosym of society Paul still has a certain currency that is priceless in America, he cuts his hair and he's welcome in any board room there is if he so desires entry. THAT goes a long way and it is something that is taken for granted if you have it.........understandable, its all you know, so you dont see it as an advantage but it is a built in one which has benefits which are not always visable to the naked eye at first glance. DOnt get me wrong I look at Paul as a great talent who deserves everything he's gotten and a lot more, (GOD A LOT MORE!) but the point still remains. It's easy to say may the best man win when youre always in a position to be the best man eveen if you're not.........capice?.

That said, I say again WRKO has an audience, they pander to that audience and they hire those that they feel will best resonate with that audience, it is not their charge to better society, they're there to make moolah by any means necesary. COmplaining about it here is not the answer.
 
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The worst thing about corporate radio is the political hires. When their "contact" gets fired they usually
get the pink slip right after. True talent can ride the wave of many program directors - look at
Paula Street at Oldies 103 - she's gone through how many PD's?


[EDIT*=inflamatory]
 
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