Listo Fisher

[Peter Q. George]

Listo did not do "The Quiet Storm" on WUMB.  But, it
was Maurice Lewis, former WBZ-TV weekend anchor who
did the show back in the late 80's.

 
--- Eli Polonsky <elipolo@earthlink.net> wrote:

> > > From: "Paul B Currier"
> <PaulBCurrier@comcast.net>
> > To:
> <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>,
> > 	"Todd Glickman" <glickman@MIT.EDU>
> > Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:17:25 -0400
> > Subject: Re: Listo Fisher
> > 
> > And wasn't the talented Listo host of the
> excellent 
> > jazz show - "The Real Quiet Storm" evenings at 6
> on 
> > WUMB before they went all folk?
> 
> I don't recall Fisher ever hosting that show on
> WUMB.
> The longtime former host of "Quiet Storm" on WUMB
> was 
> Ken Yarbrough, who has more recently been active in 
> Boston politics as a legislative writer for the city
> and the chief information officer for city councilor
> 
> Charles Yancey, among other jobs and positions.
> 
> When Yarbrough and "Quiet Storm" were let go, it not
> 
> only consolidated the folk format, it also
> eliminated 
> a DJ salary. Ken was not replaced by anyone. The
> folk
> format now goes live until 7 PM weeknights (midnight
> with specialty shows on Saturday nights only), after
> which the automation system takes it with syndicated
> folk and roots music programming mainly from NPR and
> 
> PRI, and other recorded archival or special
> programs.
> 
> EP
> 
> 
> 
> 


Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
                           "Scanning the bands since 1967"
radiojunkie1@yahoo.com
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