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Conservative Hate Radio Falls Out Of Fashion

Conservative Hate Radio Falls Out Of Fashion

By Bob Plain on February 25, 2013

Will Rhode Island soon hear a kinder, gentler WPRO? Probably not, but Lew Dickey, CEO of WPRO’s Atlanta-based parent company Cumulus, is hinting that we might start hearing less about Republican politics and more about the Red Sox baseball. “We’re seeing a shift in spoken word radio from political-based talk over to sports,” Dickey told [...]

Posted in Featured, Media | Tagged american prospect, cumulus, depetro, lew dickey, media, rush limbaugh, talk radio, wpro | 1 Response

Heartfelt Sympathies to Laid-Off ProJo Employees

Heartfelt Sympathies to Laid-Off ProJo Employees

By Bob Plain on November 8, 2012

The big local story of the day will be neither the 2012 election or the Son of Sandy, as the Providence Journal cleverly called it this morning … rather it will be the employees of said newspaper who lost their jobs yesterday. I hear 26 people were let go – 16 union and 10 non-union [...]

Posted in Economy, Featured, Rhode Island | Tagged belo, cumulus, journalism, projo, Providence Journal, Rhode Island, wpro | 3 Responses

DePetro Courted CoWorker While Defending Christmas

DePetro Courted CoWorker While Defending Christmas

By Bob Plain on August 20, 2012

The first time WPRO’s John DePetro propositioned a co-worker who filed a sexual harassment suit against him was in a bus on the way to a rally to defend Christmas at the State House, according to an amended complaint filed today in Superior Court. According to the complaint, the bus – like the Barrington vacation [...]

Posted in Featured, Rhode Island | Tagged caprio, cumulus, depetro, wpro | 3 Responses

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