The clout of Bruce Bradley

[kvahey@comcast.net]

Today comes word of the death of Mike Smith the lead singer of the
Dave Clark Five.

DC5 became a huge band in the US largely because of one man - Bruce
Bradley at WBZ.

Bruce heavily played them in 64 when none of the other blowtorch
signals would as he just loved the band. Remember back then BZ jocks
were allowed a little leeway in the playlist that was unusual after
payola hit.

We tend to forget just how powerful BZ was back then. Brucie was
always proud he was #1 at night....in Baltimore.

Years later it was a shock to my nervous system to hear Bruce doing
right wing talk at KMOX in St. Louis.