Still missing on WTKK.
Posted on 09/16/2005 4:37:01 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Don't get me wrong. I actually like funky Poughkeepsie. But it's not Greenwich, Connecticut if you get my drift.
I listen to Howie, too, except for when he has dopey recurring topics like "Disgusting things you found in your food at a restaurant." He is at his best when talking about local political stuff, no doubt, and he has a certain self-depricating ("I didn't come here to be made sport of" and "I beg your pardon" when people critique him) charm that is sincere and whimsical. The weekly segments with Sandy (police blotter) and Chris Wallace are generally stellar.
The NY Post, Page Six I think, mentioned a few weeks ago that he had children.
Is Bob Grant still on? I haven't been back East for a long time.
Yes, that is the NY Post piece.
It seems that Scot Lehigh and Jay Severin have a history between them. Oftentimes, if I am listening to the radio midday, I will switch between Howie and Jay. I recall a few seismic verbal shots Jay lobbed towards him on a few occasions.
Jay's unique anti-Hillary observations are entertaining.
Jay is absolutely terrific when someone can steer the conversation to Hillary. He calls he every kind of sick puke you can think of...on the air!!!!
His shows in the past year have shown a lot of opportunism, tho - I would actually tune into IMUS on MSNBC early on the mornings when he was to appear - and he would sound like a Kerry/Imus suck up to the extreme. I was disappointed, to say the least.
Howie is da bomb.
Former Bostonian here. I listened to Jay sometimes, but he was a creep, which fit the depravity of some Bostonians. During one broadcast, Jay shared a stage with Laura Ingraham. He kept complimenting her on her looks. I sensed that Laura was put off by it. How? She normally is quick to reply during broadcasts, but she wasn't whenever Jay talked about her appearance. Instead, she was silent. I felt uneasy for Laura about it.
After that broacast, I mainly tuned into Jay's competitor, that candy-a$$ed ruffian named Howie Carr.
Someone used that term ("candy...") yesterday during a phone call to Carr, IIRC. :-)
I haven't listened to Howie in over three years, which is when I left Boston. However, back then, his show's intro contained a sound bite of a caller who referred to Howie by that description. Funny stuff.
Oh, OK. He has altered his intro since then.
Long time no see, somer! How are you doing? All is well in Las Vegas! I may visit the old campus for an afternoon in the early spring!
How are you doing ? I met a couple of 25 year old Vassar grds on the Metro North train coming back from Poughkeepsie a few weeks ag. They were praising Fran Fergusson for her anti-war statements. They looked downright puzzled when I said that her stance had alienated some grads."When you're older, you might feel differently" I said. No doubt they were snickering about what I said later on.
Still missing on WTKK.
this guy pissed me off when he said he would vote for Nader then Bush then demonizes Iraq war etc etc etc
Yes, I think he was on against Bob Grant when he was on WABC.
By the way, does anybody know whatever happened to Jay Diamond?
There was this chatter in today's Boston Herald gossip column:
Yakker’s empty words
WTKK's Jay Severin was caught embellishing his resume yet again. Severin, who claimed – falsely – to have won a Pulitzer Prize and who allowed himself to be introduced – falsely – as a graduate of Harvard Law School also claimed – falsely – to have a master's degree from Boston University.
Barry Nolan, CN8's roving reporter, said he brought the latest Severin subterfuge to the attention of Jay's agent, George Tobia, who told him that Jay ''skipped the graduation ceremony but remembers getting his diploma in the mail.''
Oh, that's rich!
''Then he told me that I was right, Jay had no master's. He said Jay had never turned in his thesis, even though he thought he had,'' Nolan told the Track. ''I told him that I found that rather hard to believe because everyone knows that the minute you hand in that thesis you do a Funky Chicken down Commonwealth Avenue, run to the bar and buy everyone a round of margaritas!''
Severin just inked a deal with Infinity Broadcasting to be syndicated in 10 markets beginning in January. A press release announcing the deal on Infinity's Web site originally reported the non-existent master's degree from BU. An updated version reports only that Jay is a graduate of Vassar College.
Vassar once only educated women. But as far as we know, Jay has never claimed to be one of those.
I'll miss Jays serving up big Happy Meals (tm) of $#!T to Boston Liberals.
He pi$$ed me off badly by being on the wrong side of the Elian Gonzalez situation
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