Re: Local Radio News (Was Re :Manchester, NH 7-5-0 AM Coming to a radio dial near you?

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@shoreham.net>]

> But wouldn't you say that the two most famous alumni of
> Merrimac Valley radio are Ed McMahon (WLLH) and Robert
> Goulet (WCAP)? In all likelihood, McMahon is also the
> wealthiest. Can you supply the dates when these
> gentlemen worked at those stations?

Forgot about Goulet at the Cap.  He probably still has a coffee mug
out back near the water cooler.  If anyone ever worked there, count on
evidence of such _somewhere_ there.

Add to that, a little known fact confirmed to me by the late Ike
Cohen, Ray Goulding (of Bob & Ray, long since moved on from the Lowell
market) was a friend of Ike's.  Ray was the first voice, June 10,
1951.

Best Bob & Ray line:  (I may have the players reversed in the bit)
Bob:  It's time to play, "You tell me the answer, I'll tell you the
questions."
<the go through a couple then...>
Bob: Hey, you're on a roll!
Ray:  Why is there butter on my pants?

I've heard this from a few news types, that if a voicer is being
introduced and the lead-in pretty much cops the entire bit, then the
bit is played, that's called "a Bob & Ray line."  Am I correct in
that?
Ex: Nx: The witness at the blaze said that the fire was taller than
the tree tops.
Sound:  "The blaze was taller than the tree tops."

Bill O'Neill