Re: Fwd: "WBZ-FM 106.7FM"

[Lou <spindoc@channel1.com>]

I enjoyed WBZ-FM in the early/mid 70's when Clark Schmidt and Ken Shelton
ran the whole deal.  I hated the fact that there was no personality on the
station, and that they tended to repeat a lot.  I loved hearing single
releases from the lower reaches of the Billboard charts.  I also loved
hearing what Clark and Captain Ken would do to try to make the station
sound "live."  (Never with very much success, but it was fun anyway.)

My favorite thing was "The Music Show" which was probably a great
granddaddy to "Bedtime Magic," but with more cutting-edge (at the time) and
album-oriented music.  This, too, was automated.  It was amusing to hear
Clark talk back what he had just played, even though that set of songs
would not be played for another 20 minutes.

By the way, does anyone know what Ken Shelton is doing these days?

- -Lou


At 09:25 PM 12/18/98 -0500, Donna Halper wrote:
>Kyle wrote--
>>
>>I used to listen to Group W's WBZ-FM in Boston when it was just an
>>automated IBM cardreader commercial free rock station and I think I
>>was the only person who liked it! 
>
>When I was working at WHDH in 1979-80, I always listened to BZ-FM on my way
>to work.  I loved the music mix-- they played some great AOR tracks that
>had never quite been hits, plus some good soft rock.  I still remember they
>were the only station that played "Walking in the Rain" by Flash and the
>Pan (everyone else played "Hey St. Peter") and assorted under-appreciated
>tracks by the Sweet and Blondie and that great song by New England "Don't
>Ever Wanna Lose Ya."  I believe the music director then was the guy today
>known as Ed McMahon on Kiss 108-- he was Jim McMahon back then, if I recall
>correctly... 
>
>

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