WEZE "Window"

[Chuck Igo]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Butler" <songbook2@comcast.net>

Russ wrote:


> Tim Coco mentioned the WEZE "window studio on the street level" - that 
> would be on the first floor of The Statler Hotel, at the curved corner 
> that had wrap around windows.
>
> I believe they also had drapes that could be pulled together for some 
> privacy or nighttime security.(Columbus Avenue and Stuart Street weren't 
> that friendly at night in the 1950's). I don't think the windows were 
> bullet-proof glass (like Lexan on the NYC "Today" show set, etc.) but 
> there weren't many people walking past the window to stop and look anyway. 
> Drivers  would blow their car horns driving past that corner of what is 
> now The Boston Park Plaza. (Everybody wants to be heard on the radio, I 
> guess)(snip)

the aforementioned Gary Martin was a radio instructor at Grahm in the 70's 
and mentioned to us the downside of that studio setup... replete with 
stories of inebriated sots not realizing they were relieving themselves in 
front a person doing a live radio show.

- -Chuck Igo