Axe falls on WRKO news Dept.

[Laurence Glavin]

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill O'Neill" 
>To: "Bob Nelson" 
>Subject: Re: Axe falls on WRKO news Dept.
>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:17:21 -0500
>Bob Nelson wrote:
> 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.
>That's huge. What a statement. Speaks volumes.
>Bill O'Neill

This could be the beginning of the end of AM radio hereabouts;  sure, WBZ-AM and 
WEEI will continue to do well, but WRKO is slipping already in key 
demographics according to The Herald, and its 12+ number may not be far behind.
As there's more and more bad publicity about WRKO, the Red Sox may be
looking for a way out, so the unthinkable could happen: if not a sale,
the flip of 680 AM to commercial "religion" or a foreign-language format.


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