Posted by Randall Bloomquist on April 17, 2010
I’ve never understood why radio stations insist on holding disenchanted employees to their contracts. Entercom’s WRKO/Boston has reportedly suspended talker Howie Carr for his relentless on-air criticism of the station. Carr’s behavior can’t possibly be a shock to WRKO management. After all, Carr sued the station during his 2007 attempt to move to cross-town talker [...]
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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 Marcela [...]
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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 being [...]
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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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