Fwd: Ned French/ Ken Spaulding Sr.

[Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>]

my friend Ken wrote:

>I have many memories of Ned French (or "The Swinger") as my dad Ken 
>Spaulding (Sr.) called him. The two of them were very good friends, 
>having worked together on and off years in radio throughout MA and 
>NH. I think (though I am not sure) they met while my father worked at 
>WCOP in the late 50s.
>
>Ned built a house for himself and his family in Pelham, NH. It had a 
>"shack" behind it where Ned would often go so he could play his Stan 
>Kenton and Thelonious Monk records without disturbing his wife Rita 
>or his two sons. My dad and I would visit him often, and on one 
>occasion I recieved a small gift from the Swinger; he knew I was 
>interested in electronics and radio so he gave me a kit (like one of 
>those Radio Shack project kits) where I could build a crystal radio 
>receiver, or built rudimentary circuits - I loved it and used it 
>quite a bit (hey I was 9 years old, but already a radio geek-in-
>training).
>
>Ned worked at WVNH during their first go-around in the late 70s (I 
>know that because my mother was the traffic manager there). He came 
>back in the mid 80s when my dad was PD (this is when they were in the 
>Bank building on Main St. in Salem, NH. Ned also was at WRPT in 
>Peterborough after that, because I remember riding back to college 
>(Fitchburg) with my father and hearing him do the 3 o'clock news, and 
>coming out of the news with Stan Kenton's "God Save The Queen".
>
>On a somewhat related note, Does anybody have any info, or 
>recollections of my father, Ken 
>Spaulding? He died in 1987, and worked all over the place during his 
>30 year career. He is also a graduate of the world famous Leland 
>Powers School of Broadcasting. Some of the stations I can think of 
>now: 
>WHAV,WCCM,WVNH,WCAP,WCOP,WARA,WORC,WEIM,WOTW,WSMN,WZID,WKBR,WKXL,
>WEMJ,
>WTSN,WWNH,WDNH (now WOKQ),WBBX,WHEB,WMYF,WERZ,WLYN.  Any recollections 
>you have would be appreciated.
>
>thanks!
>
>Ken Spaulding (Jr) 

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