Posted on 07/09/2007 12:00:22 PM PDT by SteveBosell
In a bombshell development, WRKO-AM radio host Howie Carr is jumping ship to rival station WTKK-FM, where he’ll take over the prized morning-drive slot, sources tell the Herald. Carr, whose contract with WRKO-AM (680) expires in September, will host WTKK’s morning drive show solo and replaces shamed syndicated talk jock Don Imus, who lost his national show after the “nappy-headed hos” scandal. Carr inked a multi-year deal with WTKK (96.9), sources said. Carr could not be reached for comment and is vacationing in Florida. His move to WTKK pits him against disgraced, ex-House Speaker Tom Finneran, Carr’s longtime nemesis. Finneran’s morning-drive show on WRKO has bombed since he got behind the mic earlier this year. WRKO was banking on the former speaker to boost their dismal morning ratings. Carr informed WRKO of his decision to leave today, sources said. A Boston Herald columnist, Carr is WRKO’s marquee talent and is their highest-rated radio host by far. He has been with the AM station for 20 years and has had his afternoon-drive show since 1994. After Imus was canned in April, former Boston Globe columnist Mike Barnicle replaced him on WTKK but left the station altogether last month after failing to strike a deal with WTKK. With his jump to FM, Carr escapes WRKO AM’s weaker signal and AM radio’s dwindling, younger audience.
Howie will bury the felon once and for all! It’s gonna be GREAT!
They probably will never see each other. Severin does his show from his house on LI. The real fun will be the crossovers with Jim Braude!
Holy mackeral. Wow.
Damn, I love him in the Afternoon, I’m not usually listening to the radio in the morning.
I will miss Max on Monday PM, and the usually lighthearted end of the week Friday afternoons.
Carr's lawyer was Alan Dershowicz.
So Michael Graham is gonna jump ship and take over Howie’s spot?
Oh yeah, Max. He can probably move to Howie’s show if he wants.
I wonder if Howie’s show will also eventually be shown live on MSNBC? Howie would help their ratings as well as be seen by a much wider, national audience. It’s a missed opportunity for MSNBC if they don’t do this, but Howie Carr has never been impressed by the existence of MSNBC to begin with. Howie makes fun of MSNBC a lot, and whenever he discusses the ratings of any of its shows, Howie’s “sound person” cues some chirping crickets. LOL
And, I put the show on at 4PM, and it's still Laura Ingraham (WVMT).
If this means Howie will be leaving the 3pm timeslot I hope my local station will put on Mark Levin even though it would have to be a delayed show from the day before
Jay finally moved to the Bay State. I believe he has settled on the North Shore. Marblehead, maybe.
I”m listening to Max now. I won’t miss him that much but your right I will miss the afternoons and especially Friday afternoons. I wonder if I can somehow record his morning shows on the pc and listen at night?
Good for Howie!
There’s a product called “Replay Radio” that I use. It’s perfect for stuff like this. It will record any radio shows automatically for you so you can listen later. Sorry, not trying to plug anything — just passing along a tip.
http://www.applian.com/replay-av/index.php
Thanks man, I’ll try it out.
Also take a look at http://www.highcriteria.com for Total Recorder.
I’ve been using it for years to record automatically off a number of inputs.
I’ve used it to record off the internet, but manually.
Did you know about this? I listen to Howie (frequently, but not every day) in my area on WHYN 560 AM (Springfield, MA). I kind of like him in that 3-7pm time slot... hope they still run his show during that time.
Thanks, I’m heading to the site now.
I was just reading on savewrko.com that Recent reports now have WRKO denying Howie Carr’s departure....Getting interesting.
http://www.savewrko.com/archives/2007/07/regan_claims_ho.php
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