Helicopter Traffic Reports

[Kevin Vahey]

I could be dead wrong on this and if somebody from the old WHDH has the
facts please correct me.

I think that WHDH entered into an agreement with the old MDC Police (that
later merged with the Mass State Police) that WHDH would provide a chopper
for the police in return to having the officer report the traffic.

When Officer Bill retired Grant took over.

Officer Bill in retirement then was hired by either WVBF or WROR.




On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Bill Smith <brscomm@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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?
> >
> >
> >
>
>