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WPRO is hurting , WHJJ is gaining

choicevoicepro.com said:
Skynet says: There are so many great hosts who people just don't know
Then are they truly great hosts?

Tom Pagnotti
choicevoicepro.com
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I don't think you have to be popular to be great. I can name some hosts who are awsome, but most people still don't know. Phil Hendrie comes to mind. 9 out of 10 people never heard of the guy. Those numbers may even be generous. But he is great!

Yeah I think there are a lot of underrated hosts out there who just haven't received the break that they deserve.
 
Yes it's very important to make a name for yourself if you want to be successful in this business. There are so many great hosts who people just don't know from a hole in wall. They just blend in and never really stand out.

Skynet is right on the money. WBSM is a perfect example.
 
Twin River story now INTERNATIONAL.

Bon soir from Montreal.
I'm here for a couple days, listening to a radio station.
(One of the ENGLISH-language stations, I assure you.)

And THE VERY FIRST THING I heard, in the rental car, riding-in-from-the-airport?

A local talk host here is working the Twin River slot-machine-on-the-fritz story, asking callers "WOULD YOU REPORT IT TO MANAGEMENT?"

And caller-after-caller -- many in-car, as they were "oot and aboot" this afternoon -- offered quips as they weigh-in.

Small world, eh?

GREAT Talk radio call-in topic...a moral dilemma without life-and-death consequences.
Just-the-sort-of opposite-of-Beacon Mutual material the Dave Barber haters would damn as not LOCAL-LOCAL-LOCAL.

But locals are lovin' it here.

HC
www.HollandCooke.com
 
Well, RI coruption is known worldwide! The Twin Rivers story is so RI!
Buddy, a twice convicted felon getting rewarded with a radio gig is so RI.
Buddies arch enemey Depetro kissing his behind is so RI.
Holland, aren't you glad you're in Canada?
 
Re: Twin River story now INTERNATIONAL.

Holland Cooke said:
And THE VERY FIRST THING I heard, in the rental car, riding-in-from-the-airport?
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And you were behind the wheel at the time and lived to tell about it. ;) ;D
 
alfieradioguy said:
Well, RI coruption is known worldwide! The Twin Rivers story is so RI!
Buddy, a twice convicted felon getting rewarded with a radio gig is so RI.
Buddies arch enemey Depetro kissing his behind is so RI.
Holland, aren't you glad you're in Canada?
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RI Corruption? Worldwide? Get in line! The line forms behind Waterbury, Connecticut! ;) ;D
 
You would be surprised how many people in the country know nothing about Rhode Island. I worked on the streets of Hollywood for a while. Oh geeeez..... that didn't sound right. But I was giving away TV show tickets in front of the Chinese theatre. So it's not as bad as it sounds.

In any event.... I had a chance to talk to lots and lots of tourists from all over America. Most times when I said that I was from Rhode Island, people would respond with OH New York? It really gave me a frightening look at how geographicly ignorant people are.
 
Skynet74 said:
Most times when I said that I was from Rhode Island, people would respond with OH New York? It really gave me a frightening look at how geographicly ignorant people are.
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Chances are, more people are familiar with the PawSox that Rhode Island as a whole. :eek:
 
RE "Holland, aren't you glad you're in Canada?"

It IS "cool" there, in the way Michael Moore says.
Toronto is VERY hip, cosmopolitan.
Montreal very...French. Almost European.
In both cities, people seem...cooler. Not uptight.

And the tour continues...
Wednesday/Thursday: conference on audience measurement, at Arbitron HQ in Columbia MD.
Notes to follow.
DON'T fear PPM.

Good evening from -- as the governor here says -- "Collie-fornia;" wine country.
Just had dinner with someone who owns a vineyard here (http://hollandcooke.com/TommySmothers.jpg).
'Says he REALLY likes Mohegan Sun...
 
Hello Mr. Smothers. Nice to meet you. I hope that you don't mind if I take this picture with the worst possible camera in the world. What the hell happened there? LOL
 
"You should keep a nice compact digital camera with you. "

From stop #5-of-5 on a two-and-a-half-week, four-time-zone, two-nation, carry-on-luggage-ONLY road trip:

Packing Tip: This could put my chiropractor's kid through Brown, but here's what I'm toting:
Still camera: Nikon E2200
Video camera: RCA Small Wonder EZ201 (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/743201/rca_small_wonder_ez201/)
Laptop: Compaq Presario V3000 + 1 spare battery (a MUST on transcontinental flights)
Internet access card: Verizon Wireless USB720
Microphone: EV635A
Digital audio recorder: Olympus DS-2 (HIGHLY recommended*)
Thumb drive? THE WHOLE FIST: 8GB US Modular Monstor Drive
SD card (always carry two): SanDisk Ultra II 512MB
AA, AAA batteries: feels like POUNDS
various cables: seems like MILES when they get tangled

Etiquette Tip: Bring NONE-of-the-above to dinner with a client.

* http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=...ctronics&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

HC
www.HollandCooke.com
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bal-al.eye26aug26,0,7435523.story
 
LOL.. I fully understand Holland. It's just a shame that when you look back at picture someday, you will see someone who more closely resembles Johnny Carson from the grave than it does Tommy Smothers.
 
Lighting is everything...

Hey...look-back at THIS picture, circa 1975: http://hollandcooke.com/sweater.jpg
'Looks like Freddie Prinze...and he IS in-the-grave!

Tom looks pretty good in person!
He's 70 now, two years older than his brother.
He told me they're on-the-road about-a-third-of-the-time, picking-and-choosing gigs.

He made a comment about Mohegan Sun that I've thought for years, even as Las Vegas has gone so upscale: You could put Mohegan Sun in the middle of the Vegas Strip, and it'd compete. "It's THAT nice," he said.
 
LOL....Poor Freddie Prinze. Why did you have to go and bring him into this. Now I'm going to have to search Youtube for "Chico and The Man." I'm suddenly feeling notalgic.

I agree about Mohegan Sun. I've always liked it better than Foxwoods. Tommy has good taste. He was always the funnier Smother Brother. At least you met my favorite.
 
Hey Holland. I fixed your picture for you. Just so that you understand what I did, Let me put it to you in radio terms. Pretend you are in Rhode Island trying to pick up WINS Radio's signal from their tower in New Jersey. That was your picture.

Now pretend that you are in New Haven listening to WINS. That would be the new picture. Pick it up at the link below. It's not perfect. But it's as close as it's going to get.

http://www.voicemouth.com/images/smothers.jpg
 
Skynet74 said:
Hello Mr. Smothers. Nice to meet you. I hope that you don't mind if I take this picture with the worst possible camera in the world. What the hell happened there? LOL
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Tommy Smothers?? ;D What no Artie Johnson or Ruth Buzzi pics?
Holland we know you're quite a legend in your own mind but Tommy Smothers? LOL
No wonder you can't get Barber a job.
 
"Hey Holland. I fixed your picture for you."

Wow!
That rivals what-they-do on CSI Miami.
Or Donald Pleasance in "Stalag 17," the counterfeiter-who-was-going-blind, but STILL fooled the Nazis with the fake credentials he whipped up.
Where were you when I was 18 and the drinking age was 21?

RadioHead06 said:
Tommy Smothers?? ;D What no Artie Johnson or Ruth Buzzi pics?
Holland we know you're quite a legend in your own mind but Tommy Smothers? LOL
No wonder you can't get Barber a job.
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And good morning to you!
[Turning to the camera]
This is what I was getting at on the last page RE people-in-Montreal-seem-less-uptight.

RE Ruth Buzzi: I remember seeing her photo hanging among other famous Rhode Islanders -- next to then-GMA host David Hartman I think -- in the Providence Civic Center in the 70s. From Pawtucket, right?

RE legend-in-my-own-mind: And YOU are?
Since you brought up jobs, what's YOURS?

Here's my phone number: 401-330-6868
Call anytime to tell me I-don't-know-what-I'm-talking-about.
If you get the busy signal, try again.
Pesky reporters.
http://members.aol.com/cookeh/Imus-Forbes081507.pdf
http://members.aol.com/cookeh/BaltoSun082607.pdf
http://members.aol.com/cookeh/10questions.pdf
http://members.aol.com/cookeh/RR080307.pdf

"What's in YOUR wallet?"
 
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