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Tom Doyle leaving WROR.....or not

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WMC2006

WROR is running promos with Loren and Wally asking us to tune in Tuesday morning to find out "Tom Doyle's future with this radio station".

I'm guessing it's contract time for Tom and he's probably sticking around for awhile for as long as Loren and Wally stick around. Then again, Tom's had some health issues (knees, hips, etc) so maybe he's had enough of getting up at 3am.

With all the radio layoffs around the country, if he wasn't being renewed or was just getting fired, they wouldn't be playing fun and games with it, he'd be gone.

Tune in Tuesday morning. :D
 
Contract issues are not handled on the air (except for that woman who quit on the air) or in promo's.

Remember way back in the day Tom had his own show. Mid days maybe? Back to afternoon drive?

If he were to retire, they may announce it on the air, but any non renewal is usually dealt with by yanking the talent off the air and paying them to stay home rather than risk the talent badmouthing the station or dropping a few F bombs at 37 grand a shot.

Very few people get to say goodbye on their own station, but there is a growing trend to get to do it on the competition... Neanderpaul on BCN for example minutes after getting blown out of WAAF IIRC
 
MRBIboredop said:
Remember way back in the day Tom had his own show. Mid days maybe? Back to afternoon drive?
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I kinda remember Tom had his own show but it wasn't on WROR, was it? Wally had his own afternoon show (along with his morning duties) way way way back in the day on the old WVBF.

Doyle also had the old Mustard and Doyle show on WEEI that replaced Andy Moes in the morning in the early years of WEEI going all sports.
 
My Guess on Tom Doyle

I think the announcement will be that he'll continue to do mornings. But, now you can hear Tom Doyle from 3 to 7 in the afternoon as well. What won't be said is that it will be voice-tracked.
 
Re: My Guess on Tom Doyle

dhoule said:
I think the announcement will be that he'll continue to do mornings. But, now you can hear Tom Doyle from 3 to 7 in the afternoon as well. What won't be said is that it will be voice-tracked.
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One of the great things about automation systems (esp AudioVault) is the ability to remotely upload via FTP service elements like traffic & weather, hard schedule them in Selector/Linker, and use the sec tones to fire them like someone is sitting behind the board pushing the buttons. This was done in Jersey when two AM stations went satellite oldies, and it worked out nearly flawlessly.

From listening to the L&W podcasts everyday down here in Jersey, I'd tune in to hear Doyle voicetracked or not: talent is talent, be it live or Memorex.
 
BostonRadioWatch.com has the press release about Doyle and Devereaux (now mentioned in another thread) and the press release mentions Doyle's radio history in Boston:

Doyle has been part of the legendary morning team "Loren and Wally" since 1991 when he worked at the old WVBF. In 1992, he left WVBF for a brief morning stint at sports talker WEEI AM 590 followed by a morning show at now-defunct country WBCS 96.9FM. Doyle rejoined L&W at WROR 105.7FM in September 1996 when Greater Media brought back the familiar call letters to launch the station's current classic hits format.
 
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