Jay Dunn...Put the coffee on

A Joseph Ross joe@attorneyross.com
Wed Mar 9 01:25:35 EST 2011


On 3/8/2011 9:49 AM, Dan.Strassberg wrote:


> If I'm not mistaken, in Boston during WNEW's heyday, WHDH tried very
> hard to be a WNEW clone. The music policies were the same and WHDH had
> a split-shift program also, although it ran later in the day than
> WNEW's MBB. WHDH had Jess Cain in AM Drive, followed by (IIRC) Bob
> Clayton with Boston Ballroom, then Fred B Cole in early afternoons,
> and Roy Leonard (later of WGN) with the Two and Eight Date, which ran
> from 2:00 to 4:00PM and 8:00 to 10:00PM. In those days, I think WHDH
> ran its hourly news on the half hour, just like WNEW (although I could
> be wrong--wouldn't be the first time;>(, but few, if any, of the music
> programs began at :35.

I remember that WHDH had news on the half hour.

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