This Could Make The Phones Ring
by Brian Maloney, October 19th, 2009 at 12:15pm
Once again, the perils of outsourcing one’s news is revealed:
Hey, why have an in-house news team when only the best will do? Remember, The Felon needs the money!
Entry Filed under: New England Patriots, WRKO
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1. raccoonradio | October 19th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
More than a few gaffes; WRKO’s outsourced news also said basketball great Dennis Rodman had died (it was Dennis Johnson) and there was another gaffe that Howie howled over but I can’t recall what it was.
2. Ad Man | October 19th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Obviously you don’t listen to Pete Sheppard in the next studio over repeatedly screwing up live and in person.
At least Metro’s gaffes are an acceptable trade off for money and cost savings from a business standpoint.
3. the real Barbara | October 19th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
They just don’t make ‘em like they used to, the dead air, the felon’s snooze fest, bill kelly’s snooze fest, the unexpected soccer games, unexpected football games, an hour of plastic surgery talk, hours and hours of boring financial talk, listening to one program and all of a sudden you’re listening to another (Roy Masters right in the middle of Bill Cunningham), the ads playing one on top of the other and the news readers who don’t understand what their reading, yep, they just don’t make ‘em like they used to! Sheesh.
4. New York Pizza | October 19th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Speaking of WRKO gaffes, Howie Combover should howl at his own error (which he did not notice, of course) of confusing Doris Day’s Calamity Jane character with F Troop’s Rangler Jane (Melody Patterson.) Thanks fuh-duh call, Officer Mark. Did I say “moonbat” enough tah-day, as I continue to mail my show in?
5. Cricket | October 19th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
WTKK is heading down the same path. What is with the contractor guy? Is he live and will he really take calls? Where’s Hank this week??
As for WRKO, I do like to listen to Howie but I don’t like to turn the sound up so high that when I change the station I get blown out of the vehicle.
6. Dr. Quincy, M.E. | October 19th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
I’m still waiting for an invitation from Eddie Andelman to this year’s Yankee Elimination Party. Jambalaya!
7. New York Pizza | October 19th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
“The Edward M. Kennedy Range consists of hills and mountains in western Massachusetts and is noted for beautiful scenery and resorts.
Most of the Edward M. Kennedy Range is a southern extension of the Green Mountains of Vermont, while its far western flank is an extension of New York’s Taconic Range.
The highest point in the Edward M. Kennedy Range is Lion of the Senate Mountain (1,065 m/3,495 ft,) the peak of which is located in Adams and, is the highest point in Massachusetts.”
8. Cricket | October 19th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Is that anywhere near the Edward M. Kennedy Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary?
9. Marco | October 19th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
As bad as WRKO is, WTKK still can’t overtake it. It will be interesting to see if E & B wind up beating out the felon in the next ratings poll.
10. Cap'n Spackle | October 19th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
I guess they whacked the girl (don’t recall the name) who was on weekend news duty for a couple of years. Never got through a sentence without some sort of flub.
I happened to catch a Bill Cunningham segment last night where they played the bumper music throughout an entire ad break.
11. raccoonradio | October 20th, 2009 at 2:28 am
Howie stuck at WRKO? The CEO at
WTKK isn’t interested in courting Howie again.
12. Larry | October 20th, 2009 at 8:00 am
I heard Howie rip the TV channels for misspelling “sheriff” in the ballon boy story. He claimed it should have two “rr” s and two “ff” s. I checked and he was wrong. It is hilarious when he tries to pronounce the Italian locations he will visit on his tour of Italy. He obviously makes no effort to try to find out how to pronounce these words before he reads the copy of the commercials that are repeatedly played throughout the day…and yet he makes fun of Menino…Real Babara, your description of RKO is right on.
13. WRKO Staffer | October 20th, 2009 at 8:33 am
raccoonradio - I don’t think WTKK will have any clear verdict with Howie until they find out how Magpie and Braude are doing in the mornings. If it turns to be a ratings disaster, they might just warm again to having Howie in that spot.
14. piratetoby | October 20th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Braude betta watch out…..sounds like the Magpie might be switching teams.
15. raccoonradio | October 20th, 2009 at 10:22 am
A couple people have pointed out maybe WTKK could want Howie after all but are doing this to bring down his price (negotiation tactic–show no interest, then show interest but at a lower salary).
Some wonder if Howie might go to Florida (whether with a show, or not). El Rushbo did that (move) to escape NY taxes. Howie would love to escape MA taxes, and weather.
Will WTKK still be talk by 2012 or is it back to Kenny G?
16. Kerry, he's so very... | October 20th, 2009 at 10:41 am
CNN mis-spelled balloon as “ballon” this morning. And there was something else but I’ve already forgotten.
17. piratetoby | October 20th, 2009 at 11:15 am
“It is ba loooooon!!”
18. Cricket | October 20th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
I listened to 98.5 while on the road today…12-1. Shaughnessy was on with the hosts…I enjoy listening to him. The hosts, not so much.
19. Cap'n Spackle | October 20th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
New York Pizza and Piratetoby, I don’t know why everybody says you’re so dumb.
20. piratetoby | October 20th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Shaughnessy nauseates me. I’d puncture my ear drums before I’d listen to the 98.5. Pulling WBCN for the Sports Hub? I’d gladly listen to Michele McNoise over any host rehashing Patriots games.
21. piratetoby | October 20th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
What tipped you off, Cap’n? Our F-Troop references? C’mon…..you, too, know the name of the troop. Name it so we’ll know you’re not so dumb either.
22. Cap'n Spackle | October 20th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Pirate, you disappointed me. It’s up to New York Pizza to deliver the right comeback.
23. the real Barbara | October 20th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Cap’n - playing the bumper music throughout an ad break is commonplace during the Cunningham show, they do it every Sunday nite, once they actually played the same four musical notes for over a half hour, went back to Cunningham and then went to another break playing the same music. Un-freakin-believable!
24. New York Pizza | October 20th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I must assume “I don’t know why everybody says you’re so dumb” is inspired by the line frequently applied to F Troop’s Passaic, NJ native Corporal Agarn, played by the great Larry Storch.
I AM a great American.
25. New York Pizza | October 20th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Howie has newly found energy voicing the ad for the special turkey frying oil.
26. piratetoby | October 20th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Damn, damn, damn it! Nice pull, Pizza. I knew it was in reference to F-Troop, but just couldn’t put my finger on it. Agarn!
27. Cap'n Wilton Spackle | October 20th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
And…?
28. bjd | October 21st, 2009 at 9:20 am
rko??
rko is still on the air???? really???? who knew????
29. Jim from Boston | October 21st, 2009 at 7:32 pm
On October 19th, 2009 at 3:26 pm, the real Barbara wrote:
“They just don’t make ‘em like they used to, the dead air, the felon’s snooze fest, bill kelly’s snooze fest, the unexpected soccer games, unexpected football games, an hour of plastic surgery talk, hours and hours of boring financial talk, listening to one program and all of a sudden you’re listening to another (Roy Masters right in the middle of Bill Cunningham), the ads playing one on top of the other and the news readers who don’t understand what their reading, yep, they just don’t make ‘em like they used to! Sheesh.”
Good overview of the state of WRKO, but to paraphrase Shania Twain, “That don’t depress me much.” For some reason, I like the snooze fests, and the plastic surgery and financial talk shows, and don’t forget that Talking Religion is back on the air too. I agree that the unexpected sports and dead air are maddening, and I tolerate the news readers, especially one who is almost a laugh riot. The only program I actively avoid is the Gardening Show.
I have though recently acquired an I-pod and can listen to music, and I’ve downloaded a lot of hours of Howie Carr without commercials, but I still listen most of the day to WRKO, as broadcast. LOL
30. Cap'n Wilton Spackle | October 21st, 2009 at 10:52 pm
The dead air is preferable to the plastic surgery and financial shows.
31. Jim from Boston | October 22nd, 2009 at 7:02 am
Cap’n Wilton Spackle, are you the same person as Cap’n Spackle? Jim is not Jim from Boston
32. Cap'n Spackle | October 22nd, 2009 at 10:09 am
I guess people can’t keep up with the F-Troop references.
33. Dr. Quincy, M.E. | October 22nd, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Vanderbilt, what do see from the tower?
34. Calamity Jane | October 22nd, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Ohhhhhhhhh Wilton
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