Re: Radio firings most likely a prank

[Dibmaine@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/30/02 11:28:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
dwcole@attbi.com writes:

<< Too bad the Press Herald fell for it. >>

Ray Routhier, the Press Herald media writer, does a horrible job with the 
beat.  He knows little about the business.  He writes stories on TV and radio 
ratings that put too much emphasis on one rating period and offer little 
perspective.

He also is in the pocket at the people at One City Center.  Every ratings 
story that he writes make the Citadel stations out to be the big winners, 
even when that is not the case.

However, I thought his story on the WJBQ hoax made it clear that firings were 
an April Fool's Day joke.  It is unfortunate that the station got any 
publicity for the stunt, but I don't think that this morning's story was 
exactly what they were hoping for.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine