Category: WEEI

It's not football season, so we haven't seen or heard a whole lot of Smerlas recently. Fred Smerlas is a former Pro Bowl Nose Tackle for Boston College, the Buffalo Bills, San Francisco 49ers and Patriots. He currently is a TV and Radio commentator for WEEI and other outlets. On WEEI, he is mostly teamed with … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Fred Smerlas

Sean Grande is in his seventh season as the radio play-by-play voice of the Boston Celtics. When Grande took the Celtics job alongside Cedric Maxwell in 2001, he was mostly known among New England sports fans for his role as Pete Sheppard's predecessor in the "Flashboy" role on WEEI's Big Show. He was also known for … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Sean Grande

You either love him or you hate him. These days Gerry Callahan is perhaps best known for his biting political commentary on the Dennis and Callahan morning show on WEEI, but it's easy to forget that at one time, he was perhaps one of the best sports writers in the country. Callahan grew up in … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Gerry Callahan

With TomaseGate slowing down, (though I still plan on a wrap-up post) its time to get back to the approval ratings. Today we're looking at WEEI Big Show Football co-host Steve DeOssie. DeOssie played for Don Bosco Technical High School and then Boston College for playing 12 years in the NFL for the Cowboys, Giants and Patriots, … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Steve DeOssie

Meterparel is the morning flash guy for the Dennis and Callahan program on WEEI. He is known for taking purposefully obtuse stances against the local teams for the sake of controversy. He went on a ridiculous run during last year's Red Sox postseason, picking against the Red Sox for a number of inane reasons on a … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Jon Meterparel

We're starting the week out with WEEI afternoon flash guy Pete Sheppard. Sheppard has been with WEEI since 1994, making him one of the longest tenured on-air personalities at the station. He's been working on The Big Show since 1999, where he is the flash guy and primary fill-in for Glenn Ordway when the latter … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Pete Sheppard

WEEI's John Dennis is today's feature. Dennis has a long history in the Boston sports media market, having joined WHDH-TV in 1977 and remaining there until 1997, where he went from weekend sports anchor to sports director during his tenure. Dennis left WHDH in 1997 and began hosting the Dennis and Callahan show on WEEI … Continue reading Approval Ratings – John Dennis

Today we'll get a chance to opine on someone who isn't actually a sports media member, but who has a huge influence on the sports media scene here in Boston. We're talking about the VP of Programming & Operations for Entercom Boston, Jason Wolfe. He also serves as Vice President AM Programming at SportsRadio 850 WEEI. … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Jason Wolfe

Mondays have become WEEI day on the Boston Sports Media Approval Ratings. Today we're rating weekend host Larry Johnson. LJ co-hosts the "Mustard and Johnson" weekend show for the station, known for talking about the Yankees incessantly and featuring a lineup of New York Yankee fan callers. Johnson is also a regular co-host on The Big Show … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Larry Johnson

WEEI mid-day flash guy Jon Wallach leads off the approval ratings for this week. Wallach does the sports flashes for the Dale & Holley show, during which he takes a lot of ribbing from Michael Holley, especially when he makes a mistake during a flash. (Triggering the "Everybody drink!" soundbite.) Holley also likes to call … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Jon Wallach