Re: most influential?

[mwaters@mail.wesleyan.edu (Martin J. Waters)]

>Donna Halper wrote:
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>Umm, I remember Jerry on WMEX in the 60s!  He came on the air after Arnie
>Ginsburg.  The entire station was very schizophrenic-- top 40 with bells
>and whistles, and then a talk show where you had to be at least 21 to call
>in... the talk show genre was still new, but Jerry developed it in Boston
>for sure...

        We discussed here a few months ago about when the Richmond Brothers
bought WMEX and shortly flipped it to top 40 (and the question was, was it
1957 or 1958, I think). Anyway, I thought the Richmonds brought in Jerry
Williams along with or even before the music format change.

        When Arnie Ginsburg did his interview on WRKO earlier this summer
he laughed about the complete, abrupt change of audience from his show to
Williams.' For the first few minutes, Williams' phones would be all jamed
up with requests for Elvis songs and such. I got the impression from
Ginsburg's comments that Williams was there way back just about when
Ginsburg first was there, and possibly was already there when Ginsburg came
over from WBOS (AM), which I think we decided was probably in 1958.

        Related trivia: What time did Ginsburg end and Williams start, in
the late 50s-early 60s period? Was it at 10 (just about bedtime on a school
night for all good teenagers in the 1950s . . .)?

        And, all this has brought to mind the question, What was Williams'
work background before he started doing talk at WMEX?

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