Kirk Minihane, former co-host of the top-rated "Kirk and Callahan" morning-drive talk show on WEEI 93.7 FM, says it was a “difference of opinion” that led to his leaving the show for a new position with Radio.com.
“There was just a philosophical difference between the station — Entercom, the ownership — and me,” Minihane told Jim Braude when he joined him on WGBH-TV's Greater Boston Monday evening. “They wanted to go one way. I didn’t want to go that way.”
Minihane said there was a document that station executives asked him to sign to remain on the show, but he ultimately refused, according to WGBH-TV.
“It basically said you can’t be interesting, you can’t be mean-spirited, you can’t take chances, you can’t rip the Red Sox, you can’t rip The Boston Globe,” said Minihane. “And I said, 'I’m not going to participate.'”
Instead, Minihane said Entercom offered him a new national radio show, podcast, and column at Radio.com — an offer he is excited about.
“It’s going to be great,” he said.
Minihane also discussed his frustration with The Boston Globe and, more specifically, Interim Editorial Page Editor Shirley Leung. Last week, Leung wrote a column in which she praised Entercom for its decision to move Minihane, which Minihane referred to as a “hit piece” and questioned why Leung did not reach out to him about it before publishing. He also questioned her choice to call him racist without providing examples.
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