Severin to return to 96.9

[keyjock]

That is according to the Inside Track this morning.
They quote his agent as saying his syndie show will begin airing Jan 3rd 7-10 PM on WTKK.

 

[raccoonradio]

> That is according to the Inside Track this morning.
> They quote his agent as saying his syndie show will begin
> airing Jan 3rd 7-10 PM on WTKK.
>
Huh? After they pretty much disowned him...kept him off air, wiped him off
website, didn't use any of his ads anymore...(i.e., had Graham re-cut spots)...

Just looked it up (it's at the end of a Track item about Belushi's widow).
Says Laura I. will be bumped up till 10 pm. OK, but what about Hannity?
#2 highest rated talk host in country...what, will he go to _1 am_?
(Grahamcrackers continues in afternoon, it says).

Well, Greater Media had exclusivity in negotiating with Jay until Dec 31.
So much for rumors from "Soldiers Field Rd" that Jay would start at BZ in April.

http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTrack/view.bg?articleid=117677&format=&page=3

Wonder if Jay will discuss the Phony Pulitzer issue (see link below), to pick up from when we left off? I'm not
holding my breath.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486026/posts

 

[Smoke]

Graham is doing nothing for me, and putting on Sean live isn't a bad idea.

 

[weee]

>
> Wonder if Jay will discuss the Phony Pulitzer issue (see
> link below), to pick up from when we left off? I'm not
> holding my breath.
>
He might do that after he admits he's a liar and isn't Live and Local. Maybe he'll do it after commenting on Hillary's backside for the billionth time, or perhaps after he condems a Democrat for thinking a way that he doesn't? Or, it could be after he acts like a creepy letch to a woman with a big chest, even though he's married.

 

[kjlassoc]

> That is according to the Inside Track this morning.
> They quote his agent as saying his syndie show will begin
> airing Jan 3rd 7-10 PM on WTKK.
>

I'm guessing that he'll be nervous every time he fields a call from Boston. "Hey Jay, how is the view of the Globe from the WTKK window?" The Jay-baiters could have a field day unless he makes liberal use of the dump button.

 

[EWF]

Good move but that doesn't address that Michael "Crackers" Graham is a VERY weak link in WTKK 96.9's daytime schedule. Is anybody listening to him and why would they?

Still, 96.9 and Jay Severin will have to do a lot of outside advertising to inform the public that Severin is back. He really became a non-person at that station and they will have to rebuilt his audience.

Where does Infinity and WBZ fit into this picture? All those rumors about Jay going there or to another Infinity FM'er were false?

Well, as many faults as Jay Severin or James Severino, Pulitizer, or non Pulitzer Prize winner may have he is certain more interesting than anyone else currently on ... or to be on... radio. And Jay in never Boring.

Glad Peter Smyth was able to close this deal.



> That is according to the Inside Track this morning.
> They quote his agent as saying his syndie show will begin
> airing Jan 3rd 7-10 PM on WTKK.
>

 

[mjpm]

> > That is according to the Inside Track this morning.
> > They quote his agent as saying his syndie show will begin
> > airing Jan 3rd 7-10 PM on WTKK.
> >
>
> I'm guessing that he'll be nervous every time he fields a
> call from Boston. "Hey Jay, how is the view of the Globe
> from the WTKK window?" The Jay-baiters could have a field
> day unless he makes liberal use of the dump button.


I'll be glad to hear Severin again. Hannity is such a Republican mouthpiece that I don't care what happens to his show.
>

 

[raccoonradio]

> Where does Infinity and WBZ fit into this picture? All those
> rumors about Jay going there or to another Infinity FM'er
> were false?

Well, Greater Media did have exclusive negotiating rights with
him till the end of the year and they pulled it off. Somehow they
agreed on a monetary fee agreeable to both sides. We know WBZ/Infinity
wanted him but admittedly, had he gone there he'd be pre-empted more
than a few times by Bruins.

> And Jay in never Boring.

True, though not everyone likes him. He seemed to have an air of
pomposity and a voice I didn't really like. And this site begged to differ with him on some issues.

As long as he was opposite Howie,
I found I preferred HC (comedy element, voice, views).
My listening habits were: Howie, then Laura I., then Hannity. Now (after 1/3)
I might listen to Howie, then maybe a bit of Severin (or Sullivan, or Mike
Adams...how long till Sox season begins? ) and then Laura I. Where,
again, where, will Hannity go? Would WTKK put him on at 1 am (though John
and Jeff fans would be upset?) Would Hannity be set free and somehow wind
up on WRKO, or WTTT...(WKOXKS? Naaahhh!)

 

[raccoonradio]

> > That is according to the Inside Track this morning.
> > They quote his agent as saying his syndie show will begin
> > airing Jan 3rd 7-10 PM on WTKK.
> >
>
> I'm guessing that he'll be nervous every time he fields a
> call from Boston. "Hey Jay, how is the view of the Globe
> from the WTKK window?" The Jay-baiters could have a field
> day unless he makes liberal use of the dump button.
>
One of his enemies is the Globe's Scot Lehigh, or "Scat He-Lies" as Jay calls him. It was funny to think of the fact that the Globe and WTKK are right next to each other. Scot would merely have to walk down the street to interview Jay if he wished--but wait, Jay was really in Sag Harbor!

Jay's "Phony Pulitzer":
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1486026/posts

A couple Free Republic members reacted:
"I loved listening to him while I lived there, and at the time thought he'd be perfect for a nationwide audience, but he's a bit of a nutbar. I am surprised he'd bump Laura back like that.

"Jay has definitely become a nutbar.
It's too bad that Laura is going to be bumped.
But at least she'll be a nice alternative to that complete whack-job Michael Savage who's now been bumped to 10pm on WRKO."

"I'm a white guy, but I think Jay is clearly racist. I don't go for that."
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[raccoonradio]

Not necessarily Republican but conservative (_first_). If Republicans, say,
vote on immigration or tax-and-spend a certain way, Hannity will condemn it.
And he praises conservative Democrats (a rare breed) like Joe Lieberman and
former Sen. Zell Miller.

In some ways there are liberals, moderates, and conservatives in each party.
Though I'll bet there were more conservative Democrats than liberal Republicans.
You may have found many "Democrats for Bush" but hardly any "Republicans
for Kerry". And conservatives have a term for liberal/moderate Republicans
(at least those who might be social liberals): RINOs. Republican In Name
Only.

Some liberals probably consider Schwarzenegger to be conservative, and he is
on some issues, but he's liberal on others. To the point that conservative
satirist Sacred Cow Burgers labeled Ah-nuld a RINO

> I'll be glad to hear Severin again. Hannity is such a
> Republican mouthpiece that I don't care what happens to his
> show.
> >
>
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[raccoonradio]

> >
> > Wonder if Jay will discuss the Phony Pulitzer issue (see
> > link below), to pick up from when we left off? I'm not
> > holding my breath.
> >
> He might do that after he admits he's a liar and isn't Live
> and Local. Maybe he'll do it after commenting on Hillary's
> backside for the billionth time, or perhaps after he condems
> a Democrat for thinking a way that he doesn't? Or, it could
> be after he acts like a creepy letch to a woman with a big
> chest, even though he's married.
>
Good points. Say whatcha will about Howie but he seemed more honest.
Certainly was about his personal life (though many feel he kinda
shoved his mentor Jerry out the door, then responded with that
"sorry, Jerry, but Father Time caught up with ya" comment to the
Globe (and Howie's "Not a bad guy, he's finally getting out of
the business" column that's archived on Barbara Anderson's site,
but I digress). I seem to have a Howie-type sense of humor and
find his show a lot more appealing.

Jay and current wife Renee

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[raccoonradio]

Re: Severin to return to 96.9--Globe, BRW

It did make the Globe too, under Names and Faces. (Sometimes radio bits wind up there, and radio bits have turned up in the business sections of both Globe
and Herald, not just TV/Radio)...

http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2005/12/19/last_call_for_now_at_baseball_tavern/

http://www.bostonradiowatch.com

Oh by the way the Boston Radio Watch story on this reminded me: we gotta stop saying Infinity. It's CBS Radio now.

from Globe story:
"Talkmeister Jay Severin has settled his contract issues with WTKK-FM (96.9)...That would seem to push Laura Ingraham's shift to later in the night, although WTKK officials were unavailable for confirmation yesterday."

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Smoke commented:

> (Michael) Graham is doing nothing for me, and putting on Sean (Hanity) live
> isn't a bad idea.

I would think for that to occur, Graham would have to make some kind of outrageous comment that would prevent him from continuing any longer on WTKK-96.9.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

At this writing (2 P.M. December 20th), the WTKK-96.9 website has no indication that Jay Severin will soon be back.

Expect a huge banner ad on the WTKK homepage before long which might include Jay Severin's picture and the words "I'm Baaaccccccckk!".

I'm sure WTKK will make a major P.R. push to promote Severin's return.

This move has the potential of changing the dynamics of nighttime radio in Boston.

 

[raccoonradio]

> At this writing (2 P.M. December 20th), the WTKK-96.9
> website has no indication that Jay Severin will soon be
> back.

It takes awhile for them to do these type of things. Site
is probably done by the 14-year-old kid of a staffer. HTML,
what's that?


> This move has the potential of changing the dynamics of
> nighttime radio in Boston.
>
I get to choose between pompous Jay or sleepy Sully? Yikes! 'RKO,
do me a favor and pick up Hannity, then put him on 7-10!

By the way I have mentioned here that my prediction was Severin to WBZ.
My prediction was incorrect, so let me take after onetime Ch. 7
sports guy Zip Rzeppa. Zip (now heard in St. Louis, I think) predicted
the Super Bowl one way and it went the other, so he said "Boy Do I have
egg on my face" on Ch 7; he then smashed an egg on his face and it
dripped down as he continued with the sports (didn't see but Howie mentions it).

So, boy do I have egg on my face!

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[Joseph_Gallant]

Raccoon Radio:

I too am surprised.

I thought the only way WTKK-96.9 was going to air Jay Severin's syndicated show was if the live feed were during daytime hours.

But with a live feed from 7 to 10 P.M. ET, I thought he was headed for WBZ-1030.

There may be some reasons why WTKK was able to keep Severin:

(1) Maybe WBZ didn't want to cut back their all-news block. After the death of David Brudnoy, the all-news block on weekdays, which used to end at 7 P.M., was extended to 8 P.M. (except for Boston Bruins' games)

(2) Paul Sullivan (evenings) and Steve LaValle (sp?)(overnights) are both very popular shows. Had Severin come to 'BZ, both would probably have lost one hour of their nightly shows (Sullivan might have been heard from 10 P.M. to 1 A.M.; LaValle from 1 to 5 A.M.).

(3) Boston Bruins' games. Between January 9th (the premiere of Severin's national show) through the end of the regular-season, there are 21 weeknights where a Bruins' game would have completely pre-empted Severin, and 6 weeknights where a Severin show would have had to be cut-off after just a half-hour (7:30 P.M.) for a Bruins' game. And although the Bruins at the moment are not contendors for a playoff berth, should they "turn it around" and qualify for postseason play, there would be a number of additional weeknights in the Spring where Severin would be pre-empted in full or part for a Bruins' playoff game.

(4) WTKK needed Severin more than WBZ did. WBZ did not need Severin. 'BZ will remain one of Boston's top-rated stations. With Severin, even at night, WTKK will continue to be a contendor in the Boston talk-radio sweepstakes. In fact, they could end up out-drawing WRKO-680 during the evening hours. Without Severin, WTKK would really be hurt.

 

[ciao99]

Severin the Bostonian?

> That is according to the Inside Track this morning.
> They quote his agent as saying his syndie show will begin
> airing Jan 3rd 7-10 PM on WTKK.
>
Now how is Severin going to keep up the charade that he was a local once he's syndicated? Push is going to come to shove: he's either going to BS about it or he's going to be put to task.

 

[ciao99]

> > Where does Infinity and WBZ fit into this picture? All
> those
> > rumors about Jay going there or to another Infinity FM'er
> > were false?
>
> Well, Greater Media did have exclusive negotiating rights
> with
> him till the end of the year and they pulled it off. Somehow
> they
> agreed on a monetary fee agreeable to both sides. We know
> WBZ/Infinity
> wanted him but admittedly, had he gone there he'd be
> pre-empted more
> than a few times by Bruins.
>
> > And Jay in never Boring.
>
> True, though not everyone likes him. He seemed to have an
> air of
> pomposity and a voice I didn't really like. And this site
> begged to differ with him on some issues.
>
> As long as he was opposite Howie,
> I found I preferred HC (comedy element, voice, views).
> My listening habits were: Howie, then Laura I., then
> Hannity. Now (after 1/3)
> I might listen to Howie, then maybe a bit of Severin (or
> Sullivan, or Mike
> Adams...how long till Sox season begins? ) and then Laura
> I. Where,
> again, where, will Hannity go? Would WTKK put him on at 1 am
> (though John
> and Jeff fans would be upset?) Would Hannity be set free and
> somehow wind
> up on WRKO, or WTTT...(WKOXKS? Naaahhh!)
>
I didn't care for Severin either. Talk about an angry white man.

 

[ciao99]

What's his baseball allegiance?

> > That is according to the Inside Track this morning.
> > They quote his agent as saying his syndie show will begin
> > airing Jan 3rd 7-10 PM on WTKK.
> >
>
> I'm guessing that he'll be nervous every time he fields a
> call from Boston. "Hey Jay, how is the view of the Globe
> from the WTKK window?" The Jay-baiters could have a field
> day unless he makes liberal use of the dump button.
>
I'm curious how Jay will respond to baseball questions now that he'll be syndicated...wasn't he a Red Sox fan, at least for his Boston audience? Truth is he's a New Yawkah, his true colors are going to come out. Les jeux sont fait!

 

[NotoriousN-I-K]

Re: Severin the Bostonian?

> > That is according to the Inside Track this morning.
> > They quote his agent as saying his syndie show will begin
> > airing Jan 3rd 7-10 PM on WTKK.
> >
> Now how is Severin going to keep up the charade that he was
> a local once he's syndicated? Push is going to come to
> shove: he's either going to BS about it or he's going to be
> put to task.
>
Good for him Im in shock I thought there is no way he returns to that station. CBS must have made them pay through the nose for him and in the end they're paying Probably Imus-like money for a night show!.

Way to play 'em Flat Top!, STICK IT TO THE MAN, Oh wait you are a right wing schill of the man, oh well good career move anyway!.