RE: WROR bits disc>?

["Paul Hopfgarten" <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

I recall that the WBCS/96.9 incarnation of what is now WKLB/99.5 had tried
to 'recapture' the Addams and Doyle magic, but I guess it didn't work as
well with country music...

-Paul Hopfgarten
-Derry NH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Bill
> O'Neill
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 3:13 PM
> To: Lou; Chuckigo@worldnet.att.net
> Cc: Boston Radio Interest
> Subject: Re: WROR bits disc>?
>
>
> Lou writes:
> > Unfortunately, that magic wasn't there when management at WHDH teamed up
> Tom
> > Doyle with Jess Cain.  I think Jess felt a little threatened by Doyle's
> > presence.
>
> Teaming Doyle with Jess was like trying to fix something that
> wasn't broken.
> The other odd outcome was that the chemistry that existed between Jess and
> tech/producer Pudge Flynn was clearly going to change when a third person
> was entered into the formula.  Few seemed to believe that a lot of thought
> went into the decision to pair them up.  It was almost as though the shop
> had this great talent (Doyle) that they needed to put someplace.   At any
> rate, the days of Boston full-service ACs were numbered.
>
> <Jess moment> I just recalled a FOFL recurring event where Eddie (Sports
> Talk) would live-read a spot for a Chinese restaurant and the
> tech would run
> a loop of (an unrecognizable) Jess in the very politically incorrect
> stylings of a mock-Chinese song, complete with an effective gong finish.
> Making me hungry for boneless spare ribs right now.
>
> Bill O'Neill
>