Entercomm has made some very odd business decisions this year, which one can only attribute to arrogance, stupidity, or both. Hiring “Tommy Taxes” Finneran was a direct slap to Howie Carr, as was the decision to use the marginally stronger signal of WEEI to broadcast Red Sox games in the evening (thus preempting Carr’s broadcast in the Boston market). Then you take the hosts of your #1-rated drive-time AM show and needlessly insult them in a very public way. I can’t figure it.
WRKO, actually, is the one you mean (i.e., making them
the flagship)—I actually am fine with that because I
work nights and WRKO comes in better than WEEI but it
does indeed cut off the last half hour of HC’s show.
And remember all those pre-emptions back in March
and early April?
>>Hiring “Tommy Taxes” Finneran was a direct slap to Howie Carr
Exactly! And cut Howie’s pay to help pay for The Felon.
Entercom isn’t called “Cheapercom” for nothing.
I guess the figure for Sox rights was $16 mil a yr over
10 years. Then they cut out the news department at
WRKO and now this.