R.I.P Steve Fredericks

[JackM]

Not a problem, Kevin. No disrespect inferred.

Forgot about Steve Kissell. Definitely remember that name.

BTW, here's a photo of Brenda and my soon-to-be wife sitting in Steve's 
studio as he was on the air circa 1970. http://home.comcast.net/~wvnh/48.jpg

Jack


On 4/12/2012 1:38 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
> Jack I was certainly not trying to demean Brenda in any way.
>
> Steve's producing core back then was Geoff, Howie Lapides, and Paul 
> Burke (Brownstein)
>
> They replaced Doug Boyle and Steve Kissell.
>
> Kissell left when he was drafted and went to Vietnam. Sadly he passed 
> 10 years ago.
>
> Doug went to work for the Father's Bar chain and I haven't seen him in 
> 40 years.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:37 PM, JackM <wvnh@wvnh.net 
> <mailto:wvnh@wvnh.net>> wrote:
>
>     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 <mailto:kvahey@gmail.com>>
>     Date:
>     4/11/2012 6:44 PM
>
>     To:
>     Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com <mailto:dlh@donnahalper.com>>
>     CC:
>     Karen McTrotsky <karenmctrotsky@gmail.com
>     <mailto:karenmctrotsky@gmail.com>>,
>     boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org
>     <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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.
>
>
>


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