Honest Dick Smith Dies

[Larry Weil]

OK, on the 60's I was a kid in the New York area.  None of the Boston stations even came in where I lived on the south shore of Long Island.

Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH

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Big freekin deal!

On May 20, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Doug Drown <revdoug1@myfairpoint.net> wrote:

>>> Maybe the question should be if any of us have ever heard of him! :-)
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> Oh, my goodness.  Dick Smith was the morning man on WORC all through my adolescence in the '60s.  He was one of those Carl deSuze / Herb Oscar Anderson types whom one would think would be totally out of place at a Top 40 station, and yet, like deSuze and Anderson, somehow he fit right in.
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> Fifteen or so years ago, WORC brought back its PAMS jingles and for a brief time ran an oldies format.  Smith was back on the air doing his morning gig, and sounded as good as ever.    -Doug
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Weil" <kc1ih@mac.com>
> To: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 6:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Honest Dick Smith Dies
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>> At 4:19 PM -0400 5/20/11, Donna Halper wrote:
>>> I was just called by WBUR about the death of Honest Dick Smith, former WORC (Worcester) music director and a very influential figure in top-40 radio.  Any of you ever work with him?
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>> Maybe the question should be if any of us have ever heard of him! :-)
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>> -- 
>> Larry Weil
>> Lake Wobegone, NH
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