From raccoonradio@gmail.com  Wed Aug  6 09:19:57 2014
From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson)
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:19:57 -0400
Subject: CC to help WBWL by downgrading Cape, RI stations
Message-ID: <CAJht-8MzU6cpc443_wKeNT7byB2nxx4hDTy_=H-Sb9th8GmDKw@mail.gmail.com>

http://www.fybush.com/nerw-update-clear-channels-new-england-shuffle/

The applications have been filed, with WWBB moving to a different
transmitter site and reducing power and WCIB reducing power and changing
pattern, to enable WBWL 101.7 to go non-directional and improve reception
to the south. The station doubled its numbers in the 6 plus ratings this
past month.

Still no match for WKLB, but it should help some. Admittedly the antenna is
in Boston, not Lynn--the city of license--but here on the North Shore there
are some places where it does fine, but in parts of Peabody and further up
Rt 128, it's shaky at times...ironic, given that Peabody is right next to
the city of license.

From wollman@bimajority.org  Wed Aug  6 15:28:22 2014
From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman)
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 15:28:22 -0400
Subject: CC to help WBWL by downgrading Cape, RI stations
In-Reply-To: <CAJht-8MzU6cpc443_wKeNT7byB2nxx4hDTy_=H-Sb9th8GmDKw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJht-8MzU6cpc443_wKeNT7byB2nxx4hDTy_=H-Sb9th8GmDKw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <21474.33238.114761.599257@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>

<<On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:19:57 -0400, Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@gmail.com> said:

> The applications have been filed, with WWBB moving to a different
> transmitter site and reducing power and WCIB reducing power and changing
> pattern, to enable WBWL 101.7 to go non-directional and improve reception
> to the south. The station doubled its numbers in the 6 plus ratings this
> past month.

Clear Channel has been using some of its billboard faces to promote
the station.  I noted one on the Turnpike Extension inbound in
Brighton last week, about 1000 feet after a WKLB-FM billboard.

-GAWollman


From raccoonradio@gmail.com  Thu Aug  7 07:53:06 2014
From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 07:53:06 -0400
Subject: CC to help WBWL by downgrading Cape, RI stations
In-Reply-To: <21474.33238.114761.599257@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
References: <CAJht-8MzU6cpc443_wKeNT7byB2nxx4hDTy_=H-Sb9th8GmDKw@mail.gmail.com>
 <21474.33238.114761.599257@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <CAJht-8NCSfMdJpnPUdZUAf9xCNTuGJe0GJae0VCth+=fP1xakA@mail.gmail.com>

When Clear Channel got the station, they briefly did billboards for it
under the Harbor and Evolution formats, and now the Bull format. (For that
matter I think they also briefly did billboards for 1200 and 1430 under
progressive talk). It was noted I think when the Evolution billboards went
up that some of them were far to the south of what 101.7's signal would
carry.

Well, it could be that maybe that was for some commuters who might be able
to get 101.7 as they get closer to Boston, or they knew in some ways they
could change the direction of 101.7 (and downgrade other stations) so it
would make sense...though that was a while ago. It's possible the Bull
billboards are showing up on some of those electronic signs that are up in
places like Stoneham, Peabody, etc. (though at least one of those,  next to
the North Shore mall, is apparently not Clear Channel--it says TOTAL
instead)

Also even if someone can't get the signal of WBWL at work, etc.via radio
they could get it via web streaming on a computer or cell phone. I listen
to WRKO at work that way (at least on the workroom floor where there's lots
of interference; WRKO's stream tends to have station promos and PSAs only,
other than maybe an ad
on the top of the hour newscast).


On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org>
wrote:

> <<On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:19:57 -0400, Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@gmail.com>
> said:
>
> > The applications have been filed, with WWBB moving to a different
> > transmitter site and reducing power and WCIB reducing power and changing
> > pattern, to enable WBWL 101.7 to go non-directional and improve reception
> > to the south. The station doubled its numbers in the 6 plus ratings this
> > past month.
>
> Clear Channel has been using some of its billboard faces to promote
> the station.  I noted one on the Turnpike Extension inbound in
> Brighton last week, about 1000 feet after a WKLB-FM billboard.
>
> -GAWollman
>
>

From 011010001@interpring.com  Thu Aug  7 10:13:09 2014
From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 10:13:09 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CC to help WBWL by downgrading Cape, RI stations
In-Reply-To: <CAJht-8MzU6cpc443_wKeNT7byB2nxx4hDTy_=H-Sb9th8GmDKw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJht-8MzU6cpc443_wKeNT7byB2nxx4hDTy_=H-Sb9th8GmDKw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1408071012320.24226@python>



On Wed, 6 Aug 2014, Bob Nelson wrote:

> The applications have been filed, with WWBB moving to a different
> transmitter site and reducing power and WCIB reducing power and changing
> pattern, to enable WBWL 101.7 to go non-directional and improve reception
> to the south. The station doubled its numbers in the 6 plus ratings this
> past month.

That should give it essentially the same coverage as WHRB.


Rob

From scott@fybush.com  Thu Aug  7 11:07:55 2014
From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 11:07:55 -0400
Subject: CC to help WBWL by downgrading Cape, RI stations
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1408071012320.24226@python>
References: <CAJht-8MzU6cpc443_wKeNT7byB2nxx4hDTy_=H-Sb9th8GmDKw@mail.gmail.com>
 <alpine.DEB.2.00.1408071012320.24226@python>
Message-ID: <CAPM+09ePcojL3cnQUFmPVuXBCxA9bfbKtE_wTm+yj0QaKYYtjQ@mail.gmail.com>

Arguably rather better than WHRB, since WHRB suffers first-adjacent
interference from class B WBRU and WXTK, while the new WBWL will have a
much lesser class A (with a DA notch,  even) from WWBB on the low side and
a DA-hobbled WCIB on the high side.

The reduction in adjacent channel interference probably turns out to be the
much bigger win for 101.7 than the dropping of the DA.
On Aug 7, 2014 10:52 AM, "Rob Landry" <011010001@interpring.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2014, Bob Nelson wrote:
>
>  The applications have been filed, with WWBB moving to a different
>> transmitter site and reducing power and WCIB reducing power and changing
>> pattern, to enable WBWL 101.7 to go non-directional and improve reception
>> to the south. The station doubled its numbers in the 6 plus ratings this
>> past month.
>>
>
> That should give it essentially the same coverage as WHRB.
>
>
> Rob
>

From gary@garysicecream.com  Sat Aug 16 20:00:27 2014
From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 20:00:27 -0400
Subject: Ooopps - Technical Difficulties tonight on News at 6 on Ch 5
Message-ID: <001d01cfb9ae$40877160$c1965420$@garysicecream.com>

http://youtu.be/Z7Semk-iTj4

 

-Gary Francis

 

 

 


From kvahey@gmail.com  Sat Aug 16 20:51:14 2014
From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 20:51:14 -0400
Subject: Ooopps - Technical Difficulties tonight on News at 6 on Ch 5
In-Reply-To: <001d01cfb9ae$40877160$c1965420$@garysicecream.com>
References: <001d01cfb9ae$40877160$c1965420$@garysicecream.com>
Message-ID: <CABnTNsMBY7GY6aYUeSVutycae5LzA8sFOXT1HPm5oBSExuL=Kw@mail.gmail.com>

One wrong code entered in automation script and it takes forever to
autoride.


On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Gary's Ice Cream <gary@garysicecream.com>
wrote:

> http://youtu.be/Z7Semk-iTj4
>
>
>
> -Gary Francis
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

From kvahey@gmail.com  Sat Aug 16 23:18:47 2014
From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey)
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 23:18:47 -0400
Subject: Ooopps - Technical Difficulties tonight on News at 6 on Ch 5
In-Reply-To: <CABnTNsMBY7GY6aYUeSVutycae5LzA8sFOXT1HPm5oBSExuL=Kw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <001d01cfb9ae$40877160$c1965420$@garysicecream.com>
 <CABnTNsMBY7GY6aYUeSVutycae5LzA8sFOXT1HPm5oBSExuL=Kw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABnTNsMsrJoxMDGxa7YJ_zmNT48kBV1zN2=MofBPRSQfJy259w@mail.gmail.com>

WCVB just said on the 11 PM the problem was only on the fiber feed to
Comcast.


On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com> wrote:

> One wrong code entered in automation script and it takes forever to
> autoride.
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Gary's Ice Cream <gary@garysicecream.com>
> wrote:
>
>> http://youtu.be/Z7Semk-iTj4
>>
>>
>>
>> -Gary Francis
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

From joe@attorneyross.com  Tue Aug 19 23:57:40 2014
From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 23:57:40 -0400
Subject: For old WMEX fans
Message-ID: <53F41CB4.2090804@attorneyross.com>

I heard on the news today that the District Attorney for Staten Island 
is named Daniel Donovan.  I wonder which Dan Donovan he is.

-- 
A. Joseph Ross, J.D.| 92 State Street| Suite 700 | Boston, MA 02109-2004
617.367.0468|Fx:617.507.7856| http://www.attorneyross.com


From TVNETDUDE@aol.com  Thu Aug 21 09:12:21 2014
From: TVNETDUDE@aol.com (TVNETDUDE@aol.com)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:12:21 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: For old WMEX fans 
Message-ID: <5da76.136f3f99.41274a34@aol.com>

>>>I heard on the news today that the District Attorney for Staten  Island 
is named Daniel Donovan.  I wonder which Dan Donovan he  is.<<<<


Were any of the Dan Donovan's at WMEX really Dan Donovan?
 
 
Mike

From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com  Thu Aug 21 09:53:15 2014
From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:53:15 -0700
Subject: Radio Names
Message-ID: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>

A thread on here about Dan Dnovan at WMEX made me think of a question I've
been asked quite a few times in my 10 year on air radio career....

"Is that your real name?"

People seem to assume radio folks use fake names.. but I tell them, "Yes,
Paul Walker is my real name.  If I was going to use a fake name, I'd pick
something better then Paul Walker. I don't use a fake name because my luck,
Id be rushing into the studio to talk and I'd forget what my air name was"

Most non radio people I've come across refer to it as a "fake name".. they
don't call it a stage name or "air name".

I guess they thought because there was an actor with the same name, I
picked my name 'cuse of him.

"The Original" Paul B. Walker, Jr.

From dlh@donnahalper.com  Thu Aug 21 10:49:03 2014
From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:49:03 -0400
Subject: Radio Names
In-Reply-To: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <53F606DF.7020308@donnahalper.com>

On 8/21/2014 9:53 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> People seem to assume radio folks use fake names.. but I tell them, "Yes,
> Paul Walker is my real name.  If I was going to use a fake name, I'd pick
> something better then Paul Walker.
>    
I think there's been a shift on the use of "real names" versus radio 
names.  These days, I notice a number of announcers using their real 
name, although some might still pick a "radio name"-- especially if 
their actual name is long or difficult for the average person to 
pronounce.  But that was not the case during much of radio's history.  
Way back in the mid-1920s, the late great John Shepard 3rd of WNAC 
(today WRKO) came up with the concept of "house names"-- the announcer 
may have left, but the name lived on for the next announcer to use. So, 
his first women's show was done by "Jean Sargent," and when the original 
hostess of that show left, the next woman to host the show was also 
"Jean Sargent."  During the album-rock era, many female announcers 
(myself included) were told to just use our first name, and we were also 
told to sound "sexy."  But back to the changing of names: during the 
top-40 era, house names were everywhere-- there were a plethora of 
overnight disc jockeys with the house name "Johnny Dark" and I can 
recall several stations that had a Dan Donovan.  Amusingly, even when 
the real name could have been perfect, some station PDs or consultants 
insisted you had to change it:  Frank Kingston Smith had a wonderful 
radio name (and that's his real name), yet he was told to become "Bobby 
Mitchell" when he was a top-40 jock for WRKO.   It was also a custom for 
announcers to have names that did not sound ethnic, a concept also used 
in the movies for many years-- Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) and Eddie 
Cantor (Edward Itskowitz) were among the many who chose names that hid 
the fact they were Jewish.  It was a time when anti-Semitism was still 
part of the popular culture, so Jewish radio announcers were just about 
always told to change to something that sounded vaguely anglo-saxon-- 
hence "Bob Clayton."  The one exception I can recall was my cultural 
hero Arnie Ginsburg.

From radiotest@plymouthcolony.net  Thu Aug 21 10:38:27 2014
From: radiotest@plymouthcolony.net (Dale H. Cook)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:38:27 -0400
Subject: Radio Names
In-Reply-To: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.g
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Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20140821103557.03ea2c70@plymouthcolony.net>

At 09:53 AM 8/21/2014, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

>People seem to assume radio folks use fake names..

Air names can be useful. For years I worked with a guy who was "Eddie Haskell" on the air. Staff members who knew his true name didn't have to remember his phone number - it was listed under his true name.

Dale H. Cook, Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html 


From joe@attorneyross.com  Fri Aug 22 00:27:01 2014
From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:27:01 -0400
Subject: Radio Names
In-Reply-To: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
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WBZ once had an evening talk-show host by the name of "Bob Kennedy."  I 
assume that was his real name because otherwise why pick a name 
identical to that of the President's brother?  His evening show was 
originally called "Program PM," and later moved earlier and became 
"Contact," eventually with a 9:00 AM TV edition. Originally he kept 
calling himself "The other Bob Kennedy."  he stopped that after JFK's 
assassination.

On 8/21/2014 9:53 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> A thread on here about Dan Dnovan at WMEX made me think of a question I've
> been asked quite a few times in my 10 year on air radio career....
>
> "Is that your real name?"
>
> People seem to assume radio folks use fake names.. but I tell them, "Yes,
> Paul Walker is my real name.  If I was going to use a fake name, I'd pick
> something better then Paul Walker. I don't use a fake name because my luck,
> Id be rushing into the studio to talk and I'd forget what my air name was"
>
> Most non radio people I've come across refer to it as a "fake name".. they
> don't call it a stage name or "air name".
>
> I guess they thought because there was an actor with the same name, I
> picked my name 'cuse of him.
>
> "The Original" Paul B. Walker, Jr.
>
>
> -----
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>

-- 
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617.367.0468|Fx:617.507.7856| http://www.attorneyross.com


From joe@attorneyross.com  Fri Aug 22 00:55:40 2014
From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:55:40 -0400
Subject: Radio Names
In-Reply-To: <53F606DF.7020308@donnahalper.com>
References: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
 <53F606DF.7020308@donnahalper.com>
Message-ID: <53F6CD4C.8040508@attorneyross.com>

On 8/21/2014 10:49 AM, Donna Halper wrote:

> But back to the changing of names: during the top-40 era, house names 
> were everywhere-- there were a plethora of overnight disc jockeys with 
> the house name "Johnny Dark" and I can recall several stations that 
> had a Dan Donovan. 

In 1985, when WROR had a Rock & Roll Revival weekend, Arnie Ginsburg 
joked that they were having a Dan Donovan convention at Fenway Park, and 
the one with the shortest straw would be there the next day.  The Dan 
Donovan who was there the next day told of coming up from Rhode Island 
and asking for a job at WMEX.  As an audition, Mr. Richmond decided he 
would go on that day as Dan Donovan. Apparently they liked what they 
heard because he got the job as Dan Donovan, and the guy who had been 
Dan Donovan was instantly transformed into Johnny Dark and got the 
overnight shift.

> Amusingly, even when the real name could have been perfect, some 
> station PDs or consultants insisted you had to change it:  Frank 
> Kingston Smith had a wonderful radio name (and that's his real name), 
> yet he was told to become "Bobby Mitchell" when he was a top-40 jock 
> for WRKO.   It was also a custom for announcers to have names that did 
> not sound ethnic, a concept also used in the movies for many years-- 
> Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) and Eddie Cantor (Edward Itskowitz) 
> were among the many who chose names that hid the fact they were 
> Jewish.  It was a time when anti-Semitism was still part of the 
> popular culture, so Jewish radio announcers were just about always 
> told to change to something that sounded vaguely anglo-saxon-- hence 
> "Bob Clayton."  The one exception I can recall was my cultural hero 
> Arnie Ginsburg.

Sometimes the names were just too long, such as Kubelsky.  Jack Benny 
originally performed in Vaudeville as Ben K. Benny, which also sounds 
vaguely Jewish.  But he heard from Ben Bernie, who also did a violin act 
as Benny did in those days, so he changed it to Jack Benny.  I always 
thought the surname Cantor was just as Jewish as the name Eddie Cantor 
changed it from.  Then there was John Sullivan, who became Fred Allen.

Isaac Asimov has written about how, at the start of his writing career, 
his editor at Astounding Science Fiction, wanted him to change his name, 
but he stood his ground and did well under his own name.

There's also a nice story that Annette Funicello asked Walt Disney if 
she should change her last name because it was so hard for people to 
learn to pronounce.  Disney, to his credit, replied, "But once they 
learn it, they'll never forget it.

Name changes still happen, and Jewish isn't the only ethnicity that 
creates issues.  The Thai science fiction writer Somtow Sucharitkul, who 
actually published under his own name for awhile, was told to change his 
byline to S.P. Somtow when he wrote a novel that his editors thought 
might break out and become a Best Seller.

-- 
A. Joseph Ross, J.D.| 92 State Street| Suite 700 | Boston, MA 02109-2004
617.367.0468|Fx:617.507.7856| http://www.attorneyross.com


From tlmedia@intrstar.net  Thu Aug 21 12:16:53 2014
From: tlmedia@intrstar.net (Ted Larsen)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:16:53 -0400
Subject: Radio Names
In-Reply-To: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1127E20B60F541DE888AEE680D80791A@OwnerPC>

My real name is Thorvald Lauritsen. Not too good for radio. WMEX told me to 
change it to "Ted Larsen." I thanked the short-lived Art Simmers.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:53 AM
To: B-R-I
Subject: Radio Names

A thread on here about Dan Dnovan at WMEX made me think of a question I've
been asked quite a few times in my 10 year on air radio career....

"Is that your real name?"

People seem to assume radio folks use fake names.. but I tell them, "Yes,
Paul Walker is my real name.  If I was going to use a fake name, I'd pick
something better then Paul Walker. I don't use a fake name because my luck,
Id be rushing into the studio to talk and I'd forget what my air name was"

Most non radio people I've come across refer to it as a "fake name".. they
don't call it a stage name or "air name".

I guess they thought because there was an actor with the same name, I
picked my name 'cuse of him.

"The Original" Paul B. Walker, Jr. 



From wollman@bimajority.org  Fri Aug 22 02:30:49 2014
From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 02:30:49 -0400
Subject: Radio Names
In-Reply-To: <1127E20B60F541DE888AEE680D80791A@OwnerPC>
References: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
 <1127E20B60F541DE888AEE680D80791A@OwnerPC>
Message-ID: <21494.58265.48692.37912@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>

<<On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:16:53 -0400, "Ted Larsen" <tlmedia@intrstar.net> said:

> My real name is Thorvald Lauritsen. Not too good for radio. WMEX told me to 
> change it to "Ted Larsen." I thanked the short-lived Art Simmers.

For some people, their air name has become more "real" than the name
they were born with, notwithstanding what their driver's license says.
There are quite a few people on this list who are far better known by
a "nom de radiodiffusion" than any other, even among their friends.

I'm pretty sure most of the jocks I grew up listening to were using
their birth names, if perhaps shortened in the usual way.  (I'm pretty
sure you don't go on the air as "Ginny McGehee" or "Dena Yasner" or
"Walt Speck" if that's not your given name, at least in part!  And if
you're in a market that's a third Franco-American, "Rob Poulin" is not
likely to sound "too ethnic".)

Not so sure about the old(er) guys on WVMT, though -- Ernie Farrar is
the only one I can remember any more, and he's been a fixture for more
than four decades now.  (I can still sing[1] the "Ernie in the
Morning" jingle -- a custom sing of the "Imus in the Morning" jingle
in JAM's "Nothing But Class" WNBC package.  WVMT also used the
"dramatic legal ID staging bed", as the demo called it, but oddly
enough, not for the legal ID.)  My parents refused to pay extra for an
FM radio in the car, so from 1980 to 1986 my ride to school was
accompanied by Ernie Farrar.

-GAWollman

[1] For some values of "sing".  You probably don't want me to
demonstrate.

From tlmedia@intrstar.net  Fri Aug 22 07:25:43 2014
From: tlmedia@intrstar.net (Ted Larsen)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 07:25:43 -0400
Subject: Radio Names
In-Reply-To: <000c01cfbdfb$72cfb690$586f23b0$@comcast.net>
References: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
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 <000c01cfbdfb$72cfb690$586f23b0$@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <0ECECBA381CE4C02A8D1BCDECCF943C3@OwnerPC>

He sure did and that was fun especially when he also called me "The Viking" 
because of my Danish ancestry. Larry was one of the best people I ever met.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Lou
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 7:23 AM
To: 'Ted Larsen' ; 'Paul B. Walker, Jr.' ; 'B-R-I'
Subject: RE: Radio Names

But Larry Glick always insisted on calling you "Thor."

:)



-----Original Message-----
From: Boston-Radio-Interest 
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of 
Ted Larsen
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:17 PM
To: Paul B. Walker, Jr.; B-R-I
Subject: Re: Radio Names

My real name is Thorvald Lauritsen. Not too good for radio. WMEX told me to 
change it to "Ted Larsen." I thanked the short-lived Art Simmers.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:53 AM
To: B-R-I
Subject: Radio Names

A thread on here about Dan Dnovan at WMEX made me think of a question I've 
been asked quite a few times in my 10 year on air radio career....

"Is that your real name?"

People seem to assume radio folks use fake names.. but I tell them, "Yes, 
Paul Walker is my real name.  If I was going to use a fake name, I'd pick 
something better then Paul Walker. I don't use a fake name because my luck, 
Id be rushing into the studio to talk and I'd forget what my air name was"

Most non radio people I've come across refer to it as a "fake name".. they 
don't call it a stage name or "air name".

I guess they thought because there was an actor with the same name, I picked 
my name 'cuse of him.

"The Original" Paul B. Walker, Jr.




From lspin@comcast.net  Fri Aug 22 07:23:07 2014
From: lspin@comcast.net (Lou)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 07:23:07 -0400
Subject: Radio Names
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But Larry Glick always insisted on calling you "Thor."

:)



-----Original Message-----
From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Ted Larsen
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:17 PM
To: Paul B. Walker, Jr.; B-R-I
Subject: Re: Radio Names

My real name is Thorvald Lauritsen. Not too good for radio. WMEX told me to change it to "Ted Larsen." I thanked the short-lived Art Simmers.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:53 AM
To: B-R-I
Subject: Radio Names

A thread on here about Dan Dnovan at WMEX made me think of a question I've been asked quite a few times in my 10 year on air radio career....

"Is that your real name?"

People seem to assume radio folks use fake names.. but I tell them, "Yes, Paul Walker is my real name.  If I was going to use a fake name, I'd pick something better then Paul Walker. I don't use a fake name because my luck, Id be rushing into the studio to talk and I'd forget what my air name was"

Most non radio people I've come across refer to it as a "fake name".. they don't call it a stage name or "air name".

I guess they thought because there was an actor with the same name, I picked my name 'cuse of him.

"The Original" Paul B. Walker, Jr. 




From billohno@gmail.com  Fri Aug 22 08:32:29 2014
From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:32:29 -0400
Subject: Radio Names
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Is there truth to the anecdote that WRKO, during its music days, had a jingled fill-in title, namely, "Justin Case"?

Bill O'Neill


-------- Original Message --------
From: Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>
Sent: August 21, 2014 10:49:03 AM EDT
To: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com>
Cc: B-R-I <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Subject: Re: Radio Names

On 8/21/2014 9:53 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> People seem to assume radio folks use fake names.. but I tell them, "Yes,
> Paul Walker is my real name.  If I was going to use a fake name, I'd pick
> something better then Paul Walker.
>    
I think there's been a shift on the use of "real names" versus radio 
names.  These days, I notice a number of announcers using their real 
name, although some might still pick a "radio name"-- especially if 
their actual name is long or difficult for the average person to 
pronounce.  But that was not the case during much of radio's history.  
Way back in the mid-1920s, the late great John Shepard 3rd of WNAC 
(today WRKO) came up with the concept of "house names"-- the announcer 
may have left, but the name lived on for the next announcer to use. So, 
his first women's show was done by "Jean Sargent," and when the original 
hostess of that show left, the next woman to host the show was also 
"Jean Sargent."  During the album-rock era, many female announcers 
(myself included) were told to just use our first name, and we were also 
told to sound "sexy."  But back to the changing of names: during the 
top-40 era, house names were everywhere-- there were a plethora of 
overnight disc jockeys with the house name "Johnny Dark" and I can 
recall several stations that had a Dan Donovan.  Amusingly, even when 
the real name could have been perfect, some station PDs or consultants 
insisted you had to change it:  Frank Kingston Smith had a wonderful 
radio name (and that's his real name), yet he was told to become "Bobby 
Mitchell" when he was a top-40 jock for WRKO.   It was also a custom for 
announcers to have names that did not sound ethnic, a concept also used 
in the movies for many years-- Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) and Eddie 
Cantor (Edward Itskowitz) were among the many who chose names that hid 
the fact they were Jewish.  It was a time when anti-Semitism was still 
part of the popular culture, so Jewish radio announcers were just about 
always told to change to something that sounded vaguely anglo-saxon-- 
hence "Bob Clayton."  The one exception I can recall was my cultural 
hero Arnie Ginsburg.

-- 
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

From billohno@gmail.com  Fri Aug 22 09:38:28 2014
From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:38:28 -0400
Subject: Radio Names
In-Reply-To: <0ECECBA381CE4C02A8D1BCDECCF943C3@OwnerPC>
References: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
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"Karl Ludvig Kraus Von Schvegler" rounded out a winning team.

Bill Kraus Von O'Neill


-------- Original Message --------
From: Ted Larsen <tlmedia@intrstar.net>
Sent: August 22, 2014 7:25:43 AM EDT
To: Lou <lspin@comcast.net>, "'Paul B. Walker, Jr.'" <walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com>, 'B-R-I' <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Subject: Re: Radio Names

He sure did and that was fun especially when he also called me "The Viking" 
because of my Danish ancestry. Larry was one of the best people I ever met.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Lou
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 7:23 AM
To: 'Ted Larsen' ; 'Paul B. Walker, Jr.' ; 'B-R-I'
Subject: RE: Radio Names

But Larry Glick always insisted on calling you "Thor."

:)



-----Original Message-----
From: Boston-Radio-Interest 
[mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of 
Ted Larsen
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:17 PM
To: Paul B. Walker, Jr.; B-R-I
Subject: Re: Radio Names

My real name is Thorvald Lauritsen. Not too good for radio. WMEX told me to 
change it to "Ted Larsen." I thanked the short-lived Art Simmers.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:53 AM
To: B-R-I
Subject: Radio Names

A thread on here about Dan Dnovan at WMEX made me think of a question I've 
been asked quite a few times in my 10 year on air radio career....

"Is that your real name?"

People seem to assume radio folks use fake names.. but I tell them, "Yes, 
Paul Walker is my real name.  If I was going to use a fake name, I'd pick 
something better then Paul Walker. I don't use a fake name because my luck, 
Id be rushing into the studio to talk and I'd forget what my air name was"

Most non radio people I've come across refer to it as a "fake name".. they 
don't call it a stage name or "air name".

I guess they thought because there was an actor with the same name, I picked 
my name 'cuse of him.

"The Original" Paul B. Walker, Jr.




-- 
Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

From 011010001@interpring.com  Fri Aug 22 14:38:46 2014
From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:38:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Radio Names
In-Reply-To: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADC3Yg3Yyee7h0w7abCqP5THA43BRp8UyQiW2+pfDh53u_Q7pg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1408221435360.7298@python>



On Thu, 21 Aug 2014, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

> "Is that your real name?"

> People seem to assume radio folks use fake names.. but I tell them, "Yes,
> Paul Walker is my real name.  If I was going to use a fake name, I'd pick
> something better then Paul Walker. I don't use a fake name because my luck,
> Id be rushing into the studio to talk and I'd forget what my air name was"

In the early 1980's when I was at WBOS, one of my colleagues was Mark 
Bashore ("bay shore"), which I was sure was an assumed name, but it's not; 
it's his actual name.

And Larry King of WCRB is indeed Lawrence King, which is more than can be 
said of the Larry King on TV.


Rob


From raccoonradio@gmail.com  Sat Aug 23 08:13:52 2014
From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson)
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 08:13:52 -0400
Subject: WRKO advertises for full time talk host
Message-ID: <CAJht-8NDM1wv_hL2+uhf+BGwmrj1eh5ikk=WgDJNjbgKuH7QNw@mail.gmail.com>

http://www.allaccess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=49865&sid=f453d5c32ea1f3af6f9d802b35f96ba1

WRKO is advertising a position as a full time talk show host, "someone who
lives and breathes the news cycle. Not just politics, but pop culture as
well." (Note that the address given has the wrong ZIP code, though; 02151
is Revere. Brighton is 02135.)

Howie Carr's contract ends next month and he has signed with Global Media
to syndicate his show. So this could be a sign they don't plan to sign up
with his "new" show, or possibly if this is to replace Jeff Kuhner (perhaps
if they don't sign up with Carr's new show they may try Kuhner in PM drive
and get a new host for mornings).
A third possibility is WRKO opening up a different shift for a new host but
I doubt it. Late mornings is brokered financial talk, they probably
wouldn't dump Rush, and would they try evenings at 7 pm? Doubtful.