bobbailey said:
Good idea, I would make that move in a heartbeat.
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Pending Doom For Talk 1200 In Boston
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Good idea, I would make that move in a heartbeat.
I wouldn't. Put Severin on WWZN to annoy liberals.
Drove by the offices of Talk 1200 this morning, located at 10 Cabot Road in Medford, at 9:59. Guess who was pulling out of the parking lot ??????
Yes - the hardest worker in Boston Radio - Jeff Katz !!!!!!!!!!!!
How does he get out of the station so fast when his show ends at 10:00 am ???????????????????
Yes - the hardest worker in Boston Radio - Jeff Katz !!!!!!!!!!!!
How does he get out of the station so fast when his show ends at 10:00 am ???????????????????
He has a job in radio; do you? Are you jealous? 
But yeah who knows, maybe he was pulling a Ted Sarandis*
*--former WEEI talker who got suspended when he had his prod. put on some taped
material so he could leave about 20 minutes early
But yeah who knows, maybe he was pulling a Ted Sarandis*
*--former WEEI talker who got suspended when he had his prod. put on some taped
material so he could leave about 20 minutes early
Word on the street is that by the end of April Talk 1200 will begin outsourcing their local weekend news in the first cost cutting measure
by PD Paula O'Connor........
The weekday local AM and PM news is not safe by any stretch......there are rumblings within the walls of Talk 1200 that Paula O'Connor will
begin outsourcing those newscasts as ratings continue to do a nose dive......
This move will save the station quite a bit of $$$$ considering local ad revenue at the station is slim to none and the fact that the local newscasts are
nothing more than a rip and read version of the AP.
Look for AM newsgal Angela Anderson to resurface somewhere in N.H. , she was PD at WGIR -AM in Manchester N.H. and also still
resides in the Granite State. Can you imagine what Talk 1200 must pay her to make it worth while to make that commute 5 days a week with gas prices
the way they are ???????
Afternoon news man - George Brown could resurface in Central Mass. , where he was PD at WTAG in Worcester or at the Clearchannel affiliate in Springfield MA.
Stay tuned................
by PD Paula O'Connor........
The weekday local AM and PM news is not safe by any stretch......there are rumblings within the walls of Talk 1200 that Paula O'Connor will
begin outsourcing those newscasts as ratings continue to do a nose dive......
This move will save the station quite a bit of $$$$ considering local ad revenue at the station is slim to none and the fact that the local newscasts are
nothing more than a rip and read version of the AP.
Look for AM newsgal Angela Anderson to resurface somewhere in N.H. , she was PD at WGIR -AM in Manchester N.H. and also still
resides in the Granite State. Can you imagine what Talk 1200 must pay her to make it worth while to make that commute 5 days a week with gas prices
the way they are ???????
Afternoon news man - George Brown could resurface in Central Mass. , where he was PD at WTAG in Worcester or at the Clearchannel affiliate in Springfield MA.
Stay tuned................
Not that weekend news or weekend programming is any big deal--other stations pretty much go low budget, informercials, carrying sports the sister station can't, etc.
5 smiley faces in a row... well I don't know if Katz will be there one more month or two more years but I'd think the latter is more likely. (Now we have to wonder if Howie winds up on 96.9, 1200, or back at
RKO. If the latter gives him the best offer he may have to swallow his pride and shake Hokey Wolfe's
hand--er, paw? on a new deal.)
Outsourcing daily newscasts--who do they think they are, WRKO?
Maybe they make a bit of money on the FMs and that helps to subsidize it.
I don't know if I'm being so protective of a failing radio station--and hey, times are hard so you only had four emoticons this time Given the choice between taxpayer funded NPR and the lineup on 1200 I would prob prefer the latter, though. And btw since we've been talking late night--Stein on 96.9,
Red Eye on RKO, and even Leveille on WBZ don't forget 1200 has Coast to Coast, a big fave
nationwide.
If not for the fact that Howie might be able to jump there late next year, plus E&B and Graham
have contracts till '13, I'd think TKK might consider dumping its format, though admittedly it is, yes, doing much better in ratings than 1200 (or RKO), though certainly not what they'd expect.
If you look at the WTKK facebook page there are a lot of unhappy customers now that Jay is gone. Will they forever turn away from 96.9 now? (or at least till Howie gets there?)
(More talk, less emoticons with Raccoonradio )
5 smiley faces in a row... well I don't know if Katz will be there one more month or two more years but I'd think the latter is more likely. (Now we have to wonder if Howie winds up on 96.9, 1200, or back at
RKO. If the latter gives him the best offer he may have to swallow his pride and shake Hokey Wolfe's
hand--er, paw? on a new deal.)
Outsourcing daily newscasts--who do they think they are, WRKO?
Maybe they make a bit of money on the FMs and that helps to subsidize it.
I don't know if I'm being so protective of a failing radio station--and hey, times are hard so you only had four emoticons this time
Given the choice between taxpayer funded NPR and the lineup on 1200 I would prob prefer the latter, though. And btw since we've been talking late night--Stein on 96.9,Red Eye on RKO, and even Leveille on WBZ don't forget 1200 has Coast to Coast, a big fave
nationwide.
If not for the fact that Howie might be able to jump there late next year, plus E&B and Graham
have contracts till '13, I'd think TKK might consider dumping its format, though admittedly it is, yes, doing much better in ratings than 1200 (or RKO), though certainly not what they'd expect.
If you look at the WTKK facebook page there are a lot of unhappy customers now that Jay is gone. Will they forever turn away from 96.9 now? (or at least till Howie gets there?)
(More talk, less emoticons with Raccoonradio
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You mean an outside company is going to be in charge of running the same headlines and forecasts repeatedly for 4 days straight?bobbailey said:
bobbailey said:
LOL, to be honest, the ratings can't get much lower than they are right now Bob.
If WTKK implodes/goes to new format (see other thread), expect 1200 to keep it up with poli-/conservative talk. Whether or not they'd have local news and/or talk, who knows. Again, if they show the same commitment to it that they did with Prog Talk 1200/1430, that would mean a run of at least 2 yrs and 2 months--which would take them
to summer of next year. They already have something they didn't do with Prog Talk--a daily local host and local producer, and a PD with experience at RKO and 96.9. They should stick with it awhile longer.
to summer of next year. They already have something they didn't do with Prog Talk--a daily local host and local producer, and a PD with experience at RKO and 96.9. They should stick with it awhile longer.
Katz on facebook:"apparently i am quite good - being in two places at once today - i learned from one of those message boards that i was driving away today at 9:59am - funny, because i was in a meeting until 10:45am - roflmao - well i just hope that in these fictional accounts i am taller and my car is newer "
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