Helicopter Traffic Reports

[Bill Smith]

Can't forget Wicked high Eli, Eli Sherer or Malcolm Alter or Grant Moulaison
(not sure on the spelling.)

Bill Smith
(Not the radio one)

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[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of
Kevin Vahey
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 7:31 PM
To: Dan Murphy
Cc: Boston Radio Group
Subject: Re: Helicopter Traffic Reports

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?
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