WEEI Programming Changes. Fuaria and Keefe being moved

[sb1]

I liked Ted Sarandis in the evening slot back in the day. It’s a Teeeeeed Nation lol

 

[Deus Irae]

Ok, because I was listening to the show Tuesday, and he mentioned he was leaving on his own to do baseball ironically on the station! So he made it appear as if he was leaving on his own.

You must have misunderstood. He said that leaving was not his choice, but that he has always wanted to call games and will get the chance to do some of that this year.

And, today, Fauria went pretty close to the line of calling out management (but did not cross it) over Merloni not being re-signed.

 

[WhatJustHappened]

I never liked Ted, never want to hear him on local radio again.
Pompous know everything.

 

[RobertWeathers]

I liked Ted Sarandis in the evening slot back in the day. It’s a Teeeeeed Nation lol

I APOLOGIZE 1000 TIMES DAKOTA!!!!

 

[Real fan 02]

You must have misunderstood. He said that leaving was not his choice, but that he has always wanted to call games and will get the chance to do some of that this year.

And, today, Fauria went pretty close to the line of calling out management (but did not cross it) over Merloni not being re-signed.

Yes, your right. I was just eluding to the fact that he said in his own words that he'd be doing baseball with the station wich is ironic, as his contract wasn't renewed. Yes, I did hear that segment on what Christian mentioned. Seems like there was turnover at 98.5 as well.

 

[Real fan 02]

I never liked Ted, never want to hear him on local radio again.
Pompous know everything.

With his Bart Starr references

 

[WhatJustHappened]

The Big Show was my favorite of the 2 stations, the Whiner Line was hilarious at times.
Now I bounce back and forth when I'm on the road.

 

[h0c2000]

The Big Show was my favorite of the 2 stations, the Whiner Line was hilarious at times.
Now I bounce back and forth when I'm on the road.

The Robert Kraft caller always made me laugh, "Johnathan ... Johnathan!"

 

[rochrist]

I liked Ted Sarandis in the evening slot back in the day. It’s a Teeeeeed Nation lol

Guy Mainella!

 

[Tunescribe]

This is bizarre:

Audacy announces series of programming updates for WEEI in Boston

Audacy has announced that Christian Fauria will move to WEEI’s midday show, Rich Keefe will transition to host nights, and Lou Merloni will depart the afternoon show and join the station’s coverage of the Boston Red Sox.

www.audacy.com

So they're leaving Ottolini and Arcand alone in the afternoon slot, which means - or should mean - they're hiring someone else...? Definitely strange news.

I don't care how bright Ottolini might be, I'd rather listen to nails on a chalkboard.

 

[reflexblue]

Thank god I don’t listen to Boston sports radio drivel

I could but i detoxed about a dozen years ago

 

[Stu Pidassle]

I could but i detoxed about a dozen years ago

How did your treatment work? Are you overcome by waves of debilitating nausea when you hear sports radio now?

 

[reflexblue]

How did your treatment work? Are you overcome by waves of debilitating nausea when you hear sports radio now?

I'm fine i don't even think about tuning in anymore. i still have a minor negative reaction when i hear or see something referencing We**

 

[patfanken]

Merloni didn't leave on his own, he was told they weren't renewing his contract.

It really doesn't matter. Calling the Sox games is Merloni's dream job. And if he's any good, at all, he'll get the full time Job in a couple of years when Joe C retires. I'm sure he'll get a livable salary for working 80 days next year AND not have to deal with the daily grind of a 4 hour talk show and have to talk about things he doesn't know about and be forced to take positions he doesn't care about.

If that's the result of Lou being fired, then his response would likely be, "sign me up".

 

[Deus Irae]

WEEI deserves congratulations. I didn't think it was possible that they'd find a way to drive me off of their station, given that the only sports alternative is the abomination that is 98.5 But pairing Gresch and Fauria, and giving the afternoon drive slot to Meg-O and Arkand has done just that.

So my mid day listening will exclusively be 98.5 with Zo & Co., and my afternoons are now going to be free outside of a few guest times (i.e. Bedard's Tuesday appearances on 98.5).


Congratulations WEEI for completely screwing the pooch!

 

[Rob0729]

How in the world did WEEI think that Arcand and Mego were ready for the key prime spot of afternoon drive? Arcand was let go from the Sports Hub a few months ago because they didn't need a third rate Michael Felger. Now Arcand is going up against Felger.

I said the second that WEEI picked up Arcand that they would try to force him down the listeners' throats.

 

[h0c2000]

I really enjoyed Gresh and Zo when they were together. I'm not a big fan of Bertrand.

The Big Show was great. How can you mess that up?

Jerry Thorton was not good radio and just not funny.

Holley was great while Dale was utterly underwhelming.

WFAN with Boomer and Carton was a great listen especially after the Jets lost to Brady. Far and away better than anything on 98.5 or WEEI at the time.

 

[WinstonSmith]

With the abundance of Boston sports centric podcasts available there is no reason to listen to the local sports radio offerings, unless of course something is wrong with you and you actually enjoy it.

 

[Ian]

WEEI deserves congratulations. I didn't think it was possible that they'd find a way to drive me off of their station, given that the only sports alternative is the abomination that is 98.5 But pairing Gresch and Fauria, and giving the afternoon drive slot to Meg-O and Arkand has done just that.

So my mid day listening will exclusively be 98.5 with Zo & Co., and my afternoons are now going to be free outside of a few guest times (i.e. Bedard's Tuesday appearances on 98.5).


Congratulations WEEI for completely screwing the pooch!

I believe it gets better - I had heard somewhere that Adam Jones is headed to WEEI, and I believe was going to drive time. I wasn’t a huge fan of him there, so I don’t see how that changes now.

 

[Rob0729]

I believe it gets better - I had heard somewhere that Adam Jones is headed to WEEI, and I believe was going to drive time. I wasn’t a huge fan of him there, so I don’t see how that changes now.

Pairing him with Christian Arcand? Do they think two mediocre knock offs of Felger paired together will beat the OG Felger?