Smoke is probably right. The news staff will be talking to other outlets and they very well could end up back on RKO, at least as voices from a third party.
Raccoon - you have to wake up and smell the coffee. Howie Carr is "one note Norman" - a hack writer from a yellow tabloid who stabbed his predecessor in the back to get the gig.
The Globe Spotlight Team will take down the Catholic Church, Howie gets to use their research for his radio show. Yours truly tipped H.C. off to the Cardinal Spellman flak in NY. They used to call Spellman "Her eminence" in the gay community back in the 1970s. Long before anyone would dare call Spellman a **** it was known he had his hot men in his limousine. Why didn't Carr lead the charge against the Catholic Church - when it was the paper he assaults - his competition - that did the heavy lifting.
Why didn't Howie Carr go after THE BIG DIG - make it a real issue, not just a Johnny Come Lately jump on the bandwagon reporting style. Had Howie uncovered the flaws maybe a young lady would be alive today.
We've seen his m.o. before in Boston Radio. It's called the Oedipus Complex. Oedipus would jump on anyone he saw heating up. The Cars were happening, Oedi jumped on the bandwagon. It was the hard work of
Maxanne Sartori, WCOZ and Fred Lewis that launched the Cars - not Oedi on WMBR 88.1 FM, though Oedi did play them. It was the COZ/BCN airplay that made the band happen - thanks to Fred Lewis - promo man for WEA or Atlantic or something before managing The Cars.
Howie Carr has never really jumped into a story other than Whitey Bulger. He's "One Note Norman", a one-issue-Charlie. His show would be adequate as a 9 to noon, but for a station to hang its hat on Carr,
well, he won't go down as a Jerry Williams, a Gene Burns, or a David Brudnoy. He's not iconic and his book is not big enough to get him Dennis Lehane status, not by a long shot. Heck, he stole the Civil Action role right out of Jerry Williams' hands, didn't he?
WRKO is a mess. Howie Carr doesn't do the work necessary to make him a national voice. He's got his niche and that's it. Who would want to buy advertising on his show outside of the Boston city limits?
Howard Stern took off immediately, Carr has floundered through these attempts at syndication. He doesn't have it. The Jones Radio Network and Air America hosts have more of an audience nationally, and deservedly so. Many haven't had the opportunities that Carr has, but they have struck a chord with an audience and people in multiple states are listening.
Raccoon - you have to wake up and smell the coffee. Howie Carr is "one note Norman" - a hack writer from a yellow tabloid who stabbed his predecessor in the back to get the gig.
The Globe Spotlight Team will take down the Catholic Church, Howie gets to use their research for his radio show. Yours truly tipped H.C. off to the Cardinal Spellman flak in NY. They used to call Spellman "Her eminence" in the gay community back in the 1970s. Long before anyone would dare call Spellman a **** it was known he had his hot men in his limousine. Why didn't Carr lead the charge against the Catholic Church - when it was the paper he assaults - his competition - that did the heavy lifting.
Why didn't Howie Carr go after THE BIG DIG - make it a real issue, not just a Johnny Come Lately jump on the bandwagon reporting style. Had Howie uncovered the flaws maybe a young lady would be alive today.
We've seen his m.o. before in Boston Radio. It's called the Oedipus Complex. Oedipus would jump on anyone he saw heating up. The Cars were happening, Oedi jumped on the bandwagon. It was the hard work of
Maxanne Sartori, WCOZ and Fred Lewis that launched the Cars - not Oedi on WMBR 88.1 FM, though Oedi did play them. It was the COZ/BCN airplay that made the band happen - thanks to Fred Lewis - promo man for WEA or Atlantic or something before managing The Cars.
Howie Carr has never really jumped into a story other than Whitey Bulger. He's "One Note Norman", a one-issue-Charlie. His show would be adequate as a 9 to noon, but for a station to hang its hat on Carr,
well, he won't go down as a Jerry Williams, a Gene Burns, or a David Brudnoy. He's not iconic and his book is not big enough to get him Dennis Lehane status, not by a long shot. Heck, he stole the Civil Action role right out of Jerry Williams' hands, didn't he?
WRKO is a mess. Howie Carr doesn't do the work necessary to make him a national voice. He's got his niche and that's it. Who would want to buy advertising on his show outside of the Boston city limits?
Howard Stern took off immediately, Carr has floundered through these attempts at syndication. He doesn't have it. The Jones Radio Network and Air America hosts have more of an audience nationally, and deservedly so. Many haven't had the opportunities that Carr has, but they have struck a chord with an audience and people in multiple states are listening.
