Follow-up To NERW Piece On W221CH

[Doug Drown]

> The contract stipulated that only certain AFTRA-represented employees 
> could do the IDs (the DJs could not do them, only "staff announcers," many 
> of whom also worked overnight news shifts on WABC).

Hmm.  That contradicts what I remember: that at TOH, following the :55 
network newscasts, Dan Ingram would be heard to say, "WABC, New York!," 
followed by the PAMS "Seven-ty-se-ven, W-A-B-C-e-e" jingle.  His voice gave 
the ID all day and night, regardless of whose show was being 
troduced.   -Doug






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill O'Neill" <billohno@gmail.com>
To: "Sid Schweiger" <sid@wrko.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: Follow-up To NERW Piece On W221CH


> Sid Schweiger wrote:
>> The contract stipulated that only certain AFTRA-represented employees 
>> could do the IDs (the DJs could not do them, only "staff announcers," 
>> many of whom also worked overnight news shifts on WABC).
>>
> When I was at 'HDH one of the things I ended up doing was the staff 
> announcer duties after that fateful day when the Amazing Jim Sands was 
> replaced with <ack> "The Sounds of Sinatra" with Sid Marks. Instead of a 
> tech to run the platters and drop in the spots they needed a staff 
> announcer due to the contract.
>
> Bill O'Neill
>