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.

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

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.

No, not that one, the other one. David Scott reports Ron Borges is heading to weei.com. He also discusses how Tony Massarotti almost moved to weei.com instead of to boston.com.

Bruce Allen suddenly loses interest in weei.com:

I had high hopes for this new weei.com. Borges just about kills it for me. You hire him, you lose your credibility. Simple as that.

Not only has WEEI hired away two Herald sports writers to try to turn its Web site into the major go-to site for New England sports info, but it's advertising for some serious Web/systems help, Mats Tolander reports:

... I like weei.com's Director of Product Development:

Scott Allen Miller reads a recent Globe story about how Robert Coughlin moved from state officialdom to the chairmanship of the Mass. Biotechnology Council and notices an interesting detail buried far down the story: Coughlin entertained the CEO of a biotech company in Skybox seats at Fenway Park, using tickets given his office by WEEI for having placed some ads on the station.

Saving WRKO notes an odd WEEI ad on page 18 of today's Herald: It's a reprint of an older ad showing Dennis, Callahan and Meterparel at Fenway park, only Dennis's face has been Photoshopped over Callahan's and Meterparel's.

David Scott summarizes the whole thing.

Bruce Allen: Does anyone else see the irony in WEEI hosts criticizing Curt Schilling for saying stupid things on the radio?