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New is Old Again

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Dorien Jaye back at WNTK.

He and I am not even sure who Judy Paris is, co-hosting The WNTK Morning Show (ra-named NH In The Morning).

Konrad Kayne and Bulldog Brian Tilton seemed to have disappeared from the face of the Earth.

So, nothing like 40 year old Foster Brooks TV comedy bits in the morning to get your day started.
 
Brian and Konrad were pretty good on the air.

Dorian an the Barbie Mom sounded uncomfortable on their first day, Friday?

They shouldve worked a few things out before going on air with it.
 
Wow that's a shocker! :eek:

I just called Dave the other day and he mentioned nothing about it other than Bulldog getting an NHAB award for 5 minute newscast.

Sad too. Although I like Dorien, I really enjoyed Konrad and the bulldog.

Any chance that Tom Michaels will make a triumphant return?? lol
 
The WNTK Morning Show, now called NH IN THE MORNING?

Isn't that a Saga Trademark?

Just curious.......
 
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I hate the new show. I loved Brian Bulldog Tilton. I miss having a strong conservative intelligent voice to listen to in the morning. This really stinks. I will no longer listen to WNTK in the morning. Arghh I am so upset. I wish I had another station to listen to Bill O'reilly to in the after. They are B&*^%&^% for taking Brian off the air. That was a really nice thing to do to the two new Dads. Jerks bring back Brian.
 
Did anyone else but ME hear the tasteless and quite unfunny 2,000 year Old Man comedy bit today?

The Un-Blooped version???
 
I used to email the show regularly, voicing (typing my opinions) about the show. George was in serious need of medication. Monique had no personality or sense of humor. The replies I got consisted of things like its a work in progress. Most emails agreeing with my opinions. Then came Konrad followed by Bulldog. I stopped emailing complaints, because I was happy with the show. Brian sometimes played conservative, and would seem to switch when convenient, which made him humorous. Konrad always seemed to be peace keeper and take middle ground, except when things went overboard. He knew just when to speak up and intervene. You could tell there was always good raport between the two, and they played well off each other. Brian being the high strung, opinionated one, and Konrad agreeing, disagreeing, and playing the part of dad when needed.

Now, Dorien has crawled back out of the woodwork. He needs to get over himself in a big way. He has already started to dismiss Judy in his condescending way. Morning man is here to stay????? Oh please. He apparently hasnt changed a bit since his days in Manchester on Cool, and hanging out with my wife's friend (trying to be tasteful) over a lengthy period of time at Queen City Motor Inn, when running his Karaoke business on the weekends. He is a buffoon, whose philosophy is my way or no way. Judy is obviously lacking experience. Radio voice, she has not. The news has to be the worse. Cant tell where one sentence ends and the next begins.

Mr. Vinikoor, I'm confused....
Obviously when your whole morning team is gone at once with no warning, they didnt just decide to go work for General Electric. Your work in progress had progressed, and was pretty much there. What are you thinking? It has become quite clear to me, that you loved George, and his bad case of [EDIT] He made it clear he had another job, and that was his reason for leaving. You didnt X him. Now you have brought Dorien back. Ironically, he has a very similar personality. Completely narcissistic, even when clearly wrong. I cant listen anymore. I thought you had finally smelled the right kind of coffee. Now I realize you just get bored, even when its good. WNTK is off my list. Congrats to the new dads, I wish you both the best. I'm sorry on behalf of Mr. Vinikoor that Konrad went on vaca to have a baby, and got this. What a kick in the teeth. Brian is almost in the same boat, but doesnt quite have to buy diapers yet, hopefully things work out for both of you.

Yes, NH in the morning is and has been WZID's for years. Shame on you Dorien. The comedy bits suck and are tedious to listen to after the first 10 secs. If yesterdays bit (or should I say whole comedy hour was listened to beforehand to catch the word that didnt get bleeped, how did anyone even know it was going to be funny?

Larry...out


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The two new people stink beyond words. Bob is a d(^head. I can not believe the nixed such a great show for the two new morons.
 
Gee Cathy.

You need to learn to be more expressive,girl.

What will happen to Rocky Cannoli on Fridays, and a few of the other "regulars" and features?
 
Jim,

I really really want Brian Tilton back. He was the best host on WNTK. Bill O'Reilly was the second best thing about WNTK. Frankly beyond those two I rarely listen. The others are just not as informative or as interesting to listen to for extended periods of time. Frankly I am not sure who Rocky Cannoli is or what he does.

How should I express my disdain? Hmm. The two new people are unpleasant, they stink, the suck, the are disgusting and despicable. I listened to them for about three days for experienced people they seemed pretty incompetent at answering the phones. The woman's voice grates on my nerves. I stopped listening to WNTK in the morning and so have many others I have spoken to as well. There complaints seem to be inline with mine.

Cathy
 
Rocky appeared regularly with George Russel and Monique, especially on Fridays.

That tradition continued with Brian and Konrad Kayne.

He runs a gormet bakery in Newport.

I was talking the regular peoploe who appeared on The WNTK Morning Show.

Either way I agree with you about the hosts.

Laughable (not in agood way).
 
Lifeless.

Bring back George Russell.

Or Imus for God's Sake.

Is this guy Vinikoor not the Inspector Clouseau of radio owners?
 
I had a quick chat with a fellow in the know and the morning show's current incarnation is not what it was planned out to be. Further, there are reports that the station has received mostly favorable reviews for the change citing that Konrad and the bulldog were getting boring to them, albeit unintentionally rushed through.

There was a decision made to cycle out the morning team that blew up in Bob's face, and now the new hosts needed a crash course on how the equipment operates. Expect to see improvements on the mechanics of the show. Content might come a bit later. Remember, they're both still in their virgin week. Also remember that "Melody" (aka Lisa McHugh) was very shaky when starting out at the Q, but she improved dramatically and got hired at other stations. Not only for NTK, but also to become Program Director at the Lakes Region's "Hawk" stations. (now being reformatted, not sure she's still there)

For those fans of Brian the bulldog, he was not fired.
 
OK..I used to work in radio. I live in the New London area. I look at these boards from time to time and have never posted.

The Morning Show on WNTK when it was George Russel was very entertaining. Yeah...I met the guy a couple of times and he was a full of ego and I didn't agree with his opinions most of the time, but he was interesting. When Monique came along the show was even better. She was very funny with him and was a breath of fresh air. It is too bad that George left the show...when that guy Conrad started, you could hear the dials changing. He had nothing to say. It was beyond boring. Everyone that I spoke to aggreed.
Bulldog was educated and knew what he was talking about, but he worked with a marshmellow. No one liked the show. Word on the street is the boss had to make changes because of all of the complaints. I am sure Bulldog will be fine. Conrad would be a good Dj on an oldies station for sure. This is showbiz folks....happens all the time...give the new kids a chance. I haven't listened yet..but will soon.
 
George was outrageous and made waves. That's a certainty. I knew George and he knew how to "play" the audience.

Monique knew how to play George. I got the feeling she didn't like Konrad. I know she wouldn't have liked Bulldog.

Brian seems to be very educated. And opinionated. Very homophobic and seems like he should have grown up a couple generations ago.

Konrad's problem is he was the senior guy. Age wise, experience and he let the younger co host run the show. Everything was the fault of the Democrats, The Chinese, the homsexual lobby, and public education as far as Brian was concerned.

Konrad's answer to most things were irreverant, off color, smart assed. Probably as a balance to his co host being such a tight butt!

I wouldn't have called them "BORING" however

The new team still sucks, and I would thik Dorian who didn't just walk into a radio station for the first time, would pull it off better than he is. Whatshername is just plain not a broadcaster or a personality.
 
First of all, techsupport, if you even once went to the WNTK website, or knew anything about anything, you would know that Konrad is spelled with a "K", and marshmallow has an "a". I cant believe you are acting all in the know, and admitting you havent even listened to these new morons.
I do, however, agree with Jimc, konrad did let Brian run things too much, which made Brian's views the tone for the whole show. Konrad should have been more assertive with his own opinions, instead of taking the back seat as much as he did, to someone like Brian. He did speak up on occasion, which tells me that his opinions were not the same as Brian's, at least on those occasions. Hearing him in a more aggresive fashion, much more often, probably would have put a bit better spin on things. Whatshername is definitely just NOT a broadcaster.
I definitely liked (past tense, and yes I have listened to the new one) the show, and know of plenty of people who did also, not to mention all the regulars who stayed faithful in calling in even after George left, and dont believe that things changed because of "all the complaints".
If what nhradio says, and Brian didnt get fired, that just further proves what I assumed in an earlier post, that Mr. Vinikoor likes the hotheaded, narcissistic, loud mouths, and doesnt care if they make jackasses of themselves or the station. George was that way, Brian, to a more entertaining degree, and Dorien is also. I am not sure, however, why someone who brags about being the first WNTK Morning show host, and complains about the equipment being the same, has been in radio for as long as Dorien, and claims to be "the man" would need a course, crash or not, in anything, much less a little radio equipment.
 
Konrad was merely the first in line on the chopping block, and reports suggest that Brian was going to be replaced after the cycle-through of the show. (New gal gets trained, then introduction of Dorien, and quite possibly things might have gone a different direction.)

As far as Bob hiring hotheads, that's not always been the case. Emma Scott (aka Joan Rhodewald) was impetuously stable, although her counterpart John Reynolds seemed to fit the aforementioned description rather nicely. Generally, the females usually were not "hotheads". I doubt I'd classify Greg Anderson as hothead, but he certainly didn't stick around too long either. Clancy McMahon, Chris Frey and Bill Larson generally kept their cool.

On the flipside, Paul Bogosian, Luke Andrews, and Janine Zabriskie were hot tempered at times, but perhaps because they had an ideology for the show that didn't jive with Bob's.

Yet, all the folks that Bob hires with this personality trait end up sparring with him and, in turn, make his life more "interesting". Dorien (especially having prior experience with Bob) is probably no different.

George may have been entertaining but as someone alluded to previously, had his own goals in mind that didn't fit well with the stations.

Anyway, yeah I admit, the phone patch probably has changed very little since Jaye was last there, along with MOST of the equipment. But a significant change that has occurred is the transition from cart to digital audio. And the best software seemed to be out of reach for whatever reason.

Konrad would have done well to take up a more staunch position rather than sit and be Switzerland to Brian. I guess talkradio really wasn't his thing. Great guy though.
 
Except for maybe LarryListener, keep in mind this webste is full of bradio junkies, ex radio people, wannabees and "plants".

It would be interesting to hear from some actual listeners of The WNTK Morning Show.

Proabbly not here, but it seems like we all take ourselves waaaay too seriously.

Howie Carr willl be doing mornings soon perhaps at WTTK most likely at WRKO, and that will be the last hoo=ha for local morning radio on 99.7FM

And 1490. What's with the streaming at wntk.com?

Isn't that fed through WUVR? Or Bob's cell phone? Sounds like crap.
 
That a typo, or did you mean to say B-Radio types?

Anyway, the feed to the website changed when they were doing the radiothon for Pauline last week.

Switched some equipment around,perhaps.
 
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