So John Rook has the right to lie about WABC...but I have no right to call him on it.
Dear Phil:
I was nice the first time I tried in iputting a message about "fact" on page 2 of this thread. It was ignored. I'm not upset. It was a "public service."
I even took valuable time out of MY busy broadcast day to write you a nice letter of support that you didn't reply to, instead, took time out of YOUR broadcast day to come on here and spew forth about that which you have now twisted and turned so much ... it just keeps on twisting in the wind.
Phil, NO ONE ... your supporters OR detractors said nada about you having no right to "call him on it." No one said that John Rook has a right to "lie about WABC."
No one, for that matter, has any more right, you included, to stir up a hornet in bee's nest over ... something that was created by someone wanting to be a "headline star" and who started, essentially, a flame over nothing in a misrepresented headline that, if taken with Mr. Rook's blog, had nothing to say at all about the "who, what, when, why and why" of any fact whatsoever. You could have handled more professionally and more personally. Email messages are permitted here, as I'm sure you are away. Instead, you made a fool of yourself ... in an effort to make a fool of us. We have enough of those here, Phil.
As was mentioned, if you think that a "secret" leaked out from your office or Citadel higher ups that has caused your obvious upset, then you are sadly mistaken. There was no secret. There was nothing intimated other than a flight of fancy on how bad WABC has gotten in running "colon blow" programming that you are defenseless in doing anything about.
Sure, you called him on it. Good and honorable for you. And you should have.
But, you took "everyone" on this board to task, as "losers" and "wannabes."
Look, Phil, let me tell you something. You may admire Dr. Sniffles and his censorship of topics that some of us found amusing here about your precious radio station, but the fact is, now, it has nothing to do with "Colon Blow" programming ... it has to do with YOU as a professional. And some, in particular, me, in being tired of the sniveling and b******g that goes on here. You're right to your opinion and we welcome it. I for one, happen to be your most valuable commodity, Phil ... a LISTENER as well as a MINOR STOCKHOLDER of Citadel stock. And now, a p****d off one.
As a PD of a major radio station and a VP of Programming ... you have gone WAY over the line here, by your tantrum(s) and insults of people ... some who merely want to touch your ring or otherwise kiss your a** because you are the great Phil Boyce.
I am in this business and have been, successfully, for 38 years ... locally and nationally in big markets and small. And you, programming a radio station that for many hours a day, have no control of in content whatsoever (that from Premier/Clear Channel) must leave you a lot of time to snark here with your out-of-control ego.
Phil: Note this --
1. Could we please fix the technical issues that Imus keeps b******g about from coast to coast on 11 radio stations so he doesn't sound like a constant bore every hour he has to bring it up? Fix it, Phil, that's YOUR job. We have a syndication to roll out in two weeks time.
2. Could we please get Imus not to mumble so much? He's hard for the older demo to listen to, because most know, Phil, he doesn't appeal to "the next generation." He's Farid's friend...not yours.
3. Could you do something about the two-"weakest links" of the Imus program who add nothing to the program except ear candy once a shift? She's terrible, unfunny and he can't do sports to save his butt. Thanks for bringing Warner Wolfe back. Even it it's repeated in hour number four.
4. The mess on KABC is awful. Two hours in the middle of the night is not worthy of bragging rights just to say that the I-Man is on in Los Angeles. Either put him on our proud KABC or get him sold to KCAA or someone else. I hear that KCAA has a fight with you over the rate. That's what was posted on another thread here.
5. Tell the "young ones" out there who are wannabe's or fired for being losers why a big-time PD of 12 years in the nation's top market, in a station that has more legacy in 25 years than you'll have in a lifetime, would not defend his disability of not being able to fight sales for something as awful as "size of your wrist bowel movement" programming on a heritage 50kw flamethrower like WABC. Just come out and say, "I can't change it," instead of lashing out at people ... as you have. Just be honest with "the little people" Phil ... or be a big man ... don't get into the pettiness. You solved nothing by doing this. Except embarrass yourself, WABC and Citadel.
6. Phil, you've got a bigger problem as VP of Programming in San Francisco. Jack Swanson doesn't need the BS coming out in blogs, the papers, on radio and on TV about Bernie Ward anymore...someone who was taken off the air for an indictment that may or may not be true. The fact is, Phil, he was indicted and the press is eating him alive ... and so is Swanson's radio station ... KGO. Spend some time supporting him on a station, incidentally, that has a lot more "Arbitron rated #1s" than you and your legacy at WABC. Jack also worked, as you know, at WLS, too ... so, I'd not be knocking other stations so much. KGO is a leader. You are a syndicator ... and for, what, 16 hours a day. KGO has one hour of syndicated programming ... Dr. Dean Edell ... and he's based at KGO.
7. Hey, Phil ... another thing. Don't you think that with the talent pool of people available both inside and out of WABC that you might make an effort to run George Norry and Premier/Clear Channel's "Coast to Coast" a little less than 7 hours a day? Let me put on my tin foil hat here ... why, my bean-counter analysis tells me that this is equal to almost 30 percent of a broadcast day. You can't find something else instead of two repeats of Noory every night, except Saturday morning? (When we know what you do, there.) Even KABC has the benefit of starting Imus at 3 a.m. ... and that's due to time zones, not originality, gosh knows.
So, Phil ... now that you've defied what any good corporation would do by "joining the fans" instead of leading the cumes into the next plateau for WABC, maybe you'd better just stay at Dr. Sniffle's board, censorship and all ... because you'll do nothing but flame things here.
And as for "lies" ... that's a pretty big charge, and a serious one. If you have real challenges about "libel," I'm sure that Mr. Rook knows how the Legal Department of ABC/Citadel works. And I'm sure he would know how to handle a C&D ... which, if important, you'd have long ago sent by now.
I was a big fan of KIMN before you got there, Phil, and a fan of Colorado Springs, too. You're lucky to have landed the top spot at WABC. It's a shame you feel it to be your "right" ... not to set the record straight in a fair and professional way, but to alienate a lot of people here.
Maybe Randy Michaels will have the next way to handle you and WABC when he and Zell get cranking soon.
You owe this board an apology, Phil ... for being a snark and unprofessional.
And now you know ... the Rest of the Story.
You want to write, now? You have my personal email and my name. I look forward to your response. You certainly have time on your hands to write. You've proven that. And if this is TIO ... that's ok. I have Farid's email, too.
Deep down, I hope this isn't really Phil Boyce wasting his time. In fact, I find it really hard to believe. Harder, still, is if things like this aren't in his employment contract to avoid doing. I know at my company it is sure is.
Regards,
