Posted by Randall Bloomquist on May 30, 2009
WTKK-FM/Boston today announced that suspended host Jay Severin will return to the airwaves on Tuesday at 3pm. Severin was yanked April 30th after the station received complaints about Severin’s harsh remarks connecting illegal Mexican immigrants and the swine flu.
Now it’s white-knuckle time for WTKK and owner Greater Media. The Boston Hispanic community has been oddly quiet on this [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on May 25, 2009
Jay Severin’s open-ended unpaid suspension from WTKK-FM/Boston is coming up on the one-month mark with no sign of resolution. Severin was yanked on April 30th after the Greater Media-owned station received complaints about some nasty remarks he made about illegal Mexican immigrants.
The Sunday Boston Globe marked Severin’s looming milepost with what is known in the newspaper business as a thumb-sucker — [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on May 19, 2009
It’s been almost three weeks since WTTK-FM/Boston suspended talker Jay Severin for making some nasty remarks about Mexican immigrants. The station’s owner, Greater Media, is no doubt weighing numerous factors as they decide whether Severin should return to PM drive. One thing they apparently don’t need to consider: An explosive backlash from Boston’s Hispanic community.
According to Marcela [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on May 5, 2009
Jay Severin, Greater Media’s self-inflicted wound, is about to go septic.
Severin, who hosts afternoon drive on Greater Media’s WTKK-FM/Boston, was suspended without pay this past Thursday for some nasty remarks about Hispanics. Now comes word that Severin’s suspension will last “until further notice.”
This situation gets worse for Severin and WTKK with every passing day. The [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on May 3, 2009
It’s starting to look like the baptism/murder scene from “The Godfather” at Greater Media Inc.
In December the company terminated outspoken, highly-visible WBT-AM/Charlotte afternoon drive host Jeff Katz for undisclosed reasons. This past Thursday, Greater Media hit WTKK-FM/Boston afternoon driver Jay Severin with an unpaid, open-ended suspension for anti-Hispanic remarks – including recent comments tying the spread of Swine Flu to illegal immigrants from [...]
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