EMAILS FROM LISTENERS - Rise and Shine

The following is a compilation of comments left in today's Boston Herald story "No More Moe on WRKO" by Renee Nadeau:

DfromCapeCod
What's next ? Closing the studio and braodcasting out of a trailer next to the broadcasting tower ? Maybe Howie could broadcast from home. Isn't that what Rush does in FL ? I find infomercials to be infuriating. What does the FCC do again ? Anything ? There used to be a limit to the amount of commercial time allowed on radio. PS, WRKO, your streaming online never works properly. I used to listen to Howie every day, but I can't now. Thanks for nothing.
#173113 - Feb 24, 2008 1:14 PM EST

bill
Moe is great...on par with Paul Sullivan...are you listening WBZ? Sign him up...or RKO...get rid of Finneran...or TKK just find a spot.!!!
#173133 - Feb 24, 2008 1:40 PM EST

Ann Marie
Does anyone wonder if Jason wants the demise of WRKO? I thought owners/managers had their finger on what the public wants - I think their finger is somwhere else. Good Luck Moe - you are a class act. WRKO does not deserve you.
#173190 - Feb 24, 2008 2:49 PM EST
Andrew Palmer
I haven't listened to WRKO, other than Moe on Saturday mornings, since Jerry Williams and Gene Burns left. 96.9 FM Talk, WTKK has taken up their legacy. Moe, let me know where you land. I'll be there. Let me know if you need a ghost writer for any of your book ideas. I can't wait for a good read! Screw WRKO.
#172721 - Feb 24, 2008 7:36 AM EST

greg
It was only a few short years ago when this station was packed all day with great shows. Now it is a hodgepodge of crap with Howie stuck in the middle. The only correct move WRKO has made in the last 5 yrs is fight for Howie to stay. How good was JD in the AM? Fat Lesbian, big deal. No spine left at this station, that is why it is failing miserbley. Signed... New WTTK listener. Good luck MOE
#172816 - Feb 24, 2008 9:08 AM EST

Peg
Jason Moe did not deserve this treatment remember "what goes around comes around"
#172846 - Feb 24, 2008 9:29 AM EST

mike
Jason, the smart thing would be to dump that airbag Finneran.
#172858 - Feb 24, 2008 9:48 AM EST

Eddie G
Moe had a very refreshing show and I made sure to tune in when I was able to. Who turns on a radio to listen to infomercials?
#172974 - Feb 24, 2008 11:20 AM EST

Chuck
Perhaps Jason Wolfe's first Info-Mercial will be for colon cleansing. I suggest they first do a colonoscopy on HIM so that they might find his HEAD.
#173004 - Feb 24, 2008 11:34 AM EST

All Ears
WRKO turned me into a talk show junkie with the likes of Jerry Williams, Gene Burns, and of course Howie. After learning that Howie was trying to move to WTTK, I started to listen to it, as I never made the transition to the FM dial. Now, outside of Howie's show, you can find me there. Jason's moves will only reduce his audiences and cost the station money in the long run, or I suppose he knows that as he has given up on talk show talent to whore the station out to the highest bidder. Thanks for Howie, my drive time companion. Keep calling it like it is in this Moonbat listening area. My reality check living in Massachusetts.
#173026 - Feb 24, 2008 11:48 AM EST

drew
Yeah, Jason, continue to replace good local talk with informercials. How are those infomercials supposed to make $$ when nobody is listening? Moe, you're a class act. I will go to your blog "issuesoftheday.com" to find out where you land. Don't let those corporate toadies get you down. God bless.
#173060 - Feb 24, 2008 12:19 PM EST

linda D'Angelo
I hope Moe ends up on WTKK on Saturday mornings- I used to change my morning food shopping time so I could listen to him talk to the 'boots on the ground' No wonder Howie tried so hard to get outta there!
#173066 - Feb 24, 2008 12:31 PM EST

Bronson
I have always found trying to listen to AM radio to be very painful. It is 2008 and there is much better media technology out there. Why does crappy, static sounding, lose the signal going under a bridge AM continue to exist? That said, I do like Howie Carr and try to listen to him when I can get a signal. WRKO will soon be out of business. They over extended themselves to get the Red Sox broadcasts and to retain Howie. They are going broke. Infomercials means money they desperately need.
#173070 - Feb 24, 2008 12:32 PM EST
Get rid of Wolfe
Hey Jason, someone needs to show YOU the door. The Finneran loser is bad enough but now Moe is out for info-mercials??? Infomercials? ya right, we'll be bustin our **ses to tune in... Goodbye RKO..changing that button on my car radio to WTTK tomorrow morning. Jason, you're a loser.
#172617 - Feb 24, 2008 1:21 AM EST

WTF
Ok, phony email. I disagreed With Moe and sent an email. He responded in about an hour and I've respected that and been a faithful listener since. I listen to his show, the rest of the time it's my Sirius radio. Hate to see Moe go, but I'll listen wherever. Best of luck, Moe !
#172626 - Feb 24, 2008 1:38 AM EST

will
If WRKO can make more dough auctioning off airtime in half-hour blocks to advertisers, why not fire the entire airstaff and go all-infomercial 24/7? Isn't that where Jason Wolfe's argument logically leads? Entercom lost $10 million dollars in the last quarter. David Field, are you listening???
#172629 - Feb 24, 2008 1:45 AM EST

will
If WRKO can make more dough auctioning off airtime in half-hour blocks to advertisers, why not fire the entire airstaff and go all-infomercial 24/7? All income, no overhead. David Field, are you listening???
#172636 - Feb 24, 2008 1:48 AM EST

Pat in Tokyo
WRKO=We Really Kill Ourselves. Entercom's treatment of Depetro, Scotto (even though I don't like him), Todd (even though I don't like hime either), Howie, and now Moe shows their level of loyalty to their fan base. Moe, good luck. I've always loved listening to you. Not too long ago I sent you an email during a show and you wrote back to me during a commercial. Class.
#172650 - Feb 24, 2008 3:15 AM EST

Amazing, you dump on the good people and yet you keep a convicted felon, who is a Piece of Shxt.
#172698 - Feb 24, 2008 7:07 AM EST

FOOLS AT WRKO
At WRKO the cream always rises to the top, keeping an old fool like Tommy Felon, and dumping Moe. I have other radio stations to listen to on Saturdays.
#172701 - Feb 24, 2008 7:10 AM EST

Chris
Ahhhh...the old 'Paid Programming' trick: getting revenue that's really just pure profit. No-cost revenue. Boston TV stations love playing that game on weekend afternoons. Need a vacuum? Turn to one of the quote-unquote 'BIG' Boston TV stations any Saturday afternoon and you'll find one. Need a new set of kitchen knives? Check in on Sunday. Someone has to pay for hack TV anchors like Ed Harding and all the rest, because they sure aren't bringing in the bacon on their own. So now this lovely paradigm finds its way to the esteemed (OK...maybe that isn't the word) halls at WRKO. Paid Programming on radio. A cost-free money grab from a money-losing radio station. How blatantly obvious. WRKO has been in complete free-fall for over the past year. Acerbic management, talent-less talent, and a night-time signal powered by gerbils, In fact, during the fall and winter WRKO's morning and afternoon drive-time signal is putrid. Laughable. Live beyond Westborough, you cannot hear it. Put me in the camp of people who no longer listen to WRKO. I haven't since this time last year. My iPod kicked WRKO to the curb. I don't even listen to WEEI because my bullet is aimed at Entercom. Do I enjoy helping to contribute to declining ratings at both stations? You betcha!
#172703 - Feb 24, 2008 7:13 AM EST

Tom
WRKO already fills up a lot of its Saturday by selling air time to snake oil salesmen and fraudsters claiming to be doctors but selling bogus herbal remedies or, whole life insurance fraudsters pretending to be Financial Planners. At some point, somebody who gets screwed by these fraudsters should sue WRKO. After all, the majority of listeners tune in & out in the middle, and won’t hear the lame "paid programming" announcement that WRKO uses to duck responsibility for their enabling criminal activity.
#172704 - Feb 24, 2008 7:13 AM EST

Mike
I'm a younger listener....mid 40's . Yet I began listening at 18 with Gene Burns and Gerry William. WRKO has been a part of most of my life. I was trying to give WRKO the benefit of the doubt and see how they faired out after the last 18 months of turmoil (I'm glad Peter Blute got out - good for him). Howie is there because he is stuck. I'll give him my blessing to prostitute himself as far as he can with that place as it is not his fault given he tried to leave. Yet Moe? This really is the final straw. Moe was the reason I looked forward to Saturday morning. He is a class act. His shining, stellar performance transended my listening life at WRKO. I'll never forget the great work he did during our bloodless revolution in the aftermath of the 2000 Florida re-count. More recently his talk with soldiers in IRAQ in the morning was what we really needed - to hear the "real story" from the "boots on the ground". Hey Jason - you'll never get great radio like this from paid syndicated infomercials. Duh!!!
#172708 - Feb 24, 2008 7:30 AM EST