The clout of Bruce Bradley

[Doug Drown]

>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.

That was one of the things I liked about BZ.  There were a lot of great Top 
40 stations out there (WMEX among them), but there was something about WBZ 
that didn't quite fit the mold --- a little more, well, adult: a little more 
sophisticated, a little more laid back.  Even now I can't quite put my 
finger on it.  The freedom the DJs had was obvious, in retrospect.   -Doug



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<boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>; "Donna Halper" 
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Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:04 AM
Subject: The clout of Bruce Bradley


> 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.