Article on Jerry Williams

[Kevin Vahey]

The article refers to the infamous Vietman vet call that many believe
was a setup enginered by Jerry.

Still the best example of his power can be seen in his WRKO days. He
went on a crusade to repeal the mandatory seat belt law in
Massachusetts back in the 80's. The repeal passed by the voters but
what was fascinating were the statewide voting totals. WRKOs signal
could be heard in 2/3rds of the state and voters in towns that could
hear Jerry voted for the repeal. In western Mass voters oblivious to
Jerry voted to keep the law.

When I was a kid my Mom listened to him every night on WMEX even with
the poor signal. For 30 years he was the best this market has ever
seen. It was impossible to be neutral about Williams.



On 7/9/08, Don A <donald_astelle@yahoo.com> wrote:
> With the recent book on Jerry Williams, I thought there might be come
> interest in this article I came across...
> (Not sure what the purpose of the article is and why it was written and put
> on an obscure website...)
>
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> Radio Interviews
> Gerry Williams: captain of consciousness
>
> http://www.grubstreet.ca/articles/radiointerviews-old/gerrywilliams2006.htm
>
> I think Jerry's mantra should've been the same as Rodney Dangerfield's...."I
> don't get any respect".
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