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It's good to be a two sports-talk-station town

adamg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:04:57 -0400

On the Boston Radio mailing list, Roger Kirk reports he fiddled between the Sports Hub and 'EEI on the way home last night to compare the two:

98.5's DA was discussing the Topic Du Jour i.e. Teddy Bruschi's retirement with callers.

The Sox had the night off, so WEEI's host was engaged in animated conversation with a caller comparing the breast size of Serena Williams to other Tennis Players.

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No more radio fiddling for Sox fans

adamg — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:22:25 -0400

From now on, all Sox games will be broadcast only on WEEI.

Via Boston Radio Watch.

The SportsHub vs. WEEI

adamg — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:16:03 -0400

Bruce Allen compares and grades Boston's newest sports-talk station and its established archrival.

He's not a big fan of Mike Felger

adamg — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:49:20 -0400

Don Martelli: The guy is just a younger version of Dan Shaughnessy.

Could this be the knock-down, drag-out all-out sports-media war we've all not been waiting for?

adamg — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:07:51 -0500

David Scott dons his Kevlar and reports from the uneasy truce line between the Globe and WEEI, following yesterday's incursion by Globie Chadd Finn:

... If there's going to be a sports media war in this town, it certainly isn't going to include the Boston Herald or any other of our local pretender sites. ... As for a WEEI/Globe escalation of activity, I say, "Bring it on." Something has to shake up the status quo in this town and if Chad Finn's WEEI Manifesto is it, then let 'er rip. ...

As long as he's on the topic of the Globe, Scott wonders when "Curt Schilling's BFF" will just start publishing "Best of ..." columns instead of pretending he's offering new insights in his columns.

Hello, caller - you're live in the courtroom

adamg — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:59:33 -0500

A Cambridge wedding photographer faces criminal charges for a series of phone calls he allegedly made to WEEI last fall.

David Banner, 57, pleaded innocent in Brighton District Court yesterday to two counts of criminal harassment, two counts of threats to commit a crime and one count of making annoying phone calls to employees of Entercom Communications in Brighton, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Banner was released on personal recognizance and ordered to not call any radio station in Boston.

The charges focus on four calls Banner allegedly made to the station in October and November:

In an Oct. 29 call that began with an expression of displeasure over his perception of the station's politics, Banner allegedly stated, "And another thing, the next time [Employee #1] laughs in somebody's face with his snide snickering laugh, I'm gonna come in there and kick his [expletive] teeth in. And then I'm gonna look for you and kick your [expletive] teeth, you [expletive] .... And you can tell [Employee #2] when he makes fun of people to look in the [expletive] [expletive] mirror. [Expletive] you." ...

In one Nov. 4 call, he allegedly said, "When you talk about somebody's look, look in the [expletive] mirror, you donut-eating [expletive] [expletive]. You and your [expletive] [expletive] daughter. Die, you son of a [expletive]."

In a second Nov. 4 call made to a different employee minutes later, he allegedly said, "Every morning when I listen to the show, I just say, jeez, maybe tomorrow I wake up and I hear that [Employee #3] and [Employee #4] died. That would be my wish, for you to [expletive] die."

"If someone finds a radio show that upsetting, the appropriate response is to change the channel," DA Dan Conley said. "Instead, we have here a pattern of extremely vulgar and, frankly, bizarre phone calls that rise to the level of criminal behavior."

The DA's office says all of the calls were taped; does not specify whether any were used on the Whiner Line.

Innocent, etc.

Curt Schilling becomes a knight of the keyboard

adamg — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:21:25 -0500

Does this mean he gets to share a press room with the CHB?

Big Schill actually announced the move on his blog last week, but I saw it and went, "oh," then went in search of my daily dose of gross T news or something.

Herald hires alleged plagiarist

adamg — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:21:08 -0400

Ron Borges moves to the Herald after a whole month at WEEI.com.

Like sports? Like to blog?

adamg — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:12:21 -0400

WEEI.com is running a contest to find two sports bloggers for their site. Winners get a blog there and $5,000 to blog for a year:

All entries will be up to 500 words and should be focused in on the Boston sports scene, reflecting the author's wit, creativity, sports knowledge, and unique perspective to craft a piece of work which will stand out from what promises to be a sea of candidates. The deadline for submissions will be Sept. 30.

To hell and back with the radio on

adamg — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:46:43 -0400

Buzz Byne listens to WEEI for 12 straight hours (except for a few minutes when he just couldn't stand Dennis and Callahan a moment longer) so you don't have to:

10:29 AM

It's Manny Ramirez time. Dale tells us it was almost criminal what this guy did on this team this year. We hardly know all the stories. Really? Does Dale tell us any of these extra stories? Nope. We just gotta take his word for it. Good to see Dale's new part time gig in the Red Sox broadcast booth is paying off with unsubstantiated rumors passed on to the listeners during his radio show. ...

Via Boston Sports Media Watch.