Posted by Randall Bloomquist on June 9, 2009
The morning show at rocker KRXQ-FM/Sacramento is set to return to work on Thursday after igniting a firestorm on May 28th by making some harsh remarks about sexually-confused and transgender teens. The “Rob, Arnie and Dawn in the Morning” team plans a huge show of penance, including an on-air apology and an interview with a representative of a gay/lesbian/transgender advocacy group. KRXQ will [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on June 4, 2009
Put it in the record books: WTKK/Boston talker Jay Severin is the luckiest man in talk radio. Earlier today, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick ripped Severin for the anti-Mexican remarks that got the host suspended on April 30th. Patrick, addressing the issue on his own monthlyWTKK talk show, said he was embarrassed to be associated with WTKK [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on June 2, 2009
WTTK-FM/Boston talker Jay Severin returned to the airwave today with a comprehensive apology for the harsh comments about Mexican immigrants that got him suspended without pay on April 30th. Severin’s apology came at the start of the show, cordoned off by lengthy music beds. The acerbic host apologized for letting down his audience, his co-workers, the Mexican and [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on June 1, 2009
Suspended WTKK-FM/Boston talker Jay Severin responds to news of his reinstatement with promises to do a less negative, more sensitive show. But is that what his shrinking core of listeners really wants? Here is Severin’s interview in the Sunday Boston Herald. .
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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 [...]
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Posted by Randall Bloomquist on May 11, 2009
Still no word on if/when suspended talker Jay Severin will return to WTTK-FM. Meanwhile, The Boston Globe reports advertisers are starting to get hinky about their association with Severin, who got put on ice April 30th after some typically harsh remarks about illegal Hispanic immigrants. To quote the great Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park, “Boy, do I hate [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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