Chemi Che-Mponda, a part-time news writer at WBZ, says good bye to the WBZ weekend newsreader (and New Hampshire bookstore owner), who died this past Tuesday:

... I will miss Jim. I'm in the Newsroom now, it just doesn't feel the same.

Last week, Harry Mattison wondered if Harvard would try to buy WBZ's 8-acre parcel on Soldiers Field Road to complete its purchase of the neighborhood (which also included WGBH's old studios). Looks like Harry was right.

D.R. is a regular listener:

... Listening to Rea requires intelligence - the intelligence to understand that not everyone agrees with your view, the intelligence to recognize that people of good will can come to different conclusions. Rea panders not to the lowest common denominator, but to the highest common denominator - and that quality will make him an iconic figure in Boston talk radio. ...

Stupor Tuesday? Tom Menino in a Giants uniform? All because Menino wants to come up with a plan to keep drunken college students from going on a rampage IF the Patriots win?

Also, WBZ 1030? That poll about whether Bostonians would rather go to a Patriots rally or vote on Tuesday? What drugs did you take when you came up with that? It's not like it's really an either/or thing, unless, of course, there are no police present, because Menino stupidly decides the Herald is right and rips up his police plan and the rally becomes the parade out of the first Batman/Joker movie (you know, the one with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson) and thousands of terrified office workers can't get home to vote because they're trapped in a murderous downtown hellhole by hundreds of marauding, angel-dust encrusted drunken college students.

Just sign me,

Curmudgeon for a Day.

Tai Irwin is pissed at the state of local radio journalism in general, but in particular as practiced on the Traffic on the 3s station last night:

Last night at a little after 7, I found out that a section of 128 was virtually impassable, and had jackknifed tractor-trailers and abandoned cars blocking the traffic. How did I find this out? On satellite radio. I found it because I needed to know what was going on in order to get home safely. I had never listened to the traffic this way before. This bummed me out way more than any steroid scandal. How could WBZ, the region's station of record, just act like nothing was going on and broadcast a Bruins game? ...

Tons of links to audio and interviews of longtime WBZ overnight host Larry Glick.

Bruce Allen discusses that Manny quote (you know the one, the one that's been repeated about 67,000 times already) and why all it proves is that Manny should never talk to the media again.

Details.

And speaking of TV reporters making the jump to radio, let's not forget David Boeri on WBUR.

The WBZ talk-show host and Lowell Sun columnist died yesterday (WBZ 's story).

Spatch sighs and recalls both Sully and David Brudnoy:

... They knew how to make a talk show entertaining without forcing it into ad hoc hostility, strawmen arguments, dittohead parroting, or just outright bashing and in an industry where notoriety and public exposure seems to be mostly based on how annoying one can be, they were class acts. WBZ knows how to pick their on-air personalities, for sure, but we're all the worse for the loss of Paul Sullivan.

Dan Kennedy rounds up media comments and adds:

... I did not know Sully well, but his demeanor was such that you would think you'd known him your entire life. Every so often he'd call me out of the blue and ask whether I could come on his show to talk about a media topic. It was always a welcome invitation. Sully's style - like that of the late David Brudnoy, whom he replaced in 2004 - was to let you have your say, but at the same time to challenge you if he thought you were laying it on a little thick. ...

Scott Allen Miller: May his memory be eternal.

Radio-Info discussion.

Through WBZ, Paul Sullivan's family has released a statement on his battle with cancer:

... At this point we have decided to end medical treatments for Paul's cancer and focus on his comfort and quality of life. He will be in the hospital for the foreseeable future receiving hospice care. We feel he will be most comfortable here at Saint's Memorial Medical Center in Lowell, the city where he spent so much of his life.

Paul is surrounded by his family and friends and would like everyone to know how important all the thoughts and prayers have been to him.