Carlin at WEZE (Re: Boston Network Radio Affiliations: 1950's and 1960's)

[Bill Piacentini <billpi@ll.mit.edu>]

>Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:43:35 -0400
>To: radio, "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@channel1.com>
>From: Bill Piacentini <billpi@ll.mit.edu>
>Subject: Re: Boston Network Radio Affiliations: 1950's and 1960's.
>
>At 02:22 AM 6/14/99 -0400, Kevin Vahey wrote:
>>My poor memory is being taxed here, but when WEZE was located in the
>>fishbowl in Park Sq, (with Western Union clocks everywhere) they had the NBC
>>chimes on their outside sign. Sometime in the mid 60's, NBC moved to WCOP
>>(perhaps when they dropped Top 40), and the reasons I remember this is
>>twofold.
>>
>>1. WEZE covered up the chimes
>>2. WCOP carried Monitor on weekends....Gene Rayburn I recall was a regular
>>host.
>>
>>Anybody have an idea when that switch was made?
>Bill Piacentini adds:
>Not sure on the dates but ... Does anyone remember George Carlin doing 
>announcing on WEZE in 1959? According to his bio he worked there three 
>months and got fired for driving the mobile unit to Harlem to buy some 
>pot! It was NBC at that time.
>Take it Easy99.1,
>Bill Piacentini

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