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Finneran presser live on WRKO now

raccoonradio

raccoonradio

Press conf live on air now
Jason: "Began pursuing Finneran last March--I believe he's intelligent, compassionate...capable of great things"

Finneran speaking now
 
Re: Finneran presser

Finneran saying his show will be informative, provocative, discussing politics, sports, lifestyles.

"I've done a little bit of talkradio, not much"
"I could not be happier, very excited"
"A talk station we can all tune into each and every day"
Any questions?

"You have to have fairly thick skin when critics attack you"
"Virtually every subject will be on the table. You have to well-informed..."
Says he's proud of his record as a legislator. He also says he realizes
he's blemished his record and he's ashamed of it. He says the redistricting was
not racist.
 
Question: "Have you run into Howie Carr in the restroom or anything?"

"No I didn't, and we'll leave it at there" (laughs)

He talks of the diversity of people he's dealt with in the legislator.

"I've known Howie for years. Once upon a time he thought I was a rising star
and now he thinks I'm a fraud"
(for record: Finneran saying "Howie's a moron" is a drop-in Howie plays)
"Tune in at 5:30 pm today" (he'll be on with Howie???)

Jason being asked about whether Finneran is right for the station. "We need someone who has a passion
for the city, someone who's local
Julie: "I can't think of a more compelling personality than Tom Finneran. We don't want someone piped
in from LA or NY"

Finneran: THE TERMS WILL REMAIN PRIVATE. "It's a multi year contract"
Jason: "We're going to build the show around Tom. There will be a little bit of suspense on that
question ( who the co-host will be)"

How will it feel for TF to be on other side of mike?
"I think I can bring a diff. perspective because I HAVE been on the other side of the aisle. I can understand
the complexity, the controversy...I think I can handle it. My former colleagues will absolutely positively
have a forum. There will never be a gratuitous ambush. That doesn't mean there won't be kid gloves,
because I didn't get kid gloves (treatment) either"

"We hope to have Gov Patrick on, his budget people...They'll all be welcome. There will be no ambushes."
 
"Scott will retain his current role...until Finneran show starts. There are some other positions (at Entercom)
he may be able to fill"

Feb 12 will be the start for the new show
 
BIGOT RADIO COMES TO WRKO- NEW MIDGET RADIO

Tom "The Felon and BIGOT" Finneran was hired by Julie Girl "The Executioner" Kahn and the veritically challenge Jason Wolf.

Hope Blacks and minorities will immediately go after WRKO's FCC license.

WRKO has no crediblity. Take its license away NOW !
 
The previous owners, General Tire and Rubber Company only gave bribes to the Nixon administration to sell its tires in Japan and elsewhere. Entercom sold its soul . . . if it ever had one.

raccoonradio said:
This from a man who has absolutely no axe to grind about the station from previous treatment :)
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Re: BIGOT RADIO COMES TO WRKO- NEW MIDGET RADIO

Casablanca said:
Tom "The Felon and BIGOT" Finneran was hired by Julie Girl "The Executioner" Kahn and the veritically challenge Jason Wolf.
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...authored clearly and succinctly by "Disgrunted EX-Employee with an Agenda" Casablanca.

Casablanca said:
Hope Blacks and minorities will immediately go after WRKO's FCC license.

WRKOhas no crediblity. Take its license away NOW !
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Ain't gonna happen. There. Feel better now?
 
Re: BIGOT RADIO COMES TO WRKO- NEW MIDGET RADIO

Interesting defense considering you just lost your job as the current morning man or should I say mourning man.

dumber than a box of hair said:
Casablanca said:
Tom "The Felon and BIGOT" Finneran was hired by Julie Girl "The Executioner" Kahn and the veritically challenge Jason Wolf.
Click to expand...

...authored clearly and succinctly by "Disgrunted EX-Employee with an Agenda" Casablanca.

Casablanca said:
Hope Blacks and minorities will immediately go after WRKO's FCC license.

WRKOhas no crediblity. Take its license away NOW !
Click to expand...

Ain't gonna happen. There. Feel better now?
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here's an audio version (being uploaded now. I had to play it in real time and record onto my software etc.)
18 minutes, 17 MB

http://microfurry.250free.com/FinneranAudio.mp3

They said in the month or so before the start of the show, Tom will do some kind of training and there
will be "imaging and production elements' though Tom says he does already have some slight experience.
 
Finneran will be on Howie's show today at 5:30 pm.

Boston Radio Watch reports the show will be 6-10 am not 6-9 am...and that no word yet as to what the
10-noon show will be (thought the morning show would be 3 hours not 4... maybe there's a press release
from Entercom at their site saying it's a 4 hour shift)

http://www.bostonradiowatch.com
 
Howie Said That he Will Be Talking To "The Felon" today at around 5:30.
Now, that is must hear radio.
Will they be in the same studio and if so are the men in Blue there as well.

Finneran is a thug and he may take a slug at Howie... wouldn't we all...(Not, really!)

What a disgrace to Boston radio. Also if you want to see a house of extremely BAD Taste at Chirstmas you should drive by Finneran's in-laws house. It is the messiest house in the neighborhood and all the lights just attract more attention to it. Wonder if the board of health has ever gone inside... Yuk.
 
Yup looks like it will be a four hour shift. Here's the Entercom/RKO press release

http://wrko.com/article.asp?id=332359

from Howie's page:
3rd Hour
...
"Former Massachusetts speaker of the House and newly signed WRKO talkshow host Thomas Finneran will join Howie in studio to answer the hard questions such as "How does it feel to be a felon?"
 
Casablanca said:
Also if you want to see a house of extremely BAD Taste at Chirstmas you should drive by Finneran's in-laws house. It is the messiest house in the neighborhood and all the lights just attract more attention to it. Wonder if the board of health has ever gone inside... Yuk.
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Casa, believe you me, I am not a Finneran fan. He regrets his poor judgement lying in court, not because it was a lie, but because he got caught. He said he was being challenged with political questions and responded 'politically'. In other words, lying was a regular thing for him to achieve a political objective. Finneran (and the rest of us) should read a book called "On Bullsh*t" published by the Princeton University Press, http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7929.html:

"Frankfurt proceeds by exploring how bullsh*t and the related concept of humbug are distinct from lying. He argues that bullsh*tters misrepresent themselves to their audience not as liars do, that is, by deliberately making false claims about what is true. In fact, bullsh*t need not be untrue at all.

Rather, bullsh*tters seek to convey a certain impression of themselves without being concerned about whether anything at all is true. They quietly change the rules governing their end of the conversation so that claims about truth and falsity are irrelevant. Frankfurt concludes that although bullsh*t can take many innocent forms, excessive indulgence in it can eventually undermine the practitioner's capacity to tell the truth in a way that lying does not. Liars at least acknowledge that it matters what is true. By virtue of this, Frankfurt writes, bullsh*t is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are."
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But going after the in-laws of a criminal because of their Christmas decorations? I know, I know, heinous things are said by we know who all the time, but for crying out loud, don't stoop to their level. Sheesh.

btw the author of this book was on Colbert Report last night.... too bad, he wasn't a great guest.
 
wolf said he started after the felon LAST March. Boy they think a lot of Scoto. Wolf knew he was wrong for the morning but kept him there almost a year. Miller has known for 5 months he was out and they still cannot find him a job.
 
Well a few callers to Howie's show were saying they'd miss Scotto, or at least they were saying "OK,
we had a half-decent, kind of Libertarian voice there, but now we have...Tommy.."
Tommy can you hear me...?
Welcome to Tommy's Holiday Camp...

'RKO is actually having a little fun with all this; promo aired just now for Howie's show (DURING
Howie's show) and it had a bit Howie was doing about missing headphones. "He's not even with
the station yet and already there's a crimewave..."

Scott Allen Miller's blog, which is linked to WRKO's page, has an announcement saying that yes,
he won't be with WRKO much longer but he can't comment too much on it right now (and won't
allow comments on his blog). Supposedly Entercom is trying to find him a position elsewhere in the company
and I know he doesn't want to step on any toes (which would include a bunch of anti-RKO comments on
his blog). But there is a WRKO messageboard on their site and there have been more than a few
negative comments.
 
Howie Hacks-us, Tommy Taxes,
think I'll stick with, Public Access

it's very tellin'
with Howie yellin
RKO is, home of the felon
 
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