RE: Fwd: MEDIA BLITZ BY JOHN MOLORI, 5/13/03

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

But CBS also has WINS-1010....so the NYC listner can simply switch from 880
to 1010 during the "Evil Empire" games.

PS: Nothing better than hearing John Sterling saying "the RED SOX win" at
the end of last night's game!


Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041
paul@03038.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Ron
> Bello
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:48 PM
> To: Nostatic; Kevin Vahey
> Cc: Boston Radio Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Fwd: MEDIA BLITZ BY JOHN MOLORI, 5/13/03
>
>
>
> WCBS in NYC has the Yankees
>
>
> >Besides, why would WBZ want the Sox anyway? It would pretty much
> kill off
> >Brudnoy's show between April and September.  Plus, what happens
> "when news
> >breaks?"  With the Bruins, potential conflicts only happen once
> or twice a
> >week during weeknights, but with the Sox it's every night. If the Bruins
> >get bounced to a sister station in favor of news coverage, it's not that
> >big a deal. The Sox historically have demanded guaranteed clearance on
> >their flagship station, so the idea of BZ just bouncing the Sox to WODS
> >the next time Dubya decides to invade another Middle Eastern nation may
> >not be a possibility.  Unless Brudnoy is getting ready to retire or is
> >having health problems again, I just don't see how the Sox would
> be a good
> >fit on 1030.
> >
> >Mike Thomas
> >
> >
> >Kevin Vahey wrote:
> >
> >>Anderlman talks about the Sox moving to WBZ which echos whispers at the
> >>park. The new owners are not pleased with Entercomm.
> >>
> >>I have been told that WEEI is the top billing station in the city which
> >>would echo WFAN and WIP Philadelphia as the top bills. I don't think
> >>losing the Sox would cripple WEEI but it would be a major dent.
> >>
> >>
> >>On Tue, 13 May 2003 9:43AM -0500, Kevin Vahey wrote:
> >>
> >>>John Molori talks to Eddie Andleman
> >>>
> >>>Btw has Scott stopped sending NERW by mail?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Jomol3@aol.com
> >>>Subject: MEDIA BLITZ BY JOHN MOLORI, 5/13/03
> >>>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 07:39:13 EDT
> >>>
> >>>MEDIA BLITZ
> >>>By John Molori
> >>>
> >>>Andelman sounds off on Safari, family and Boston sports media
> >>>
> >>>      Eddie Andelman’s 14th Annual Hot Dog Safari will be
> held at Suffolk
> >>>Downs this Sunday from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.  The
> much-anticipated event has
> >>>raised over $2 million for The Joey Fund and cystic fibrosis research.
> >>>
> >>>      The Joey Fund is named after the late Joey O’Donnell,
> son of Boston
> >>>businessman Joe O’Donnell.  “In 1985, I did a program on Channel 5
> >>>called
> >>>Wrestling for a Cure,” explains Andelman, the host of AM 1510’s
> >>>“Eddie and
> >>>Jags Show” weekdays Noon-3:00 p.m.
> >>>
> >>>      “Joe brought his son to the event and he loved it.  Three days
> >>> later, he
> >>>was dead from cystic fibrosis.  This disease is one of the largest
> >>>killers of
> >>>children in the world."
> >>>
> >>>      Nearly two decades ago, author Frank Deford's daughter
> Alex had a
> >>> cystic
> >>>fibrosis attack in Andelman's home during a visit.  Alex and
> Joey remain the
> >>>inspirations for Andelman's event.
> >>>
> >>>      In the past 14 years, Andelman has turned the Safari
> into a research
> >>>gold mine. Last year, the event raised over $300,000.  The
> same number is
> >>>expected this year.
> >>>
> >>>      The 2003 Safari will feature 13 different hot dog
> companies, 15,000
> >>>meatballs, turkey dogs, buffalo dogs and 20,000 buffalo
> chicken wings from
> >>>the 99 Restaurants.  Interactive games and activities are also slated.
> >>>
> >>>      Tickets to the Safari are $15.00 at the door and $10.00
> in advance.
> >>>Check out www.hotdogsafari.com for more info.
> >>>
> >>>      AM 1510 The Zone will broadcast from the event all day long with
> >>>Andelman on the air from 8:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. WB56 will have
> live coverage
> >>>from Noon-3:00 p.m.
> >>>
> >>>     Ex-Bruin Ray Bourque is one of this year’s Grand Marshals.
> >>>Critics have
> >>>panned Andelman for choosing a hockey player given his on-air disdain
> >>>for the
> >>>game.
> >>>
> >>>      Andelman takes issue with that saying, “Over the past
> 25 years,
> >>> I’ve
> >>>helped many hockey players get out of debt.  My dispute has
> always been with
> >>>Harry Sinden.  Will McDonough tried to get Harry and I to bury
> the hatchet,
> >>>but I always wanted to bury it in Harry’s head.
> >>>
> >>>      “The guy treats people like dirt and denies that he gets any
> >>> financial
> >>>gain from keeping the Bruins' payroll down.”
> >>>
> >>>      Andelman stops short of calling the Safari his legacy.
> For that, he
> >>>turns to his sons Daniel, David and Michael.
> >>>
> >>>      The Andelman boys have achieved media success with their Phantom
> >>> Gourmet
> >>>show, an NECN staple moving to UPN38 with reports on WBZ-TV in
> September.
> >>>Despite critics' cries of nepotism, Andelman states that he
> has never played
> >>>any role in the show's development or success.
> >>>
> >>>      He does believe that the Andelman name has hindered the
> career of son
> >>>Michael.  “The press and people in the business have been
> very unfair to
> >>>Michael,” says Andelman.
> >>>
> >>>      "I’d like him to get more involved in the business,
> but he feels
> >>> like he
> >>>is too identified with me.  When I hang them up, he might just move
> >>>in.” The
> >>>younger Andelman turned down an offer to cohost AM 1510's
> Morning Press Box
> >>>due to anticipated claims of nepotism.
> >>>
> >>>      Having talked with Michael Andelman on numerous
> occasions, I can say
> >>>that he is one of the truly funny and knowledgeable men in Boston
> >>>sports.  In
> >>>fact, the criticism of Andelman and his family is way off base.
> >>>
> >>>      Several Boston media types have benefited from a family
> name (see Gary
> >>>Gillis, Sean McDonough, Steve Burton).  Still, there is a pervading
> >>>resentment of anything Andelman.
> >>>
> >>>      Eddie Andelman certainly does not dominate the airwaves
> the way he
> >>> once
> >>>did, but he still provides listeners with relevant sports programming.
> >>>Moreover, he blazed the trail for the big money and exposure that his
> >>>contemporaries enjoy today.
> >>>
> >>>       As always, Andelman has some pointed views on the
> current news in
> >>>Boston sports.   Last week on WBZ's Sports Final, multi-media
> >>>personality Bob
> >>>Ryan said that he'd like to "smack" Joumanna Kidd, wife of New
> Jersey Net
> >>>Jason Kidd.
> >>>
> >>>      Ryan’s comment was ill advised and insensitive, but
> the ensuing
> >>> media
> >>>pile-on was equally grotesque.  Says Andelman, “I know Bob
> didn't mean
> >>>what
> >>>he said. He was trying to be a personality and it bit him in the
> >>>ass.  He was
> >>>not thinking clearly."
> >>>
> >>>      On Nets' coach Byron Scott's assertion that Boston is a
> racist city,
> >>>Andelman states, “Byron Scott never liked Boston.  He is a
> Laker.  I am of
> >>>the age where I saw Jewish, Irish and Italian people
> experience prejudice.
> >>>Racism is not strictly a black matter.
> >>>
> >>>      “Boston is not a racist city.  It is an ethnic city.  The
> >>> Celtics have
> >>>never been racist. What white player should they have benched,
> McHale, Bird,
> >>>Havlicek, Cowens?
> >>>
> >>>      “The Red Sox were a racist organization under the Yawkey
> >>> ownership.  In
> >>>death, the Yawkeys gave money to many charities, but I view
> that as blood
> >>>money that they owed in return for their racism.”
> >>>
> >>>      Despite constant staff changes at AM 1510, Andelman does not
> >>> regret his
> >>>decision to leave Sportsradio 850 WEEI.  He says, “There was
> no way I was
> >>>going to stay at WEEI.  I wasn’t happy, and outside of Dale
> Arnold and Ted
> >>>Sarandis, I did not respect my colleagues.
> >>>
> >>>      “I don't like the way they do business.  I used to have a big
> >>> party for
> >>>my WEEI co-workers at my house every summer, but I had to stop
> it.  I am not
> >>>a goody two shoes, but the people at WEEI are not the type of
> people I want
> >>>in my home.”
> >>>
> >>>      “Personally, I think WBZ radio will take over the Red
> Sox broadcast
> >>>rights and that will be it. Who has more power and money Entercom or
> >>>Viacom?”
> >>>
> >>>       The departure of Sean McDonough from AM 1510 has not
> shaken Andelman.
> >>>“Sean is definitely leaving,” he states.  “He has always
> worked as
> >>>hard as
> >>>anyone I've seen in this business.
> >>>
> >>>      “He has not been happy with the Red Sox at all.  It
> was a money
> >>> thing
> >>>all the way.  The funny thing is that (NESN play-by-play man)
> Don Orsillo
> >>>sounds just like Sean.  Sean will never be out of work.”
> >>>
> >>>      Sources have told Media Blitz that Michael Holley has
> been offered
> >>>McDonough’s 3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. slot at AM 1510.  Comedian
> Jimmy Dunn may
> >>>also be in the mix.
> >>>
> >>>      Andelman is equally frank in discussing the bitter
> departure of Mike
> >>>Adams from AM 1510.  He states, “It was unfortunate. I like
> Mike, but I
> >>>thought it was wrong for him to talk about (AM 1510 GM) Mike
> Kellogg's past
> >>>substance abuse on WEEI.  Kellogg has three kids. You just
> don’t do that."
> >>>
> >>>     “I really don't know why Mike Adams was fired.  He is
> as talented a
> >>>person as we've had in this market.”
> >>>
> >>>      Andelman assures that the Hot Dog Safari will also be accessible
> >>> to the
> >>>entire Boston market.  “We are expecting 45,000 to 50,000
> people this
> >>>year.
> >>>I’m not sure how much bigger we can get.  Where else can you take a
> >>>carload
> >>>of kids and have affordable fun? We’ll never raise the price as long
> >>>as I am
> >>>alive.”
> >>>
> >>>John Molori’s Media Blitz column is published weekly in The Boston
> >>>Metro, The
> >>>Providence Journal, The Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, The Lowell Sun and at
> >>>MethuenOnline.com.  John can be reached via E-mail at JOMOL3@aol.com.
> >>
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