A look back to 1991

[Kevin Vahey]

Remember WFAN was a dog on 1050. Then they bought WNBC and Imus.

The major overnight sport show was Tom Star's
Coming from Kendall Sq. The kid that ran it went to WEEI, Jason Wolfe.

Now WEEI is second overall to WBZ in the 12+ numbers. Is there any major 
market that has AMs ranked 1 and 2?

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:20pm, Sean Smyth wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:58:35 +0000, Kevin Vahey wrote:
>>  WEEI's first lineup was Andy Moes in the morning, then Dale Arnold and
>>  Eddie Andleman at 10 and Glenn Ordway and Janet Prensky at 2 and Craig
>>  Mustarf at night.
>>
>>  Nobody thought that format would last in Boston.. Now they maybe the
>>  biggest cash cow in town.
>
> I remember Upton Bell's famous quote... "Within a year they'll (WEEI) 
> be off the
> air."
>
> Remember, it was Eddie's hiring that precipitated the flip to sports. 
> The
> station was built around him.
>
> I believe at the time WEEI was only the sixth or seventh station in the 
> country
> to go all-sports -- WFAN had only flipped three years before, WIP a tad 
> more
> recently. The naysayers had reason to believe all-sports could flop.
>
> If there ever was a market for all-sports to succeed, it'd be this one.