[maryz]

Did Entercom have WRKO when Paul Parent left? Maybe nobody here was a fan of his Sunday morning gardening show, but I used to listen and my sister was a great fan (bought an earphone radio so she wouldn't miss it when my nephew had hockey practice!).

When he left, he said they'd made him an offer he could refuse -- I gather he was pretty bitter. I guess he picked up a few small stations, and RKO tried to keep up the gardening show with Mel Lausier to do the radio part and some nursery owner (I forget his name) to do the gardening part. But it apparently fizzled, because now I think they have some crap financial show on in that time slot.

[Andy'smom]

maryz, Paul Parent’s show is on WTKK Sunday mornings from 6-9.

[raccoonradio]

I don’t know if Entercom owned WRKO at that time...probably did. The two gardening hosts you’re thinking of are Mo Lauzier
and Jim Zoppo...Paul Parent is on a network of stations
(poss. WTKK and maybe WBOQ on the North Shore) I think

[rockabyebaby]

Mo Lauzier and Jim Zoppo were teamed to do the gardening show from 6a to 10a, it worked out pretty good, they had a nice rapport,,,,however,,,,like everything else that’s good at RKO, Mo was pulled and the hours for the show were cut to two, Zoppo is on Sunday mornings from 6a to 8a, then one hour of syndicated financial show 8 - 9, then, another hour of local senior financial show from 9 - 10......look at what happened on Saturdays, Ellen O’Brien who I can’t stand had a show from 10 - 1, they’ve now cut her hours to 11-1 to make way for some syndicated health show. Wolfe and Kahn would screw up a free lunch.............