People on WTKK’s e-mail list received the following e-mail on Saturday, May 30:
On Tuesday June 2nd, at 3 p.m., Jay Severin will return to the weekday afternoon timeslot on Boston’s Talk Evolution 96.9 FM-WTKK. Jay regrets the remarks for which he was suspended and understands that his comments were indeed wrong and hurtful to the Mexican and Mexican-American communities. Accordingly, we feel it is time to end Jay’s suspension and welcome him back to WTKK. All of our hosts have strong opinions and talk radio is a format for open and spirited debate about the many issues we face in Boston, New England, our nation and our world. There will no doubt be times when you disagree with Jay – and our other hosts too – but our ultimate goal is to maintain a level of conversation that is entertaining, compelling, and thought-provoking, yet civil and respectful. While we will no t always succeed in walking this line, we will continually strive to do so.
We hope you’ll experience what Jay has to say this Tuesday and every weekday from 3 to 7 p.m.
It will be interesting to see which bends first, Jay’s SOP or WTKK’s definition of “civil and respectful.”
3 Comments
The way Jay Severin always thanks the listeners for his job, as if he’s some type of elected official, has always rubbed me the wrong way. People will tune in to whatever voice wtkk puts on as I hope the ratings during the Smerkanish(sp) run show.
Hey “Brendan”, if a talk-show host has no listeners, he has no job! How would you prefer to be “rubbed” Brendan? Of course listeners tune in to what a radio station puts on. And when they find something they don’t like, they stop listening! Like I do when that Smirconish program is on which do not like at all, which is why when WTKK puts that show on, I tune into something else! One question, what basis did you put the second half of your last sentence together? It makes no sense to me or any normal person who understands basic grammar.
Mike, check your own grammer!