Honest Dick Smith Dies

[Doug Drown]

>>Maybe the question should be if any of us have ever heard of him! :-)

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.

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




----- 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


> 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?
>
> Maybe the question should be if any of us have ever heard of him! :-)
>
> -- 
> Larry Weil
> Lake Wobegone, NH
>