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WRKO Doing An Outstanding Job During Tunnel Collapse Tragedy "Live AND LOCAL"

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WRKO Doing An Outstanding Job During Tunnel Collapse Tragedy "Live AND LOCAL"

Have to hand it to ...probably Jason Wolfe ... for going totally "live and local" during this Tunnel Tragedy and dumping Rush. Good move!
I wonder if WRKO ratings will go up during what was Rush's time slot.

Perhaps, it is a wake up call that Boston Talk Radio does much better in the ratings when it is live and local and not syndicated.

Should be interesting to see those ratings.
 
Yes, and in the past stations like WRKO have done the same. A few years ago there was a big blizzard and they canned some syndie stuff to go live.

As it is Rush is off this week anyway...but the committment to local comes first of course. You have to wonder why WTKK can't put Bill OhReally on tape delay and do all local from noon-3 (not just noon-1),
ALL the time. People could tune there and hear a local perspective while 'RKO goes national with Rush.
 
Who hijacked his account? Am I really reading a complement from Paul?
 
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This is the kind of talk radio they should have been doing for a long time. Don't know how many times I have heard Jerry Williams name mentioned on WRKO and WTKK in the last week since this tragedy because Jerry was a firebrand on the Big Dig. Even Howie paid him a compliment and wished he could have seen how accurate he was on this issue.

WRKO has neither been boring or predictable this last week and they deserve credit for that. Let's hope it lasts. :)
 
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It is nice to see Smoke pay attention, and probably become finally aware that the problem with RKO is that they have, as Casablance stated, strayed from what made TalK Radio vibrant - the Gene Burns/Jerry Williams/David Brudnoy school of topical and informative conversation. Too often Howie Carr sounds like a Jeff Jacoby column on air - sophomoric buffoonery. Even Carr has to be somewhat sensitive - though he is still kissing the backside of Mitt Romney, and Romney, as with his predecessors, is as much a villain as Amorello in this.

But if it takes a woman's death in order for WRKO jocks to step up to the plate, truly, they can't find a good story, then need one to fall in their lap.

Please note: I will tune into multiple stations to see what is going on. It doesn't make one a "loyal listener", indeed, the station pretty much stays at 1430 except for those AWFUL commercials Boston's Progressive Talk airs.
 
Local, local, local. Yes, CC isn't going to spend big bucks on a local host, but at a time like this one is sorely needed (even at lower pay) for 1200/1430(and yes, I've heard that once 1200 gets a power increase, then there could be locals hosts). WKOXKS
is losing out to 'BZ, 'TKK, and 'RKO in this respect. (All-syndie conservatalker WTTT also has no local voice.
As for WILD (AM) I think they have a local morning show and hopefully they're talking about this topic)

"I told you so"--Jerry W.
 
Re: WRKO Doing An Outstanding Job During Tunnel Collapse Tragedy "Live AND LOCAL"

"Their out there...in great numbers" J. Williams

"I am getting OUT of the business." J. Williams

Too bad the second has been fulfilled :(
 
Re: WRKO Doing An Outstanding Job During Tunnel Collapse Tragedy "Live AND LOCAL"

Even tho Casablance complains alot, he is giving credit where credit is due. Good job Casablance and hats off to WRKO.
 
Re: WRKO Doing An Outstanding Job During Tunnel Collapse Tragedy "Live AND LOCAL"

If I didn't care I wouldn't complain. So, when they are doing something right I have to compliment them.
To give another quote of Jerry Williams. " to know me is to love me" ;)
 
Great, so they dumped Limbaugh temporarily.

But WBZ still owns this story, completely.

John Depetro's factually incorrect rants did throw listeners off from his decidedly anti-Massachusetts rantings ... but from news coverage to talk ... WBZ's coverage was head and shoulder's above WRKO's.

WTKK ... who?
 
Re: WRKO Doing An Outstanding Job During Tunnel Collapse Tragedy "Live AND LOCAL"

Well, WBZ should be the news leader as it is an all news station except for the night time talk. Think they could be more aggressive in their news coverage but they are usually the most accurate outlet in Boston.

As to WTKK the expanded their live and local talk segments from 10 AM to 7 PM. Dumping Bill "The Worst Person In The World" O'Reilly who was not missed.
 
oh, so WTKK did go expanded live and local too? good for them. while I do have a slightly higher opinion of BOR than you do I've said it before: they should go live-and-local early afternoon to counterprogram 'RKO's
syndie (Rush)...move BOR to later in the day
 
BOR as ;D in BORing O'Reilly ? ;D


furryradio said:
oh, so WTKK did go expanded live and local too? good for them. while I do have a slightly higher opinion of BOR than you do I've said it before: they should go live-and-local early afternoon to counterprogram 'RKO's
syndie (Rush)...move BOR to later in the day
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I'm sorry .. but to say WRKO is doing an "outstanding job" is ridiculous.

Wow ... it's so brave to dump out of syndicated programming.

What would be brave would be to hire a REAL news team to go up against WBZ.
 
Re: WRKO Doing An Outstanding Job During Tunnel Collapse Tragedy "Live AND LOCAL"

They gave that a half hearted try when they hired Whittemore from WBZ,but they soon dumped him and his quasi talk/news format.
 
Re: WRKO Doing An Outstanding Job During Tunnel Collapse Tragedy "Live AND LOCAL"

Something to look up in your Funk & Wagnal:

Compliment and Complement.​

You flunk English 101. Not too late to register for summer school.
 
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Casablance for your information, it is Funk and Wagnalls. My dad ran the company in the 60's when he came up with the slogan "Look That Up in Your Funk and Wagnalls" that was used on NBC's laugh in many times.
 
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I' ll look that up in my Funk & Wagnalls....

I remember the last time I was wrong... I was in my cradle and.....
well that was a long time ago. ;)
 
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canadiens 56 said:
Casablance for your information, it is Funk and Wagnalls. My dad ran the company in the 60's when he came up with the slogan "Look That Up in Your Funk and Wagnalls" that was used on NBC's laugh in many times.
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