The importance of local talk radio

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His first stop in New York?after WBZ was WHN---other stations later, like WYNY and even a stint as a host on NBC?Monitor during its waning days.?

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Bradley came from upstate New York. ISTR hearing that he grew up in?
the Utica/Rome area. I remember him at WROW Albany when I was in?
college there before he came to Boston. He may have worked in Buffalo?
between Albany and Boston. What station did he move to in New York?
City? WABC??
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> Boston sent its share of people to New York---namely Bruce Bradley,?
> Dick Summer, and Jay Dunn.?? On the news side, Jack Welby and Morton?
> Dean.?? I'm sure there are others that I'm forgetting.???
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> From: Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com>?
> To: Alan Tolz <atolz@comcast.net>?
> Cc: Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>; Boston Radio Group?
> <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>?
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> Boston for some reason was not a great feeder for NY radio. Frank?
> Kingston Smith did land at WABC and I am pretty sure Palmer Payne?
> worked in NYC as well. Chicago got from Boston JJ Jeffrey, Chuck?
> Knapp, Jerry Williams, Paul Benzaquin, Larry Lujack and Roy Leonard?
> to?
> name a few.?
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> Buffalo sent many to Boston including Stan Roberts, Jackson?
> Armstrong?
> and Bud Bullou.?
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> On 11/24/08, Alan Tolz <atolz@comcast.net> wrote:?
>> Actually, the pipeline between Hartford and Philadelphia was quite?
>> strong in?
>> the 1960's as Jim Nettleton, John Wade, Bill Corsair (on the talk?
>> radio?
>> side) and others went from WPOP and WDRC to WFIL with regularity.?
>>?
>> Alan?
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>> From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>?
>> To: "Doug Drown" <revdoug1@verizon.net>?
>> Cc: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>; "Boston Radio Group"?
>> <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>?
>> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 11:21 AM?
>> Subject: Re: The importance of local talk radio?
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>>> We have talked about this before but before satellite programming?
>>> took?
>>> hold New England had a baseball like farm system for radio.?
>>>?
>>> Bangor, Burlington, Pittsfield were class A?
>>> Manchester, Portland, Worcester, Springfield were AA?
>>>?
>>> Providence and Hartford AAA and then Boston?
>>>?
>>> Of course Boston became a feeder not so much for New York but?
>>> Chicago.?
>>>?
>>> I remember Springfield having 2 great Top 40 stations WHYN and?
>>> WTXL.?
>>> Worcester WORC and WAAB, Providence WPRO and WICE and Hartford?
>>> WPOP?
>>> and WDRC.?
>>>?
>>> Quite a number of smaller stations also had talk shows and actual?
>>> newsrooms. I remember in the late 60's visiting a friend at WNBP?
>>> and?
>>> the lead story was how the fire department rescued a cat from a?
>>> tree.?
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