R.I.P Steve Fredericks

[JackM]

It irks me to see a nice person referred to as "the girl from 
Brookline". LOL!  Her name was Brenda and she was a sweetheart. Steve 
was my best man and Brenda was my wife's maid of honor when we got 
married in April of '71. Wish I knew where she was now.

And Geoff Fox has Steve pretty much nailed. I was there as MD from July 
of '69 to early '71. I seem to remember Geoff and Doug Boyle splitting 
time as Steve's producer then but it's been 40 years and I could be wrong.

Personally, I feel bad that I kept putting off getting back in touch 
with Steve after he went to Philly. It was always "yeah, I really should 
do it" and then moved on to the other pressing issues of my life at that 
time. Procrastination is never a good thing.

Jack Marshall



From:
Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com>
Date:
4/11/2012 6:44 PM

To:
Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>
CC:
Karen McTrotsky <karenmctrotsky@gmail.com>, 
boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org


I met the girl from Brookline - who would become Steve's wife. Steve 
would have gone to Chicoutimi if need be. Geoff Fox remembers the Steve 
from Boston. 
http://www.geofffox.com/MT/archives/2012/04/10/on-the-passing-of-steve-fredericks.php 
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com> wrote:
> it was asked--
>
>>> Isn't leaving historic icon WCAU...to go to Mac Richmond's WMEX for
>>> a late night talk show a step down?
>>>
> Actually no, back then.  Mac had come from Philly, where he ran an ad
agency (with offices in DC as well, if I recall correctly); it was while in
Philly that he heard and later recruited Jerry Williams; and Mac still had
a lot of contacts in that area of the country.  Working at WMEX was still
seen as a good career move because being a talk host in Boston was very
high-visibility, and usually got you lots of publicity.  And while I am not
accusing the late Mr Fredericks of anything, Dan is correct in mentioning
being clean and sober.  Some career moves were fueled by needing to get out
of a market and start again somewhere else, often as a result of drug or
alcohol problems.  It was the industry's dirty little secret and few
discussed it.