Joanne Doody out at WBOS?

[DavidZ]

I thought I heard Holly Harris mention last night that Dana Marshall is now doing mid-days at WBOS. Although Joanne Doody is still listed under the airstaff on their website, the on air now on their home page shows Dana listed from 10a.m. to 2p.m.

Joanne was 9 to 2 so the all music mornings has been extended another hour if this change is permanent. Does anyone know?

Also, their imaging has recently changed with a focus on the BOS call letters tied in with Boston references. And they focus on local artists every Sunday.

 

[DavidCamb]

Joanne is now completely off the website.

 

[Neggy]

I'd hate to be 48 and unenployed in this or any other radio market these days.

I hope her U Lowell education can be put to some good use.

 

[Vaka]

Thats too bad. Joanne is the first PD that gave me a shot. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for her. I can wish her nothing but the best.

 

[FPB]

She once did an interview with The Ramones back at 'FNX. They got all giggly and childish about her name.

 

[Lucylu]

Joanne? What's funny about that?

 

[TowerBuzz]

I dont think she is OUT but Ive heard that she will remain on the weekend schedule. Too bad while it is never nice to see jock in an unhappy position, Joanne is genuinely good folks.

 

[Retro]

When I worked just outside of radio, the general consensus I heard about Greater Media is that they do not want to pay for their talent. This is why they seem to have a regular revolving door air personalities.

 

[Runrigger]

I'm 99% positive the Kevin I heard yesterday on WBOS is Kevin Redding & it seems logical since he's with Greater Media weekending on WROR. I predict he ends up mornings on WBOS if they decide to go live. Well, I don't predict it but I recommend it. He'd be a perfect fit. A jockless morning show is the equivalent of cold oatmeal & weak coffee.

 

[argytunes]

For retro and runrigger...

Maybe the choice of having great (or even moderately good radio) programming comes to the same old choice of spending DOLLARS or hiring DULLARDS? :

argytunes

 

[brightonboris]

I'm 99% positive the Kevin I heard yesterday on WBOS is Kevin Redding & it seems logical since he's with Greater Media weekending on WROR. I predict he ends up mornings on WBOS if they decide to go live. Well, I don't predict it but I recommend it. He'd be a perfect fit. A jockless morning show is the equivalent of cold oatmeal & weak coffee.

With their track record of morning flops, they're better off with cold oatmeal and weak coffee in AMD. WBOS is what it is - bland radio programmed by and for insufferably boring people who think light rock from the 80's, 90's and 00's is an art form.

 

[ABG]

With their track record of morning flops, they're better off with cold oatmeal and weak coffee in AMD. WBOS is what it is - bland radio programmed by and for insufferably boring people who think light rock from the 80's, 90's and 00's is an art form.

Whoa, hold on, careful before you mindlessly bash WBOS. Most people reading this forum are listeners. I happen to like the station, the main reason is, their choices of new music to play are good, and they are among the first regionally to play the new artists they play. I often hear their music picked up on pop radio stations, such as WBMX 98.5. Yes, they are sort of bland, that's why I often listen to WMKK 93.7 or WBMX 98.5; however, WBMX has a small rotation playlist that gets quite repetitive, plus they don't play new music until it has already gotten popular on other stations; and WMKK really does not play much new unless the song gets HUGE (such as the latest Beyonce single). WXRV 92.5 does not get good reception in the building I work in Boston; so I listen to WBOS.

Dana Marshall has since taken the morning spot (never heard of her myself). It's true that the workday spot on WBOS has been a quickly revolving door over the years. Joanne Doody is a friendly DJ but she comes across as rather ordinary (I much prefer John Laurenti, the 2-7 spot, who I hope is here to stay). I am rather troubled by the morning revolving door at WBOS, and from what I here about the advertising revenue on the station (which is remarkably high for its small listener base), there really is no excuse for it.

 

[MoLarryMoLarry]

ABG, welcome to the board.

no one hear is "mindlessly bashing" BOS. many of us who post in this stream are fully qualified to critique/bash. We are not former bitter employees; just folks who know the radio market well and are making their comments based on the programming history of BOS and the questionable decisions its made over the years. We know Dan Marshall well and we know Joanne Doody well. And we certainly know BOS well. Our comments about BOS, if not agreed with, are often justified.

And though I have often disagreed in the past with many of the posters in this stream, I cant say I disagree with one comment.

 

[TowerBuzz]

With their track record of morning flops, they're better off with cold oatmeal and weak coffee in AMD. WBOS is what it is - bland radio programmed by and for insufferably boring people who think light rock from the 80's, 90's and 00's is an art form.

Whoa, hold on, careful before you mindlessly bash WBOS. Most people reading this forum are listeners. I happen to like the station, the main reason is, their choices of new music to play are good, and they are among the first regionally to play the new artists they play. I often hear their music picked up on pop radio stations, such as WBMX 98.5. Yes, they are sort of bland, that's why I often listen to WMKK 93.7 or WBMX 98.5; however, WBMX has a small rotation playlist that gets quite repetitive, plus they don't play new music until it has already gotten popular on other stations; and WMKK really does not play much new unless the song gets HUGE (such as the latest Beyonce single). WXRV 92.5 does not get good reception in the building I work in Boston; so I listen to WBOS.

Dana Marshall has since taken the morning spot (never heard of her myself). It's true that the workday spot on WBOS has been a quickly revolving door over the years. Joanne Doody is a friendly DJ but she comes across as rather ordinary (I much prefer John Laurenti, the 2-7 spot, who I hope is here to stay). I am rather troubled by the morning revolving door at WBOS, and from what I here about the advertising revenue on the station (which is remarkably high for its small listener base), there really is no excuse for it.

To be fair to Joanne she was also doing mid days. A shift that traditionally not supposed to be much more than "ordinary" as you put it. Most mid day jocks are there as a bridge between the morning show and the afternoon show, they hope to foster in office listening and that wont happen if your host is all but so compelling. the theory being that people can't listen at work because they would be too distracted by what was going on on air. So mid day hosts are designed in many cases not to stand out so much. She is friendly and approachable what i think mid days are for. Laurenti in my opinion brings so little to the table even for a station not known as a personality station. No spark, trying to be local but just not interesting, accent is somewhat annoying, in my opinion not ready for Boston.

 

[ABG]

So mid day hosts are designed in many cases not to stand out so much. [Joanne] is friendly and approachable what i think mid days are for. Laurenti in my opinion brings so little to the table even for a station not known as a personality station. No spark, trying to be local but just not interesting, accent is somewhat annoying, in my opinion not ready for Boston.

I see I differ from the majority opinion here. That's OK. I happen to think John Laurenti is interesting and brings up things (mostly from what sounds like googling at his desk) that I believe are quite interesting. I usually actually listen through his commentary before he signs off for a commercial break, unlike most DJ's I hear. And he had a good rapport with Steve Morse. (Another DJ I will actually listen to is John Tesh from Northern New England's WHOM 94.9). I guess it's all just a matter of taste, and I'm a sucker for trivia and occasional interesting news. He seems like the sort of guy who, if he were a stranger at a bar, you could approach him and strike up a good random conversation.

Well I guess we all have our loyalties. It seems that from what little I've read here a lot of people here who follow radio have a bias towards local talent. This is after all the metro area whose fans are rabid for their sports teams, so I understand the local loyalty.

Anyways yeah I'm digressing... well I guess Joanne's demotion was a "personnel" issue so we'll never know the true circumstances, but again if the revolving door is a result of noncompetitive pay, then shame on WBOS.

 

[ABG]

Laurenti in my opinion brings so little to the table even for a station not known as a personality station. No spark, trying to be local but just not interesting, accent is somewhat annoying, in my opinion not ready for Boston.

P.S. as for John Laurenti "trying to be local" - he is from Dorchester (yes he does have a Boston accent) and has a very good knowledge of the music scene.

 

[TowerBuzz]

I was going to mention his Boston accent as a bit annoying in my post but I thought that is rude. Being from Dorchester doesn't mean a whole lot. It means he has a Boston accent yes but when I said he's trying very hard to be local but not really cutting it, I was referring to his content such that it is. He's never worked in Boston except a weekend specialty show correct?. You compared Joanne Doody and John Laurenti and I was just pointing out that it's like comparing a quarterback and a linebacker, they have different functions and cannot really be compared that's all.

 

[ABG]

You've got a point about comparing an early evening DJ to a midday one. Radio stations do know that most people don't want to listen to mid-day DJ's because they are working or hearing it at a business/store, so they need someone who is unintrusive. Early evening listeners probably consist of distracted office workers who would welcome the distraction a DJ may bring, and people on the road in their cars.

I'll drop Laurenti out of this discussion and we can return to the topic of this thread now. Sorry :-[

 

[TowerBuzz]

You dont have to be sorry about anything. Taste and opinions vary. That is I THOUGHT the point of a discussion board.

 

[brightonboris]

With their track record of morning flops, they're better off with cold oatmeal and weak coffee in AMD. WBOS is what it is - bland radio programmed by and for insufferably boring people who think light rock from the 80's, 90's and 00's is an art form.

Whoa, hold on, careful before you mindlessly bash WBOS. Most people reading this forum are listeners. I happen to like the station, the main reason is, their choices of new music to play are good, and they are among the first regionally to play the new artists they play. I often hear their music picked up on pop radio stations, such as WBMX 98.5. Yes, they are sort of bland, that's why I often listen to WMKK 93.7 or WBMX 98.5; however, WBMX has a small rotation playlist that gets quite repetitive, plus they don't play new music until it has already gotten popular on other stations; and WMKK really does not play much new unless the song gets HUGE (such as the latest Beyonce single). WXRV 92.5 does not get good reception in the building I work in Boston; so I listen to WBOS.

Dana Marshall has since taken the morning spot (never heard of her myself). It's true that the workday spot on WBOS has been a quickly revolving door over the years. Joanne Doody is a friendly DJ but she comes across as rather ordinary (I much prefer John Laurenti, the 2-7 spot, who I hope is here to stay). I am rather troubled by the morning revolving door at WBOS, and from what I here about the advertising revenue on the station (which is remarkably high for its small listener base), there really is no excuse for it.

Wasn't bashing WBOS, but rather stating the obvious. WBOS does what it does in the AM.
Morning drive in radio is like prime-time for local TV news. If you don't have strong lead-off programming, 8 out of 10 times you won't be in the leading pack. Stations that have strong morning presence, tend to do much better rest of the day and overall. The concept of music in the morning and jocks in every other daypart, including overnight, is admission that don't want/can't compete.