He’s on vacation this week.
btw someone on a radio-interest mailing list mentioned to me (and all) that Howie prob. wouldn’t get morning drive at
WTKK or WXKS...he wants to keep his network of stations around New England. Trouble is, these stations all have
local morning drive shows and they wouldn’t want to lose them. He could conceivably do a network of Clear Channel
owned stations (should he go to CC) including 580 in Worc.,
920 in RI, and 610 in NH, but they also have local morning shows. am drive and pm drive are important.
Anyway if Howie goes to morning (even if he winds up as the morning guy at...RKO!), realize that he may not necessarily get his “network” but who knows.
Oh no—Howie may be stuck at RKO for TWO MORE YEARS.
Not official but in today’s Herald:
>>WRKO-AM (680) didn’t announce any other on-air changes yesterday, but the station is in desperate need of a ratings boon. During the April ratings period, WRKO was in a three-way tie for 24th place among the key 25- to 54-year-old listeners, according to the latest Arbitron ratings.
The five-year contract for the station’s star — afternoon-drive host and Herald columnist Howie Carr — expires in the fall, and the station has the right to renew him for another two years.
“I’m hoping I can escape from AM radio,” Carr said yesterday.
I hope (for my sake) that Howie stays in his present spot during the PM drive-time slot (3-6pm). (Just a reminder: I listen to Howie via WHYN 560 AM - Springfield, MA).
We have an excellent local conservative talk show host - Jim Vicevich, WTIC 1080 AM, 9am - noon - but he discusses national issues. Glenn Beck runs on other local AM stations 9-12 as well.
We have few choices of good conservative talk radio shows in the Hartford/Springfield area in the afternoon - just Howie on WHYN and Gov. John Rowland's pretty good conservative talk radio show on WTIC 1080 AM (3-6pm). Rowland mostly discusses Connecticut issues and politics.
The only way I can now hear Sean Hannity live is via XM/Sirius in my car or online in the house. WTIC 1080 AM repeats Hannity's show 10pm - 1am, which is a ridiculous slot - it's too late, and part of the show is often pre-empted by Red Sox coverage.
As you may know, we used to have another decent conservative talk show in the 3-6pm slot on WDRC 1360 AM (Hartford, CT) - Dan Lovallo - but he was dumped several months ago in favor of crap programming.
To be honest, I really don't like listening to radio talk shows that exclusively discuss Connecticut politics - it's too damn depressing...
Howie wants OFF AM!
(hope it plays for you...Firefox wouldn’t work, does play for me right now on Google Chrome)
http://www.wgan.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=5869165
Howie did an interview on WGAN this morning and said he’s not interested in morning drive and not interested in AM radio, he wants to keep afternoon drive hours on an FM station.........