Re: Howie Carr

[Bob Nelson <rac_cooney@yahoo.com>]

I'm sure Brudnoy has the number one show in town,
but I've also heard Howie has #1 numbers in his
time slot at least(though they may be among the 12-54 age group).Not
sure how other 'RKO talkers
are doing,but he probably does have the highest
ratings at WRKO,at least.Who will the new owners
be--Disney?Jacor?Chancellor?Will be interesting to
see if the format stays,though conventional wisdom is
that at least _one_  FULL-time talk station is needed
in a town like Boston(WBZ,of course,only doing
talk part time)...Not sure how Jerry Williams' ratings
are,though he certainly isn't in a "prime" time slot
like he used to be(and I DO like Jerry,too...he's
entertaining and a muckraker,too).You could almost
compare him to a starting pitcher who's been
upstaged by younger,more effective starters,and
relegated to the bullpen.(In radio's all important
demographics,you could see that WRKO would
want someone "younger",like 46-year old Howie
Carr).
And getting  back to Terence M. Wood's comment about how "you don't
throw the Dean of Talk Radio out to the
wolves",I'd like to use one of Ted Sarandis' (WEEI)
favorite sayings:"What have you done for me
lately?".Sad to say that if Jerry's ratings aren't
blockbuster,he could be gone.A TV show that used
to be hot but has fallen on hard times still gets
cancelled if the ratings don't pick up..."what have
you done for me lately".As much as I love Jerry
(and Howie),don't put it past WRKO's new owners
to possibly clean house.Sad but true.

Terence M. Wood wrote:
> >> Well, we will see when the new owners take over, but you don't
throw
> >the
> >> Dean of Talk Radio out to the wolves, when he is the on;only one
> >that made
> >> the station M-O-N-E-Y, cause Howie Sure Don't...And by the Way
> >Brudnoy is
> >> the Number one rated talk show in Boston....Howies off the board.
> >>
> >>
> >> Terry
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Bob Nelson <rac_cooney@yahoo.com>
> >> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> >> <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> >> Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 3:50 PM
> >> Subject: Howie Carr
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> >I know that several people on this list detest Howie
> >> >Carr.I happen to enjoy his show.He may be considered
> >> >crude by some,but I've heard worse.And if you disagree
> >> >with his politics,fear not...he doesn't do much
> >> >political talk these days anyway;more "lifestyle" or
> >> >"water-cooler talk" discussions these days.Now that
> >> >Howie is on the verge of going national(and yes,he has
> >> >been shot down before in his efforts to do this),the
> >> >whole country may soon be hearing him...It looks like
> >> >the "serious" talk show hosts are an endangered
> >> >species;Brudnoy is certainly there,as is Jerry Williams
> >> >(though only on weekends...and Gene Burns is around,
> >> >at least in San Francisco).Yeah,lowest common
> >> >denominator rules.Let's try this:we'll have one host
> >> >talk about international affairs and the economy,and
> >> >the other talk about what they like on cable TV,and
> >> >what "supermarket gripes" they have.Which will get
> >> >more listeners or more advertising dollars?
> >> >
> >> >I've even put together a basic Howie fan Page,at
> >> >http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/8100/howie.
> >> >htm .Say what you want about Howard Louis Carr;he's
> >> >not going away(insert disgruntled comment of your
> >> >own here).
> >> >
> >> >
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