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Re: Judy Papparelli's(An apology)



I am very sorry. I must have been sleep driving this a.m.!
I must have her mixed up with another Italian name. (me of all people!)
Bill Piacentini

At 11:20 AM 7/30/99 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 7/30/99 10:57:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>billpi@ll.mit.edu writes:
>
><< Judy Papparelli, who works for Metro Networks, was also substituting for
>  vacationing Joe (what'shisname?) doing the traffic on WPLM Easy99.1 this 
> A.M.
>  Do you suspect Metro Networks produces "Boston Beat" also? >>
>
>er... judi was on the air on wror this morning.  part of the morning show.
>involving top and bottom hour newscasts, as well as being in the studio with
>the boys in between.  i'll be honest.  i've worked with her for three years.
>there's no way she was on wplm this morning.  if she was, then that's a side
>of her i've not seen.  not in three years of greeting her at 3 am every
>morning.    she may not be great at doing two things at once, but she is
>great at doing one thing very very well.  and her dedication to her craft is
>superb.  as i mentioned, 3am, every morning.  writing the casts, getting the
>sound (occasionally by closing the newsroom door and turning on the mic and
>rolling tape on the tv... yes, she had permission from all of the locals, and
>always credited when she was forced to do that.), making the calls, and
>always, always, always a positive spin on things.  even if life "sucked" at
>that moment, she found the good and worked with it.  not a bad way to look at
>things.  although, she'd probably admit to thinking a few bad thoughts when
>driving around the city...
>
>boston beat is a wror/wklb program.  it has absolutely nothing to do with
>metro.
>
>chuck igo

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