Re: WMEX to end all-local talk

[ASchinella@aol.com]

While the economics of current radio production leads owners to do 
syndication, I have found the local "has-beens" you mentioned on WMEX (and 
that of the FM talker, too) are a breath of fresh air compared to WRKO's talk 
formats in Boston.

You may not like what Clapprood and Burns are doing over there but it is 
intelligent, thought-provoking and frankly, interesting. It is a lot better 
than having to listen to Limboob talk about himself for three hours and have 
Dr. Blowhard B*tchinger talk down to ever miscreant in the nation!

Even Howie Carr, who I am a huge fan of, is getting tired with all that TV 
and "When was the last time..." talk he often does now. And then, in the 6pm 
hour, when Carr is supposed to do local, it ends up being about the mob or 
something. Jeesh.  

In a message dated 8/21/00 10:26:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
nostatic@earthlink.net writes:

<< Hopefully, this doesn't come as too much of a shock.  I'm actually suprised
 Langer lasted this long with his rag-tag lineup of has-been hosts.  It's 
obvious
 Jerry won't be back and Upton will be phased out by the time we set the 
clocks
 back.  This station simply did not work, and the fact that they barely 
garnered
 enough ratings to make the Boston book pretty much sealed it's fate.  My 
guess
 is that more and more birdfeed will be added and eventually, brokered time 
will
 be the programming of choice.  The last time I heard the station Upton was on
 the air with the first selectman of Upton, MA, begging to have an "Upton 
Bell"
 day named in the town in his honor.  Pitiful.  The satellite feed will be a
 major improvement over this gosh-awful lineup.  Of course, I won't be 
listening,
 along with the other 99.6 percent of the Boston radio listening audience.
 
 Mike Thomas >>