Imminent is definitely the key word there. He may have some NDA left. I don't know the timeline, just that Audacy management has been telling people changes are coming. It's fluid, but if I had to bet, I think this could end up with Keefe and Jones in midday -- I've heard contradicting stuff on Fauria -- and Gresh and Rich in afternoon drive.
I have no idea who Gresh's audience is, but he must have one because he's had like nine lives when it comes to radio.
Seriously. I've found him to be unlistenable as far back as his debut with Zolak at the birth of 98.5. Everywhere he goes his ratings are just 'meh', yet he's given opportunity after opportunity.
Gresh is the wall street journal of sports radio. He is just there imo.
If self-preservation is an instinct Rich possesses, he better play learn to play nice with Chad. I didn't hate Gresh as much as some but I'd rather hear Keefe. They need to go younger, or at least go more connected with younger.
That makes sense, but I think the play here is to swerve out of Felger's lane rather than being continuously made roadkill.
What about Jones and Rich? Jones is a cynical jerk, a lite Felger, but maybe he'd loosen up a bit with an optimist guy who's funny like Rich? Keefe and Rich would be great too. Arcand as the sports flash dudes.
I will never understand what people see in Kirk. If I recall, maybe 3/4 of his tenure at WEEI was feuding. He talks as though he's not among the most sensitive of the descriptive term he uses in the clip.
Who knows if they are accurate, but Fred is definitely dealing with ongoing Family Court issues, as he admitted that he had to go to court directly after the show recently. On the flip side, he also just got back from a trip with his son to Atlantis, so he can't be doing THAT bad.
I like your train of thought re: Jones. He had one of the better 98 Mile submissions a few years ago, so he has a funny, engaging side to him as well.
Haha is that what happened? I was puzzled because liked Gresh better than I like Bertrand. I remember when it was Tanguay and Zollak but I don't remember how long that pairing lasted before Tanguay farted off into obscurity.
It's been a while, but I seem to recall Chad Finn saying that Gresh botched his negotiation with 98.5.
I could've sworn that at least a partial reason Gresh was let go was because of how he treated people behind the scenes, though having said that I totally forgot that Tanger was the original host with Zo so I'm probably mistaken.
Nope, this is correct. Even Zo was tired of working with him. He's better now.
My recollection is Gresh and Zo had a radio show together in the pre-98.5 days, I believe on a Rhode Island station, and Tanguay's 98.5 era was so unmemorable that it's easy to forget it ever happened.
But they’d be getting the far lesser on air talent with Rich. So, while a T & R type show could do well (I have my doubts about that “style” in the afternoon), Rich isn’t the one to carry the load and make that work.
Agreed. Rich's strength is producing bits like fart court or Brookline 911 and for whatever reason that translates to morning drive time material.
With how Toucher and Hardy has been going so far, I'm not sure that's correct anymore.
I found it odd that they put a lesser talented Felger copycat to go against him. Don't think this is the right combo though
It 100% did come from AAAA Lou. He’d know about it since he could barely get out of Pawtucket. Al Horford had 3 seasons where he played more games than Lou in a single season! Oh wait they only play 82 games a year vs 162. I loved Lou as a player but the Average Al stuff has always been awful.
The "average Al" stuff was awful. It was a cheap and a lazy critique b/c Al's contributions weren't entirely visible in his stats.
Talk about trying to put a different coat of a paint on a rapidly sinking ship. How long until they finally pull the plug and reformat into a country station or something? 1-2 years?
Hart is good on football. I listen sometimes to his and Fitzy's podcast and Hart knows his football. Everything else though.....
Hart and Fitzy are just not my thing. I find them both grating. Hart does know football, but it's just his style and delivery and HOT TAKEZ drive me nuts.
Rumors were they were paying Gresh like $50k a year, so that's why he was on still.
Done.
Fred and Hardy with Wallach spent 40 minutes or so the last week or two around this. Why was everyone at WEEI giant assholes to each other? They had egos through the roof. Both Hardy and Fred said in their 30 years in radio, they never ran into the toxic WEEI experience.
