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WODS Should hold the Herald Accountable

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Tunedinvp

I don’t have a dog in this fight but I had to comment on the shabby irresponsible journalism that the Boston Herald has practiced in the last 24hrs.

The WODS talk speculation is the most out of left field ludicrous story I have read in a long time! It seems to me that the Boston Herald has no clue as to what they are writing about. Or do they? The Herald needs to reveal their sources or print a retraction and give CBS an apology! Unnamed sources credited with these ridiculous so called rumblings just don’t cut it! This can cause lost revenue, ruin morale and generally damage WODS.

It strikes me that the author is just making stuff up for her own purposes that will benefit herself as well as her close contacts with WODS competition. If I were CBS I would sue and ask for Jessica Heslam’s head on a stick.

As for Mike getting DJ's who cares! I guarantee you they won’t hire any locals... Young and cheap will be the order of the day.

Mike is a 2nd tier station at best (Mike is the old WCGY “The Rock Garden” serving the Merrimac Valley from 93.7 FM) with a weak signal to the west and south… An old saying about lipstick on a pig comes to mind. Entercom is about to give up Mike’s only uniqueness... (Less Talk More Music) This in fact fundamentally changes their brand. Maybe Mikes the one that should flip to talk... But that's only my opinion.
 
one post huh.

Speculation is part of the radio business friend, it happens all day and night.

Who is getting canned, who is the new co host, who is getting their shift changed, who had a crappy book, etc etc etc.

What station had a bad book, when are they going to flip to Sports, talk, or urban.

For the Herald to read this board and report it as news, happens all the time. The Globe did it too.
 
MRBIboredop said:
one post huh.

Speculation is part of the radio business friend, it happens all day and night.

Who is getting canned, who is the new co host, who is getting their shift changed, who had a crappy book, etc etc etc.

What station had a bad book, when are they going to flip to Sports, talk, or urban.

For the Herald to read this board and report it as news, happens all the time. The Globe did it too.
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Not only is it one post, it seems as though someone has an agenda for one company while bashing another...
 
For the Herald to read this board and report it as news, happens all the time. The Globe did it too.
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Not only is it one post, it seems as though someone has an agenda for one company while bashing another...
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My issue is with the Herald's Reporting.... Do you really think it's ok to report rumors that have no basis in fact? Made up stories hurt real people! A major metropolitan Newspaper should be held to a higher standard. As for my comments about Mike.... Where am I wrong? I have no agenda I just called as I see it.... I think jocks are a mistake.... But if they are going to do this I would like to see Boston people get the a fair shot at these jobs... I assume that would include you! Now I have 2 posts.... Feel better? ;D
 
My issue is with the Herald's Reporting.... Do you really think it's ok to report rumors that have no basis in fact? Made up stories hurt real people! A major metropolitan Newspaper should be held to a higher standard. As for my comments about Mike.... Where am I wrong? I have no agenda I just called as I see it.... I think jocks are a mistake.... But if they are going to do this I would like to see Boston people get the a fair shot at these jobs... I assume that would include you! Now I have 2 posts.... Feel better? Grin
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Patriots fans said the same thing after their Spy Gate story broke on the eve of the Super Bowl when they were going for 19-0. The Herald responded with "whoops, our bad" when nothing substantial was found. Good luck getting more out of them than that.
 
I don't even know where to begin to respond to this a second time.

Everyone screamed when Star93.7 was canned in favor of automated radio, now that Entercom is going to spend some money on payroll and give some people that are on the beach or looking to move up into major market radio you complain? If you like IPOD radio, then buy an IPOD and load the Mike playlist onto it and hit shuffle.


Yes 93.7 was the old WCGY, and I knew a lot of the people who worked there when Curt owned it. Many of the staff came from WLTI/WJUL, including Nancy Quill, Bob McCann, Joyce Apostoles, and a couple of others that escape me.

When 93.7's tower moved to Peabody under American Radio Systems, everything changed and they became a player in the market. You can't compare the "rock garden" days to the current incarnation. Apples and Oranges.


As for the Herald (and the Globe back in the Clea Simon days) they do speculate on what is going on in radio and TV. It happens. We all do it, it is 99.9% of what happens on this board.

Is Mindich going to sell FNX to Entercomm? that was the last big rumor.
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=179871.0

Are the Red Sox going to buy into WBOS and move over there? That was discussed here and other places at length.

When WPLM tweaked their format recently, we discussed it at length trying to figure out what direction they were headed after the Christmas Music period.

What is going to happen up at 980 since the owners are suing each other?

Manning out, Mcphee in, what's the deal on 96.9's night shift?

We will be speculating on WRKO's future with Howie Carrs contract having 18 months left and will he go, and who will take him and the domino effect.
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=83944.0

Anyone remember the rumor that Sweeny & Malone were going to replace Todd & Todd?
That one had legs for a couple of days and seemed almost plausible!
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=178729.0


This guy said WRKO should go business, and guess what a month or so later Barry Armstrong showed up.
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=175382.0

1510 is a topic that comes up so often here I can't post all the links
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=173747.0
 
Dear MRBIBoredop:

I am bothered by the fact you don't seem to draw any distinction between speculative posts on this board and a story in a major newspaper with unnamed sources speculating on a purely fabricated story... I have my sources too.... That story is pure BS.... Why do you think I spoke out?

I guess the journalistic standards in this country really are in the toilet.... And what's really sad is it's seems to be ok with the general population.... I'm sure your a nice person but I hope to God your not in the news biz! Best of luck to you...
 
Dear R-I moderator, I am claiming "fair use" of copyrighted material for purposes of discussion from The Boston Herald.

OK where did the Herald say or print that there was going to be a flip? The only thing I see in Jessica Heslam's piece is that CBS denied the rumor that a flip was in the works, and she gave the same opinion I did on why it would not have been a good idea.

The Herald is not printing unsubstantiated rumor unless they fabricated Ro Dooley Webster's response to the rumor. Where did you see in the Herald that CBS was flipping? Was it in "The Inside Track" gossip section?

Here is what Heslam printed,you tell me where the Herald said there was going to a flip. All I see is a denial from a CBS spokesperson. Now you tell me where the Herald printed that CBS was flipping that triggered the denial. I used the Herald's search function for "wods"and the last time they were mentioned prior to 3/3 was on 2/24

(copyright Boston Herald from 3/3/11 edition, used under fair use.)
http://bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1320668

"Meanwhile, WODS-FM (103.3) — whose ratings plunged after it stopped playing Christmas ditties — insisted yesterday that it’s not trading ’60s, ’70s and ’80s music for talk.

“Despite what you may have heard, there are no plans to change the format of the station,” said Ro Dooley Webster, spokeswoman for Boston CBS Radio.

Of course, the likelihood of success for another talk station on Boston’s radio dial is pretty bleak as the existing talkers struggle for listeners.

In January, WRKO-AM (680) was 24th with a .8 share among 25- to 54-year-olds while WTKK-FM (96.9) was 17th with a 1.9.

Conservative talk station WXKS-AM (1200) wasn’t even in the game. The year-old station had another disastrous month with a .1 share in 46th place.
 
And that's exactly what I'd like to know... that being, the origin of the rumor of WODS flipping to talk... I couldn't find anything, hence why I started the original thread. Something had to prompt the denial.

As far as Jessica Heslam reporting about made-up items... I'm not arguing about the legitimacy of her columns, but given her track record... looks like she's got a bright future writing for The New York Post's Page Six.
 
The point is when you read a post on this or any board it should be taken as a source to be considered or questioned or dismissed based on the fact it’s mostly opinion, and usually 2nd and 3rd party hearsay in nature. Very rarely do you hear from an original source.

When a major metropolitan newspaper publicly goes fishing in print, Well that is a whole different matter altogether.

Nobody seems to have heard even a hint of rumor of a talk format on WODS until the Herald reporter asked CBS to comment on this. I contend the question was purely speculative in nature with no basis in fact. In other words that reporter just made it up... And that’s where the rub is!

I guarantee you none of us would be posting about the subject of talk on 103.3 had this reporter not thrown it out there… But because the Herald is suppose to be a credible News source we all took it seriously.

I simply want to know what her source or sources are that started this?
 
Oldies is a dying format, and talk is one of the few areas radio can create something unique. So if they do flip to talk eventually, it won't be a surprise. This speculation is just to prepare the way, to avoid something like CBS-FM's flip fiasco.
 
I'd like to know how Mr VP knows that the Herald called CBS for comment?

How do we know it wasn't a press release?

What is your source VP? Who told you the Herald called CBS to confirm or deny a rumor?

You have made this into a bigger story than the Herald. Don't be surprised if it gets a mention on Fybush on Monday.
 
"Shabby journalism practices the Boston Herald has practiced in the last 24 hours"? Try as long as the paper has been a conservative rag. That's how long the Herald has been "shabby" and a lot worse.
 
Admittedly Heslam could have well made that assertion up, but they aren't the only paper in town that is suspect...the Globe tried to show, urged by a now-convicted Boston city councilor, that clips from a porn movie were actually US Army abuses in the Middle East...

>>The Boston Globe issued an apology today for publishing bogus images of GI gang-rapes that originated from a pornographic website. The photographs – uncovered by WorldNetDaily as fodder for Arab propaganda – accompanied an article in the Boston paper about local city councilor Chuck Turner...
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=24614#ixzz1Fer08Of8
 
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