Nightcap

[Paul Hopfgarten]

I remember back in 1989, when WBOS was stunting in preparation to switch
from Country to AAA, they actually played "Take this job and shove it", at
first once an hour, then every over song, then the last day they played it
continuously until the format switch.

-Paul Hopfgarten
Derry NH

-----Original Message-----
From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 9:18 PM
To: Sid Schweiger
Cc: BostonRadio Mailing List
Subject: Re: Nightcap

One place I worked, you were told you wer egoing to be let go right before
your last air shift and were VERY CLEARLY instructed to NOT say ANYTHING to
your listeners about this being your last shift.. you were told to go on as
if it were a normal shift.

The PD (this was a country station) also removed "Take this job and shove
it" from the hard drive, because on more then one occassion, the DJ would
play that as their last song.. and they didn't like that.

Paul


On 1/3/09, Sid Schweiger <sid@wrko.com> wrote:
>
> >>I guess what bothers me the most about Steve leaving BZ is the way it
> was handled. That audience deserved a chance to say goodbye to him and
> for him to do the same. Doesn't anybody at CBS remember that
> ultimately this is a one on one business, the host (station) and
> listener.<<
>
>
> Letting a fired air personality say goodbye on the air went the way of the
> dodo bird decades ago.  The few rotten apples who abused the privilege
> (think Roby Yonge on WABC) spoiled it for everyone else.
>
>
> Sid Schweiger
> IT Manager, Entercom New England
>
>