From joe@attorneyross.com Sat May 1 00:57:07 2021 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 00:57:07 -0400 Subject: No subject In-Reply-To: References: <1623201501.3069008.1619801768455.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I had noticed the WBAS IDs on WJIB within the past few days. On 4/30/2021 12:56 PM, Mark Connelly via Boston-Radio-Interest wrote: > This from Bob Bittner via Facebook: > > Can't help it. It just happened! I now own 10 radio stations. Just closed today on WBAS AM 1240 and FM 106.5 just outside the town line of HYANNIS, CAPE COD. - A deal that has been 4 months in the making; paperwork & Federal Communications Commission approval, etc. It covers all of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, and re-broadcasts WJIB and WJTO as a triple-cast. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From dlh@donnahalper.com Thu May 20 15:23:21 2021 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 15:23:21 -0400 Subject: Matty in the Morning In-Reply-To: References: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: I'm surprised nobody has commented about the little outburst Matty had on Kiss 108 yesterday... I can remember times when certain FM Morning Zoo shows got into trouble for being too edgy, or when advertisers objected to what Dennis & Callahan were doing (to cite one example), but I never associated controversy with Matty Siegel. -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From m_carney@yahoo.com Thu May 20 19:33:34 2021 From: m_carney@yahoo.com (Maureen Carney) Date: Thu, 20 May 2021 23:33:34 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Matty in the Morning In-Reply-To: References: <24588.45228.904912.703346@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <1340321697.67520.1621553614065@mail.yahoo.com> I saw one paper (from London!) refer to Matty as a shock jock. He's not, and the lack of commotion just shows that the audience doesn't care or society is jaded by stunts due to social media. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 7:30 PM, Donna Halper wrote: I'm surprised nobody has commented about the little outburst Matty had on Kiss 108 yesterday... I can remember times when certain FM Morning Zoo shows got into trouble for being too edgy, or when advertisers objected to what Dennis & Callahan were doing (to cite one example), but I never associated controversy with Matty Siegel. -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From billohno@gmail.com Fri May 21 07:30:34 2021 From: billohno@gmail.com (billohno@gmail.com) Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 07:30:34 -0400 Subject: Matty in the Morning In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9E0E0B11-EA94-48D6-9F1E-1711FF0084E2@gmail.com> I just listened to the audio and read the Boston.com story. It appears that, prev, he had capitulated, softened due to prior pushbacks to tone-down his rhetoric on President Trump, and wasn?t going down that path with his opinion about a celebrity announcing their newfound non-binary status. That third rail triggered the bat phone and that triggered Matt. I suspect they?ll kiss and make up. Bill O?Neill > On May 20, 2021, at 3:23 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > > ?I'm surprised nobody has commented about the little outburst Matty had on Kiss 108 yesterday... I can remember times when certain FM Morning Zoo shows got into trouble for being too edgy, or when advertisers objected to what Dennis & Callahan were doing (to cite one example), but I never associated controversy with Matty Siegel. > > -- > > Donna L. Halper, PhD > Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies > Lesley University, Cambridge MA > From wollman@bimajority.org Wed May 26 21:45:06 2021 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 21:45:06 -0400 Subject: Matty in the Morning In-Reply-To: <9E0E0B11-EA94-48D6-9F1E-1711FF0084E2@gmail.com> References: <9E0E0B11-EA94-48D6-9F1E-1711FF0084E2@gmail.com> Message-ID: <24750.63906.407492.566699@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > I just listened to the audio and read the Boston.com story. It > appears that, prev, he had capitulated, softened due to prior > pushbacks to tone-down his rhetoric on President Trump, and wasn?t > going down that path with his opinion about a celebrity announcing > their newfound non-binary status. That third rail triggered the bat > phone and that triggered Matt. I suspect they?ll kiss and make up. I hate to be asking on this of all mailing-lists, but is the radio morning show still relevant? To 18-to-34-year-olds? Anecdotally, no one I know under 30 will admit to listening to the radio at all. My parents are in their 70s now and they have the local country station on whenever they're awake and not watching TV. Young people I know get their music from Spotify and their spoken-word from podcasts and audiobooks. (Traffic and weather from smartphone apps, and news on social media or Google News.) -GAWollman From martinjwaters@yahoo.com Thu May 27 16:26:07 2021 From: martinjwaters@yahoo.com (Martin Waters) Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 20:26:07 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Matty in the Morning In-Reply-To: <24750.63906.407492.566699@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <9E0E0B11-EA94-48D6-9F1E-1711FF0084E2@gmail.com> <24750.63906.407492.566699@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <886437068.950943.1622147167029@mail.yahoo.com> ? ? At first glance, it looks like there is an enormous incongruity in iHeart Media objecting to Matt Siegel's comments about non-binary gender identity while the company broadcasts right-wing talk shows that routinely denigrate such movements on many of its stations.? ? But, of course, the company has not suddenly developed an interest in social responsibility, ethics, decent behavior, etc. It is simply a case of management deeming that making fun of a famous pop singer declaring non-binary gender identity does not fit the WXKS-FM format.?