Jay Severin 96.9 FM

[DanS]

OK....does anyone here ever listen to Jay Severin on 96.9 FM?

I sometimes listen on the drive home from work and usually find him annoying, but, today I found him to be so outrageous I wanted to start a campaign to get him fired LOL.

But, seriously, his hate-mongering talk about Barack Obama has gotten out of hand (imho).

I was hoping he'd tone it down once the election was over, but, he seemed to be one of the only right-wingers who actually "upped the ante" (I mean, even Sean Hannity was of the "I don't trust Obama, but, I will support him" mindset tonight) and called for listeners to basically rise up and try to get Obama impeached (which is interesting since he hasn't even taken over the White House yet).

I'm just curious to see if anyone else finds Severin as outrageous/insulting as I do???

Again...I take talk-radio with a "grain of salt", but, I find him to be bordering on "dangerous". I FULLY support freedom of speech and VEHEMENTLY oppose the "fairness doctrine", but, calling for people to "not" support the president-elect, and asking them to to everything in their power to ruin his presidency seems rather divisive. Not to mention the fact that he constantly calls Obama a "communist" and "terrorist" and today began referring to him as ObaMarxist.

Nice.

Now...I know this is not a political forum and I hope I haven't brought up a topic that isn't normally discussed in these parts. I just had to vent and this was the only "Boston radio" forum I could find after doing a Google search.

 

[Smoke]

Like him or not, Jay's rants and ego bring in the ratings and will do well having the Obama Presidency as material to work with. This is going to be Talk Radio vs Democrat President again just like it was against Clinton.

Listen and enjoy it as entertainment and parody. It is less stressful that way.

 

[mistermicrophone]

OK....does anyone here ever listen to Jay Severin on 96.9 FM?

I sometimes listen on the drive home from work and usually find him annoying, but, today I found him to be so outrageous I wanted to start a campaign to get him fired LOL.

But, seriously, his hate-mongering talk about Barack Obama has gotten out of hand (imho).

I was hoping he'd tone it down once the election was over, but, he seemed to be one of the only right-wingers who actually "upped the ante" (I mean, even Sean Hannity was of the "I don't trust Obama, but, I will support him" mindset tonight) and called for listeners to basically rise up and try to get Obama impeached (which is interesting since he hasn't even taken over the White House yet).

I'm just curious to see if anyone else finds Severin as outrageous/insulting as I do???

Again...I take talk-radio with a "grain of salt", but, I find him to be bordering on "dangerous". I FULLY support freedom of speech and VEHEMENTLY oppose the "fairness doctrine", but, calling for people to "not" support the president-elect, and asking them to to everything in their power to ruin his presidency seems rather divisive. Not to mention the fact that he constantly calls Obama a "communist" and "terrorist" and today began referring to him as ObaMarxist.

Nice.

Now...I know this is not a political forum and I hope I haven't brought up a topic that isn't normally discussed in these parts. I just had to vent and this was the only "Boston radio" forum I could find after doing a Google search.

I enjoy Jay's show. The great thing about this country is having the freedom to choose another radio station!!

 

[WBIMDJ]

Are you surprised? Him, along with Howie Carr, Dennis & Callahan, to name a few are all filling the Boston dial with their racist bullcrap...But hey it gets tons of ratings right? :

 

[Blackroc]

The answer is No, I don't. But I have listened to Imus a bit since Severin made his public pronouncement that he would no longer--by choice-- be in the I'man's rotation. Jay's name has never come up that I've heard?

 

[Mickey37]

Re: It is what it is

A woman tonight told me she heard some of Jay Sevarin today and thinks a little censorship (of him) might not be a bad thing.

Of COURSE it would be a bad thing.

Any liberal is gonna hear the "marxist" term from the right wingers. Same with "communist." They're big boys (and girls), they can take it.

If advertisers bolt Sevarin's show, things will change. If not -- and I doubt they will -- then turn the station if you don't like it. Don't tell me I can't listen to whom I choose just because you don't approve of what's being said.

 

[mistermicrophone]

Are you surprised? Him, along with Howie Carr, Dennis & Callahan, to name a few are all filling the Boston dial with their racist bullcrap...But hey it gets tons of ratings right? :

It's NOT racist bullcrap. It's Red vs. Blue. Does this mean ANYONE who challenge's Obama for the next 4 years is racist? I hope not.

Are some Jay's views extreme "right"? Yes. Is it any different than Joy Baher (sp?), from the View, calling President Bush "Hitler"? No.

 

[MR. JAROME_CALVIN]

OK....does anyone here ever listen to Jay Severin on 96.9 FM?

I sometimes listen on the drive home from work and usually find him annoying, but, today I found him to be so outrageous I wanted to start a campaign to get him fired LOL.

But, seriously, his hate-mongering talk about Barack Obama has gotten out of hand (imho).

I was hoping he'd tone it down once the election was over, but, he seemed to be one of the only right-wingers who actually "upped the ante" (I mean, even Sean Hannity was of the "I don't trust Obama, but, I will support him" mindset tonight) and called for listeners to basically rise up and try to get Obama impeached (which is interesting since he hasn't even taken over the White House yet).

I'm just curious to see if anyone else finds Severin as outrageous/insulting as I do???

Again...I take talk-radio with a "grain of salt", but, I find him to be bordering on "dangerous". I FULLY support freedom of speech and VEHEMENTLY oppose the "fairness doctrine", but, calling for people to "not" support the president-elect, and asking them to to everything in their power to ruin his presidency seems rather divisive. Not to mention the fact that he constantly calls Obama a "communist" and "terrorist" and today began referring to him as ObaMarxist.

Nice.

Now...I know this is not a political forum and I hope I haven't brought up a topic that isn't normally discussed in these parts. I just had to vent and this was the only "Boston radio" forum I could find after doing a Google search.

I don't listen to his show either, but at times, I do however stop at 96.9 just to see what his topic is. But I do not listen to his show because he will give me a heart attack with some ignorant things he says.

But as some of you said, it is a Freedom of Speech


He does speak good English. He is very well spoken. Personnally I think he would be better off being an English teacher

 

[Smoke]

"Democrat President" was meant to be insulting.

Are you surprised? Him, along with Howie Carr, Dennis & Callahan, to name a few are all filling the Boston dial with their racist bullcrap...But hey it gets tons of ratings right? :

I'd love to see you post examples of Jay and Howie's racism. D&C made a mistake or two, but making out like the Boston talk radio collection is nothing but a giant Klan meeting makes any point you make hard to take seriously.

 

[DanS]

I agree that he has the right to say what he wants..and..that I can change the channel (or not listen). I just think that he often goes over the line.

As far as racist remarks, I'm not sure he's really being "racist". He does talk about the "bastard factory" all the time..and..refers to "po' folk" when talking about the bad mortgage scandal. I think a smart person can read between the lines when he makes those comments. Perhaps, though, I'm being too sensitive on this issue???

Anyway...here's a direct quote from him sometime in October:

>>>
You have a job and I do too. My job, with your help, is to start today, or recommit today, with 29 days left in this campaign, to politically destroy Barack Obama. Our job is to undermine him in every possible legal way, to undermine his upcoming administration in advance, to destroy his ability to reach any governing majority, undermine and destroy his political ability to govern or to have any hope of a successful administration.

We must do this because a Successful Barack Obama administration equals socialism, our government being soft on terrorism, the UN running the defense of our country, our doom as a nation....

What’s your job, what can you do? Join me! Start the 2012 campaign right now. If we can’t impeach Obama then let’s throw him out at the earliest possible moment and that means start stopping Obama now. An attack campaign against Obama is worthy of the timeless principals of all American patriots. Obama is King George and we are the minutemen, and women. The United States of America will be saved only by us, and only by us opposing Obama and everything he represents. That is our duty.
>>>

Personally, I find this type of talk offensive and it only adds to the divisiveness in this country. But, he is entitled to his opinion and he can say whatever he wants.

 

[mistermicrophone]

I agree that he has the right to say what he wants..and..that I can change the channel (or not listen). I just think that he often goes over the line.

As far as racist remarks, I'm not sure he's really being "racist". He does talk about the "bastard factory" all the time..and..refers to "po' folk" when talking about the bad mortgage scandal. I think a smart person can read between the lines when he makes those comments. Perhaps, though, I'm being too sensitive on this issue???

Anyway...here's a direct quote from him sometime in October:

>>>
You have a job and I do too. My job, with your help, is to start today, or recommit today, with 29 days left in this campaign, to politically destroy Barack Obama. Our job is to undermine him in every possible legal way, to undermine his upcoming administration in advance, to destroy his ability to reach any governing majority, undermine and destroy his political ability to govern or to have any hope of a successful administration.

We must do this because a Successful Barack Obama administration equals socialism, our government being soft on terrorism, the UN running the defense of our country, our doom as a nation....

What’s your job, what can you do? Join me! Start the 2012 campaign right now. If we can’t impeach Obama then let’s throw him out at the earliest possible moment and that means start stopping Obama now. An attack campaign against Obama is worthy of the timeless principals of all American patriots. Obama is King George and we are the minutemen, and women. The United States of America will be saved only by us, and only by us opposing Obama and everything he represents. That is our duty.
>>>

Personally, I find this type of talk offensive and it only adds to the divisiveness in this country. But, he is entitled to his opinion and he can say whatever he wants.

You obviously have an ideological difference with the man because that quote is what this country is all about. If you don't like something, you're allowed talk about it, protest it and do everything within the law to change it. What's the difference between this and the "Impeach Bush" bumper stickers? It's in the same vein. Go to the Huffington Post website (or the litany of political websites) and you'll read the same thing attacking the GOP. It doesn't say in the Constitution that we have to all shut up and agree with our President...that's what makes this country great!!

As for the po' folks comments...there are poor white people, too.

 

[DanS]

The difference between Jay's talk about Obama vs. "Impeach Bush" bumper stickers is that GW Bush has actually had a chance to be the Commander In Chief. Talking about "destroying Obama" before he's even taken office is just sour grapes that the 'other guy' didn't win. Give him a chance before you start crying "impeachment".

Another thing that bugs me about Jay is that he didn't even like "the other guy" (in this case McCain/Palin). He went on and on for MONTHS about Barack Obama being a Muslim, Communist, Terrorist-ally, Socialist, Racist, and so on. But, he NEVER once offered an acceptable alternative. Who, if you don't like McCain or Obama, should exactly have been elected?

Severin is extremely intelligent and articulate, that's one of the reasons I find him more offensive than Michael Graham or Howie Carr (they can verge on being somewhat cartoon-ish, yet, share similar ideologies).

 

[WBIMDJ]

"Democrat President" was meant to be insulting.

Are you surprised? Him, along with Howie Carr, Dennis & Callahan, to name a few are all filling the Boston dial with their racist bullcrap...But hey it gets tons of ratings right? :

I'd love to see you post examples of Jay and Howie's racism. D&C made a mistake or two, but making out like the Boston talk radio collection is nothing but a giant Klan meeting makes any point you make hard to take seriously.

Ok then..fair play..Jay was recently quoted as saying: "if Obama isn't elected, the streets of America will look like Kenya, and be filled with black rioters and it will make the Rodney king riots look like a picnic in comparison". Now if you think that isn't a racist or bigoted statement I would like for you to point one out for me. I could find numbers of other examples (the "Kill all the Muslims" quote, to name one other) . And hey- gotta love the hypocrisy of his holier-than-thou attitude:

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/09/19/jay-severin-rightwing-radios-scandal-figure-du-jour

 

[RickyF]

I'm a Republican and this guy loses me when he's sooo conservative that he eviscerates any Republicans that are somewhat moderate.I hate liberals in this state and nationally.I blow a gasket anytime I hear Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi talk.Even mortgage crisis creators Frank and Schumer.But to reel on moderates like John McCain is baffling to me.Jay,you have to compromise some values to get good legislation done.I can't listen to partisans like Severin,Graham,Hannity any more than those Obama bum kissing liberals on CNN,ABC,NBC,CBS and the worst of all--MSNBC.Are there any radio/TV people not polarized to the far left or far right? Guys like O'Reilly come closest.But of course WTKK throws him on only 2 hours a week on a Sunday Afternoon.

 

[Watt]

Severin is semi-intelligent, and he certainly knows how to push the envelope, but his schtick is getting tiresome. The recent promos with his high-pitched "Obama??? Obama???" were pretty bad. Come on, Jay...your listeners deserve more. Oh, and he needs to move away from the mic as soon as he is done speaking; those little lip-smacking noises are annoying.

But WTKK has the biggest tool in the city on the air: Michael Graham. His near-hysterical delivery is awful. He must get crap ratings; how can anyone stand the same tired rants every day? I'm surprised he's lasted this long, given his stellar track record.

And what is up with the awful guitar riff (and sometimes screechy vocal) intros that these guys use? Did they not get the memo that WAAF pulled the plug on the "active rock" mess a few years ago?

 

[DanS]

Michael Graham is, really, a joke. I listen to him sometimes at work on my iPod (with the radio remote option), because, well I guess I have a death wish? Nah..I just like to hear what the "other side" has to say (especially during the election period) and I like to hear how his listeners feel. His rants are old, redundant, and often are out and out simply not true. Whatever. I've gotten into a few "email" arguments with him.

He and Severin also hang up on anyone who calls with a differing opinion. They'll hear the person out for a bit, then promptly hang up on them and ridicule them after they've hung up.

I wish there were some more "moderate" talk show hosts in Boston. I like talk radio, actually, but all the partisan right-wing stuff is not good for my blood pressure!!

 

[Peace Fields]

(A&P)
The show must go on. At 11 PM Tuesday night Hamilton Ambulance Services were called to the North Shore manse of local talk show host, Jay Severin.
Unshaven, and unbathed for days with finger nails as long as Howard Hughes the medics had to sedate the crazed talker with a major seditive before having him committed for observation at a local psychiatric hospital.
An unidentified man who answered the door at his house said his partner had been in a severe depressive state as the presidential election ended. Severin keep screaming at the top of his lungs from his in-home WTKK studio that he was going to destroy then presidential candidate, Barack Obama.

Shortly after 11PM Tuesday night when the networks declared the Barack Obama was the new president-elect Severin's partner, who would only give his first name, Bruce, said "Jay collapsed into a fetal position with his microphone head piece still attached to his head".

A spokesman for the radio station who would not identify herself said that Severin's show would go on this week at 3 PM. Radio technicians followed the ambulance to the hospital and while Severin was being admitted installed remote radio broadcast equipment. The spokesman said, " as long as the hospital staff remove the straight-jacket from Jay while in his padded room she saw no reason why Severin could not broadcast live this afteroon. She said there was no truth to the rumor that WTKK had already offered defeated Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, a contract to replace Severin.

 

[magpie]

He does speak good English. He is very well spoken. Personnally I think he would be better off being an English teacher

He's a sore sore loser. Wah wah wah. Good thing his dad isn't around to see him whine and name-call like an overgrown 2 year old.

His level of hatred sometimes shocks me, and his vulgarity. I've always thought a lot of how he puts things isn't appropriate for little kids being driven to soccer. ("Screw you, " "bastard", sexual innuendo, etc.) I wonder how many parents don't turn him on in the car because of this. Does he kiss his wife and daughter with that mouth? He really sounds frothingly toxic at times.

Having said all that, I do listen to him, but in smaller and smaller doses. I do love Michael Graham--he might make the same points, but at least he does it with some wit.

Of course, Jay couldn't be an English teacher; he'd be fired for leering at his female students. Heh heh, Jay teaching English as a second language to young Korean women. Heh heh, Jay in jail.

 

[kjlassoc]

OK, how about this: among many other things, Jay repeatedly called Barack Obama anti-semitic. According to Jay we're supposed to believe that Obama doesn't like Jews because he vicariously holds Reverand Wright's views on the world.

Barack Obama just recruited the first member of his new administration, Rahm Emanuel, as his new Chief of Staff. Rahm Emanuel is not only Jewish but an Orthodox Jew at that. An rather odd move for someone who Jay has labeled as anti-semitic!

Yes, I understand that hate speech sells but let's not not mask hate speech as a simple difference of political opinions.

 

[mistermicrophone]

Give him a chance before you start crying "impeachment".

That's the GREAT thing about the USA, you don't have to wait!! Rock on Jay!!