Leo Egan Re: Boston Network Radio Affiliations: 1950's and 1960's.

["Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@channel1.com>]

Egan came to Boston from Buffalo and then recommended his friend Jim Britt
for the Red Sox/Braves job....

being in management in the late 60's he became the Red Sox announcer for a
couple of weeks when AFTRA honored an IBEW strike at Channel 5/WHDH. His
color person was "Spike" who was a legend on the North Shore.

I believe he is still on the planet, living on the Cape. Maybe Donna could
interview him?



- ----- Original Message -----
From: <Dan.Strassberg@worldnet.att.net>
To: <brouder@juno.com>
Cc: BostonRadio <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: Boston Network Radio Affiliations: 1950's and 1960's.


> I think Egan had been a news guy before he spun records.
> But based on your information, he didn't like being a DJ
> and went back to news prety quickly. I suspect that Egan
> was in New York doing news on WOR before he came to WBZ.
> And I kind of remember him doing news at WHDH in the 60s.
> >
> > While this is spotty evidence, it bolsters Dan's recollection that Leo
> > Egan originally played records before moving into news.
> >
>

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