KUDOS TO TALK RADIO

“What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light:  and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.”  Matthew 10:27

Talk radio, for the most part, gets a bad rap.  The stereotype is that all talk radio hosts are right-wing hate mongers.  Listeners are stereotyped (even worse) as stupid, blind followers, none of which has had an original thought in his or her life.  Now, there ARE some right-wing hate mongers on talk radio- have you heard nationally syndicated host Michael Savage, for instance.  And, I’m sure there are a few people who stupidly do whatever certain talk radio hosts tell them to do.  But, for the most part, talk radio is a very important part of our American society and culture.

The past few days here in the Boston area have been very difficult.  For a “news junkie” like me, it’s not enough to watch and listen to news reports about the Big Dig tragedy.  I know that I need to think about it and to process it, AND to believe that those responsible will be held accountable.  Boston area hosts have (correctly) been hammering this issue and are determined that the graft and corruption of the Big Dig is exposed and that shoddy workmanship and materials used in the Big Dig are also exposed- -that something RIGHT will ultimately be done after SO many wrongs have been done.

Todd Feinberg has been filling in for Scott Allen Miller on the WRKO morning show this week.  Todd has done a suburb job!  His broadcasts have been riveting.  They’ve kept me away from “Imus in the Morning” and that’s saying something!  WRKO’s Jon DePetro and Howie Carr have also done a super job.  On FM Talk 96.9, Egan and Braudie and Michael Graham have talked tough to the politicians and kept the listeners “up to speed”.  I also caught Peter Blute on Worcester’s WCRN on Wednesday morning chatting with Howie Carr (who is syndicated on ‘CRN afternoons).   The combined media and political credentials of those two guys is unprecedented in the Bay State.

I am sad that the late Jerry Williams who died in 2003 is missing all this.  Jerry was railing against the Big Dig and making dire predictions over ten years ago.

I’m glad talk radio will not leave the politicians or regulators alone.  They do not deserve to be left alone.  Someone must answer for the (I’m not exaggerating)  EVIL that has been done!