Re: Don & Mike silenced

["Dan Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>]

---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill O'Neill" <billo@shoreham.net>
To: "Boston Radio Interest (E-mail)" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 6:00 PM
Subject: Don & Mike silenced


> Don & Mike Show based at WJFK in the DC market is now in re-runs during
> "negotiations."  They were banging out WJFK jingles, flaunting DC area
weather,
> complete with dorky 80s AC music beds, etc.  Again, they've got that
middle
> market sound down real well.  Seems that the network took the high road
and
> yanked the plug.  Apparantly,  they just landed a mega-deal with WJFK,
> salary-wise.  Now they are at variance with the syndicator, contractually,
and
> decided to behave like a local, in-your-face to the stations down the
line.

I'm sure that the affiliates are pretty unhappy with the fall book about to
begin.  Didn't something similar happen when they were switching from PM
drive to middays?

WZAN Portland has carried Don & Mike for a long time and the show has been a
solid performer for them.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine