WRKO suspends right-wing talker Howie Carr for barbs against station

Conservative talk radio host Howie Carr of WRKO 680 AM has been suspended for a week, effective yesterday, for publicly and repeatedly using his program to bad-mouth the station, a company executive said.

Julie Kahn, vice president and marketing manager for Entercom Boston, which owns the station, said Carr’s behavior toward his employer has become increasingly caustic and intolerable.

“His behavior and his anger at the company is unacceptable because he denigrates the company, the medium, the station, the signal, and he’s a highly, highly, highly paid employee,’’ she said.

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But a source with knowledge of the situation said the contretemps with Carr, which dates back to a bitter contract dispute in 2007, has escalated markedly in recent weeks and included verbal attacks on station managers.

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“I think Howie is very upset about the way the station let Rush Limbaugh go and how there’s not much left on the air,’’ said Donna Halper, a radio consultant and media historian. “Howie is just unhappy about the fact that the station is not what it was when he got there.’’



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And this has been another exciting episode of... Conservatives who shit where they eat.

what do you expect when you hire relentless harpies?

RKO would be better to let him go, period.

he has much better offers but is locked in at RKO.

They thrive on idiots.

.. who used to do mid-days at " WMMS-The Buzzard" in Cleveland, Ohio?

WMMS was a rock n Roll Icon.. one of the greatest ever..

Off topic.. but... fwiw... Clear Channel sucks, bring back the Fairness Doctrine and reverse multiple ownership rules that enable the "Foxification" of U.S. Airwaves. (just sayin')

Writing for a third rate tabloid like the Boston Herald.