Posted on 08/06/2012 1:14:48 PM PDT by raccoonradio
WRKO welcomes back Rush Limbaugh on Monday. Coast to Coast might return too. It looks like Talk 1200 will end; supposedly the local hosts have been shown the door. The WRKO lineup will pair Todd Feinburg and Michele McPhee mornings followed by the Financial Exchange, Rush at noon, then Howie
In the last two months severin has taken more time off then he’s been on air, he was off Friday and is off again today, could be because he’s been fired! Hopefully Jeff will be ok, they should have teamed him up with Todd instead of that dreadful mcphee.
Please tell me that 1200 will still be on air! Jeff Katz’s show is terrific! Please tell me that!
If so any word on how they’ll fill 12-3:00?
Better signal strength for WRKO in the Merrimack Valley, so I’m OK with it. Talk1200 gets lost at the sunset power-down around here, and I have trouble getting in during the day on some of my radios.
So who will Talk1200 have from noon to 3 to fill the Rush Gap?
Jeff’s and Jay’s name have been removed from the Talk1200 home page. Even putting in keyword “Jeff” he is gone, no mention of him - http://www.talk1200.com/cc-common/RadioKeywordSystemSearch/search3_test.php?cx=partner-pub-4066651230054012%3Ar8pkxybsebo&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=jeff&keyword=jeff&submit=
Everything else seems to be the same, Rush is still in the 12-3 slot, for now.
WHOA!
I wish they’d bring back Steve Malzberg.
Can someone from your Howie Carr Posse please call Rush and tell him about Sheriff Joe?
Can someone from your Howie Carr Posse please call Rush and tell him about Sheriff Joe?
update—Talk 1200 not necessarily ending but they had to cut costs...so Katz and Severin are gone. Rest of lineup:
6am Andy Dean (from day before), 9 am Beck
Noon FOR NOW Rush (debut on WRKO 8/20). 3 pm Hannity (live).
6 pm Mark Levin (live). 9 pm on—Coast to Coast Early Edition and Coast to Coast (BUT C2C moves to RKO, too)
Clear Channel just paid $14 million for WFNX 101.7 and made it a “variety hits” station. It may make money. But 1200 apparently wasn’t. However CC wants to clear the shows its Premiere division puts out (run the shows, run the ads, tell the sponsors “your spots are being heard in Boston!”). That means Rush and C2C on RKO,
and shows like Beck, Sean etc. stay on 1200.
For now. But again the local talk is gone.
update—Talk 1200 not necessarily ending but they had to cut costs...so Katz and Severin are gone. Rest of lineup:
6am Andy Dean (from day before), 9 am Beck
Noon FOR NOW Rush (debut on WRKO 8/20). 3 pm Hannity (live).
6 pm Mark Levin (live). 9 pm on—Coast to Coast Early Edition and Coast to Coast (BUT C2C moves to RKO, too)
Clear Channel just paid $14 million for WFNX 101.7 and made it a “variety hits” station. It may make money. But 1200 apparently wasn’t. However CC wants to clear the shows its Premiere division puts out (run the shows, run the ads, tell the sponsors “your spots are being heard in Boston!”). That means Rush and C2C on RKO,
and shows like Beck, Sean etc. stay on 1200.
For now. But again the local talk is gone.
hopefully! Someone, try to get on and talk about Sheriff Joe (Arpaio?)
for now 1200 continues as conserv talk—Clear Channel gets to run shows like Beck and Hannity. It will basically be an automated talk station—they cut loose Katz and Severin’s salaries and now will run
6 am Andy Dean
9 am Beck
Noon Rush—for now (who knows later)
3 pm Hannity
6 pm Levin
9 pm, mid Coast to Coast Early Ed. & Coast to Coast. That’s going to RKO soon, though
Don’t know who they’ll run. They could even run Rush, too
(Clear Channel/Premiere same company). Other shows like
John Gibson may be available.
The thing is 1200 will be all syndicated talk (for at least as long as they keep it going). They cut loose the salaries of Katz and Severin.
Beck and Hannity yes but Jay and Jeff are laid off.
Don’t know how they will fill 12-3 after Rush leaves—Jeff unfortunately laid off.
He has worked for WRKO before, as a reg talk host (late nights, mornings) then a fill in. Maybe they can take him back.
From Jeff’s facebook
http://www.facebook.com/radiokatz
JEFF: >>email is: jeffkatzshow@aol.com
BRIAN HENCHEY (has done RKO fill ins):
>> Sorry to hear, Jeff! :( You’re a good talker - you will NOT be on the bench very long.
JEFF CHU: >>morning drive is gonna suck now.
JEFF KATZ:
>>stay tuned to this page and be sure to follow me on twitter @jeffkatzshow
(1200 conserv talk for now: Andy Dean, Beck, Rush—FOR NOW, Hannity, Levin, Coast to Coast—FOR NOW)
from the Herald
WRKO tunes into Rush Limbaugh
Severin, Katz reportedly get boot from Talk 1200
By Jessica Heslam
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - Updated 5 hours ago
Boston’s conservative talk radio underwent a major shakeup yesterday as Rush Limbaugh announced he is leaving WXKS-AM and heading back to WRKO, and “Talk 1200” yanked local talkmeisters Jay Severin and Jeff Katz from its weekday lineup.
A spokesman for the Clear Channel-owned Talk 1200 (WXKS-AM) wouldn’t confirm Severin and Katz’s ousters out of “respect” but their names have disappeared from the talk station’s website.
“As a policy, and out of respect for the individuals, we don’t discuss details of personnel matters,” said spokesman Joe Mazzei in an email. “Unfortunately, some employees were affected. These are never easy decisions to make. We appreciate their commitment and service to the station and company over the years, and we wish them all the best.”
He said he’ll announce details of the station’s new lineup soon, saying it will remain talk radio. During the spring ratings period, WXKS-AM tied with two other stations for 27th place among the coveted 25- to 54-year-old listeners.
WXKS-AM flipped from a Spanish music station to a conservative talk radio station in March 2010. The station snagged Rush Limbaugh from rival talker WRKO-AM (680) and originally debuted as “Rush Radio.”
Katz was tapped to helm the station’s morning-drive slot a month later. Severin took over afternoon-drive in August 2011 — four months after WTKK-FM (96.9) fired him for boasting on the airwaves that he had sex with nearly every woman he had hired when he ran his own company years ago.
Mazzei said two syndicated hosts will replace those time slots, with Andy Dean in morning-drive and Sean Hannity in the afternoon.
Severin and Katz did not return messages last night. Severin told his Twitter followers to “stay tuned, ok?” Katz told his Facebook followers to “stay tuned to this page.”
Over at WRKO yesterday, Limbaugh told listeners on host Howie Carr’s radio show that he was “ecstatic” to be coming back to the station. His show returns Aug. 21 (20 actually??) from noon to 3 p.m. The station also said Michele McPhee would move to morning-drive to host with Todd Feinburg.
I’m wondering if losing Rush triggered the cost-cutting moves at Talk 1200 . . . I also wonder why he’s leaving.
I am sooooo depressed! I really enjoyed Jeff’s show. Hopefully he’ll land a new spot soon and I can listen via the internet. He had a great handle on local politics as well as national news.
My coffee time just won’t be the same. :(
Wow. Saves me a button on my car radio. Katz and Severin are both superior to Howie Carr, imho.
Keep me posted if they turn up elsewhere.
Back to WRKO, I think Howie Carr's trashing of the station on-air was mostly an act. I think Howie realizes that this is the best station for him, especially with Rush coming back to lead into his show. He's on for two more years at least and I wouldn't be surprised if he was to extend his contract further. More and more people are getting HD radio on their cars so gradually, WRKO will become more of an FM station anyhow.
I don't care too much for canned national talk show broadcasts. Live talk radio with local hosts is where it's at for me and Rush of course is good because it's live. It also pisses me off when a local talk show host is out and they replay a show from a previous day.
Sounds like the entire talk radio business model is changing as more and more people listen to satellite radio or iPods in their cars these days. That's probably why advertising revenue is drying up.
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