Herald: sticking points in the Carr issue

[radiotony]

Entercom COULD match that but it wouldn't be fiscally feasible. They could
easily give Howie the morning slot and move Finneran to afternoons. That
would satisfy two of the four points [Getting Howie to mornings and not
having his show preempted by the Sox].
 They could dump Finneran. That's doable. But, they would probably take a
huge bath on that move because I'm sure Finneran has a pretty good out
clause. So, it's not feasible. 
They can't do anything about WRKO being an AM station. But, they could drop
one of their FM music stations - Mike FM and 'AAF are their lowest rated FMs
- and make them talk and compete directly with WTKK with talk on the FM. If
it was really that important, it would be worth the move. But, that probably
wouldn't be feasible either, not just to please Howie. 
Better to just suck it up and let Howie go and try to rebuild the station
with something completely different. 

Best, 
Tony Schinella

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[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Bob Nelson
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:08 AM
To: Roger Kirk
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Subject: Re: Herald: sticking points in the Carr issue

Howie's demands could include: a morning show, on an FM signal that doesn't
fade at sunset, a signal where he isn't pre-empted by the Red Sox, and a
signal
that doesn't have Finneran. WRKO can't match that (only the first one
could possibly
be matched and that would be if Entercom put talk on one of its FM signals)