RI talk-radio scene awaits Buddy

We're all waiting for the next shoe to drop. RI Report wonders aloud about what might be happening.

Local talk radio has gotten more interesting, IMHO, with the return of John DePetro. I don't agree with everything he says, but John is smart, he knows the terrain, and he regularly does some strong shows.

The same is true of Dan Yorke, and yesterday was a case in point. Yorke (upon whose show I am a weekly guest) nailed it in talking about how the owners of Twin River are covering their bets by backing the casino plan in Middleboro, Massachusetts, and how Rhode Island stands to lose a lot of revenue in the process.

Yorke, however, opened the door to anti-gay rants when he offered an earlier focus yesterday on Connie Grosch's "Love Stories" photo-feature in the Monday ProJo, which this week profiled two gay men who reside together on the East Side.

The tacit message seemed to be: it's OK for there to be gay and lesbians -- as long as their picture isn't in the newspaper. Not surprisingly, one caller said a short time later that he was concerned about "the promotion" of homosexuality, "not the actuality of it." This caller hastened to add, of course, that he has "fully researched the psychiatry of [homosexuality]." No doubt.