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WTKK DUMPS PAULA O'CONNOR AND HAS NEW PD SEND OUT EMAILS TO LISTENERS

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What's with the email TKK is sending out from a Grace Blazer who is the new PD at TTK. She isn't even from Massachusetts what does she know about Boston radio. Think she is from Philadelphia and probably doesn't know Codman Square from Copley Square.

Her email sounds phony and insincere as well.
 
You may have missed it on this board* and elsewhere (local papers, etc.) but Paula O'Connor was fired
and Grace was hired out of Philly (CBS' WPHT 1210 "the big talker"). I'm not sure what kind of changes
'TKK will go through though there may be no change in mornings (other than giving Graham another hour),
as Herald inside track said that Greater Media was "thisclose" to making Barnicle the permanent morning
host (but with a show ending at 9 am which means I'd guess they'd have Graham start an hour earlier).

>>Great radio stations start with listening to our listeners. That's why I'm starting with you. Very shortly, I'll be sending you a brief survey called, Tell Me What You Really Think.

I really think Barnicle's show stinks but I guess some people like it, and I really think Dennis Miller would make
a nice addition.

*--AllAccess via SaveWRKO: Blazer the new PD for 96.9 FM Talk
« on: May 29, 2007, 12:45:13 pm »

*--Paula O'Connor Out As WTKK PD
« on: May 23, 2007, 04:27:29 pm »
 
Grace, "Queen of the Cockomamies" ? ? ?

If Graham "Cracker" starts an hour earlier it would give me another reason to change the station an hour earlier. "Cracker" sound more and more like a southern snake charmer every day and the tone of his voice has to be one of the worst on radio.

If this is what Grace wants to do she will quickly become Grace ' Queen of the Cockomamies"
 
Nice Jerry Williams reference! I am also not found of Graham's slightly high pitched, raspy voice. Though I'd hope
they would have made a lineup of: Graham in the mornings, only an hour of Barnicle (at 9 am, as before)
then Dennis Miller.

I actually tuned in to the end of Finneran's show today and they were joking about headlines (references
were made to "Hill"; was WAAF's "Hill-man" sitting in with him?). It was OK (comp. with sound effects/drops,
just as Howie does). Hey kids it's Finneran's Morning Zoo...
 
Casablanca said:
What's with the email TKK is sending out from a Grace Blazer who is the new PD at TTK. She isn't even from Massachusetts what does she know about Boston radio. Think she is from Philadelphia and probably doesn't know Codman Square from Copley Square.

Her email sounds phony and insincere as well.
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Does anyone still have a copy of this email that they could forward to me?
 
DToTheJ said:
Does anyone still have a copy of this email that they could forward to me?
Click to expand...

It should have been posted here in the first place.
 
Should I? Well, hopefully it's not copyrighted or something. OK:

"Please allow me to introduce myself. My Name is Grace, and I'm the new Program Director at 96.9 FM Talk, WTKK. I couldn't let my first week go by without writing to thank you personally for being an 96.9 FM Talk Insider. It is with you, our most important listeners, that I want to share my thoughts, as well as my love for talk radio. Truly, it's an honor and privilege for me to have the opportunity to live and work with Greater Media in Boston and with such terrific and talented people like Mike Barnicle, Michael Graham, Margery Eagan, Jim Braude, and of course Jay Severin. I'm looking forward to getting to know each of them, as well as many of you. I know that, in many ways, if I keep my ears open, you will help me guide 96.9 FM Talk into a vibrant, engaging, station that you can listen to longer each day. A station you would recommend to all of your friends.

"My commitment to you, is to keep 96.9 FM Talk the sharpest talk station in Boston. And with your input, make it even better each day. Great radio stations start with listening to our listeners. That's why I'm starting with you. Very shortly, I'll be sending you a brief survey called, Tell Me What You Really Think. I hope you'll take just a few minutes to give me some feedback so we can make 96.9 FM Talk, even better.

Let this day be the first of many days I say, Thanks for listening to 96.9 FM Talk, WTKK.

Regards,
Grace Blazer
Program Director"
 
Copy Writer

Dear WTKK Listeners:

"Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm a woman of wealth and taste.
Ding Dong O'Connor's Gone, Now you can say Grace"

I'm the new Program Director at 96.9 FM Talk, WTKK, and though I don't know how to rhyme, that's not my job, is it now? My job is to put more right-wing whacko information on the airwaves in a blue blue state.

I couldn't let my first week go by without writing to thank you personally for being an 96.9 FM Talk Insider.
P.T. Barnum was right, there is a sucker born every minute, and if you buy this programming we're dishing out you only have yourself to blame.

It is with you, our most important listeners, our ONLY listeners, that I want to share my thoughts, as well as my love for talk radio. The empty paragraph that follows consists of my thoughts and my love of and for
"talk radio":

{

Grace's thoughts and love for talk radio are found here:


}

Truly, it's an honor and privilege for me to have the opportunity to bilk you fools out of another station and work with Greater Media in Boston and with such terrific and talented people like plagiarist and exiled Globe columnist Mike Barnicle, Casablanca's hero Michael Graham "Cracker" (as in nutcase, not the band Cracker), Margery "Speak Much" Eagan (oh, as boss I can say such things. She won't go to the M.C.A.D. on me, trust me!), Jim Braude, and of course Jimmy Severino, that lying two-faced blowhard who calls himself "Jay Severin."

I'm looking forward to getting to know each of them, as well as many of you, and causing as much trouble and mayhem as humanly possible. I know that, in many ways, if I keep my ears open, you will help me guide 96.9 FM Talk into a vibrant, engaging, station chock full of foolish commercials for viagra and other stupid products you don't need and will never use. A station you would recommend to all of your friends when you are trying to get them the hell out of your house.

Let this day be the first of many days I say, Thanks for listening to 96.9 FM Talk, WTKK.

Regards,
Grace Blazer
Program Director"


this is a parody, send all lawsuits to Flynt, Fallwell, Rehnquist & Hyson, LLC
 
>>right-wing whacko information

Barnicle? Braude, Eagan?...

I say keep Laura Ingraham and turn the rest of the station over to LEFT wing wackos.
Moonbat 96.9, just down the road from the Boston Globe-Democrat :)
 
Give her a break. Wait until she does something before you slam her.

She worked in Philly and before that Pittsburgh. Most stations hire PDs from out of town. They are supposed to know radio, not local geography. Every town thinks it's different.

Watch out for her, though. In Philly she dumped several local hosts for syndicated shows (including Severin briefly). On the other hand, she took the station from 0 to 30 in 10 years but she wasn't able to get it over 30.
 
re: short timer

I agree - but it is interesting to see people defending her when some here are just speculating based
on WTKK's track record.
 
Yeah, Barnicle is the worst. Severin is second worst. I like Eagan and Braude.
 
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