Shark 105.3 First Morning Report

["Kirk, Roger" <rkirk@cabletron.com>]

Well,

They're off and running.  I taped their 1/2 Stairway 
program last night and 6:00 - 6:45 this morning.

Heard all this (and much much more) between 8:00 and 10:00:

Typical Classic Rock fare:

Morning team is Bob Mason & Jonathan (Hughes?) a.k.a. The Hammerheads.

Male-oriented Music (Hendrix, Bad Co., Springsteen, J. Geils, ZZ Top,
Clapton, Stones, etc.)
Male-oriented Themes (Drugs, Sex, Booze, Tires, Sex, Crime, Beer, Sex,
Wrestling, etc...)
	Double-Shot Weekends
	Kegs & Eggs Breakfast at 6am on St. Paddy's Day
	Bloody Mary Parties (famous in NY and soon to be famous here...)

Short monologue on The Sopranos (noting parallels with N.E.'s Patriarca
Family 
and Whitey Bulger)

Lengthy description of award won for charity TV show done with Greg Lake.

Dumbed down contest:
	Title: Could the right answer be 'C'?  Prize: WCW Wrestling Tickets
	Three multiple-choice questions.
	First contestant lost on the first question - he didn't "get it"
	Consolation prize: 10 lbs of chum (chicken necks)

Lotsa name-dropping (with hints at possible future guests): 
	Greg Lake, Keith Emerson, Carl Palmer
	Angie Bowie, Citadel, Justice Suiter, etc...

Trashed Merv Griffen (Mason used to work for one of his radio stations) re
his alleged homosexual stuff.

All Women are Babes Theme:
	Bob Mason greeted Gov. Shaheen (only female phone-in) as "Honey" 
	Gov. Shaheen was uncomfortable and tried in a diplomatic way to
steer the 
	conversation to safe waters.  Overall, I think she handled it well.
(Gov 2 - Shark 1)
	Talked about "Wallace Simpson, a golf ball and a 50-ft garden hose"
	Trashed Monica Lewisnky for re-gaining weight - referred to her as
the "Portly Pepper-Pot"

Male callers (e.g. Sean from Cabletron) all seem to remember Bob Mason from
Albany NY.
Controversy:	Mason supports a Portsmouth Police Officer's right to "knock
off a 
		piece of ass in the back seat of the cruiser" cuz "Breaking
Heads 
		with a Mag-Light" is hard work and they need release.

Lotsa references to Portsmouth, Dover, Somersworth, Rochester, The Seacoast,
UNH.

Mason has done his homework well.  He knows most of the local names and 
pronunciations, but still has a hard time dropping the "r" at the end of a
word.
Mason alleges he was retired, but Citadel "called him up and made him an
offer"

Roger Kirk
rogerkirk@ttlc.net