WEEI gives Adams the slot (after 'stunt'?)

[John Francini]

Okay. I officially admit I've been "had".  It was indeed a really  
good stunt.

And if the stunt is drawing a pension, I hope it's a BIG one. It  
fooled a whole lot of people!

j

On 15 Dec 2005, at 13:01, Shawn Mamros wrote:

>> On Thu, December 15, 2005 11:04, John Francini said:
>>
>>> And I bet the carpenters and electricians will be called in to re-do
>>> the studio design to prevent staff from being able to barricade
>>> themselves inside and 'hijack' the microphone controls as was  
>>> alleged.
>>
>> I'm sure that if this was a real "hijack", WHD-err WEEI management  
>> could
>> order the board operator in the control room to pot the studio mic  
>> down
>> and go to recorded programming or spots.
>>
>> Barring that, the Chief Engineer can shut the station down at master
>> control (a.k.a.: the Rack Room) or switch to another studio &  
>> control room
>> entirely.
>
> Quite true.  The "host barricades himself inside the studio" stunt is
> so old, it's probably getting Social Security checks by now.  That's
> not to say the stunt can't be well done or entertaining; it sounds
> like it was.  But don't kid yourself that it was for real.
>
> And who said drama on radio was dead? :-)
>
> -Shawn Mamros
> E-mail to: mamros -at- mit dot edu