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HERALD: WRKO NEWSIES FIGHT BACK

>>>Depetro has virtually no standing in court.

The station has acted within it's rights to discharge an employee.>>>

you a lawyer in Mass.??

it's going to court, watch for it..
 
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yoyoradio said:
what is this attitude of "move on with class"? Move on? Some idiots in management screw people and they are just suppose to "move on"?
That is a loser attitiude. When somebody screws with you, you hit back. Hard. Good for the news people and good for depietro.
The expression "just business nothing personal" can cut both ways. They have alot of money to pay for the red sox. The news people should try and grab some....
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Spoken like a true stalker. I can only guess at how many gas tanks you have fouled after being rejected. ::)
 
Lucylu said:
Maybe they should f...just move on with class..
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I can't help but asking the author of a comment like that -- when's the last time you were fired? And how did you take it?

If you love your work and put your all in it, you can't help but take it personally.
 
DePetro truly hurt himself with the petition and the grandstanding. With all the publicity he should have coasted to another job in a smaller state - Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire - what the heck,
he had experience under his belt in a major market.

Also, he is the one who screwed up. If Grace Ross had called HIM a fat lesbian and they fired him, now that would've had even this critic of Depetro screaming FOUL BALL! Get a grip, John, calling someone a name on the air like a second rate Howard Stern with no fans is not the way to run a radio show.

WRKO has fumbled the ball by not putting a quality host in post haste.

Both parties - RKO and John DePetro - have failed to serve the public.

Next...
 
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The Newsies should band together and bring their skills to Greater Media or CBS and see what happens.

Really stick it to WRKO for the holidays.
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Greater Media does not believe credible news is important to the broadcast day. They play at it with news readers. CBS has a cast of thousands (some with talent, most without) and will not fire or lay off anyone to bring in another better person with better news talent. LaPierre's replacement is a good example....no talent...career spiraling out of control...back stabber and ends up on CBS in Boston. The Newsies just need to look on Monster.Com and change careers. There is no career in radio news. DePetro, on the other hand, should go back into sales and make much $$'s, like he did once at WABC. Forget being on air. Forget the courts and above all...everyone should forget WRKO.
 
>>>and above all...everyone should forget WRKO.

why, there's no reason for this mess other than two failing managers...
 
Panago said:
>>>Depetro has virtually no standing in court.
The station has acted within it's rights to discharge an employee.>>>
you a lawyer in Mass.??
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No, but a retired GM....and I am pretty well versed in employment and labor law.

Is there some law that has been broken? If so, name chapter and verse.

Is there something that supercedes the licensees right to control their programming? If so, please cite chapter and verse.

Panago said:
it's going to court, watch for it..
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Oh, It might "go to court"...but it will be summarily dismissed on the first day....as no laws were broken.
 
>>>Is there something that supercedes the licensees right to control their programming?

you're confusing 'rko's fcc license with DePetro's employment contract...
 
Panago said:
...you're confusing 'rko's fcc license with DePetro's employment contract...
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No, I believe you are.

WRKO is not required to put anyone on the air...and no talent contract would stipulate that 'company has to use their services' on air.
 
>>>WRKO is not required to put anyone on the air...and no talent contract would stipulate that 'company has to use their services' on air.

you know as well as I do that's up to the court to decide...
 
Panago said:
>>>WRKO is not required to put anyone on the air...and no talent contract would stipulate that 'company has to use their services' on air.

you know as well as I do that's up to the court to decide...
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No, it's not.

The court will never require a station to "put someone on the air".

That would put the court in charge of WRKO's programming......and take it out of the hands of the licensee.

The courts have no jurisdiction on WRKO's programming...and would never/could never require them to put someone on the air.

The courts are limited to the laws that exists...and WRKO has not broken any laws.
 
sp113 said:
Panago said:
>>>Depetro has virtually no standing in court.
The station has acted within it's rights to discharge an employee.>>>
you a lawyer in Mass.??
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No, but a retired GM....and I am pretty well versed in employment and labor law.

Is there some law that has been broken? If so, name chapter and verse.

Is there something that supercedes the licensees right to control their programming? If so, please cite chapter and verse.

Panago said:
it's going to court, watch for it..
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Oh, It might "go to court"...but it will be summarily dismissed on the first day....as no laws were broken.
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If for nothing else John DePetro will get some satisfaction in the fact that Entercom and its henchmen and woman will have to spend thousands of dollars with their attorneys of record defending itself.

And if it goes to court or even if it only goes to the discovery stage it is always interesting to "discover" what kind of dirt Julie Kahn has been hiding which will come out in the discovery process.
If past is prologue such judicial exposure of a general manager usually cuts short that GM's career.

So, even if John DePetro loses in court he may succeed in bringing down Julie Kahn and her pal. Entercon will rather cut the cord with Kahn and company to change the focus.

GM's and PD's are a dime a dozen and are more dispensable than on-air talent.

So, again, a law suit by John DePetro will accomplish more than a monetary victory.

As Bobby Kennedy was known to say, "don't get mad; get even."
John is getting even.


sp113 said:
Panago said:
>>>WRKO is not required to put anyone on the air...and no talent contract would stipulate that 'company has to use their services' on air.

you know as well as I do that's up to the court to decide...
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No, it's not.

The court will never require a station to "put someone on the air".

That would put the court in charge of WRKO's programming......and take it out of the hands of the licensee.

The courts have no jurisdiction on WRKO's programming...and would never/could never require them to put someone on the air.

The courts are limited to the laws that exists...and WRKO has not broken any laws.
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Casablanca said:
If for nothing else John DePetro will get some satisfaction in the fact that Entercom and its henchmen and woman will have to spend thousands of dollars with their attorneys of record defending itself.

So, even if John DePetro loses in court he may succeed in bringing down Julie Kahn and her pal. Entercon will rather cut the cord with Kahn and company to change the focus.
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Does DePetro have the kind of cash that he can proceed with a lawsuit that has no chance of winning? What lawyer would take on this kind of case? Is there enough publicity to be gained by defending someone whose ratings declined by 50% when other on-air hosts' ratings declined by less than 20%?

Everyone seems to hate Kahn, and there certainly is sympathy for the news folks, but what was wrong about the decision to dump DePetro? It's a glamour job in a glamour profession; feast or famine. If you want job security, be an accountant.
 
Finn said:
Casablanca said:
If for nothing else John DePetro will get some satisfaction in the fact that Entercom and its henchmen and woman will have to spend thousands of dollars with their attorneys of record defending itself.

So, even if John DePetro loses in court he may succeed in bringing down Julie Kahn and her pal. Entercon will rather cut the cord with Kahn and company to change the focus.
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Does DePetro have the kind of cash that he can proceed with a lawsuit that has no chance of winning? What lawyer would take on this kind of case? Is there enough publicity to be gained by defending someone whose ratings declined by 50% when other on-air hosts' ratings declined by less than 20%?

Everyone seems to hate Kahn, and there certainly is sympathy for the news folks, but what was wrong about the decision to dump DePetro? It's a glamour job in a glamour profession; feast or famine. If you want job security, be an accountant.
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The lawyer that would take 1/3 of whatever court awards if DeFailure wins this case.

DeFailure has a shot here because his termination resulted from what he said and not what his ratings were. He compares himself to other Entercom shows like Howie, Big Nothing, D&KKK, etc where worse things are said on the air and no one gets suspended or fired. That's the basis of his lawsuit. This probably won't even go to trial. Entercom will write a check and DeFailure will finally be able to move on with his life, career and hopefully stop his idiotic website nonsense...
 
brightonboris said:
The lawyer that would take 1/3 of whatever court awards if DeFailure wins this case.
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Big if.

brightonboris said:
DeFailure has a shot here because his termination resulted from what he said and not what his ratings were. He compares himself to other Entercom shows like Howie, Big Nothing, D&KKK, etc where worse things are said on the air and no one gets suspended or fired. That's the basis of his lawsuit. This probably won't even go to trial. Entercom will write a check and DeFailure will finally be able to move on with his life, career and hopefully stop his idiotic website nonsense...
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We know what Entercom said to the media about his termination, but we don't know what was said to him privately. For all we know they did the due diligence behind the scenes. Pure speculation here, but it seems hard to believe that they wouldn't be aware of these issues.
 
It is called a "contingency fee agreement" and the lawyer can take up to 40%.

For the record, John DePetro's lawyer, at last note, is the son of the former and extremely well respected former Massachusetts Attorney General, Frank Bellotti.

I don't think DePetro's lawyer therefore would lead him down a path that would not have some degree of success.

And again, the fact that Entercon and Julie Kahn will have to defend their action will cost them a great deal of money in legal fees.
Kahn may even have to hire her own lawyer if she is sued separately from Entercom.

If I were DePetro's lawyers that is the way I would go. Sue them all collectively and separately and keep them spinning.
 
Panago said:
again, you're not an attorney..
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And neither are you.

However, I am pretty well versed in labor laws (and employment contracts).
 
So how much per lawsuit? $400.00 in court fees per case? Attorney Fees?

Is Belotti charging "50%" of his usual fee plus 50% of what he would stand to make?

To file two suits is going to be a few grand in filing fees, service, attorney, etc.

A)Does DePetro have the money?

B)How can he justify demanding an employer pay him to say "Fat Lesbian" on the air.
You know he will do it again. Is he going to point to Dennis & Callahan? Savage? Carr?

Plus many of us could file a Friend of the Court brief noting how AWFUL DePetro was on the radio
and that JD should probably GIVE Wrko whatever money he hardly "earned" back.
 
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