Breaking News: Glenn Ordway About To Be Fired….Cue the Duckboats!
Boston.com – A seismic shakeup at sports radio station WEEI is apparently imminent, with longtime host Glenn Ordway being replaced on its afternoon drive program by Mike Salk, a Boston native who has co-hosted a program on 710 ESPN in Seattle since 2009. Multiple industry sources have said that Salk, a Buckingham Brown and Nichols graduate with previous Boston radio experience at 1510 and the now-defunct ESPN 890, has been heavily pursued by WEEI to replace Ordway, a staple on the Boston sports radio scene since the ’70s, and that he will accept the job. According to sources, Ordway was called in for a meeting with program director Jason Wolfe Tuesday night to discuss the situation. It’s expected that Salk will be paired with Ordway’s current co-host, Michael Holley, in the 2-6 p.m. time slot. The pairing of Salk and Holley, who was moved from middays to afternoon drive in February 2011 when he signed a new multi-year contract, would give WEEI a program that would logically trend younger. WEEI has typically been overwhelmed in the younger Arbitron demographics by rival 98.5 The Sports Hub. The fall is a precipitous one for Ordway even by the volatile standards of the radio business. In September 2009, Entercom, WEEI’s parent company, cut his salary in half after the program failed to finish among the top three stations in the Boston market for a particular demographic in a specific number of consecutive Arbitron books.
Na Na Na Na….Na Na Na Na….Hey Hey Hey Goodbye! There is nothing and I mean nothing I love doing more than bathing in the tears of my vanquished enemies. Everybody just getting fired over at WEEI. Glenn Ordway out. Jason Wolfe packing his bags. I LOVE it. Oh you think WEEI is too old? You think they don’t know how to connect to a younger demo? Gee ya think? Maybe that’s why they fired me over Howitzergate and acted like it was the end of the universe which effectively ruined their one real chance to become relevant again. Oh well. I hate to say I told you so but I told you so. It looks like we can chalk up Glenn Ordway as yet another fool who predicted our demise only to fade into bolivian himself. Good riddance Glen. Enjoy the nursing home.
PS – I tweeted this out yesterday. But to whoever takes over as the new program director at WEEI once that midget Jason Wolfe is fired I will gladly revisit saving your station. You can fight it all you want, but I’m your only answer to 98.5 Call me cocky, call me arrogant, call me whatever you want. Ball don’t lie. Davey Pageviews numbers don’t lie. The solution is sitting right in front of your nose.
I DEFINITELY wouldn’t listen to EEI if you were on it
Get rid of Holley too. He’s horrible.
You are such a shameless kike, hook-nose…
honest question: can one employee of BSS do a weekly on 98.5, and another employee speaking do a weekly on EEI?
You should be trying to get on T&R.
9.1 ratings last quarter. D&C 5.2
Its about time they fired this windbag, but the only thing that you could bring to WEEI is a nose the size of Rhode Island
Felger kicked his fat ass. End of story.
Please even Jenna Marbles does better without you.
Who the fuck cares about AM radio?
their demise started when they asked you to be on the show
pres, Why do they have thornton on 98.5? always mention ur blogs on gresh and zo yet…i never hear David Portnoy mentioned? weird right? i mean ur the whole fn show and yet and still they gallivant with the jobbers on the roster?
Ordway is gonna fade into a South American country?
Boston sports radio hosts are delusional. Howard Stern and ESPN NY all day.
Go ahead and pat yourself on the hump, you deserve it.
oh a Tyson quote…?
Stern is an arrogant unfunny tool
hahahaa
news flash, you’re old too.
Nose don’t lie.
Renee_portnoy, Jerry calls into felger and Mazz quite a bit. Say what you want about his writing but he’s funny when he’s on
Frank is a troll
only faggots listen to ESPN Radio in NY.
not going to lie, PREZ would help WEEI. Only good show is planet Mikey. the rest can suck my nuts. 98.5 until they change it up….
replace Gresh at 98.5, he is unbearable. just let EEI die a fast death across the board (although D&C at least talk some sports in the morning)
@vice_versa
I like Jerry on F&M… i was just pointing out that Dave cant go on EEI and have TWO employees (rear admiral) on another station.
i can barely stand reading you. having to listen to you on the radio would be unbearable
My nose I can see over however..
Only good thing about The Big Show is the Whiner Line. And even that is starting to get old.
Michael Holley is a career killer. Ruins every show he has been on. Wrote some bandwagon books, and we all know why they won’t fire his midget arse !Dont get me wrong, Ordway is a buffoon !
There are no Black People in Brockton swallows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyy2ArPFGoo
el pres you are not exactly in the 18-35 yourself.
your pushing 40 and we all know life is downhill from there.
@pappepsmear Zo hates pres. He famously threatened to end his carreer after pres exposed his lie about people being more excoted to see him than Giselle at Gillette. Zo subsequently ended pres’ relationship with The Place, who had previously hosted the Barstool March Madness parties. Pretty sure Zo will never mention Pres by name ever.
PS: Zo fucking blows. I don’t understand why he keeps geting job in this area. Must have s’d some serious d.
Prez, now you can post pictures of naked little boys without the Big O giving you a hard time.
Maybe I do Frank. What;s so bad about that?
I don’t want EEI to die. I want there to be some competition. That’s how EEI got so bad in the first place – no competition.
Ordway is an overpaid, self righteous windbag and he brings on the worst insufferable douches like Deossie and Smerlas. That said, who knows if this new dude could improve it. And just because a couple short, fat losers get canned doesn’t mean you can improve anything either…
How are you all forgetting about the worst of them all? Mike Adams (night host EEI), is by far the WORST host of either station. He’s obnoxious, and he knows absolutely NOTHING about sports. You could put Adolfo on there and he’d have more intelligent thoughts on sports than that moron.
Ordway took the CEO job at KO Barstool. He already has the haircut!
This move comes about 6 years too late. EEI is toast.
Cuncel da Ordway….
how the hell would prez help WEEI. He doesnt even have common knowledge when it comes to sports. You cant go on air and post pics of hot women to get listeners….
@annasiembor…Zo is horrendous at doing color commentary for the Patriots. Is there any wonder that Gil Santos will be retiring after dealing with that guy for 1 year? We went from having a legendarily great combo of Gil Santos and Gino Cappelletti to Zolak and probably another jackwagon. FML
EEI needs all the help they can get, but their game is sports not smut and celebrity gossip. What are you going to do for them? More smut please.
call him out all you want, but ordway was a giant among sports radio nationally for 10 + years. He made millions cause of suckers like us listening every day. The second EEI got rid of Sheppherd, Smerlas and Deossie is when the show went downhill. Ill miss him
remember that column about how WEEI was stale (it came out about a year before 98.5) and how they would fail if they had any competition? I remember all the hosts, a few who arent employed anymore, mocking that writer and pointing to the ratings. My, my, how the mighty have fallen. AHAHAHAHAHAHA
the only current reason I listen to AM radio is for traffic updates. pres, gimme another reason to switch to AM. Get your big ass beak to WEEI right quick.
Problem with WEEI is the Red SOx. The sport of baseball is void of the passion needed to get radio ratings. the other team they have is the Celtics. NBA is almost as dull as MLB. Formula for DEATH. Oh…and Jason Wolfe is a brillo headed midget who can’t run a one flavored lemonade stand.
beantown 256…….gino cappeletti couldn’t even tell which team had the ball anymore. Santos (although great once) is also finished. he can’t call the game anymore. makes too many mistakes. Time for dale Arnold to take over. Guy is GREAT!!!
Next up, D & C
HAHAHAHA WOOO! FUCK YOU ORDWAY!
Gresh and Mut are the FUCKING WORST. Can’t listen to either station in the afternoons. First one that get’s fired I SWEAR I’ll listen to even program all day and never the other stations. please I beg you!
@beantown526 Couldn’t agree more. Zo fucking blows at color commentary. He was the shittiest backup in the league 15 years ago and he acts like he was fucking Joe Montana. I used to prefer listening to Pats games on the radio, but now I refuse to listen.
In the words of Imus “It’s time for the dog track”
I can’t control my excitment right now. Can’t wait to hear Ordway on the show today. Will he address this? Will he be on the show today? Will Mut be fired too? Will John Dennis be sent packing? Will WEEI unblock my number from their text line?
That’s the way the Pringle crumbles.
Love when WEEI makes all the hosts lie and say “________ has decided to move on from the station to pursue other opportunities” when everyone know they got shit-canned! Pete Shepard (said it was budget cuts…fuck that he would have too half the salary to stay on!) Meterparl, Winters (wonder what was the real story), now Ordway.
Seeing as there is no pre-requisite to knowing anything about sports in order to be on sports radio, you’d fit right in.
just send Holly to replace Gresh at 98.5 and you’ll never have to chnage the channel
Bro you are fucking ponderous. As soon as I saw Jason Wolfe’s name in the article I knew you were gonna write that midget Wolfe. You are a repetitive motherfucker. you sure got the last laugh on Ordway, all he has left is about $10 million.
@frank your taste is the worst, how does it feel to be horrible?
If you are a self-respecting human being you steer as far away from Boston sports talk radio as possible. Those hacks make ESPN look like geniuses
kind of pathetic for WEEI that most people don’t even know they are on FM now. irregardless, why even care about sports radio? it is only something to pass the time while driving to/from work, and this website is the same thing, just to pass the downtime while at work
Don’t wanna say atoadaso, but atoadaso. I fuckin atoadaso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnOcycgXpms
yep gotta get rid of Holley too. I haven’t listened to EEI since they broadcasted sox games.
ordway just said he’s going to do 4 of the most honest hours he’s ever done and he has a lot of stuff to get off his fat chest. this could be worth listening to
Nails on a Chalk Board > Scott Zolak
feels better than being you
There are a lot of awful people doing sports radio in Boston. It’s about time they start putting some of them out to pasture.
He’s on now, crying like a baby
just admitted he’s been bullshitting us for years..
big o’ must be wondering
if michael holley is a career killer?
Marc Bertrand is fat
1. I start doing regular spots on Felger and Mazz
2. Ordway gets fired
Cause. Effect.
Marc Bertrnand is a fat no talent pig
I’m so confused. How will WEEI be saved by Barstool? Dave, do you understand what radio is? Its not posting pics of hot chicks and stories about cute dogs. Did you forget that you literally sound like a person with downs syndrome when you speak?
Dave, you were terrible on D&C. Awkward.
big o’ drinks on dale arnold tonight.
you guys can talk about getting weei butt hurt.
there are 46,477 views on the gisele video and I am sure 46,263 are from stoolies
Terrestrial radio is for poor people.
Felger, Mazz, Bertrand > anyone on Boston Radio….this coming from a NYer.
Felger + Mazz = douche bags
Pres – you are funny. Won’t dispute that. But there is a difference between success on the radio/tv and success as a writer or blogger. Each time you were on D+C or the Jim Rome show, it was unimpressive. This website appeals to the demographic that WEEI is desperately lacking in its ratings. The problem is that your commentary on entertainment is usually a lot better than a majority of what you say about sports. Hence why we love RearAd and Thorton.
If EEI were smart, they would try to recruit Jerry for some football commentary (and tell him to lay off all of his one-liners) and RearAd, who gives us incredible commentary in his recaps.
The absolute last thing they want is you on their station. Entercom definitely does not want EEI into the TMZ of the sports world. Pretty sure advertising for your teeny bopper parties is not something they are interested in. And let’s face it, your a sports fan, with , no doubt, a lot of knowledge; but stick to what you do best and post smut, drink coffee and love yourself a little more each day.
@frank motley crue sucks, ha!
Im on the road everyday for at least 2 hours so i losten to them all. Felger and Maz don’t know SHIT about basketball. Sad only the black guy Holly knows bball everyone else just talks out of their ass. Planet Mikey always has some funny shit. Everyone else is just.. Blah
valbroski, you’re old…haha
dead man walking
I hope Ordway bitch slaps that little fag Muff from the Muff and Merloni show on his way out the door. Lou too.
In addition to dominating the night time ratings, Mike
Adams should also be smut blogger.
Big Show was killed by managements slow move to FM. They were 4 years late in that . Killed them. Second was the economy.
Dude – I love this site, but you just weren’t that good on D&C or Rome. You’ve been given the opportunity to move up, just hasn’t worked.
And anyone who thinks Planet Mikey is funny has to be special. By “special”, I mean “Mentally Retarded”. That guy is like Dr Demento of sports radio. Complete ape.
This makes me wish I lived in Boston to hear this peckerwood get fired. Boomer and Carton should be broadcast in Boston, they blow Tom Brady all football season.
“…only to fade into bolivian himself.” Great line Pres! This seriously cracked me up!