From kvahey@gmail.com Thu Jan 15 00:51:57 2015 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:51:57 -0500 Subject: Harold Segal, 96; boosted radio with knack for promotions Message-ID: I am sure Donna can share more details about Harold. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2015/01/14/harold-segal-part-massachusetts-broadcasters-hall-fame-first-class-inductees/aPN1Rn8tqBIqAPT9IkRZ3H/story.html From kvahey@gmail.com Sat Jan 17 12:54:04 2015 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:54:04 -0500 Subject: RIP Bob Wilson Message-ID: He was the best hockey play by play man on radio I have ever heard. Cusick was best on TV. http://www.wcvb.com/news/bob-wilson-longtime-bruins-announcer-dies-at-85/30773938 In his perch in the press box in Montreal, Bob Wilson, the longtime radio voice of the Bruins, led listeners through his pregame setup. It was a potential series clincher for the Habs. With almost a stand-up comic's refined delivery, The Voice fired off the names of Montreal's hot scorers. Based on Wilson's frustrated tone and, the French names rolling from his tongue in near perfect accent, another end was upon his beloved B's. "That rounds out the Montreal attack," boomed Wilson, segueing directly out of the roll call of Canadiens scorers. "And who do the Bruins counter with, but Lyndon Byers . . . who couldn't put the puck in the ocean if he was standing at the end of the dock!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DBjhWfnqr4 From tlmedia@intrstar.net Sat Jan 17 14:19:12 2015 From: tlmedia@intrstar.net (Ted Larsen) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:19:12 -0500 Subject: RIP Bob Wilson In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <399D794773094A4589014841F2DB1F64@OwnerPC> When I was at 'BZ and we had the Bruins franchise, Bob would visit often. A true gentleman. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Vahey Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 12:54 PM To: Boston Radio Group Subject: RIP Bob Wilson He was the best hockey play by play man on radio I have ever heard. Cusick was best on TV. http://www.wcvb.com/news/bob-wilson-longtime-bruins-announcer-dies-at-85/30773938 In his perch in the press box in Montreal, Bob Wilson, the longtime radio voice of the Bruins, led listeners through his pregame setup. It was a potential series clincher for the Habs. With almost a stand-up comic's refined delivery, The Voice fired off the names of Montreal's hot scorers. Based on Wilson's frustrated tone and, the French names rolling from his tongue in near perfect accent, another end was upon his beloved B's. "That rounds out the Montreal attack," boomed Wilson, segueing directly out of the roll call of Canadiens scorers. "And who do the Bruins counter with, but Lyndon Byers . . . who couldn't put the puck in the ocean if he was standing at the end of the dock!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DBjhWfnqr4 From raccoonradio@gmail.com Sat Jan 17 10:48:26 2015 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 10:48:26 -0500 Subject: Bob Wilson, Bruins broadcaster, passes at 85 Message-ID: Joe Fitzgerald's column in today's Herald mentions the passing of Bob Wilson, longtime radio voice of the Boston Bruins. He died Thursday after suffering from lung cancer, at age 85. Fitzgerald said he was born Robert Castellon but, as a WCOP DJ, needed to change his on-air last name to something with two syllables (for station jingles). He chose Wilson, his mother's maiden name. "A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. next Saturday at the Community Church in Gilford, N.H." Tweets: Jack Edwards: "We are saddened by news of the death of legendary Bruins radio play-by-play man Bob Wilson. He was my greatest inspiration.".... Dale Arnold: "I am just learning of the passing of Bob Wilson, one of the iconic sports voices of our time and a kind and classy gentleman. My hero." John Tomase: "Talk about a Golden Age of broadcasting. Bruins fans over 35 can recall a time when their options were Bob Wilson or Fred Cusick. RIP, Bob."... Mark from Boston Radio Watch: "Bob Wilson started Bruins pXp in1971. He started 1994-1995 season but retired during lockout. Dale Arnold filled in after lockout ended." From Donald_Astelle@Yahoo.com Sat Jan 31 12:25:49 2015 From: Donald_Astelle@Yahoo.com (Don) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:25:49 -0500 Subject: Where is Ed Carroll? Message-ID: Kevin Cullen mentioned some meteorologists in his Globe column on Tuesday, and wondered aloud where Ed Carroll is these days. I didn't realize he was from Quincy. Wasn't he part of one of the network morning shows before he came to Boston? I thought I haeard he went to Springfield, after WBZ...which was quite a step down from doing a national morning show....however, might have been a good pit stop if he was from Quincy. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/27/end-world-said/yclNY7qLdL4K6kQA7thghL/story.html "In the meantime, I've been surfing through the channels, and it occurs to me that I don't even know any of the weather people anymore, except maybe Harvey Leonard. What the flip happened? JC Monahan's a news anchor now. Where's Ed Carroll? Ed's from Quincy, for cripesake." From wollman@bimajority.org Sat Jan 31 16:29:51 2015 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 16:29:51 -0500 Subject: Where is Ed Carroll? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <21709.18767.69224.781357@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < quoted Kevin Cullen's Globe column: > "In the meantime, I've been surfing through the channels, and it occurs to > me that I don't even know any of the weather people anymore, except maybe > Harvey Leonard. What the flip happened? JC Monahan's a news anchor now. > Where's Ed Carroll? Ed's from Quincy, for cripesake." Mike Wankum's been around for as long as I've lived here -- he was at 56 when I moved to Boston and he's now at 5, in addition to doing motorcycle racing and some . And Barry "Hairicane" Burbank is still around, currently doing weekends on 4. (And it occurs to me that I know some of these people more by quirks of their accents than anything else. There was a woman on 56 whose name I have since forgotten -- she got sent to the beach when Ansin acquired 56 and never made it back AFAIK -- who always said "hut" rather than "hot". If I were a dialectologist I could probably pinpoint where she was from.) But the rest of them -- I don't often watch local TV news, and when I was tuning around during the blizzard this past week, all I could think was "who *are* these people?" Guess that whole business about the Boston TV audience being loyal to their local TV personalities was just a bunch of hooey.[1] -GAWollman [1] I will have been here for 21 years next Valentine's Day. What fraction of the current Boston DMA population either wasn't here or wasn't alive yet when I moved to town? I'm betting it's pretty substantial. Hard to be loyal to someone you never knew. From gary@garysicecream.com Sat Jan 31 17:49:59 2015 From: gary@garysicecream.com (Gary's Ice Cream) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:49:59 -0500 Subject: Where is Ed Carroll? In-Reply-To: <21709.18767.69224.781357@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <21709.18767.69224.781357@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <082401d03da8$3e9e34a0$bbda9de0$@garysicecream.com> IMHO, Ed Carroll was the worst in terms of camera presence. He always looked like a deer in the headlights...with a broomstick stuck, well you know where. Schwoegler was one of the best. Pete (9inch) Bouchard is a buffoon, I like Harvey and Wankum. David Brown was good.....I did like JC as a weather person but like her even more on Chronicle and as news anchor. Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA www.garysicecream.com www.icecreamcollege.com -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Garrett Wollman Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 4:30 PM To: Don Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Where is Ed Carroll? < quoted Kevin Cullen's Globe column: > "In the meantime, I've been surfing through the channels, and it > occurs to me that I don't even know any of the weather people anymore, > except maybe Harvey Leonard. What the flip happened? JC Monahan's a news anchor now. > Where's Ed Carroll? Ed's from Quincy, for cripesake." Mike Wankum's been around for as long as I've lived here -- he was at 56 when I moved to Boston and he's now at 5, in addition to doing motorcycle racing and some . And Barry "Hairicane" Burbank is still around, currently doing weekends on 4. (And it occurs to me that I know some of these people more by quirks of their accents than anything else. There was a woman on 56 whose name I have since forgotten -- she got sent to the beach when Ansin acquired 56 and never made it back AFAIK -- who always said "hut" rather than "hot". If I were a dialectologist I could probably pinpoint where she was from.) But the rest of them -- I don't often watch local TV news, and when I was tuning around during the blizzard this past week, all I could think was "who *are* these people?" Guess that whole business about the Boston TV audience being loyal to their local TV personalities was just a bunch of hooey.[1] -GAWollman [1] I will have been here for 21 years next Valentine's Day. What fraction of the current Boston DMA population either wasn't here or wasn't alive yet when I moved to town? I'm betting it's pretty substantial. Hard to be loyal to someone you never knew. From kvahey@gmail.com Sat Jan 31 18:39:18 2015 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:39:18 -0500 Subject: Where is Ed Carroll? In-Reply-To: <082401d03da8$3e9e34a0$bbda9de0$@garysicecream.com> References: <21709.18767.69224.781357@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <082401d03da8$3e9e34a0$bbda9de0$@garysicecream.com> Message-ID: Ed now runs a social media company in the Springfield area https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ed-carroll/7/17/3ba On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Gary's Ice Cream wrote: > IMHO, Ed Carroll was the worst in terms of camera presence. He always > looked like a deer in the headlights...with a broomstick stuck, well you > know where. Schwoegler was one of the best. Pete (9inch) Bouchard is a > buffoon, I like Harvey and Wankum. David Brown was good.....I did like JC > as > a weather person but like her even more on Chronicle and as news anchor. > > Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA > www.garysicecream.com www.icecreamcollege.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Boston-Radio-Interest > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of > Garrett Wollman > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 4:30 PM > To: Don > Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org > Subject: Where is Ed Carroll? > > < > quoted Kevin Cullen's Globe column: > > > "In the meantime, I've been surfing through the channels, and it > > occurs to me that I don't even know any of the weather people anymore, > > except maybe Harvey Leonard. What the flip happened? JC Monahan's a news > anchor now. > > Where's Ed Carroll? Ed's from Quincy, for cripesake." > > Mike Wankum's been around for as long as I've lived here -- he was at > 56 when I moved to Boston and he's now at 5, in addition to doing > motorcycle > racing and some . And Barry "Hairicane" Burbank is still around, currently > doing weekends on 4. > > (And it occurs to me that I know some of these people more by quirks of > their accents than anything else. There was a woman on 56 whose name I > have > since forgotten -- she got sent to the beach when Ansin acquired 56 and > never made it back AFAIK -- who always said "hut" > rather than "hot". If I were a dialectologist I could probably pinpoint > where she was from.) > > But the rest of them -- I don't often watch local TV news, and when I was > tuning around during the blizzard this past week, all I could think was > "who > *are* these people?" Guess that whole business about the Boston TV > audience > being loyal to their local TV personalities was just a bunch of hooey.[1] > > -GAWollman > > [1] I will have been here for 21 years next Valentine's Day. What fraction > of the current Boston DMA population either wasn't here or wasn't alive yet > when I moved to town? I'm betting it's pretty substantial. Hard to be > loyal to someone you never knew. > >