Axe falls on WRKO news Dept.

[radiotony]

I heard a rumor about major changes coming to WRKO and Howie Carr's
syndication program from someone who I thought was in the know, but he
didn't say anything about the news staff getting whacked. Apparently,
syndicators of the Carr show have been told that there are changes coming.
The lack of ads on the syndication end of Howie's agreement might mean an
end to the show being syndicated, but I don't honestly know. 

In an unrelated note, there was another person who told me that Metro
Traffic had signed up another cluster of stations in the Boston area and
they might be hiring another voice to do traffic. I hope this isn't what
this is about, considering how great the news department is at WRKO. 

Best, 
Tony 
 
Anthony Schinella
Station Manager/Program Director
WKXL 1450, Concord, N.H. 
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Subject: Axe falls on WRKO news Dept.

Boston Radio Watch (http://www.bostonradiowatch.com) reports that WRKO has
fired its entire news department including Rod Fritz, Marga Besette, Listo
Fisher, Paul Tuthill, and Sharon Smith.

I heard the difference tonight: Fox News Radio at top of hour during Todd
Feinburg show, followed by local sports, traffic, and weather, then at :20
and :40 a local news update (not sure who but he had a bit of a raspy
voice). Some kind of sharing arrangement with other stations?