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Alden "Bud" Stevens was the original studio anouncer in 1952 when WGBH-FM
went on the air (their b'cast day was from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.) from the
Symphony
Hall studio.  The first program after signing on ("The Lowell Institute
Cooperative
Broadcasting Council...council members were...") on weekdays was Reading
Aloud,
by a narrator who read chapters of books and Alden followed with the news.
Thanks for mentioning his name, I've wondered what happened to him.  Hartford
Gunn
was the GM.

Bill Pearce was the other announcer for the BSO and Pops concerts.  He used
the
booth high above the stage (where you see that little window now) to watch the

podium below.  Jordan Whitelaw was also on staff, later he went to television
as
the camera director to pick up shots of instruments as he followed the musical
score.
Quite a talent, he was one of a very few who could do it successfully.

I volunteered after high school hours to produce Louis Lyons newscasts
("Well...
here's the news...") in Harvard's carrier-current radio studio, essentially
running
the board.  Good memories of Boston radio...thanks.


Donna Halper wrote:

> I was asked a question the other day about how many broadcasting schools
> there used to be in Boston.  Not counting junior colleges like Grahm, I
> recalled the Cambridge School of Broadcasting, Leland Powers,  Northeast
> Broadcasting... but I KNOW there were others-- I just can't think of them.
> There was one on Brookline Ave, as I recall-- I keep thinking a guy named
> Alden "Bud" Stevens ran it?  Then there was the old Staley College of the
> Spoken Word-- a number of radio folks attended it in the 30s and 40s...
> refresh my memory... and do you recall what local dj's either attended or
> taught at these schools?  It used to be a cottage industry for jocks to
> make extra bucks by teaching at broadcast schools...

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Alden "Bud" Stevens was <u>the</u> original studio anouncer in 1952 when
WGBH-FM
<br>went on the air (their b'cast day was from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.) from
the Symphony
<br>Hall studio.&nbsp; The first program after signing on ("The Lowell
Institute Cooperative
<br>Broadcasting Council...council members were...") on weekdays was <i>Reading
Aloud</i>,
<br>by a narrator who read chapters of books and Alden followed with the
news.
<br>Thanks for mentioning his name, I've wondered what happened to him.&nbsp;
Hartford Gunn
<br>was the GM.
<p>Bill Pearce was the other announcer for the BSO and Pops concerts.&nbsp;
He used the
<br>booth high above the stage (where you see that little window now) to
watch the
<br>podium below.&nbsp; Jordan Whitelaw was also on staff, later he went
to television as
<br>the camera director to pick up shots of instruments as he followed
the musical score.
<br>Quite a talent, he was one of a very few who could do it successfully.
<p>I volunteered after high school hours to produce Louis Lyons newscasts
("Well...
<br>here's the news...") in Harvard's carrier-current radio studio, essentially
running
<br>the board.&nbsp; Good memories of Boston radio...thanks.
<br>&nbsp;
<p>Donna Halper wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I was asked a question the other day about how many
broadcasting schools
<br>there used to be in Boston.&nbsp; Not counting junior colleges like
Grahm, I
<br>recalled the Cambridge School of Broadcasting, Leland Powers,&nbsp;
Northeast
<br>Broadcasting... but I KNOW there were others-- I just can't think of
them.
<br>There was one on Brookline Ave, as I recall-- I keep thinking a guy
named
<br>Alden "Bud" Stevens ran it?&nbsp; Then there was the old Staley College
of the
<br>Spoken Word-- a number of radio folks attended it in the 30s and 40s...
<br>refresh my memory... and do you recall what local dj's either attended
or
<br>taught at these schools?&nbsp; It used to be a cottage industry for
jocks to
<br>make extra bucks by teaching at broadcast schools...</blockquote>
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