Saying Goodbye - Was: Nightcap

[Kevin Vahey]

The Hall of Fame goodbye exit in Boston history happened at WMEX in 1966.

A jock came to Boston from KJR Seattle in September of that year and
knew after 10 minutes he made a bad career move. He quickly landed a
new gig at WCFL in Chicago but there was the minor problem of his
contract with Mac Richmond. So he plotted....

In those days Mac would have jocks on the air 6 or 7 days a week but
allowed them to record the weekend shows and the jock saw his escape.
In his last hour WMEX became WBZ complete with jingles and he promoted
the BZ jocks on the air. He knew Mac was in DC bothering WPGC so he
knew he could pull it off. The next day Mac fired him and the jock
happily went to Chicago.

His airname at WMEX was Johnny Lujack but you all know him as Larry
Lujack. Lujack played a copy on a WLS rewind a couple of years ago and
it was hysterical.