Guy Mainella

[Donna Halper]

Ed wrote--

 >It seems to me Guy spent several post-BZ years selling solar windows, or 
something like that, in Nashua.

 >Does any body know exactly when he started at BZ and what his previous 
radio background was?

I believe he came to Boston from the mid-west:  I can find mentions of him 
attending school in the Milwaukee area, and then on the air at WRIT in 
Milwaukee in the mid-60s, first doing news and later sports.  I know he 
began doing "Calling All Sports" at WBZ in July 1969, and I know it caused 
quite a controversy when WBZ busted what had been a popular daily show back 
to only weekends in March 1977.  Guy had been on the air 2-hours a night 
every weekday evening since the show began, but I gather he saw the writing 
on the wall and left WBZ in October of 1976 when rumours began to swirl 
that the show was about to be replaced...  He did come back to do some 
news/talk shows off and on till the early 80s, as I recall, including one 
where he briefly teamed up with Glenn Ordway on WRKO (I think...)