If you were to choose.....

[John Francini]

I wasn't responding as a PD; just as a citizen who has grown up listening to WBZ...with Carl DeSeuze (sp?), Dave Maynard, Gary Lapierre, Gil Santos, Don Kent, Larry Glick, David Brudnoy, "Calling All Sports", and many happy memories -- that I don't want to see tarnished by typical corporate greed.

Frankly, bird-fed syndicated talk would be FAR better than infomercials.

j

On 23 Feb 2012, at 22:55, D. A. wrote:

> 
>> This is a false choice. I'd choose
>> neither one. 
> 
> I suppose I should have set it up differently.
> 
> You're the PD of WBZ.....and your GM has given you the following choice. 
> 
> 
> 
> (Your response below means that you would no doubt be fired, and would have no further input.  LOL!)
> 
> 
>> I'd be looking at many a third option: Organizing a listener
>> revolt. Create as much bad PR for parent CBS as possible
>> about WBZ abandoning its decades-old role.  File
>> complaints to the FCC telling them that the station is no
>> longer operating in the public interest.  Anything and
>> everything possible to make it obvious that the present
>> management is trying to kill the station. Try to get this GM
>> fired for being unimaginative in the face of a perceived
>> revenue shortfall, and for being completely tone-deaf to the
>> listeners. 
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 23, 2012, at 2:02, Don <Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> WBZ radio has ticked me off a couple of times in the
>> last few years.
>>> 
>>> First, when they tried to dump their live overnight
>> show.  Then when they realized that mistake, they
>> backed off and re-instated Steve Leveille.
>>> 
>>> Then, WBZ turns into infomercial central on the
>> weekend!  
>>> 
>>> Someone mentioned to me that the tradeoff at WBZ was
>> between having a local overnight show and local news in the
>> evening.......OR...infomercials during the day on Saturday
>> and Sunday.
>>> 
>>> Your call.  If given the choice by your general
>> manager to choose between those 2 evils ;-)  Which
>> would YOU choose.
>>> 
>>