WRKO

WRKO as contrarian

laurence_glavin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:17:42 -0400

There's one media outlet that isn't so sanguine about the Patriots' performance Sunday: WRKO-AM. They beg to differ:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOTwrS4RpBc

One thing's for certain...Brian Maloney never sleeps.

Ernie Boch Jr.'s mouthpiece would hire PI to find identity of Ernie Boch III

adamg — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:47:53 -0400

Bob Nelson reports on the Boston Radio List that he was listening to Carr on WRKO this afternoon and the car dealer came on down and said:

He is not the Ernie Boch III, who's calling for a boycott of Carr's advertisers on Blue Mass. Group (and on tried on Red Mass. Group, where the reaction was a bit less friendly).
Flack Extraordinaire George Regan suggested he hire a private investigator to find out who III really is
Boch thinks it's somebody at the State House

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Carr thanks bloggers

adamg — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:51:41 -0400

For trying to help him get out of his contract with WRKO. He hugs them and musses their hair and gives them a friendly "yer momma."

Can a blog take down Howie Carr?

adamg — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:51:58 -0400

"Ernie Boch III" has been trying to convince Blue Mass. Group readers to boycott advertisers on Howie Carr's radio show (he's even posted a handy list of advertisers and contact info). Must be having some effect: The Herald today fires back with the news that Ernie Boch III is not, in fact, the car dealer (whom the Herald gives space to to complain about the imposter). Paper also reports, however, that people actually are calling advertisers to complain about Carr.

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At WRKO, it bears repeating

adamg — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:50:59 -0500

Boston Radio Blog reports that WRKO has now played the same exact Jerry Doyle show seven times over the past two weeks.

Former WRKO host arrested on New York rape charge

adamg — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:55:16 -0400

The Herald reports Reese Hopkins, recently laid off by WRKO, was arrested last night in Malden, where he now lives. The paper quotes Hopkins and his girlfriend as saying the charge is part of a vendetta by a former friend of his daughter.

Less local blabbing at WRKO

adamg — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:35:29 -0400

Reese Hopkins jettisoned for syndicated talker Laura Ingraham, Boston Daily reports. The Herald reports on additional cuts behind the scenes, including two of Tom Finneran's producers, the head of promotions, the head of national sales and a producer for Greg Hill at WAAF.

Save WRKO reports that station owner Entercom is in the middle of some serious cutbacks that include a wage freeze and the end of company contributions to employee 401(k) plans.

That Howie is such a kidder

adamg — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:58:23 -0400

As Dan Kennedy notes, Howie Carr's column on Jim Marzilli today is your basic called-in faux-outrage piece about a pol in trouble. But read down to the last two sentences - man, Howie loves working at 'RKO.

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Nobody criticizes Howie, see?

adamg — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:05:30 -0400

Dare to complain about how Howie Carr called in a column about how awful the Marathon is? You'll do it on your own site, the Herald tells Tai Irwin, scrubbing its own Web pages clean of the former 'FNX jock's Tai-Rade blog (his blog URL now only brings up "Sorry, no posts matched your criteria").

Free Republic, of all places, has a copy of the offending post, which, OK, takes a dig or two at the Herald ("purchased by over a dozen Bostonians at newsstands"). Scroll down a screen or so.

Via Boston Radio Watch, which posts the e-mail Irwin sent to local media types (scroll down a bit on this page as well).

You can't keep a good lobbyist down

adamg — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:31:24 -0400

Or Tom Finneran, at any rate.

Earlier:
Tom Finneran to give up State Police lobbying gig.