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Kass steps in it- Bernstein breaks in!!

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fallriveractive

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Well. The complaints came fling into WPRO am today. Seems Steve Kass was making comments about the Husky (dog) that attacked and killed a 7 day old BABY. Kass hopes the Dog is NOT put down. Hopes the dog is ADOPTED. WPRO recieved SO many complaints, David Bernstien(PD), had to come on the air for 'Damage Control'!!
Can anyone imagine if ANY family members were listening. I LOVE animals. Believe me I do , however if my dog EVER hurt one of my children!!... My God, Kass has lost his reason. I am so sorry to be posting this. GOD BLESS THE FAMILY...
My best to you.
Patty.
 
WPRO recieved SO many complaints, David Bernstien(PD), had to come on the air
for 'Damage Control'!!
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LMFOA!!! So how did he break in? Did he take over the rest of Kass's show... or did he pull a Tom Chiusano "ala" Stern and try to steer Kass back on track?

That's just to funny. At WPRO You Can't post on a message Board and then they need to run in and take the Mic away because a few nutjobs are calling on the phone. I would have told Bernstein to get the F out of my studio and shut the hell up. Stay in your office where I don't need to look at you.

That radio station is so ultrasensitive to outside sources that it's hilarious.


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> WPRO recieved SO many complaints, David Bernstien(PD), had
> to come on the air
> for 'Damage Control'!!
> -----------
>
> LMFOA!!! So how did he break in? Did he take over the rest
> of Kass's show... or did he pull a Tom Chiusano "ala" Stern
> and try to steer Kass back on track?
>
> That's just to funny. At WPRO You Can't post on a message
> Board and then they need to run in and take the Mic away
> because a few nutjobs are calling on the phone. I would have
> told Bernstein to get the F out of my studio and shut the
> hell up. Stay in your office where I don't need to look at
> you.
>
> That radio station is so ultrasensitive to outside sources
> that it's hilarious.
>
>
> John
> >>
>Hi,
Is Fallrieveractive busting me up??
John (Sky) , I think Kass was *steered* away from the subject.
Here is the question I have; Is this subject in 'Bad Taste' to even be on the air? A child (Butchered) killed by a dog. Does it cross the line? Steve Kass seemed to be overly worried about what the *dogs* rights and future!! Its Friday, Its a baby, vs a dog. Have we gotten that strange??!
And, Fall river Active-Its,
My best to you!
Chatty, NOT PATTY!
 
Is this subject in 'Bad Taste' to even be on the air? A child (Butchered) killed by a dog. Does it cross the line?
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Personally I feel that if it's in the News then it's fine to be on the air. Why not talk about it? It seems like a valid subject to me. However it seems a little weird for Kass to defend. Obviously the Dog is agressive and could do it again in the future. Either medicate him with Prozac or put him to sleep.

I mean the Dog..... not Kass. Although perhaps it's not a bad option for Kass either. :)


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> Is this subject in 'Bad Taste' to even be on the air? A
> child (Butchered) killed by a dog. Does it cross the line?
> ----------
>
> Personally I feel that if it's in the News then it's fine
> to be on the air. Why not talk about it? It seems like a
> valid subject to me. However it seems a little weird for
> Kass to defend. Obviously the Dog is agressive and could do
> it again in the future. Either medicate him with Prozac or
> put him to sleep.
>
> I mean the Dog..... not Kass. Although perhaps it's not a
> bad option for Kass either. :)
>
>
> John
> ///
>> You cant put Kass to sleep, HE ALREADY IS!!! He must be NUTS to defend that dog!!!
 
Why did fall river active sign her post as chatty patty. looks like lori is having a problem keeping her names straight.
 
> > Is this subject in 'Bad Taste' to even be on the air? A
> > child (Butchered) killed by a dog. Does it cross the line?
>
> > ----------
> >
> > Personally I feel that if it's in the News then it's fine
>
> > to be on the air. Why not talk about it? It seems like a
> > valid subject to me. However it seems a little weird for
> > Kass to defend. Obviously the Dog is agressive and could
> do
> > it again in the future. Either medicate him with Prozac or
>
> > put him to sleep.
> >
> > I mean the Dog..... not Kass. Although perhaps it's not a
> > bad option for Kass either. :)
> >
> >
> > John
> > ///
> >> You cant put Kass to sleep, HE ALREADY IS!!! He must be
> NUTS to defend that dog!!!
> >>>
>>> Allstyle, OldPro, Jen Brien, Jen 'Monica' Brien. Try and keep the streams order!!! Sorry Patty ! I HAD TO!!!!
Fallriveractive.
 
I heard the show and thought it was handled in an entirely
appropriate manner by Steve Kass and by those who called in.
This is news!!
And David Berstein coming on the air to talk about off air responses
to the issue was also appropriate.
The show was fine!!
 
> I heard the show and thought it was handled in an entirely
> appropriate manner by Steve Kass and by those who called in.
>
> This is news!!
> And David Berstein coming on the air to talk about off air
> responses
> to the issue was also appropriate.
> The show was fine!!
>>
>> Radio Head- For David to come in on on Steves show. I don`t recall him ever doing that before. To compare a Human beings death to the welfare of a dog. I felt like I was tuned into the President of P.E.T.A. Remember, David had to go Live -OnAir. There were calls- many- to the station. That, next to never happens.
Alan.
 
So what???
Seriously, Bernstein had no problem with the show so who cares if
he came on the air to address the number of off-air complaints??
I'm sure he was quite happy with the response because it means people
are listening.
BTW, why does anyone take offense when people point out that a dog is
an animal and may act out like the animal they are even though
they're domesticated??
That's what Kass and some of his callers were saying, the media are
completely overreacting in the way they're covering the story.
 
> Why did fall river active sign her post as chatty patty.
> looks like lori is having a problem keeping her names
> straight.
>

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I didn't hear the story and know nothing other than what you guys have shared, so my question is: Did the child provoke it? When parents don't discipline their children for "torturing" animals, it really angers me. It's not like the animal can say "Hey, stop that bugs me". So, if the child provoked the animal to "defend" itself, and this behaviour is uncharacteristic of it, then I don't think it should be put to sleep. If the animal acted out an agression that was unprovoked, then maybe it should be destroyed.

HOWEVER, sometimes dogs are good judges of character, and in this case the dog may have knew there was trouble coming. So, while I understand the value of human life, I don't value ignorance on the parents part.

I was visiting my mom once with my dog (only had one at the time), and had to run an errand. My dog stayed with my mom. My aunt came over with her new boyfriend to say hi while I was gone. My dog started growling as he was approaching the door. This was VERY uncharacteristic of my dog. She was barely a year old, and was just a ball of fun. Anyway, instead of trying to make friends and ease my dogs tension, this guy reaches into the bed of his pick up and grabs a crow bar and says, "If she bites me I'll kill her". My dog judged his character and was being protective of my mom. Needless to say, my Aunt dumped him a few weeks later.

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> I didn't hear the story and know nothing other than what you
> guys have shared, so my question is: Did the child provoke
> it? When parents don't discipline their children for
> "torturing" animals, it really angers me. It's not like the
> animal can say "Hey, stop that bugs me". So, if the child
> provoked the animal to "defend" itself, and this behaviour
> is uncharacteristic of it, then I don't think it should be
> put to sleep. If the animal acted out an agression that was
> unprovoked, then maybe it should be destroyed.
>
> HOWEVER, sometimes dogs are good judges of character, and in
> this case the dog may have knew there was trouble coming.
> So, while I understand the value of human life, I don't
> value ignorance on the parents part.
>
> I was visiting my mom once with my dog (only had one at the
> time), and had to run an errand. My dog stayed with my mom.
> My aunt came over with her new boyfriend to say hi while I
> was gone. My dog started growling as he was approaching the
> door. This was VERY uncharacteristic of my dog. She was
> barely a year old, and was just a ball of fun. Anyway,
> instead of trying to make friends and ease my dogs tension,
> this guy reaches into the bed of his pick up and grabs a
> crow bar and says, "If she bites me I'll kill her". My dog
> judged his character and was being protective of my mom.
> Needless to say, my Aunt dumped him a few weeks later.
> Cabradio,
It was a 6 DAY old baby in a crib. I know you DIDN`T know that. You have a great board, THANK YOU!!!
 
> It was a 6 DAY old baby in a crib. I know you DIDN`T know
> that. You have a great board, THANK YOU!!!


I skimmed over it, and missed it (actually the first post said "7"). MY point is still valid. Is YOURS? I'm sorry we ALL aren't perfect like you are, and we tend to err. After all, the rest of us are human. What's your excuse?

If my point was not valid considering the "facts" your presented, I could understand your dismay, HOWEVER, my point IS still valid: parents don't teach their kids how to treat animals, and allow their children to push the animal to its limits. <P ID="signature">______________



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> > It was a 6 DAY old baby in a crib. I know you DIDN`T know
> > that. You have a great board, THANK YOU!!!
>
>
> I skimmed over it, and missed it (actually the first post
> said "7"). MY point is still valid. Is YOURS? I'm sorry we
> ALL aren't perfect like you are, and we tend to err. After
> all, the rest of us are human. What's your excuse?
>
> If my point was not valid considering the "facts" your
> presented, I could understand your dismay, HOWEVER, my point
> IS still valid: parents don't teach their kids how to treat
> animals, and allow their children to push the animal to its
> limits.
>>>Cabradio,
>> Far from perfect. No, I was just pointing out ,in this case , the child was 6 days old . I figured you didn`t know that. You are totally correct , when you speak of many parents not teaching kids how to treat animals. Valid points, we agree and thanks again for a great board...
 
I have known David Bernstein for many years...

David is a very competent, experienced program director who previously worked at WBZ, WRKO and WOR. He knows talk radio better then most anyone. I did not hear this show (I'm in Las Vegas typing this) but I am confident that if David came on air it was for a GOOD REASON. It is NOT something that he normally does.

It is the Program Director's DUTY to rein in a host that he thinks has gone too far. From what I read here, he didn't even do that...he joined Steve Kass on the air to discuss the numerous off air calls the station had been getting about this tragic, highly emotional, polarizing topic.

This is not only entirely approriate, it's GREAT radio!

Finally, please consider that many talk show hosts take an extreme position on a subject to get the audience stirred up. The BEST audience is an angry one. They stay tuned in longer.

Any good talk show host knows this.

Steve Kass is a good talk show host....
 
Re: I have known David Bernstein for many years...

> David is a very competent, experienced program director who
> previously worked at WBZ, WRKO and WOR. He knows talk radio
> better then most anyone. I did not hear this show (I'm in
> Las Vegas typing this) but I am confident that if David came
> on air it was for a GOOD REASON. It is NOT something that he
> normally does.
>
> It is the Program Director's DUTY to rein in a host that he
> thinks has gone too far. From what I read here, he didn't
> even do that...he joined Steve Kass on the air to discuss
> the numerous off air calls the station had been getting
> about this tragic, highly emotional, polarizing topic.
>
> This is not only entirely approriate, it's GREAT radio!
>
> Finally, please consider that many talk show hosts take an
> extreme position on a subject to get the audience stirred
> up. The BEST audience is an angry one. They stay tuned in
> longer.
>
> Any good talk show host knows this.
>
> Steve Kass is a good talk show host....
>>>LA,
>>> David did exactly the right thing.
Kass didn`t. I have listened to Kass and have known him 30 + years. He would have NEVER done something like that 10 years ago. It does not make for "Good Talk" radio. We have standards and are not animals. This is NOT Howard Stern radio. In R.I. this is the kind of CRULE radio you would hear on WHJJ - Air America- Geoff Charles. Their is a week old baby DEAD. Rest in Peace.
 
Re: I have known David Bernstein for many years...

What exactly did Kass do wrong????????
If this baby were killed by the mother or the father or
a neighbor would you have a problem with Kass speaking about that?
If this baby fell out a third floor window would you object to Kass
speaking about the need for safety locks on windows??
This baby's tragic death was front page of the ProJo, lead TV news
story for two days yet radio can't or shouldn't speak about the
circumstances??
Nonsense!!
Kass and his callers handled this very tragic topic in a very
appropriate manner.
Why do I get the feeling that the main motivation for many who
objected to this show is because of the host and not the topic.


> Kass didn`t. I have listened to Kass and have known him 30
> + years. He would have NEVER done something like that 10
> years ago. It does not make for "Good Talk" radio. We have
> standards and are not animals. This is NOT Howard Stern
> radio. In R.I. this is the kind of CRULE radio you would
> hear on WHJJ - Air America- Geoff Charles. Their is a week
> old baby DEAD. Rest in Peace.
>
 
Re: I have known David Bernstein for many years...

> What exactly did Kass do wrong????????
> >>>
>>>> Radiohead,
>>>If you heard the show- people were horrified that Steve Kass was advicating for the dog. Kass didn`t want to see the dog put down. Thats the 'wrong' of it. So many people today ,have been taught animals and people = ALL THE SAME. Kass outraged many of his listeners. My source tells me between Kass`s producer and the station switch board ,over 50 calls. Kass put the dog on the same level as a human, the day after the attack. Thats EXACTLY what Kass did wrong.
Thank you,
Chatty.
>
>David did exactly the right thing.
> > Kass didn`t. I have listened to Kass and have known him
> 30
> > + years. He would have NEVER done something like that 10
> > years ago. It does not make for "Good Talk" radio. We have
>
> > standards and are not animals. This is NOT Howard Stern
> > radio. In R.I. this is the kind of CRULE radio you would
> > hear on WHJJ - Air America- Geoff Charles. Their is a week
>
> > old baby DEAD. Rest in Peace.
> >
>
 
Re: I have known David Bernstein for many years...

My source tells me between Kass`s producer and the station switch board ,over 50 calls. Kass put the dog on the same level as a human, the day after the attack. Thats EXACTLY what Kass did wrong.
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Ok..... Now let me tell you what those 50 Callers did wrong. They called the front desk complaining that they did not like what they were hearing. In essence they were taking a hissy fit because they did not like the opinion of the host. A Normal listener would have changed the station (or) at least called into the show. Show me 50 people who need to call a radio switchboard to complain ...... and I will show you 50 people who all need to get a freaking LIFE!



John

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