Re: William Pierce of WCRB

["Bob Nelson...WMWM" <bobonradio@yahoo.com>]

Now, that you mention it, it probably WAS David
Ives! And of course we can all picture David in our
minds the way he often appeared during the Ch.
2 Auction, with that Bid! Bid! Bid! smock or whatever
one calls that bit of clothing...

I think the sign-off also used to mention that the
tranmitter was located in (Needham? Newton?) "by
arrangement with the Westinghouse Broadcasting
Company" or something like that.

--- "David W. Harris" <dwh@totalnetnh.net> wrote:
I remember not William Pierce but the
> distinct accent of
> David Ives as announcer, and I especially remember
> the way he
> overemphasized the "Y" when he said "in Springfield
> we operate
> WGB*Y*-TV."  I'm not saying that Mr. Pierce never
> did the signoff, just
> that I remember all the elements mentioned but with
> a different voice.
> 


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