I saw a post that says the right – wing blow hard John DePetro is in hot water with management again. I saw it here but I can’t find it now.
WRKO has had balance in the past: Jerry Williams, Michael Goldman, and Jay Diamond were far different than the current line up of hacks.
I think they may be open to suggestions get rid of DePetro and to put a better host in his slot. Scott-Allen Miller and DePetro is a long stretch of lightweight right wingers each morning.
I would love to have Jay Diamond back
Please share widely!
..it will be a while before any appetite is discerned for liberal talk!
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(Full disclouure – I will be doing WGBH election night coverage on our radio affiliate….Resistance is Futile….)
According to the Herald, Jon DePetro has been fired for calling Grace Ross a ‘fat lesbian’ on the air.
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PLEASE don’t jump down my throat here – and I don’t listen to him, like I do Howie and Laura – but isn’t truth a defense against slander?
Would they have fired him for say “gay and big-boned”?
Whether or not the comments were actionable has nothing to do with it. He wasn’t sued; he was fired, which means that the issue is his boss’s rules. “It’s been pretty clear to him what’s acceptable and what’s not acceptable,” [Entercom spokesman George] Regan said. “There’s a line. And personal attacks are not acceptable.”
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According to the Globe story, DePetro’s ratings were in the tank, and major sponsors were asking to move their ads off of his show. Capitalism at work.