[citation needed] National television networks occasionally record or simulcast the radio show following an event likely to provoke comments from callers.

For example, on August 18, 1998, following a speech in which President Clinton admitted to some of the facts in the Lewinsky scandal, C-SPAN simulcast all four hours of the radio program.

[2] On July 9, 2007, Carr announced he would leave WRKO when his contract expired that September and would begin hosting a weekday morning drive-time program on FM station WTKK.

[13] In 2016 Carr attempted to start a Saturday talk show with Curt Schilling as host; while it did appear on internet streaming, no affiliates could be found and it soon ended.

The show is based on a monologue heavy on sarcasm and irony, with occasional interaction with producers, with which to encourage live caller participation.

Prior to the 2011 capture of Whitey Bulger, Carr's most common theme, as at the Boston Herald, was organized crime and elected officials, which he described in similar terms.

He sometimes focuses on notorious local malapropisms, such as that of former city councillor Frederick C. Langone in referring to fresh vegetables not as crudités but "CRUD-ites."

The voice is that of a former summer intern named Trish; when originally recorded, Carr explained away the fact that she, not being a member of the AFTRA guild, was not permitted to work on-air.

On Mondays, Curley reads a selection of the "hate mail" the show has received in the prior week, with Carr and Cormier offering their ironic and sarcastic comments.

Each Friday, Curley reads police reports that listeners have submitted via fax or e-mail, and the show awards prizes for the two funniest entries.

The celebrity death pool is a discontinued contest where Howie asked listeners to guess the next famous person likely to die.

Often deployed with reference to members of the Kennedy family or other politically connected individuals demanding favors or special treatment from law enforcement or other authorities after being caught committing an illegal or immoral act.

Untimely deaths are treated with zeal with clichés or recurring newspaper headlines ("standing heads"): The victim "was turning his life around," or his mother said he was on the verge of becoming a rap artist.

Carr's general support for the Republican Party allowed an exception for George W. Bush's guest worker proposal.

When a caller delivers a rhetorical blow, Carr's signature retort is, after Red Buttons, "I didn't come here to be made sport of."

When current events induce him to gloat, he always precedes it with, "My heart feels like an alligator," a line from Hunter S. Thompson's book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.