Helicopter Traffic Reports

[Michael Wilkins]

didn't Bill Heckbert do some time up in one of the birds?
Mike

> From: brscomm@yahoo.com
> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
> Subject: RE: Helicopter Traffic Reports
> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 20:55:22 -0500
> 
> 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)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org
> [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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