Re: "Money Experts" Article in Boston Sunday Globe (10/13)

[Ron Bello <RBello@BelloAssoc.com>]

Bob Glovsky is on WBIX-1060 not WTKK.


At 07:41 PM 10/15/02 -0400, Laurence Glavin wrote:
>I was away in far western Massachusetts and upstate NY during the (rainy) 
>Columbus
>Day weekend.  I stopped home delivery of the Globe, so today  I perused 
>the library's
>copy of the Sunday Globe for Oct 13th.  The Business section had a major 
>article
>on page E6, about a quarrel between Bob Glovsky and Rick Shaffer over who
>owns the show title "The Money Expert(s)".  The opening sentence read:
>"In the 1990's, Bob Glovsky and Rick Shaffer shared a slice of Boston's
>radio audience and a brand name..."
>
>As you know, Boston Globe articles are archived very rapidly so I can't
>give you a URL to click on...just a quick precis of the contents of
>the article.  If your Sunday Globe is still hanging around, you can check
>the Business section.
>After the "Money Expert" show's run on WHDH-AM 850 and WRKO-AM 680, the
>hosts went their separate ways, but seemingly without rancor until lately.
>Glovsky attempted to use the show title on his WTKK-FM 96.9 show .   But
>Shaffer went to WBNW, then WBIX and used the same title or something
>like it.  Glovsky said cease and desist but Shaffer replied that HE had
>registered the name with the patent office.  Glovsky is appealing  the
>assignment so Shaffer's right is on hold.  The article ends by quoting an
>"authority" on Boston radio: Keith Snow, described at the editor of
>Boston Radio News.  A Google(tm) search brought up exactly ONE entry:about
>the demise of Andy Moes...some news!  Anyway,  Mr. Snow offered the
>opinion that the whole tempest is irrelevant, because Anthony Silva
>reaches more people in one hour on WBZ than these guys do in a week...
>Shaffer on WBIX with a ZERO rating, and Glvsky on 96.9 with less than 1.0.
>Sounds about right.
>
>Laurence Glavin
>
>
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