Helicopter Traffic Reports

[Ron Bello]

IIRC, Kevin O'Keefe (real name Art McTag (sp?)) was with WHDH to be
succeeded by
Officer Bill Connell upon retirement.  Joe Green in his "Flying Machine"
reported for WBZ.
Green got his start as O'Keefe's pilot.


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com> wrote:

> Some names I remember
>
> Kevin O'Keefe  WBZ
> Officer Bill Connell WHDH and other outlets
> Peter Mehegan WNAC
>
> Bruce Talford was the first at WHDH and he moved to LA and was killed while
> on duty in 1986 at KMPC.
>
> In 1977 WEEI's Chip Whitmore was killed in their copter.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Dan Murphy <danmurph@rcn.com> wrote:
>
> > I recently heard a traffic report broadcast from a helicopter, which is
> > relatively rare these days with traffic cameras everywhere. Right now I
> can
> > recall only three names from earlier traffic helicopter days: Joe Green
> and
> > Joe Morgan on WBZ (Green had a terrible mic/comm setup; NEVER understood
> a
> > single word he said), and Chris Culkeen on WFNX, WZLX, and 98.5 in the
> > WROR/WBMX years. When were helicopters first used by Boston news media to
> > report traffic or other breaking stories, and who were some of the other
> > pilots?
> >
> >
> >
>