1200 stunting as Gaffe 1200

[Kevin Vahey]

She moved to Westford after she married.

I remember her work on WBCN with Charles on 'The Big Mattress'.



On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>wrote:

> **
> Hi, Kevin. Thank you. I remembered and sent off a message a couple of
> minutes before I received yours. Looks as if my message hasn't gone out to
> the list yet, though. It's gonna appear that I sent my message only after
> you jogged my memory and I didn't have the courtesy to say thank you. I was
> a big fan of Marcia's. Big loss to comedy and radio fans in New England.
>
> -----
> Dan Strassberg
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com>
> *To:* Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>
> *Cc:* A Joseph Ross <joe@attorneyross.com> ;
> boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org
> *Sent:* Monday, August 13, 2012 10:52 AM
> *Subject:* Re: 1200 stunting as Gaffe 1200
>
> Dan
>
> You are thinking of Marcia Masters - hard to believe she has been gone 9
> years
> http://www.meatballmedia.com/marcia.htm
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net>wrote:
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>> Well, the C in WRCA stood for Comedy. WRCA on 1330 in Waltham (NOT the
>> same calls when they were on 660 in NYC) stood for Radio Comedy and Arts.
>> It was an imaginative and occasionally quite entertaining format. The air
>> staff included some really brilliant young talent. I wish I could remember
>> the name of the young woman who did AM drive. She died (of cancer, IIRC)
>> not long after the demise of the format on 1330. I believe that, prior to
>> WRCA, she had done stand-up in Boston and elsewhere and had also done quite
>> a bit of V/O work.
>>
>> You can bet that CCU's version of a comedy format will take many fewer
>> chances than WRCA's did. CCU has a reputation for playing it safe with
>> their on-air product. If they stick with comedy cuts recorded by only the
>> best known and highest-paid talent (which is what I expect of CCU), the
>> format will become stale and will be pulled in most markets within a year
>> or so or a bit longer.
>>
>> -----
>> Dan Strassberg
>> e-fax 707-215-6367
>>    ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: A Joseph Ross
>>   To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
>>   Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:12 PM
>>   Subject: Re: 1200 stunting as Gaffe 1200
>>
>>
>>   On 8/12/2012 2:13 AM, Richard Chonak wrote:
>>
>>   > Is there any chance they might actually try a comedy format
>>   > (comparable to some of the comedy channels on Sirius/XM)?
>>
>>   I seem to remember that other stations in this market have tried it
>>   before.  I don't recall that any of them lasted long.  But with some
>>   actual promotion and a strong signal, maybe it would work.
>>
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