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Money Matters Radio has sports programming on Saturdays. The shows have young and refreshing sports talk with quality guests from 8A-5P. Some of the shows include, Sports Blast, Sports Final Round and the Alex Reimer Show. Money Matters has financial programming during the week. It will never be in competition with weei or sports hub, but these shows are another option for listeners on the weekend besides "Hardy and Trup" or "Mustard and Johnson".
 
johng said:
What's the channel? I'm game.
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Depends on where you are. Unless you are near one of the stations (1120 AM in Concord MA, 1390 AM in Plymouth MA, or 970 AM in Southbridge) your best is the Web. I think it's MoneyMattersRadioBoston.com, but if that doesn't work, Google "Money Matters Radio Boston" (with the quotation marks).

Reimer is a 14-year-old (I think) kid. His knowledge of sports and his enthusiasm are impressive but his voice, and the fact that he seems to figure that, with the stations' lousy signals, he can reach the audience better by yelling louder, just drives me nuts!
 
Sports Blast is with Joey Murray who has been around for a while on 1510 and 890. Sports Final Round is entertaining. The website says Bernard Lee show is on weeknights.
 
I know most radio hosts probably don't participate in these online forums...but hey, I like talking to "the people" (at least in this setting, haha).

It's good to know that the work I and others at the station put in is noticed. I actually feel, with all due respect to our "weekend counterparts" at WEEI or "The Sports Hub," that hosting a show on a network like "The Money Matters Radio Network" is sometimes more difficult than on a 50,000 watt juggernaut. Don't get me wrong, I feel very fortunate to be provided the forum I have, but we can't just throw a topic out there and then rely on callers to carry the rest of the show. It's up to us to continue to mix topics up and come up with different ways to integrate the listeners into the program.

But yeah, I'm glad that we provide some alternative weekend sports programming to what is heard elsewhere. I think a lot of credit has to go to our station GM, Dave Cullinane, for breaking the mold and realizing that lame "infomercial programming" isn't the best way to go on weekends. I am a firm believer that if feasible, the best way to operate is to always provide as much quality live programming as possible. Because yeah, "Joe Schmo's lawn care product show" may provide more short-term financial value, but it won't increase the viability of the station nor will it draw listeners. Thus, it hinders long-term development.

As for myself (not to make this about me, but I never miss an opportunity to self-promote) I recognized at a young age that I wanted to get into this field and have tried to take advantage of every opportunity given to me. This has resulted in some media coverage (Globe article, "Today Show" and "Tonight Show" appearances, etc), but I keep doing this because I love it.

I have been hosting my Red Sox podcast, "Without a Curse" (http://thesportsstuff.com/?cat=31) since July of 2005. I am very proud of my podcast and what I've accomplished there.

In March of 2009, I began my radio show, "The Alex Reimer Show" (now Saturday's 3-5 PM). Again, I have to give Dave Cullinane credit for having faith in a 16 year-old at the time to carry a live radio show.

I always try to provide the listeners with the best possible show, and I hope to do that by sharing some opinions you may not have heard elsewhere, booking great guests, and just giving off a different "vibe" than some other sports shows in the market.

So please, if any of you listen to my podcast and/or radio show, feel free to post some feedback in this forum. I think I speak for everyone at "Money Matters Radio" when I say that we appreciate the listener's opinion.

And Dan...I'm 18! Maybe I'll have to yell louder this week so you can get a better idea of my age ;).
 
Alex Reimer said:
I know most radio hosts probably don't participate in these online forums...but hey, I like talking to "the people" (at least in this setting, haha).

It's good to know that the work I and others at the station put in is noticed. I actually feel, with all due respect to our "weekend counterparts" at WEEI or "The Sports Hub," that hosting a show on a network like "The Money Matters Radio Network" is sometimes more difficult than on a 50,000 watt juggernaut. Don't get me wrong, I feel very fortunate to be provided the forum I have, but we can't just throw a topic out there and then rely on callers to carry the rest of the show. It's up to us to continue to mix topics up and come up with different ways to integrate the listeners into the program.

But yeah, I'm glad that we provide some alternative weekend sports programming to what is heard elsewhere. I think a lot of credit has to go to our station GM, Dave Cullinane, for breaking the mold and realizing that lame "infomercial programming" isn't the best way to go on weekends. I am a firm believer that if feasible, the best way to operate is to always provide as much quality live programming as possible. Because yeah, "Joe Schmo's lawn care product show" may provide more short-term financial value, but it won't increase the viability of the station nor will it draw listeners. Thus, it hinders long-term development.

As for myself (not to make this about me, but I never miss an opportunity to self-promote) I recognized at a young age that I wanted to get into this field and have tried to take advantage of every opportunity given to me. This has resulted in some media coverage (Globe article, "Today Show" and "Tonight Show" appearances, etc), but I keep doing this because I love it.

I have been hosting my Red Sox podcast, "Without a Curse" (http://thesportsstuff.com/?cat=31) since July of 2005. I am very proud of my podcast and what I've accomplished there.

In March of 2009, I began my radio show, "The Alex Reimer Show" (now Saturday's 3-5 PM). Again, I have to give Dave Cullinane credit for having faith in a 16 year-old at the time to carry a live radio show.

I always try to provide the listeners with the best possible show, and I hope to do that by sharing some opinions you may not have heard elsewhere, booking great guests, and just giving off a different "vibe" than some other sports shows in the market.

So please, if any of you listen to my podcast and/or radio show, feel free to post some feedback in this forum. I think I speak for everyone at "Money Matters Radio" when I say that we appreciate the listener's opinion.

And Dan...I'm 18! Maybe I'll have to yell louder this week so you can get a better idea of my age ;).
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I was excited until your age was revealed. Sorry kid, there's just no way you could know enough.
 
When he was on WEEI (and perhaps to this day, when he's on 98.5) sometimes a teen would call Ted Sarandis (and somehow get past the screener); there was either a rule against 'underaged callers', or Ted just chose not to deal with younger callers. As soon as the slightly higher pitched teenaged caller started to talk, an annoyed Ted would say, "Look, would you do me a favor? Would you call back in about 7 years or so?" To use a Jerry Williams term, Ted sounded

"...annoyed..."
Whether or not he knows his stuff, at least he's getting an early start in the biz. Heck, I didn't do my first show till I was 19 :) (college radio)
 
I have no problem with his early start. My hat is off to him. He sounds like a up and comer. But, he was born after Larry Bird and Kevin McHale played their last games. He was six or seven years from being born when the ball went between Buckner's legs. He's too young to have covered any teams as a beat reporter. He certainly isn't an ex player. I hope that he has a bright future, but I really don't want to listen to his show.
 
In the past 7 years the Red Sox have won two World Series. But there was a long drought before that of course. Picture this: Before '04, the last Series they won was in 1918--three years BEFORE
my now 90 yr old Dad was born! For that matter, a year before Ted Williams was born. And indeed a lot happened before Alex was born, though certainly big sports fans can read up on what happened
in previous decades. The Bruins actually won Stanley Cups when yours truly was 8, and then 10...
so even if he was born well after the ball through Buckner's legs, etc., he may still at least have
read up on historical stuff.

And when I started as a DJ we had vinyl records and carts, not CDs and computers--oh well,
there goes Grandpa again :) (am 49)

And when the B's won their cup when I was 8, the games were on free TV (Ch 38) :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LZFAqaiA-o
 
raccoonradio said:
When he was on WEEI (and perhaps to this day, when he's on 98.5) sometimes a teen would call Ted Sarandis (and somehow get past the screener); there was either a rule against 'underaged callers', or Ted just chose not to deal with younger callers. As soon as the slightly higher pitched teenaged caller started to talk, an annoyed Ted would say, "Look, would you do me a favor? Would you call back in about 7 years or so?" To use a Jerry Williams term, Ted sounded

"...annoyed..."
Whether or not he knows his stuff, at least he's getting an early start in the biz. Heck, I didn't do my first show till I was 19 :) (college radio)
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just another reason why Ted's show was terrible. My 10 year old nephew knows more about football than half the 'talent' on Boston sports radio.
 
ArtSpooner said:
I have no problem with his early start. My hat is off to him. He sounds like a up and comer. But, he was born after Larry Bird and Kevin McHale played their last games. He was six or seven years from being born when the ball went between Buckner's legs. He's too young to have covered any teams as a beat reporter. He certainly isn't an ex player. I hope that he has a bright future, but I really don't want to listen to his show.
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Someone who's 35 years-old was only 6 years-old when the ball went through Buckner's legs...they don't remember it so they might as well have "not been born yet."

I understand that's a bit of an exaggeration, but my point is that I think age is irrelevant when it comes to whether you can produce an entertaining show or not. Granted, as I've aged from 12 to 18 I think I have added some perspective and will continue to get better as I get older.

But please, let's not play that game...some of the premier sports media personalities in this city (Shaughnessy, Callahan, Buckley, Felger, and many more) have been more than happy to come on my shows and "spar" with me, so age clearly doesn't matter to them.

(I don't mean to come off as mean-spirited haha and don't want to start a "message board flame war." I just think you should give me a try before you make a determination, but to each their own)...
 
And when I say 6 years-old...I mean 10 haha.

My point still is, that I don't think age is all that relevant a factor. All of that math is semantics ;)
 
Picture this someday (Doogie Howser syndrome?) A new DJ is being shown around by the program director. A 16 year old walks in, wearing a suit but also sneakers. He shakes the hand of the new DJ
and introduces himself, then goes over to the GM's desk and puts his feet up on it.

"Is that the general manager's son?," whispers the new DJ.

"No...it's the general manager," says the PD

The young GM, who overheard him, smiles and says, "I got an early start in the business"
Behind him is a picture of himself as an 11 yr old DJ :)
 
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