Re: Ken Mayer

["Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@tmail.com>]

WO9 8989 would ring in his basement with a light because you could call 
him all week even when he wasn't on air.

A lot of college students used to think he owned Ken's of Copley back in 
those days when you could eat in Boston at 2 AM. The jazz club Paul's 
Mall was also a sponsor.


On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 9:42AM -0500, Dan Strassberg wrote:
> The phone number was 969-8989, which in those days was WOodward 9 8989.
> Mayer did the show from the basement of his house, which I understand 
> was in
> the Oak Hill section of Newton, not far from the WVOM/WBOS (AM)/WUNR
> transmitter on SawMill Brook Parkway. I don't know whether the line 
> actually
> rang in Mayer's house or whether it rang at the transmitter and a 
> leased
> line (in addition to the one that fed Mayer's programs to the 
> transmitter)
> was used to get the calls to Mayer.
>
> --
> Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net
> eFax 707-215-6367
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: RBB <oldradio@earthlink.net>
> To: Kevin Vahey <kvahey@tmail.com>; 
> <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Cc: <oldradio@earthlink.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 6:49 PM
> Subject: Ken Mayer
>
>
>>  <<> Ken Mayer was another orginal who was never replaced. To this day
>>  thousands can remember his phone number which isn't bad considering 
>> the
>>  quality of the 1600 signal.>>>
>>
>>  What was that number? Was Ken Mayer the "Midnight Mayer (Mayor)" 
>> doing the
>>  broadcast from the Hotel Commander in Cambridge on WVOM 1600AM?  What
>>  happened to him, please?  Anyone else remember WVOM? Perhaps  Bob 
>> Glines
>>  their morning dj before the Italian programming took over for the day?
>>
>>  Studios were in Brookline Village with an electric sign on the brick
>>  building "WVOM -  The Voice of Massachusetts - 1600AM"  studios were 
>> on
> the
>>  second floor (walk up) next to my family's dentist at the time. 
>> Thanks for
>>  the reply.  =Russ Butler
>>  oldradio@earthlink.net
>>
>>
>>