CBS broadcasts altered views of Boston's Fourth of July fireworks - The Boston Globe

[Jeff Lehmann]

> I watched the CBS hour....and wondered why I was listening to recorded
> "pop"
> (not "pops") music while the fireworks were going off...and not the
> orchestra.  The Boston pops only seemed to play for the 1812 and the
> 'sing-a-long'.

That's how it's been for as long as I can remember. I remember when 102.5
WCRB would broadcast the event, thinking how strange it was hearing them
playing that music.

Jeff Lehmann
Hanson, MA