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John DePetro, famous and fired for calling former gubernatorial candidate Grace Ross a "fat lesbian" during his WRKO show, has found a place that will take him.
He will be part of the mid-morning lineup at WRPO-AM in East Providence They're already advertising him with a gigantic banner on their home page.
In an interesting side note, DePetro starts on Valentine's Day. Somehow, DePetro and romance don't exactly go together.
The Herald notes that the move to WRPO is a step down for DePetro: "The move to the smaller Providence station puts the one-time Hub host in the country’s 38th radio market. That’s a big step back from Boston - the 11th biggest radio market in the country."
Our last post was about free speech on cable access, so DePetro has a right to let off steam. But it's kind of nice that he won't be doing it around here. It looks as if everyone is a winner with this move. The only remaining question is, how long will it take before DePetro sticks his foot in his mouth in his new city?
Screengrab from Fox 25 and previously posted on Bostonist.
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DePetro actually came up to Boston from RI talk radio, and is now just returning home. So it is actually his OLD city.
Not to state the obvious but it does show that one can go home again and although Providence may be a big step down from Boston in terms of media markets, it is a huge step up from the unemployment line. Scotto, ya listening out there??
I always told (or tried to email) this clown that his future might be a return to the rhode Island backwaters. Actually i almost never faulted him for his conservative glibness or ad hominem attacks (not always such a bad thing!) what galled me was his gumba, our beautiful thing, can do no wrong rump swabbin' of monster meninno, er, Mayor meninno that is. That lil' friendship was totally out of context with his ideology. If you're a strong conservative, or strong leftist, show a little adversity towards the opposing side. i guess Depetro was hopin for the "keys" to the city. the only time ole' johnnie D' had the scales removed from his peepers was when mumbles talked about a state police escort for a visiting radical muslim cleric visitng one of the universities. In some concession to giggling John, he never really crossed the line further than the rko teflon talk host, Howie Carr. Really, not a dimes worth of difference imho. As i wrote in my previous comment blog; "finneran is the new radio star", these guys, like Amish looking, love chunks miller get the podium for 3 and more hours daily, pontificate wildly, then put you in the cyber shredder email list or cut you off on the phone if you give em' a dose of thier own medicine. thank God for a forum like bostonist............