R.I.P Steve Fredericks

[Karen McTrotsky]

He was the "other" play by play announcer the night Havlicek stole the
ball. Was working for WCAU. Would say "It sounded a lot different from
Johnny Most."

He left WCAU for  WMEX where Mac Richmond christened him Steve Fredericks.
But Mac claimed ownership of the name (even though Frederick was Oxman's
middle name),. but as he did when he sued Jerry Williams over a noncompete,
Richmond Bros. lost that one.

 After doing mostly issues talk at the Big X (sports on Friday nights with
his  in-season "Pat's Pick 'em contest), he went to back to CBS with  WEEI
which was getting killed by Mainella.  He worked a split at EEI, nights he
first did sports on the "all news PM report," then was off from 7 -7:20 for
Lowell Thomas and then Pat Summerall and then did 7:20 to 9 as Sportsline
59 before coming back at 5:30 a.m.  for the All News AM report.  EEI pushed
its talent a lot then, Len Lawrence anchored the all news morning block,
then did a talk show; at night Jim Westover did the same thing after being
lured here along with PD Dominic Quinn from KDKA in '64 when WEEI
intensified its news and talk offerings.

He was replaced at WMEX by the last Dan Donovan, who worked elsewhere under
what I presume to be his real name, but I can't remember it only that  he
wasn't one of  better known Dan Donovans (Johnny Dark, Art "Kevin O'Keefe"
McTague or Blaine Harvey) so I'm not sure who it really was.

Ironically, Fredericks ended up back at Richmond Bros. outlet in 1975 when
they were talking more and playing records less (Roy Fox in AM drive, for
example), and stayed into the WITS/Mariner Communications era when he
wisely left that sinking ship.

I've seen some references to Fredericks going back to WEEI and doing
political talk after leaving WITS, or to leaving WMEX and going back to
Philly then going to WITS, but by then WEEI was all news except for the
overnights, and I thought Fredericks stayed through the WMEX to WITS
transition so either my memory is completely wrong or someone is confused.