It was Callahan's friend John McGuire who had tried to engineer the deal
Well, now we know who it was that actually 'humiliated' D&C; it wasn't Entercom, it was McGuire. You can bet that he was the 'source' who was floating all the -new regional sports network- tips to Heslam (who's been aptly described as 'Howie Carr's secretary'), Scott, and all the other blogging Entercom-hating tools who were more than happy to credulously eat up whatever crap he tossed at them provided it was what they wanted to hear. McGuire himself was probably surprised at how easy it was. Now, of course, McGuire was blindsided, showing how he really wasn't ready to run with the big dogs. What in the name of God was he thinking? Did he think he was helping D&Cs cause and running their price up to levels Entercom wouldn't match? Was he trying to impress potential investors by implying he had a lock on A-list talent? With a friend like this, D&C didn't need any enemies. Entercom even telegraphed them a warning (the Regan 'walk on the beach' memo) but they believed McQuire? Uh, oh.
I think that D&C have already cut a deal to return to WEEI, and probably at money that most media folks in this town would drool over. Probably the same deal offered before the Nassau deal came down. For Entercom, its just business, not a grudge match, as difficult to believe as that may be for some folks. They may even be glad that all the smoke being blown helped keep their negotiations under the local radar.
Interestingly, while all the bloggers and writers were concentrating on bogus leads and falling all over themselves staying in touch with their curiously out-of-the-loop 'insiders', they missed out on the biggest sports media story of the year. And one which was pulled off by folks they routinely dismiss as coffee go-fers, imperious media queens, morons, and incompetents. Yep, there were a bunch of folks who matched those descriptions in this story, the difference is they weren't the ones drawing Entercom management paychecks.
put D&C on a sports network with WCRB (Celtics-RedSox-Bruins...and Pats...) as flagship.
Ummm...nice play on the call letters. The only thing keeping it from a reality is about 10 years and 250 million dollars.
It says Red Sox and Celtics games and Patriots Monday won't air on the new Nassau-owned properties
Entercom is probably locked into carriage contracts for the Sox and Celtics, so they can't compete with their own current affiliates, but I can see this going away in the out years. I wonder why the Pats Monday is a no-carry situation. Any ideas?
Regards,
TSB
At least WEEI is trying to give them a chance to preserve their careers for another three years. They didn't do that for the Hot Dog Eddie when he started opening fortune cookies with the Zone people hoping WEEI would go out of its way to keep him. He was 'schocked' they decided to let him walk. Once he got to 1510, he knew he was done.
