Comments on: Shots: Bradford Leaving Herald for WEEI.com

By: The Phoenix

The Phoenix — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:12:33 +0000

[...] editor Hank Hryniewicz, Tomase probably is leaving the Patriots beat."That posting is for Rob Bradford's spot," Hryniewicz tells the Phoenix. "I reserve the right to change my mind, of course, [...]

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:22:05 +0000

…ahhh, I think you are incorrect sir….I really don’t think the radio business is “going south”, at least not as far as WEEI goes…(I’m not talking about their programming)…just what evidence do you have that the “radio business is going south”??

By: Duke

Duke — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:47:13 +0000

Now if we can only get Jackie Mac to write about basketball on weei.com to join the other two strong in THEIR sports…..it will be something to be hold & we have the makings of something here……..

By: MarkB

MarkB — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:13:42 +0000

Ordway went quiet about “guys in their mom’s basement on the internet” right about the time WEEI finally got their web site going. No doubt Jason told him to stop badmouthing internet users.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:15:31 +0000

Are you kidding? ‘EEI sells spots for at least $2,500 minute during drive times, and I am probably being totally conservative. Though the medium isn’t strong, WEEI is a giant.

Bradford will give ‘EEI something it doesn’t have. A journalist. He will be in the locker-room breaking news for them, he’ll do hits on the Red Sox Network, he’ll continue his guest spots on the Big Show, he’ll do on-air reports on all the shows.

WFAN has similar reporters for the Yanks and the Mets. The blogging is only a bonus.

I’d prefer ‘EEI actually hiring people trained in radio so they have folks who know the nuance of broadcasting, but this is the next best thing.

Between this and ‘EEI taking Patriots Friday, it looks like they are looking to throw the death-blow to 890.

By: late to dinner

late to dinner — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:01:07 +0000

As long as there are cars there is a captive radio audience. Its tough to watch tv or surf the web while driving. You only alternative is music and those formats are dying left and right. You might go mp3 or cd or something but even that is not proving to be a real threat to talk radio. Entercomm makes money hand over fist, as do Clear Channel and several other multistation/per market conglomerates. ($400 mill guaranteed to Rush Limbaugh, estimates say Sean Hanniety might get north of $100 mill) Last I checked WEEI is one of the most profitable media entities in the country. In any event, if they want to start building weei.com into an actual media property they need to have identifiable voices (writers) providing content. Bradford is as good as any I guess. What I do not understand is why WEEI or Entercomm wants to be in the news gathering or even blogging business in the first place. I do not see how it compliments its core business. If they are making the position to groom Bradford for a future prime show (they cannot get rid of Mike Holley or Mike Adams fast enough for me) then this is as good a way as any to prepare him. Seems to me there are more cost effective ways to get into the blogging business than hiring an ex major daily beat writer.. So there has to be more to this.

By: mike b

mike b — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:43:49 +0000

Pete Sheppard ought put down his triple-bacon, ham and cheese sub long enough to stop by a Best Buy and look at these newfangled gadgets called “cellphones.” Then he should find the person under 25 who watches TV without simultaneously browsing the Internet either on his phone or PC.

It’s a multitasking world we live in today. Of course, Sheppard thinks the reason we have two hands is to eat twice as much and in half the time.

By: Chris_SNH

Chris_SNH — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:23:40 +0000

I don’t honestly know how the radio business (read: Entercomm) can afford to pay more salaries. Their business is going the same direction that the newspaper business is: South. So Bradford is likely trading one tenuous situation for another. In the end, there are no more ’sure bets’ in the media business. Even the supposed ’savior’ of media–the Internet–has its hits and misses. I don’t go to weei.com at all, and I’m certainly not going to visit the site now that Bradford is there. The major Internet portals rule the roost, and that’s how it’ll continue to be.

By: JohnnyApps

JohnnyApps — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:15:35 +0000

Seems to be a good move for Bradford as the newspaper industry is becoming extinct…although I’m having trouble picturing what he’s going to do for WEEI.com full time…it can’t be just blogging. I hope he continues to write a lot as a columnnist because I have zero interst in reading blogs during games…

By: Chris in Illinois

Chris in Illinois — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:03:41 +0000

Great move by EEI.
And Pete says a lot of stupid things. He’s a self-absorbed, whiney moron.