By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch

One of the most twisted and convoluted chapters in Boston radio history will come to an end on Monday as John Dennis and Gerry Callahan are scheduled to return to the airwaves at WEEI 850 AM for their 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. shift, Scott’s Shots has learned.

Negotiations throughout the weekend – involving Entercom president and CEO David Field – yielded a five-year deal for both hosts. No further details are available at this time, but the announcement is expected to made at the beginning of the Monday morning show, which Shots will live-blog for the first of hour or so, beginning at 5:45 a.m. on Monday.

Messages left for Entercom spokespeople were not immediately returned on Sunday afternoon after 2 p.m., nor were messages (voice and text) for Dennis and other ‘EEI insiders.

UPDATE: Entercom spokesman, George Regan – reached at the Meadowlands where he was taking in the Pats-Jets game – confirmed to Shots, shortly after 3 p.m. on Sunday, that both Dennis and Callahan will return for Monday’s 6-10 a.m. shift and that an announcement on the deal will be made following the show. (No word from Regan whether the deal was consummated during a walk on the beach.)

We will have more on the deal this evening, including a re-cap of the saga that has surely left some hurt feelings and bad blood among the participants. However, the involvement of Field seems to have been just what was necessary to retain the high-rated duo and avert a programming disaster for ‘EEI, which has been re-jiggering the morning drive time slot with mostly atrocious fill-ins.