to all—what does it all mean? We won’t know yet—no
word yet from Howie and his lawyers and I wonder if
they’re trying to appeal to a higher court.
Note:
>>The contract included a right to match clause, which gives WRKO the right to match a competitor’s salary during the term of his contract and within 180 days after it ends.
And the judge said, hey, the offer was made while Howie
was under contract to WRKO, case closed. But Howie does
not want to work there!
He may just prefer to sit it out but he’s giving up a lot
of money if so. Do we have to still sit through the
Not Howie Carr show on WRKO and his various affiliates
while all this goes on?
Additionally, is this ruling stating that Howie is being forced to accept the Entercom offer? Forced?
—Howie contract was due to end 9/19/07
—Howie announces Greater Media gave him an offer
back in July
—Entercom matches the offer (allegedly)
—The judge rules that Entercom is entitled to match
the offer—and it’s implied _Howie is being forced to
accept it_! He can’t just say, OK, but no thanks? Thus
he is forced to extend his contract another 5 years
for an employer he doesn’t want to work for.
What does he do now—say something nasty on the air
and get fired? Then he can join WTKK?
I hope he appeals it; what else can he do? Sit
out radio? Return to a station he hates to
work for? Appeal? Or even go to WTKK anyway
and risk a lawsuit (THAT would be a given) from
Entercom. In the meantime listeners suffer
with more Not-The-Howie-Carr-Show.
We’ll have to wait to hear from Howie and
his lawyers.
Is Howie indeed the puppet that Entercom
portrays him to be in the new feature on
the ‘RKO site?
Maybe Howie should have kept his mouth
shut and waited for the contract to end
and then “accept” the Greater Media offer.
Note that it was said that WRKO, in matching
the competiting station’s offer, “ratcheted
up the pay”. So does this mean that Howie gets all those performance incentives WTKK was
offering, since that would be a “match”?
(Or were those offers added AFTER the
original offer?) Does this mean Howie gets a morning show on ‘RKO because that was one
of his demands?
Unless legal action changes things Howie
could be working for an employer he doesn’t
like for the next 5 years. And in the
short term, listeners suffer with Howie
OFF air.