Comments on: WEEI, Patriots, Westwood One Extend Deals

By: Brett Carson

Brett Carson — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:46:34 +0000

I will listen primarily to WEEI but I am glad to tune out the pathetic borish lunatic Gerry Callahan in the morning. His one trick pony agenda towards anything with a D in front of it has grown old and stale. I can’t listen to his rants and cheap shots for more then 10 mins at a time anymore. I will continue to listen to more of Toucher and Rich and less of those 2 out of touch old codgers.

By: Jason Coyote

Jason Coyote — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:14:10 +0000

Apparently you’ve all been sniffing glue this week. No wonder I can’t find any.

All kidding aside, your points are all on the money. Did I hear this past week that EEI was trying to make an exception with their Globe boycott so they bring Tony Massarotti back as a guest analyst? I might’ve even read it from a poster here but I don’t know if it was fact.

Probably easy for EEI to rationalize regarding Mazz because he does the majority of his work for boston.com and not the Globe, although I believe technically he gets his paycheck from the Globe/NY Times Corp.

Boston.com has always been this strange entity because I believe we all think it’s just an extension of the Boston Globe, but I’m not completely sure that it is entirely. Always found it interesting the Globe never registered the domain name bostonglobe.com unless they went with boston.com intentionally because it would be easier for people to remember.

By: Ted Sarandis

Ted Sarandis — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:06:45 +0000

If I can do nights again on ‘BZ, then it will most surely be Mikey on ‘EEI. Count on it.

By: Jason Coyote

Jason Coyote — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:06:28 +0000

I think somewhat lost in all has been the real point of keeping EEI honest, like you said mandb97.

Let’s face it, most of us complain about EEI but in the end we still listen, and I don’t think that’s entirely because there’s no legitimate alternative. EEI does some things well, and if bringing in a strong FM competitor gets them to start busting their humps instead of just resting on their laurels then the change is good. Getting rid of the ‘deadwood’ would be a nice start, but my feeling is some of these personnel decisions will be made more out of necessity, i.e. the fallout from the new sports media alliances, if there are going to be any.

Otherwise if every writer/analyst type is a free agent and can choose their own station, then it will get interesting.

By: mandb97

mandb97 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:13:18 +0000

JTK I agree with you 100% with everything you said with the exception of Felger who I think will have a very good chance of beating Ordway. Once in a while Ordway will have a decent show but for the most part it’s screaming over each other. Felger, I believe will not have that nonsense.
I also believe that this challenge will keep WEEI honest. This move hear shows that they are on their toes already. The major issue with the past challengers was that the only way you can hear them is with a tin can and string. I think this could be eventually the last you hear of the likes of Fred Smerlas (who I used to like) and Butch Sterns who brings absolutely nothing to the table. The consumer will not put up with them.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:15:29 +0000

I agree that’s the play for Entercom, but they’ve been forced into it. With one bold move by CBS–which Entercom ‘claims’ they saw coming–WEEI is now seen as a follower by reacting to what someone else does. So while an FM version of WEEI will be nice, this probably isn’t the way Entercom wanted it to play out. It begs the question: why didn’t they go FM a long time ago?

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:41:05 +0000

*sigh* CONtrarian

By: Angry Old Bastard

Angry Old Bastard — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:40:08 +0000

could not agree more with that. If 98.5 can get Reiss on the air to talk Patriots that would be HUGE. He might be the most respected sportswriter in Boston at the moment. A rare breed who speaks without yelling or screaming. Without talking down to people, without playing the “comtrarian” at the drop of a hat….very rare indeed

By: Dana Kiecker

Dana Kiecker — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:19:37 +0000

What you Einsteins seem to be missing is the overall NE coverage of EEI’s signal, multiple frequencies from RI to Maine , nevermind the streaming from its website.

Isnt it good business for the Pats to have that kind of coverage?

By: Clinton Tyree

Clinton Tyree — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:15:23 +0000

er, thought “with intelligence…”

Dang, I picked the wrong night to quit sniffing airplane glue…