Why Willard "Mitt" Romney is Mass. Governor?

[Paul Hopfgarten]

What I remember about the Record American days (late 60s-early 70s) is that
it was a PM paper that always had the NEXT DAY date on the masthead.

Paul Hopfgarten


> [Original Message]
> From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
> To: Kevin Vahey <kvahey@tmail.com>
> Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Date: 11/22/03 11:20:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Why Willard "Mitt" Romney is Mass. Governor?
>
> <<On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 20:10:25 -0800, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@tmail.com> said:
>
> > The Record was the morning paper that sctually came out the afternoon 
> > before, the American was the real morning, early afternoon paper, and 
> > the Advertiser was Sunday only.
>
> Depends on which era to which you refer.  In part of the pre-radio
> era, the Advertiser was the morning paper, the Record was the
> afternoon, and the American was the Sunday.
>
> I think the rise of mass media -- television in particular -- has
> effectively eliminated the utility of the afternoon papers.  How many
> cities can you think of that still have both?
>
> -GAWollman