I am not sure how you could tell when the Crazy Kuhner Report was first broadcast since he says the same thing everyday. I find it interesting that Nancy Shack and Brittney Jennings now have their own weekend shows. Couldn't they sell those hours for infomercials.
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The Kuhner Report - Saturday Edition
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Whoa....when did this happen? I don't listen to RKO except during the week at 3 when Howie comes on.....over the weekend I don't tune into RKO til around 9 Saturday nite and on Sunday nite I tune in at 10 to listen to Bill Cunningham. Shack had her own show on WMEX at one time and as for Jennings, isn't she kuhner's producer?
If there was someone willing to buy them sure, but at what point do you say we are not taking $25 for an hour of weekend air time in a top 10 market?
I noticed Shack's show a few weeks ago (10 to noon) as she discussed Dzokhar Tsarnaev's death penalty being thrown out but while I thought it could have been a 1 time special it's regular and called "And Another Thing".Part of the intro is what she used on WMEX, a movie clip I think:"Wow, beauty, brains and a total psycho.My dream girl."
Jennings is Kuhner's producer and her late Sun afternoon show may be brokered time but maybe not.Jeff stepped in to help out the brokered Sat morning show when Bill Kelly passed on.Maybe involved with this too.
Jennings is Kuhner's producer and her late Sun afternoon show may be brokered time but maybe not.Jeff stepped in to help out the brokered Sat morning show when Bill Kelly passed on.Maybe involved with this too.
If Brittany's show is brokered, a sure sign would be a disclaimer at the T.O.H on both ends, after Salem got nailed everyone is back to following the rules about identifying what is live, pre-recorded, and paid for. WRKO was quick to jump on the "paid" notification after Armstrong's close call/brush with state regulators about his radio show generating sales leads back in 2015
As for Khuner, at one point his wife was the "executive producer" or some BS of Bill Kelly's paid time show, and since Kelley Financial is still a big buyer of time in WRKO especially on Kuhner's show it is in his best interests (self preservation) to make them happy and keep the dollars rolling into pay his salary.
As for why Nancy and Brittany were doing air shifts, and IIRC someone was filling in for VB too not tooo long ago, I think it came down to filling in while the talent took company mandated furlough time,
Nancy's husband told me a couple of months ago she would be doing fill ins on WRKO
Isn't she also Dan Rea's producer?
Shack does produce Dan I believe and is a regular fill in.She's also subbed for Kuhner and VB.VB's absence has been noted--furlough?-- and Morgan, again, occasionally posts on Twitter to say he has yet to hear from WBZ about a return to air.Most likely also on furlough.
RKO has "portions prerecorded" TOH disclaimers during Howie as in pre recorded headlines from WBZ.
Rea's facebook has featured "NightSide Pregame"s
with him and Nancy.
When Salem had cons. talk on 1260 Grace had a show for awhile, no doubt brokered.
One day when Kelly was still alive I think he bought same time slot on 680, 1260 (or 950?) , and 1510
IIRC.Triplecast.
RKO has "portions prerecorded" TOH disclaimers during Howie as in pre recorded headlines from WBZ.
Rea's facebook has featured "NightSide Pregame"s
with him and Nancy.
When Salem had cons. talk on 1260 Grace had a show for awhile, no doubt brokered.
One day when Kelly was still alive I think he bought same time slot on 680, 1260 (or 950?) , and 1510
IIRC.Triplecast.
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Yep, yep, yep, I can tell it's the weekend because talk1200 screws up at the top of EVERY hour...two newscasts at the same time, wbz and fox and then when a program starts there's the station id..SMH...I don't understand this...someone please explain how the station does this without fail, every...single...weekend???? 
As mentioned in another post I've tried to contact them via phone, email, pm, to no avail, they don't even acknowledge the call, email, pm...I've tried to contact 1200 locally and I've tried with iheart headquarters in NY...no one replies...SMH...seriously....how does this happen?? How does iheart screw up every...single...weekend....and occasionally during the week they air the news which is supposed to air at 59 but they air it 47 instead...SMH...and sometimes they air the news at 20 minutes before the hour? How does this happen...better yet, WHY does this happen? Seems to me these days a 6 year old can program all of this with ease.
As mentioned in another post I've tried to contact them via phone, email, pm, to no avail, they don't even acknowledge the call, email, pm...I've tried to contact 1200 locally and I've tried with iheart headquarters in NY...no one replies...SMH...seriously....how does this happen?? How does iheart screw up every...single...weekend....and occasionally during the week they air the news which is supposed to air at 59 but they air it 47 instead...SMH...and sometimes they air the news at 20 minutes before the hour? How does this happen...better yet, WHY does this happen? Seems to me these days a 6 year old can program all of this with ease.That's a total waste of time. This is not an iHeart problem. It's a local station problem. Has nothing to do with ownership.
How does it happen? Automation. Why does it happen? Because of automation. Something's misprogrammed, and it follows the same program every week.
But the cause is human error. And, particularly now and with an AM that gets very little weekend audience anyway, it is likely that no staff member even listens.
Yes, but the error was made before COVID. That's most likely when the automation was programmed. They've been operating from home since March.
I see this all the time. A song title gets misspelled and it shows up in the log that way for months. As the president says "It is what it is."
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So how does one go about getting it fixed? The station does not reply to emails, phone calls or pms on FB and Twitter. I've been emailing etc since January of this year...not every day, not every week, not every month....no response, no resolution. It's annoying as hell and what's worse is I stop listening and then after a month or so I turn it back on and boom...it's still happening...SMH.....snail mail letter to the programmer at talk1200 maybe or do they even know how to read!
? LOL, maybe that's the problem - ignorant, deaf and illiterate!People only pay attention to things that are important and are put in front of them. No different from any other line of work.
Drive down to Cabot Road someday. Ring the bell. Ask to see their public file. Then tell them your story. See what happens.
Or file an online complaint with the FCC. That might get their attention.
Truthfully, the FCC is no better at this than iHeart. Think of all the Boston pirates. But it's worth a try.
They will likely say "it is now an online requirement. Look it up on your computer"
I'm not sure that the FCC considers itself to have jurisdiction over "sloppiness". Political, yes. Profanity, yes. But "stupid", no.
Sounds like a waste of time. I'd find the name of the General Manager, and send him a real written letter... not an email. That might be worth a try if it is positioned as "you are losing listeners due to these problems I have noticed".
So how does one go about getting it fixed? The station does not reply to emails, phone calls or pms on FB and Twitter. I've been emailing etc since January of this year...not every day, not every week, not every month....no response, no resolution. It's annoying as hell and what's worse is I stop listening and then after a month or so I turn it back on and boom...it's still happening...SMH.....snail mail letter to the programmer at talk1200 maybe or do they even know how to read!
How about trying an advertiser or two (if any...). One might feel they are not getting what they are paying for - and are far less likely to be ignored.
Not a lot of easy to reach local advertisers on Talk 1200. Especially now.
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SMH...it has now bled over into Monday with the airing of two newscasts at the same time...SMH. I will draw up a snail mail letter and see if that works!
I can find myself complaining in here about 1200's autopilot snafus as far back as 2011.
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It has now happened every day this week so far....it's stunning to me that no one from the station actually LISTENS to the station, SMH.
The station is all syndicated. There is "no one from the station."
iHeart (it was Clear Channel back then) spent some serious cash to buy that 1200 signal and get its power upped to 50,000 watts. They must've envisioned some payback for what they were doing, no?
But, then again, this was before they got their hands on WBZ and WRKO, so it's almost as if iHeart is now saying "Who needs or even cares about 1200 anymore?" Their problem today is that there's literally no one to take 1200 off their hands. So they use it to clear their Premier lineup and damn the torpedoes. I hope they take in enough money to keep that transmitter pumping out watts. If not, then maybe they should consider turning in their license.
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