Jon Rish is leaving WEEI

raccoonradio · Apr 14, 2013

The EDS continues as Pete Sheppard quits. On air. More reaction to come.

Blackroc · Apr 21, 2013

Merloni doing the RS radio broadcast with Joe tonight but I don't think he's got the time to do this on a semi-regular basis when Rish leaves.

Rish is still doing the update.

wickedwritah · Apr 21, 2013

Why wouldn't he? WEEI just gets a fill-in on Mondays, it's not all that difficult.

newsbot · Apr 21, 2013

wickedwritah said:
Why wouldn't he? WEEI just gets a fill-in on Mondays, it's not all that difficult.

What would they do the rest of the week when the Sox are playing?

Blackroc · Apr 22, 2013

rest of the week

OB is there the "rest of the week." I said "semi-reg" because I don't know OB's ESPN schedule which I'm assuming results in two misses a week? Lou has Comcast work and he's a color guy not a PbP guy.

They will need an update guy to replace Rish but more importantly a pbp #2 to work a few innings (which Rish also did) for Joe who did the whole game last night.

wickedwritah · Apr 22, 2013

A few teams have a former player doing color now on the radio. It's not the way it used to be.

Mainedude2007 · Apr 22, 2013

Blackroc said:
They will need an update guy to replace Rish but more importantly a pbp #2 to work a few innings (which Rish also did) for Joe who did the whole game last night.

The updates are probably going to go to John Ryder (who already does them for the C's) , with pbp eventually going to Dale Arnold once his NESN/Bruins commitments end (or they're start using him immediately if O'Brien is at ESPN and the B's are off. It's what they're going to do when Arnold is not available is the question on pbp...

wickedwritah · Apr 22, 2013

Joe can work an entire game on his own as PBP guy once a week. It won't kill him.

Blackroc · Apr 22, 2013

once a week.

Is that all it is? I don't what O'Brien's schedule looks like? Doing the whole game once a week isn't that bad. But if you've had a PbP partner for 30 years working half the game it's a change you probably aren't thrilled with.

Lou was on again tonight and works well with Joe.

dyeingeye · Apr 23, 2013

It's a least once a week because there are some other, minor sports that O'Brien does. He missed some time for the Women's Final Four. I think most of the other stuff that would take him away are only at the beginning and end of the baseball season.

raccoonradio · Apr 24, 2013

http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2013/04/attempting-a-return-to-sports-and-media

According to an anonymous Entercom employee, the CEO is nicknamed "Kim Jon Field" and he's critical of the recent town meeting. But hey, at least Jeff Brown bought them pizza. As Bertucci's
would put it, what's not to love? :

CTListener · Apr 24, 2013

raccoonradio said:
http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2013/04/attempting-a-return-to-sports-and-media

According to an anonymous Entercom employee, the CEO is nicknamed "Kim Jon Field" and he's critical of the recent town meeting. But hey, at least Jeff Brown bought them pizza. As Bertucci's
would put it, what's not to love? :

That would be "Kim Jong," as in Kim Jong-il, the late North Korean dictator.

raccoonradio · May 1, 2013

WEEI via BostonRadio twitter:

>>WEEI :John Ryder named pre & post game host for Sox broadcasts. C's p-x-p Sean Grande & midday Lou Merloni are new fill-ins for DaveO’Brien