Finneran lobbying is surprise to WRKO

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Source: Boston Globe

Finneran lobbying is surprise to WRKO
Station will weigh issues raised by talk master's plans

By Frank Phillips
Globe Staff / January 30, 2008

Executives at WRKO-AM are reviewing their options after
being blindsided by news yesterday that morning drive-time
talk show host Thomas M. Finneran is opening a Beacon Hill
lobbying firm, a move that has spurred questions about the
former House speaker's credibility on the airwaves.

Finneran's bosses at the radio station were surprised to
read in the Globe yesterday that Finneran was opening a
lobbying practice and had already signed up clients,
including the union representing state troopers, said a
station spokesman, George Regan.

"This was news to everyone at the station when they
picked up the Globe and read the article," Regan said.

Asked to comment on the potential conflicts and the
impact on the station's credibility, WRKO's management
said late yesterday only that the station is reviewing
Finneran's plans.

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