Network newscasts on Boston radio

[Joseph Pappalardo]

> > Unlike the old heavy handed days of group ownership where edicts come
> > down from above....I think todays management of the larger groups is
> > quite different.
>
> This was not always the case.  I've told this story before, but in January
1979, the day Ed
> King took office as governor,[snip]
> At noon, as Dukakis was walking down the stairs, WEEI cut away for the CBS
network
> news.

Yes, the heavy handed days of "You better cut to the network...or they'll be
a memo from New York!"