Prov.: Oldies 790; WPRO AM simulcast on 99.7

[Alan Tolz]

Elliot Spitzer's next gig hopefully will NOT be on radio.  As a broadcast 
operator, I wouldn't pay one cent to a person who, as a publicity hound AG 
used radio as a high profile industry and brought down the earthshakingly 
important independant promotion business with his bullying and heavyhanded 
tactics.  Couldn't happen to a nicer guy...

Alan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>
To: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>; "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@mail.com>
Cc: "(newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest" 
<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: Prov.: Oldies 790; WPRO AM simulcast on 99.7


> Maybe Cianci could move to a Boston station--AM drive on WRKO: Two
> Live Felons. Which brings up Eliot Spitzer's next gig...
>
> There is actually a very serious topic buried in the cynicism: Does
> putting disgraced former elected officials on the air as talk hosts do
> anything to restore the public's confidence in government? I'm not
> asking the question frivolously.
>
> -----
> Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
> eFax 1-707-215-6367
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
> To: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@mail.com>
> Cc: "(newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest"
> <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:36 AM
> Subject: Re: Prov.: Oldies 790; WPRO AM simulcast on 99.7
>
>
>> The irony is Citadel gave Entercom the idea for trying sports on FM
>> in
>> Rhode Island when WSKO-FM was hatched in 2002. At the time the main
>> reason for SKO-FM was to give the Yankees a home. Sports editor at
>> the
>> Providence Journal knew WSKO was doomed the day EEI-FM arrived.
>> Citadel took a major hit not only because WSKO suffered but lost the
>> cash cow Red Sox on WPRO. Entercom got this right.
>>
>> So ESPN loses one of their oldest affiliates and what happens to the
>> Yankees? True Oldies on AM won't work as WWBB is too entrenched.
>>
>> Just running ESPN Radio with no local would do as well as automated
>> oldies.
>>
>> I hope Mayor Buddy has somehing lined up as he has done nothing to
>> help WPRO.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/11/08, Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@mail.com> wrote:
>>> Today at 5 am a switch will be thrown down at the Salty Brine
>>> Broadcast
>>> Center in Providence as the talk
>>> format of WPRO 630 starts simulcasting on WSKO-FM 99.7...the AM
>>> side (790)
>>> says "true oldies coming soon"
>>> on their site.
>>>
>>> Didja think the invasion of WEEI hurt Citadel's sports talk in
>>> Prov.?
>>>
>>> http://wpro-am.fimc.net/default.asp
>>>
>>> http://rope.wpro-am.fimc.net/to_ri.jpg
>>>
>
>