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Author:  bearfan76 [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:08 pm ]
Post subject:  They were demoted because they were too political
While Dan McNeil was on the air making his third career debut on WSCR-AM 670, The Score’s management was celebrating its major free-agent acquisition.

Jimmy deCastro, senior vice president and market manager for Entercom Communications’ Chicago radio stations, and Mitch Rosen, WSCR-AM’s operations director, know McNeil.

They know what he can do, both positive and negative, and they feel positive.

“He’s hungry. He’s humbled,” Rosen said Wednesday. “Listen, a month ago, he was selling cars in Northwest Indiana. He’s hungry to prove to everybody that he still is on top of his game, which I believe he is. … All he wants to do is win. He wants to have fun and he wants to win. Those are the two key things in his head every day.”

The risk-reward of bringing in McNeil — who’s very good when he’s good and suspended or cashiered when he’s bad — is just one aspect of the upheaval of the WSCR-AM weekday lineup.

Other issues involve politics and diversity, so you know, nothing too controversial, as deCastro has pursued what he called “a fresher approach” with a “combination of youth and experience.”

McNeil has been paired with Danny Parkins, who a decade ago was an intern for him. They’ll hold down the 1-6 p.m. slot when not preempted by Cubs broadcasts.

Left without a partner is Matt Spiegel, who had been working middays with Parkins since Parkins’ return home from Kansas City last year. The move also displaced Jason Goff, who had been paired with Dan Bernstein.

Management said Spiegel and Goff may wind up as fill-in weekday hosts and heard weekends, though they haven’t finalized those arrangements.

Joining Bernstein instead of Goff is Connor McKnight, once hired by WSCR after as part of a talent search promotion but most recently White Sox pregame and postgame host on WLS-AM 890.

When asked what the station hopes to get with the new alignments that it didn’t get with Goff and Spiegel, deCastro said only: “I don’t think it’s specific to those two.”

It has been suggested that a factor in the changes was that the afternoon show with Bernstein and Goff was deemed too political for the sports-talk station.

“I don’t know. I’ve seen some blogs that are saying that,” deCastro said. “My opinion on that is we’re a sports station. … The truth of the matter is we think they need to be talking about sports.

“If there’s (news that’s) live and local we have a responsibility to report, we’ll report on it. But we’d much rather have our talent be playing the hits in the sports world because that’s what people come here for.”

Goff’s removal from The Score’s regular weekday lineup represents a 50 percent decline in the number African-American hosts in prime slots. The station also is light on the perspectives of Asians and Hispanics, and could feature more women.

Rosen noted that Julie DiCaro and USA Today’s Maggie Hendricks host a weekend show. And de Castro said the station has interviewed other women recently. They said they would like to have one on the air five days a week.

DeCastro cited the overall diversity of Entercom’s Chicago lineup, which includes the reformatted Jams 104.3 (aka WBMX-FM 104.3, formally WJMK-FM) and B96 (WBBM-FM 96.3).

But the lack of diversity at The Score, while hardly uncommon across the media landscape, comes at a time when sports rosters and fans seem to be as diverse as ever.

“A very fair point,” deCastro said, who then cited the potential for additional daytime exposure for weeknight host Laurence Holmes.

“We’re talking about having him fill-in and grow,” deCastro said. “We’re talking about maybe popping Goff in with him from time to time because they like each other and know each other well.”

Holmes has been doing solid work long enough that everyone — in local sports media and in the audience – knows him well.

philrosenthal@chicagotribune.com
Author:  ToxicMasculinity [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:17 pm ]
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bearfan76 wrote:

Rosen noted that Julie DiCaro and USA Today’s Maggie Hendricks host a weekend show. And de Castro said the station has interviewed other women recently. They said they would like to have one on the air five days a week.

DeCastro cited the overall diversity of Entercom’s Chicago lineup, which includes the reformatted Jams 104.3 (aka WBMX-FM 104.3, formally WJMK-FM) and B96 (WBBM-FM 96.3).

But the lack of diversity at The Score, while hardly uncommon across the media landscape, comes at a time when sports rosters and fans seem to be as diverse as ever.

“A very fair point,” deCastro said, who then cited the potential for additional daytime exposure for weeknight host Laurence Holmes.

“We’re talking about having him fill-in and grow,” deCastro said. “We’re talking about maybe popping Goff in with him from time to time because they like each other and know each other well.”


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Author:  Franky T [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:34 pm ]
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bearfan76 wrote:
Rosen noted that Julie DiCaro and USA Today’s Maggie Hendricks host a weekend show. And de Castro said the station has interviewed other women recently. They said they would like to have one on the air five days a week.

This doesn't sound good for big red. I'm sure she'd love to be on air five days a week, but they are interviewing "other women".

Also, if anyone ever wondered if Bernstein is nothing more than a company man with no backbone or conviction, now you know. He used to stand on a soap box and yell, SOME.THINGS.ARE.MORE.IMPORTANT.THAN.SPORTS. Yeah, like your job apparently.
Author:  Tad Queasy [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:42 pm ]
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Franky T wrote:
bearfan76 wrote:
Rosen noted that Julie DiCaro and USA Today’s Maggie Hendricks host a weekend show. And de Castro said the station has interviewed other women recently. They said they would like to have one on the air five days a week.

This doesn't sound good for big red. I'm sure she'd love to be on air five days a week, but they are interviewing "other women".


It would be delightfully ironic if Julie is replaced at the station by a POC, woman or otherwise.
Author:  doug - evergreen park [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:47 pm ]
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If in fact it's because he "read a few blogs" then Julie is fucked.
Author:  pittmike [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:52 pm ]
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I don’t think she’s been on the air since the announcement.
Author:  Telegram Sam [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:53 pm ]
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Two ginger Dagos. She ain't going anywhere.
Author:  Ogie Oglethorpe [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:55 pm ]
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pittmike wrote:
I don’t think she’s been on the air since the announcement.

last time she was on was updates Tuesday afternoon for Bernstein, right?
Author:  tommy [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:57 pm ]
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Telegram Sam wrote:
Two ginger Dagos. She ain't going anywhere.

We need more of this talk, particularly with St. Patrick's Day upon us.

Upvote.
Author:  pittmike [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:59 pm ]
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Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
pittmike wrote:
I don’t think she’s been on the air since the announcement.

last time she was on was updates Tuesday afternoon for Bernstein, right?


Yeah that’s what I recall.
Author:  Hatchetman [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:01 pm ]
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they could use a hot & spicy latina.
Author:  Curious Hair [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:01 pm ]
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Quote:
When asked what the station hopes to get with the new alignments that it didn’t get with Goff and Spiegel, deCastro said only: “I don’t think it’s specific to those two.”

It has been suggested that a factor in the changes was that the afternoon show with Bernstein and Goff was deemed too political for the sports-talk station.


The way Rosenthal wrote this (or whoever edited this) feels a little weasely to me. I think the intention is that you scan the DeCastro quote and then your eyes travel to "Bernstein and Goff was deemed too political for the sports-talk station" without picking up "it has been suggested that," which is our old disingenuous friend, the passive voice. It has been suggested by whom? I. WANT. NAMES.
Author:  pittmike [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:02 pm ]
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Hatchetman wrote:
they could use a hot & spicy latina.


I was in LA last week. Yowza.
Author:  Hatchetman [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:04 pm ]
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I was in Berwyn last week. Yowza.
Author:  doug - evergreen park [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:17 pm ]
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It's this place. We are "the blogs."
Author:  pittmike [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:17 pm ]
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We have his ear.
Author:  Ogie Oglethorpe [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:23 pm ]
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Take a bow CFMB, it seems Jimmy knows who his listener base is.
Author:  Regular Reader [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:31 pm ]
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Hatchetman wrote:
they could use a hot & spicy latina.


Couldn't everyone?
Author:  Curious Hair [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:32 pm ]
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The Score's Asian representation has really been down ever since Bichiro stopped calling in.
Author:  billypootons [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:34 pm ]
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Curious Hair wrote:
The Score's Asian representation has really been down ever since Bichiro stopped calling in.


there was a brief overlap of the racist bichiro bit and evolved bernstein
Author:  FrankDrebin [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:46 pm ]
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Regular Reader wrote:
Hatchetman wrote:
they could use a hot & spicy latina.


Couldn't everyone?


It changes your life forever
Author:  Brick [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:49 pm ]
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Sounds like I kept Bernstein employed.
Author:  Ogie Oglethorpe [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:50 pm ]
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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Sounds like I kept Bernstein employed.

You and Douchebag
Author:  badrogue17 [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:58 pm ]
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doug - evergreen park wrote:
It's this place. We are "the blogs."

Hi Deacon!!! Hey as long as you’re taking suggestions, check out the Julie thread !
Author:  spmack [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:18 pm ]
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DeCastro definitely reads this board.
Author:  pittmike [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:42 pm ]
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Only a dummy like Rosen wouldn’t at least have an assistant read it.
Author:  spmack [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:47 pm ]
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pittmike wrote:
Only a dummy like Rosen wouldn’t at least have an assistant read it.

He reads it too. In fact, Big Fan said they wanted to buy the board.
Author:  Rod [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:49 pm ]
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spmack wrote:
pittmike wrote:
Only a dummy like Rosen wouldn’t at least have an assistant read it.

He reads it too. In fact, Big Fan said they wanted to buy the board.



That was before Nas and Seacrest stole it.
Author:  leashyourkids [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:52 pm ]
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DeCastro reads this board, and there’s no doubt who showed it to him.
Author:  pittmike [ Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:56 pm ]
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My guy! Poor Rick and DB. :lol:
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