Howie Carr remembers the heyday of WBCN

[Ted Larsen]

Son of a gun. I used to work at WLYN, Lynn and we also had a 6-8pm 
"Candlelight & Sliver" which was mostly albums by "The 101 Strings." We just 
let 'em track through.

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From: "Gary's Ice Cream" <gary@garysicecream.com>
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>I remember when Ron Della Chiesa used to work at WBCN in the pre-rock 
>days -
> he was the host of "Candlelight & Silver" which aired around dinner
> time..........He also did the intros for "Sack Theatres Midnight
> Showtime......a 180-minute musical adventure into sound....presented by 
> the
> 8 downtown Boston Sack Theatres....Sack Theatres bringing you the finest 
> in
> motion picture entertainment..in the most comfortable and luxurious
> surroundings..."
>
>
> Gary Francis
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> Ted Larsen
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 12:16 PM
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> Subject: Re: Howie Carr remembers the heyday of WBCN
>
> I can remember 'BCN before it's "heyday," when it was all classical....The
> Boston Concert Network as I remember. Believe it had an affiliation with
> WQXR in NYC. It was on Newbury Street then.
>
> I was a student at BU's college of Basic Studies on Boylston St. behind 
> the
> BPL before its expansion and always had lunch at Shariff's Cafeteria, 'BCN
> was upstairs. Being as "radio nut' even then my friends and I often 
> visited
> & probably drove Ron Della Chiesa crazy.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBCN
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@mail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 6:01 AM
> Subject: Howie Carr remembers the heyday of WBCN
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>
> http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view/20090719rip_big_mattress_wbcn/s
> rvc=home&position=2
>
> Howie Carr column remembering the heyday of WBCN. The Herald site also has 
> a
>
> photo gallery of WBCN at that
> time. I remember the press kit bit about Duane Glascock; I was in high
> school and wrote away to them as part
> of a project.
>
>>> "It was the first time I realized the power of radio - the power then,
>>> you understand, as opposed to now, which is not nearly as much."
>
>
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