Candlepin Bowling Returns To Boston Over the Air TV March 4th

[Doug Drown]

No one outside New England and the Maritimes even knows what candlepin
bowling is, so if genuinely local TV is what you're looking for, by golly,
this is it.  I grew up with Don Gillis' weekly show.  I think the return of
televised candlepin is great news. I wish we could get it here in Maine.

I'll know that Boston TV has REALLY gone retro when "Starring the Editors"
and "Community Auditions" make their return.

-Doug


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John J. Francini" <francini@mac.com>
To: "Laurence Glavin" <lglavin@lycos.com>; "Mark Watson"
<markwats@comcast.net>; "Boston Radio"
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: Candlepin Bowling Returns To Boston Over the Air TV March 4th


> I can't tell whether you're being sarcastic or not.
>
> There are some of us who grew up on the old Candlepin Bowling show
> with Don Gillis, and missed it when it finally left the airwaves. Our
> particular style of bowling is as much a part of New England as clam
> chowder, baked beans, and old rock fences.
>
> Besides, a game where no one -- NO ONE -- has ever had a 'perfect
> score' means there's still something to aspire to. Perfect games are
> far too common in tenpin. In fact, it was the commonality of perfect
> games that originally inspired the development of candlepin bowling
> anyway.
>
>
>
> And so we're not part of the Top Ten markets anymore.  Big deal.
> Demographics come, and demographics go.
>
>
> john francini
>
>
>
> At 15:37 -0500 1/22/06, Laurence Glavin wrote:
> >
> >First the Boston Metro market slips out of the top ten, and now
> >this.  Boston's decline is tragic to behold.
> >
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