Howie Carr elected to Radio Hall of Fame

[Alan Tolz]

No, you are 100% correct.  Jerry Williams vs. Howie Carr?  Gene Burns vs. 
Jay Severin?   David Brudnoy vs. Dan Rea?  Ted and Janet vs. Tom Fineran? 
Larry Glick vs. Steve Levelley?  Please don't misinterpret this as 
disrespecting the current crop, but IMHO, they are no where near as vital to 
the media landscape as the pre-internet, pre-blogger group that came before 
them.

Alan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill O'Neill" <billohno@gmail.com>
To: "Alan Tolz" <atolz@comcast.net>
Cc: "Dave in Boston" <Dave_in_Boston2001@hotmail.com>; 
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>; "Steve Cloutier" 
<cloutier@piesky.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: Howie Carr elected to Radio Hall of Fame


> Alan Tolz wrote:
>> While that would be an all-star lineup, I don't think they were ever all 
>> on RKO at the same time.  I think David left before Gene Burns came in. 
>> Jerry and David were back to back in late 1981 through 1982-83,
>
> <snip>
>
> That may be the case in terms of timeline, but what remains is the fact 
> that what we no longer have is "Boston talk radio" that we can be proud of 
> anymore.  Not to disparage all of the talent who are there and doing their 
> best, however, there were talkers who truly broke ground both for radio 
> and for Boston in that process.  Am I wrong?
>
> Bill O'Neill
>