Re: The Colonial Network, part 2

[Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>]

>about the ad Kevin found, he wrote--
>
>Announcer was Fred Hoey who I thought worked for Shepard at the Yankee 
>Network. Donna can you offer any background?
>
>Curious why Portland ME wasn't listed.

Fred Hoey, with whom Shepard had a love/hate relationship, was sometimes 
sober and sometimes not.  But Frankie Frisch did the Colonial broadcasts 
and Fred Hoey the Yankee ones for at least one year in the late 30s, till 
Frankie wanted more money and then Shepard had Hoey broadcast for both 
teams... I have the articles about this somewhere...  I also have a Radio 
Annual from 1939 that doesn't list any Portland affiliate either-- it has 
WLBZ in Bangor and WRDO in Augusta as Colonial affiliates.  Based on the 
number of stations Kevin listed, I would say your ad is from 1936 or 37-- 
in 1939-40, there was 18 Colonial stations.