Re: Beatles Arrival 1964

["Kevin Vahey" <k-vahey@attbi.com>]

I do remember dragging my poor dad over to WBZ where they were 
broacasting all Beatles in the lobby. I remember Jefferson Kaye saying 
they be forgotten in a year.




On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 5:46PM -0500, Chuckigo@att.net wrote:
> formost on Oldies/Classic Rock radio this weekend is the commemoration 
> of the
> 1964 arrival of the Beatles in the U.S.  granted, the bulk of the 
> attention is
> on the New York arrival, touring of the city and Ed Sullivan show 
> appearance.
>
> what was the focus of radio in Boston on the Beatles during this week 
> in 1964?
> admittedly, i was 5 going on 6 and can't immediately pull up any radio 
> memory.
> i do recall watching the small tv (part of an old tube radio/record 
> player/tv
> console) that had been relocated into my dad's room with the arrival of 
> a
> larger black&white set for the living room.  it just happened that the 
> "new" tv
> was on the fritz that weekend, so my 4 older sisters and i huddled in 
> front of
> the smaller screen to watch the broadcast that sunday evening.
>
> i'd be curious to know if anyone in Boston radio played "I Want To Hold 
> Your
> Hand" over and over and over again, or anything that might be 
> considered a
> stunt, per se.  or, even if anyone was driven to get into 
> radio/broadcasting
> because of the Beatles.
>
> yeah, yeah, yeah.
>
> - -Chuck Igo