From Kaimbridge@Gmail.com Sat Jan 2 22:37:03 2016 From: Kaimbridge@Gmail.com (Kaimbridge M. GoldChild) Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 03:37:03 +0000 Subject: [B-R-I] RIP: Al Needham Message-ID: <5688975F.5070305@Gmail.com> North Shore radio legend (?News is breaking from all corners of the Globe??WESX morning news greeting) Al ?Tyke? Needham has passed on to the great radio transmitter in the sky: http://www.campbellfuneral.com/book-of-memories/2324361/Needham-Allen/obituary.php On a related note, here is a LTTE from 2012 regarding Al?s radio home, WESX, and its (now former) antenna site: http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20121204/NEWS/312049800 ~Kaimbridge~ -- -- -- Wiki?Sites Contribution History Pages: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge rosettacode.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge ***** Void Where Permitted; Limit 0 Per Customer. ***** From ssmyth@psualum.com Sat Jan 2 23:39:50 2016 From: ssmyth@psualum.com (Sean Smyth) Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 04:39:50 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [B-R-I] RIP: Al Needham In-Reply-To: <5688975F.5070305@Gmail.com> References: <5688975F.5070305@Gmail.com> Message-ID: <1767357941.5901831.1451795990312.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Al was a good man, especially when it came to dealing with a 13-year-old pain in the behind correspondent who'd call into the Saturday high school football scoreboard show. May he rest in peace. (Aside: I drove by the development three years ago when I was in the area for something. I was saddened, slightly, by the fact that it was now developed.) On Saturday, January 2, 2016 10:37 PM, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild wrote: North Shore radio legend (?News is breaking from all corners of the Globe??WESX morning news greeting) Al ?Tyke? Needham has passed on to the great radio transmitter in the sky: http://www.campbellfuneral.com/book-of-memories/2324361/Needham-Allen/obituary.php On a related note, here is a LTTE from 2012 regarding Al?s radio home, WESX, and its (now former) antenna site: http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20121204/NEWS/312049800 ~Kaimbridge~ -- -- -- Wiki?Sites Contribution History Pages: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge rosettacode.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge ***** Void Where Permitted; Limit 0 Per Customer. ***** From tlmedia@intrstar.net Sun Jan 3 02:48:04 2016 From: tlmedia@intrstar.net (Ted Larsen) Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 02:48:04 -0500 Subject: [B-R-I] RIP: Al Needham In-Reply-To: <1767357941.5901831.1451795990312.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <5688975F.5070305@Gmail.com> <1767357941.5901831.1451795990312.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1B70865A0C3749959C424F1B9D845E40@OwnerPC> When I lived in Manchester By The Sea he was a great neighbor. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Smyth Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 11:39 PM To: Kaimbridge M. GoldChild ; Boston Radio Interest Subject: Re: [B-R-I] RIP: Al Needham Al was a good man, especially when it came to dealing with a 13-year-old pain in the behind correspondent who'd call into the Saturday high school football scoreboard show. May he rest in peace. (Aside: I drove by the development three years ago when I was in the area for something. I was saddened, slightly, by the fact that it was now developed.) On Saturday, January 2, 2016 10:37 PM, Kaimbridge M. GoldChild wrote: North Shore radio legend (?News is breaking from all corners of the Globe??WESX morning news greeting) Al ?Tyke? Needham has passed on to the great radio transmitter in the sky: http://www.campbellfuneral.com/book-of-memories/2324361/Needham-Allen/obituary.php On a related note, here is a LTTE from 2012 regarding Al?s radio home, WESX, and its (now former) antenna site: http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20121204/NEWS/312049800 ~Kaimbridge~ -- -- -- Wiki?Sites Contribution History Pages: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge math.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge wiki.gis.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge rosettacode.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kaimbridge ***** Void Where Permitted; Limit 0 Per Customer. ***** From scott@fybush.com Sun Jan 3 13:58:49 2016 From: scott@fybush.com (Scott Fybush) Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 13:58:49 -0500 Subject: WILD Message-ID: A favor to ask of anyone within listening range of 1090 today - is the Chinese programming running? Or something else? From tlmedia@intrstar.net Mon Jan 4 03:18:59 2016 From: tlmedia@intrstar.net (Ted Larsen) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 03:18:59 -0500 Subject: WILD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Looks as if it's still Chinese. At least at this early hour 3:18 EST. http://tunein.com/radio/WILD-1090-s29576/ -----Original Message----- From: Scott Fybush Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 1:58 PM To: Boston Radio Interest Subject: WILD A favor to ask of anyone within listening range of 1090 today - is the Chinese programming running? Or something else? From wollman@bimajority.org Mon Jan 4 11:29:41 2016 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 11:29:41 -0500 Subject: WILD In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <22154.40437.991303.407012@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > Looks as if it's still Chinese. At least at this early hour 3:18 EST. It was still in Chinese this morning at about 10:50. -GAWollman From 011010001@interpring.com Mon Jan 4 12:34:37 2016 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 12:34:37 -0500 (EST) Subject: WILD In-Reply-To: <22154.40437.991303.407012@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <22154.40437.991303.407012@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: On Mon, 4 Jan 2016, Garrett Wollman wrote: > < said: >> Looks as if it's still Chinese. At least at this early hour 3:18 EST. > It was still in Chinese this morning at about 10:50. They used to be airing English-language CRI programming. When did they switch to Chinese? Rob From brimaloney@aol.com Wed Jan 6 17:39:39 2016 From: brimaloney@aol.com (B Maloney) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 17:39:39 -0500 Subject: Is WMEX serious about succeeding? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1521918758c-11b0-2394@webprd-a24.mail.aol.com> Is there any sense here as to whether WMEX is a serious attempt at generating ratings and revenue? So far, it looks like playing radio using family money (until it runs out). While any effort to restore local talk to Boston is appreciated, so far, the lineup has been bizarre to say the least and even more so with Howie Carr's former producer now in place as midday host. Even if WMEX had been firing on all cylinders from day one, it probably had about a 20% chance of succeeding. I tuned in recently for an hour (it doesn't reach the South Shore very well) and heard just one station promo and no local spots. Would love to see independently-owned stations succeed, but WMEX needs a top-to-bottom reworking if it is at all serious about sticking around. Brian Maloney -----Original Message----- From: boston-radio-interest-request To: boston-radio-interest Sent: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:00 Subject: Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 19, Issue 120 Send Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list submissions to boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org You can reach the person managing the list at boston-radio-interest-owner@lists.BostonRadio.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Boston-Radio-Interest digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Howie's producer gets own show (Bob Nelson) Attached Message From Bob Nelson To Boston Radio Group Subject Howie's producer gets own show Date Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:28:44 -0500 WMEX 1510 will counter program vs WRKO's noon host Jeff Kuhner with their own local host,Nancy "Sandy" Shack starting Jan. 4, weekdays from noon to 3pm. I don't know if Howie Carr's people are behind this--Shack produced his show and goes back to the days of Jerry Williams on WRKO. Howie brought aboard Steve Robinson from Maine when he started to self-syndicate and maybe Shack decided to strike out on her own. _______________________________________________ Boston-Radio-Interest mailing list Boston-Radio-Interest@lists.BostonRadio.org https://lists.BostonRadio.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-radio-interest From dillane@sbcglobal.net Mon Jan 11 14:06:46 2016 From: dillane@sbcglobal.net (Bill Dillane) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:06:46 +0000 (UTC) Subject: David Bowie on Boston radio in 1972 References: <367319557.3338401.1452539206385.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <367319557.3338401.1452539206385.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> I remember David Bowie's first single, Changes, being played on WRKO, WMEX and WVBF in Boston in early 1972. It's on this WRKO, Chip Hobart aircheck at airchexx.com - http://airchexx.com/2014/02/17/chip-hobart-68-wrko-boston-winter-1972/ From dlh@donnahalper.com Mon Jan 11 16:41:48 2016 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 16:41:48 -0500 Subject: David Bowie on Boston radio in 1972 In-Reply-To: <367319557.3338401.1452539206385.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <367319557.3338401.1452539206385.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <367319557.3338401.1452539206385.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5694219C.5000306@donnahalper.com> On 1/11/2016 2:06 PM, Bill Dillane wrote: > I remember David Bowie's first single, Changes, being played on WRKO, WMEX and WVBF in Boston in early 1972. > And I remember playing the original Space Oddity in 1969, back when I was in college radio at WNEU/WRBB. The album it was on was called "Man of Words, Man of Music." It was later re-named Space Oddity when the song became a hit. From lspin@comcast.net Mon Jan 11 18:10:44 2016 From: lspin@comcast.net (Lou) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:10:44 -0500 Subject: David Bowie on Boston radio in 1972 In-Reply-To: <367319557.3338401.1452539206385.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <367319557.3338401.1452539206385.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <367319557.3338401.1452539206385.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <005201d14cc5$4cd12be0$e67383a0$@comcast.net> Chip Hobart was an outstanding DJ at WRKO and again at WEZE (when they were Z1260 in '73). This was WRKO's run at making itself more progressive. Notice all the name-dropping that Chip did in every break. And playing David Bowie at that time was certainly the way to make your station sound hip at the time... And I knew all about "Hip," I was 15 years old. ;-) Great air check, Bill! Thanks for posting. -Lou -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Bill Dillane Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 2:07 PM To: Boston Radio Board Subject: David Bowie on Boston radio in 1972 I remember David Bowie's first single, Changes, being played on WRKO, WMEX and WVBF in Boston in early 1972. It's on this WRKO, Chip Hobart aircheck at airchexx.com - http://airchexx.com/2014/02/17/chip-hobart-68-wrko-boston-winter-1972/ From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri Jan 15 11:42:40 2016 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Andy Curran) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:42:40 +0100 Subject: Fw: new important message Message-ID: <000046f373d2$dde3339c$d86a00c4$@donnahalper.com> Hello! New message, please read Andy Curran From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri Jan 15 11:42:40 2016 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Andy Curran) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:42:40 +0100 Subject: Fw: new important message Message-ID: <000046f373d2$dde3339c$d86a00c4$@donnahalper.com> Hello! New message, please read Andy Curran From dlh@donnahalper.com Fri Jan 15 11:42:31 2016 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Andy Curran) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:42:31 +0100 Subject: Fw: new important message Message-ID: <0000abb2b533$d08e5283$76735829$@donnahalper.com> Hello! New message, please read Andy Curran From markwats@comcast.net Sat Jan 16 20:31:59 2016 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 20:31:59 -0500 Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO Message-ID: <007801d150c6$dcae9270$960bb750$@comcast.net> As I post this, I am listening to the inaugural broadcast of "60's Saturday Night" on WRKO, featuring all 60's hits hosted by Jeff Lawrence. This show will air every Saturday night from 7:00 to 11:00 PM, and requests are welcome. Also plenty of jingles from throughout the top 40 days of WRKO are being heard probably for the first time in many years. The opening of tonight's show (don't know if this will be the standard opening) featured over a minute and a half of vintage WRKO clips from the "Big 68" era. Nice to hear music once again on WRKO, even if it's only 4 hours a week. Mark From billohno@gmail.com Sat Jan 16 22:46:18 2016 From: billohno@gmail.com (billohno@gmail.com) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 22:46:18 -0500 Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO In-Reply-To: <007801d150c6$dcae9270$960bb750$@comcast.net> References: <007801d150c6$dcae9270$960bb750$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <611AF7DD-B8B2-4568-B8B2-4245F5082618@gmail.com> Great stuff. Loving this tonight. But not holding out hope that WRKO would drive this bus into other day parts. That would be too intuitive a move. Bill O'Neill Sent from my mobile. Please pardon the brevity. > On Jan 16, 2016, at 8:31 PM, Mark Watson wrote: > > As I post this, I am listening to the inaugural broadcast of "60's Saturday > Night" on WRKO, featuring all 60's hits hosted by Jeff Lawrence. This show > will air every Saturday night from 7:00 to 11:00 PM, and requests are > welcome. Also plenty of jingles from throughout the top 40 days of WRKO are > being heard probably for the first time in many years. The opening of > tonight's show (don't know if this will be the standard opening) featured > over a minute and a half of vintage WRKO clips from the "Big 68" era. Nice > to hear music once again on WRKO, even if it's only 4 hours a week. > > Mark > From dillane@sbcglobal.net Sun Jan 17 17:05:15 2016 From: dillane@sbcglobal.net (Bill Dillane) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 22:05:15 +0000 (UTC) Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO References: <755315216.6312370.1453068315576.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <755315216.6312370.1453068315576.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Mark Watson wrote: >...plenty of jingles from throughout the top 40 days of WRKO... >The opening...featured over a minute and a half of vintage WRKO clips from the "Big 68" era. Here are elements and talk-ups from the first 20 minutes... http://bill1820.com/radio/wrko-2016-0116.mp3 From markwats@comcast.net Sun Jan 17 20:05:58 2016 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 20:05:58 -0500 Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO In-Reply-To: <611AF7DD-B8B2-4568-B8B2-4245F5082618@gmail.com> References: <007801d150c6$dcae9270$960bb750$@comcast.net> <611AF7DD-B8B2-4568-B8B2-4245F5082618@gmail.com> Message-ID: <004c01d1518c$648c90a0$2da5b1e0$@comcast.net> Bill O'Neill wrote: But not holding out hope that WRKO would drive this bus into other day parts. That would be too intuitive a move. I'd like to see them do what New Jersey 101.5 does: talk weekdays, and music on the weekends. It originally was oldies but as the years progressed so did the playlist, last time I heard them passing through the area it was more of a classic hits 70's & 80's format. WRKO could do the 60's and add 70's to the mix as well. Might just work. Mark Watson From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Jan 19 02:24:42 2016 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 02:24:42 -0500 Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO In-Reply-To: <004c01d1518c$648c90a0$2da5b1e0$@comcast.net> References: <007801d150c6$dcae9270$960bb750$@comcast.net> <611AF7DD-B8B2-4568-B8B2-4245F5082618@gmail.com> <004c01d1518c$648c90a0$2da5b1e0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: <569DE4BA.2060104@attorneyross.com> I'd rather see them at 50's, but I don't suppose they want to appeal that much to 70-year-olds. On 1/17/2016 8:05 PM, Mark Watson wrote: > Bill O'Neill wrote: > > But not holding out hope that WRKO would drive this bus into other day > parts. That would be too intuitive a move. > > I'd like to see them do what New Jersey 101.5 does: talk weekdays, and music > on the weekends. It originally was oldies but as the years progressed so did > the playlist, last time I heard them passing through the area it was more of > a classic hits 70's & 80's format. WRKO could do the 60's and add 70's to > the mix as well. Might just work. > > Mark Watson > > -- 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 kvahey@gmail.com Tue Jan 19 04:49:46 2016 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 04:49:46 -0500 Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO In-Reply-To: <569DE4BA.2060104@attorneyross.com> References: <007801d150c6$dcae9270$960bb750$@comcast.net> <611AF7DD-B8B2-4568-B8B2-4245F5082618@gmail.com> <004c01d1518c$648c90a0$2da5b1e0$@comcast.net> <569DE4BA.2060104@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Donna, I would be curious on your imput When you talk about oldies there became a 'Line of Demarcation' ? with Sgt Pepper being the boundary. ?You also have to factor the split between Top 40 AM and the rock music being played on FM post 1967. 30 years ago 'Music of Your Life' became a popular format playing songs from the 40's, 50's and 60's on what was then called MOR (Middle of the Road) Guess what - now the boomers are entering that demographic. ?Post Sgt Pepper - which also coincided with the birth of FM stations - we saw MOR morph into a soft Top 40 and AM stations like WHDH and WNBC had a rebirth?. What is missing on radio today is the Top 40 on the early and mid 60's and the soft Top 40's of the 70's. The megahits are still being heard from both eras but how about the songs that lingered in the Top 20's for a few weeks and vanished. There are hundreds of songs that haven't seen airtime in decades but would strike memory cords if played again. Here is one example - this song was never a megahit but was in rotation for a few weeks and then went away but play it today to a boomer they will remember it and say 'I haven't heard that in years'. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8uhxf_brian-hyland-the-joker-went-wild_music Thought? On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 2:24 AM, A Joseph Ross wrote: > I'd rather see them at 50's, but I don't suppose they want to appeal that > much to 70-year-olds. > > > On 1/17/2016 8:05 PM, Mark Watson wrote: > >> Bill O'Neill wrote: >> >> But not holding out hope that WRKO would drive this bus into other day >> parts. That would be too intuitive a move. >> >> I'd like to see them do what New Jersey 101.5 does: talk weekdays, and >> music >> on the weekends. It originally was oldies but as the years progressed so >> did >> the playlist, last time I heard them passing through the area it was more >> of >> a classic hits 70's & 80's format. WRKO could do the 60's and add 70's to >> the mix as well. Might just work. >> >> Mark Watson >> >> >> > -- > 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 dlh@donnahalper.com Tue Jan 19 14:53:19 2016 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:53:19 -0500 Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO In-Reply-To: References: <007801d150c6$dcae9270$960bb750$@comcast.net> <611AF7DD-B8B2-4568-B8B2-4245F5082618@gmail.com> <004c01d1518c$648c90a0$2da5b1e0$@comcast.net> <569DE4BA.2060104@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <569E942F.3040107@donnahalper.com> > > Donna, I would be curious on your imput > > What is missing on radio today is the Top 40 on the early and mid 60's > and the soft Top 40's of the 70's. The megahits are still being heard > from both eras but how about the songs that lingered in the Top 20's > for a few weeks and vanished. There are hundreds of songs that haven't > seen airtime in decades but would strike memory cords if played again. The problem is that since media consolidation, top-40 kind of killed the goose that laid the golden egg. These days, with the typical station having so many commercials, and not having developed a new crop of personality disc jockeys, many folks have abandoned terrestrial radio. Those who liked to listen in their car now use satellite, where they can find a channel suitable to the specific era they prefer-- 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, etc. Or they can get their favorites on Pandora or Spotify. But you are totally right in saying the great "wow I haven't heard that song in ages" tunes are not played as much these days-- it's all play-lists that were thoroughly (some of us say too thoroughly) researched to be appropriate nation-wide; few stations seem willing to take chances, and that has gradually become a trend since the 1970s, sad to say. I have fond memories of local hits that Arnie Ginsburg or Bruce Bradley played, and the late great Sunny Joe White had a good ear for local hits in the early to mid-80s, but those songs are not easily categorized and they just don't seem to fit anywhere on the typical station. Lou Simon, who programs the 60s satellite channel, sometimes pulls out a rarity (and tells the story behind it), but even on most satellite channels, it's the same songs you've heard before, played over and over. From stevesnow1@gmail.com Tue Jan 19 12:53:30 2016 From: stevesnow1@gmail.com (Steve Snow) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:53:30 -0500 Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO Message-ID: Kevin, The "Top 40 of the early and mid 60's" is something I have been excited to find is still alive and well on the streaming services devoted to the pirate radio era in Europe. They run all the old, lamented hits from that period and also some great unfamiliar ones from the other side of the pond. I find it an emotional roller coaster if I listen for an hour. I had no idea what was going on over there in those heady days! Steve Snow From gspatola@gmail.com Tue Jan 19 16:31:32 2016 From: gspatola@gmail.com (Glenn Spatola) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:31:32 -0800 Subject: Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 20, Issue 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: That Brian Hyland tune is a great example of a rarely heard oldie, a Gary Scott "Lost 45," if you will. There are many, and others considerably more obscure. It would be great to hear more of these on terrestrial radio. There is an internet station called "Boom FM" (also available on HD radio in the Seattle market) that plays some of them. http://streema.com/radios/Boom_FM_KJAQ_HD2 Glenn On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 9:00 AM, < boston-radio-interest-request@lists.bostonradio.org> wrote: > > Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 04:49:46 -0500 > From: Kevin Vahey > To: A Joseph Ross > Cc: Boston Radio Group , > Donna Halper > Subject: Re: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO > Message-ID: > hxdx8FALUDOQg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Donna, I would be curious on your imput > > When you talk about oldies there became a 'Line of Demarcation' > ? with Sgt Pepper being the boundary. > > ?You also have to factor the split between Top 40 AM and the rock music > being played on FM post 1967. > > 30 years ago 'Music of Your Life' became a popular format playing songs > from the 40's, 50's and 60's on what was then called MOR (Middle of the > Road) > > Guess what - now the boomers are entering that demographic. > > ?Post Sgt Pepper - which also coincided with the birth of FM stations - we > saw MOR morph into a soft Top 40 and AM stations like WHDH and WNBC had a > rebirth?. > > What is missing on radio today is the Top 40 on the early and mid 60's and > the soft Top 40's of the 70's. The megahits are still being heard from both > eras but how about the songs that lingered in the Top 20's for a few weeks > and vanished. There are hundreds of songs that haven't seen airtime in > decades but would strike memory cords if played again. > > Here is one example - this song was never a megahit but was in rotation for > a few weeks and then went away but play it today to a boomer they will > remember it and say 'I haven't heard that in years'. > > > http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8uhxf_brian-hyland-the-joker-went-wild_music > > Thought? From rbello@belloassoc.com Tue Jan 19 22:16:01 2016 From: rbello@belloassoc.com (Ron Bello) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 22:16:01 -0500 Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ?E? nter ?c? o ?m? has the station you ?a? re looking for. Unfortunately it is in Denver Colorado. K ?RWZ - Cruisin' 1430 plays 60s all the time. It used to be available online but the stream is now restricted to the Colorado area On Tuesday, January 19, 2016, Steve Snow wrote: > Kevin, > > The "Top 40 of the early and mid 60's" is something I have been excited to > find is still alive and well on the streaming services devoted to the > pirate radio era in Europe. They run all the old, lamented hits from that > period and also some great unfamiliar ones from the other side of the > pond. I find it an emotional roller coaster if I listen for an hour. I > had no idea what was going on over there in those heady days! > > Steve Snow > From bob.bosra@demattia.net Wed Jan 20 07:41:10 2016 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 07:41:10 -0500 Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The station moved up the dial to 1430. I also had no problem listening to the stream on my mobile phone or with my Microsoft browser "Edge" in Windows 10. It didn't seem to work in Chrome however. http://v6.player.abacast.net/2112 -Bob On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Ron Bello wrote: > ?E? > nter > ?c? > o > ?m? > has the station you > ?a? > re looking for. > Unfortunately it is in Denver Colorado. > K > ?RWZ - Cruisin' 1430 plays 60s all the time. > It used to be available online but the stream is now restricted to the > Colorado area > > > > On Tuesday, January 19, 2016, Steve Snow wrote: > > > Kevin, > > > > The "Top 40 of the early and mid 60's" is something I have been excited > to > > find is still alive and well on the streaming services devoted to the > > pirate radio era in Europe. They run all the old, lamented hits from > that > > period and also some great unfamiliar ones from the other side of the > > pond. I find it an emotional roller coaster if I listen for an hour. I > > had no idea what was going on over there in those heady days! > > > > Steve Snow > > > From markwa1ion@aol.com Wed Jan 20 20:43:01 2016 From: markwa1ion@aol.com (Mark Connelly) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 20:43:01 -0500 Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO Message-ID: <15261d95c9f-3c65-238b@webprd-a16.mail.aol.com> I would jump for joy if any station played my favorite '60s singer Helen Shapiro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I2cG-ed6hw She was a 14 year old superstar in the UK in 1961 and made Top 20 on several stations in MA (and a few other places in the US and Canada) but only had one song sneak into the lower reaches of Billboard so, as a rule, is not to be found on US oldies station - terrestrial, web, or satellite. As Steve says, streaming services from Europe are going to give you a better chance to hear '60s UK (+ Holland, Germany, etc.) hits. But with the changes in how much streaming services have to pay in music licensing fees, will the days of this online bounty be numbered? Besides hits from Old England that tended to do better in New England than in other parts of the US, there were a lot of local bands getting WBZ etc. airplay in the mid '60s. But nowadays how often do radio stations play the Lost, the Others (from RI), the Barbarians, Miles and the Wild Ones, Rockin' Ramrods, Teddy & the Pandas, Remains, or (for that matter) Freddie Cannon and the G-Clefs? We had some great bands in the '64 - '67 peak garage band period. The region's '70s bands are better known - Aerosmith, Cars, J. Geils, Boston for sure, but we also had Reddy Teddy, Modern Lovers, and quite a few others whose music barely sees the light of day anymore. Other parts of the US such as the Lakes Area (OH / MI / IL / WI etc.) also had a strong mid-sixties garage band culture, not to mention a lot of local soul / R&B as well. Many great local bands. But now, if the song didn't get to a critical mass nationally, it gets forgotten by programmers who tend to be "Billboard slaves". There is very little in the way of customizing to local markets. Once in a while a "wow I haven't heard that for like forever" song is remembered by a movie director or someone else influential enough to get it to mainstream consciousness. The Robin Williams movie "Good Morning Vietnam" movie spun up Adam Faith's "It's Alright". I hadn't heard it since high school in '64. Good for a "cool!" and a couple of "wicked pissahs". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAc_CtmW7A The movie "Four Weddings and a Funeral" had a "Caribbeanized" version of Helen Shapiro's "Walkin' Back to Happiness". As good as the original? No, nobody's as good as Helen. Still fun to hear? Yes, definitely. I could come up with at least 200 songs that would send me into a very happy zone if I ever heard them on the radio or in a movie again. 99% of the time it isn't happening. The thrill is when we hit that 1%. WJIB / WJTO is one of the brighter spots at least in the non-hard-rock domain. Stuck in a traffic jam and the "Sundowners" theme (Felix Slatkin, 1960) comes on and, all of a sudden, it's a good day. Mark Connelly South Yarmouth, MA << Kevin, The "Top 40 of the early and mid 60's" is something I have been excited to find is still alive and well on the streaming services devoted to the pirate radio era in Europe. They run all the old, lamented hits from that period and also some great unfamiliar ones from the other side of the pond. I find it an emotional roller coaster if I listen for an hour. I had no idea what was going on over there in those heady days! Steve Snow >> From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Jan 20 21:23:55 2016 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 02:23:55 +0000 Subject: No subject In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I know a DJ who does oldies countdowns for hospital radio in the UK,Terry Askew, and he podcasts them.It's fun to hear cuts by the likes of Faith,Shapiro,Cliff Richard,etc. In the UK Status Quo had more than one hit. Some young group called the Beatles used to open for Shapiro. On Wed, Jan 20, 2016, 9:18 PM Mark Connelly via Boston-Radio-Interest < boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org> wrote: > > > I would jump for joy if any station played my favorite '60s singer Helen > Shapiro. > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I2cG-ed6hw > > > She was a 14 year old superstar in the UK in 1961 and made Top 20 on > several stations in MA (and a few other places in the US and Canada) but > only had one song sneak into the lower reaches of Billboard so, as a rule, > is not to be found on US oldies station - terrestrial, web, or satellite. > > > As Steve says, streaming services from Europe are going to give you a > better chance to hear '60s UK (+ Holland, Germany, etc.) hits. > > > But with the changes in how much streaming services have to pay in music > licensing fees, will the days of this online bounty be numbered? > > > Besides hits from Old England that tended to do better in New England than > in other parts of the US, there were a lot of local bands getting WBZ etc. > airplay in the mid '60s. > > > But nowadays how often do radio stations play the Lost, the Others (from > RI), the Barbarians, Miles and the Wild Ones, Rockin' Ramrods, Teddy & the > Pandas, Remains, or (for that matter) Freddie Cannon and the G-Clefs? > > > We had some great bands in the '64 - '67 peak garage band period. The > region's '70s bands are better known - Aerosmith, Cars, J. Geils, Boston > for sure, but we also had Reddy Teddy, Modern Lovers, and quite a few > others whose music barely sees the light of day anymore. > > > Other parts of the US such as the Lakes Area (OH / MI / IL / WI etc.) also > had a strong mid-sixties garage band culture, not to mention a lot of local > soul / R&B as well. Many great local bands. But now, if the song didn't > get to a critical mass nationally, it gets forgotten by programmers who > tend to be "Billboard slaves". There is very little in the way of > customizing to local markets. > > > Once in a while a "wow I haven't heard that for like forever" song is > remembered by a movie director or someone else influential enough to get it > to mainstream consciousness. > > > The Robin Williams movie "Good Morning Vietnam" movie spun up Adam Faith's > "It's Alright". I hadn't heard it since high school in '64. Good for a > "cool!" and a couple of "wicked pissahs". > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAc_CtmW7A > > > The movie "Four Weddings and a Funeral" had a "Caribbeanized" version of > Helen Shapiro's "Walkin' Back to Happiness". As good as the original? No, > nobody's as good as Helen. Still fun to hear? Yes, definitely. > > > I could come up with at least 200 songs that would send me into a very > happy zone if I ever heard them on the radio or in a movie again. > > > 99% of the time it isn't happening. The thrill is when we hit that 1%. > > > WJIB / WJTO is one of the brighter spots at least in the non-hard-rock > domain. Stuck in a traffic jam and the "Sundowners" theme (Felix Slatkin, > 1960) comes on and, all of a sudden, it's a good day. > > > Mark Connelly > South Yarmouth, MA > > > << > Kevin, > > > The "Top 40 of the early and mid 60's" is something I have been excited to > find is still alive and well on the streaming services devoted to the > pirate radio era in Europe. They run all the old, lamented hits from that > period and also some great unfamiliar ones from the other side of the > pond. I find it an emotional roller coaster if I listen for an hour. I > had no idea what was going on over there in those heady days! > > > Steve Snow > >> > > From walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com Wed Jan 20 23:40:37 2016 From: walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 19:40:37 -0900 Subject: No subject In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Why don't you buy time on WRCA 1330 or some other station that sells time and do a one time show of anm hour of Shapiro music then? If you like it so much and htink it's so good, that might be your best avenue to hear it then. Paul On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Mark Connelly via Boston-Radio-Interest < boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mark Connelly > To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org > Cc: > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 20:43:01 -0500 > Subject: Re: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO > > > I would jump for joy if any station played my favorite '60s singer Helen > Shapiro. > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I2cG-ed6hw > > > She was a 14 year old superstar in the UK in 1961 and made Top 20 on > several stations in MA (and a few other places in the US and Canada) but > only had one song sneak into the lower reaches of Billboard so, as a rule, > is not to be found on US oldies station - terrestrial, web, or satellite. > > > As Steve says, streaming services from Europe are going to give you a > better chance to hear '60s UK (+ Holland, Germany, etc.) hits. > > > But with the changes in how much streaming services have to pay in music > licensing fees, will the days of this online bounty be numbered? > > > Besides hits from Old England that tended to do better in New England than > in other parts of the US, there were a lot of local bands getting WBZ etc. > airplay in the mid '60s. > > > But nowadays how often do radio stations play the Lost, the Others (from > RI), the Barbarians, Miles and the Wild Ones, Rockin' Ramrods, Teddy & the > Pandas, Remains, or (for that matter) Freddie Cannon and the G-Clefs? > > > We had some great bands in the '64 - '67 peak garage band period. The > region's '70s bands are better known - Aerosmith, Cars, J. Geils, Boston > for sure, but we also had Reddy Teddy, Modern Lovers, and quite a few > others whose music barely sees the light of day anymore. > > > Other parts of the US such as the Lakes Area (OH / MI / IL / WI etc.) also > had a strong mid-sixties garage band culture, not to mention a lot of local > soul / R&B as well. Many great local bands. But now, if the song didn't > get to a critical mass nationally, it gets forgotten by programmers who > tend to be "Billboard slaves". There is very little in the way of > customizing to local markets. > > > Once in a while a "wow I haven't heard that for like forever" song is > remembered by a movie director or someone else influential enough to get it > to mainstream consciousness. > > > The Robin Williams movie "Good Morning Vietnam" movie spun up Adam Faith's > "It's Alright". I hadn't heard it since high school in '64. Good for a > "cool!" and a couple of "wicked pissahs". > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAc_CtmW7A > > > The movie "Four Weddings and a Funeral" had a "Caribbeanized" version of > Helen Shapiro's "Walkin' Back to Happiness". As good as the original? No, > nobody's as good as Helen. Still fun to hear? Yes, definitely. > > > I could come up with at least 200 songs that would send me into a very > happy zone if I ever heard them on the radio or in a movie again. > > > 99% of the time it isn't happening. The thrill is when we hit that 1%. > > > WJIB / WJTO is one of the brighter spots at least in the non-hard-rock > domain. Stuck in a traffic jam and the "Sundowners" theme (Felix Slatkin, > 1960) comes on and, all of a sudden, it's a good day. > > > Mark Connelly > South Yarmouth, MA > > > << > Kevin, > > > The "Top 40 of the early and mid 60's" is something I have been excited to > find is still alive and well on the streaming services devoted to the > pirate radio era in Europe. They run all the old, lamented hits from that > period and also some great unfamiliar ones from the other side of the > pond. I find it an emotional roller coaster if I listen for an hour. I > had no idea what was going on over there in those heady days! > > > Steve Snow > >> > > > From joe@attorneyross.com Thu Jan 21 01:19:19 2016 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 01:19:19 -0500 Subject: 60's Saturday Night On WRKO In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56A07867.1070901@attorneyross.com> I'm listening to it right now, using Firefox. On 1/20/2016 7:41 AM, Bob DeMattia wrote: > The station moved up the dial to 1430. I also had no problem > listening to the stream on my mobile phone or with my Microsoft > browser "Edge" in Windows 10. It didn't seem to work in Chrome however. > > http://v6.player.abacast.net/2112 > > > -Bob > > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:16 PM, Ron Bello wrote: > >> ?E? >> nter >> ?c? >> o >> ?m? >> has the station you >> ?a? >> re looking for. >> Unfortunately it is in Denver Colorado. >> K >> ?RWZ - Cruisin' 1430 plays 60s all the time. >> It used to be available online but the stream is now restricted to the >> Colorado area >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, January 19, 2016, Steve Snow wrote: >> >>> Kevin, >>> >>> The "Top 40 of the early and mid 60's" is something I have been excited >> to >>> find is still alive and well on the streaming services devoted to the >>> pirate radio era in Europe. They run all the old, lamented hits from >> that >>> period and also some great unfamiliar ones from the other side of the >>> pond. I find it an emotional roller coaster if I listen for an hour. I >>> had no idea what was going on over there in those heady days! >>> >>> Steve Snow >>> -- 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 brian@good-road.net Thu Jan 28 18:29:56 2016 From: brian@good-road.net (Brian Coleman) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:29:56 -0500 Subject: WILD 1090 AM -- 60s and 70s DJ contact help request Message-ID: <05e501d15a23$ccbf7670$663e6350$@Good-Road.net> Hello to the Boston Radio Interest list. I'm new to the list, but I was hoping that some of the people on here might be able to assist me - I'm doing research on WILD 1090 AM in Boston and trying to track down some of the original / earlier DJs who are still with us: - Jimmy "Early" Byrd - Skippy White told me he is out in Washington now, near Seattle, possibly in a retirement home - Hank McFarlane - Roy Sampson - I believe he's in Baltimore these days - Tony Lewis - I believe he's in LA or in California somewhere - Big Buddy Lowe - Also California, I believe - Paul Yates - no idea where he is - Monty Bowens If anyone has any advice on ways to get at these pioneering radio DJs and station management staff, I'd appreciate the help! I'll also be speaking with some of the '80s/'90s people down the road, but not as worried about finding them at this stage. Thanks very much. Brian Coleman Boston Brian@Good-Road.net From kc1ih@mac.com Fri Jan 29 18:14:58 2016 From: kc1ih@mac.com (Larry Weil) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:14:58 -0500 Subject: WBCN Free-Form Rock (100.7 HD-3) Cancelled Message-ID: <9746C573-0FE6-4A0F-92EB-3CEBE3A35F52@mac.com> Reposted with permission from Charles Laquidara?s Facebook page: > I heard the News today. > CBS pulled the plug on WBCN-HD this morning. > P.D. Sam Kopper dedicated his entire life to bringing great radio to us. > Sam Kopper was responsible for hiring most of the radio announcers you heard on the early, wondrous days of BCN radio. > Those of us who worked in and around the world of music saw this coming the day corporate took over and began disassembling WBCN from Day One. > Sam Kopper kept the tradition and the call letters going for several more years, hoping that the company he worked so long and hard for would eventually see the light, reward his loyalty and bring great radio back to New England. > Today those hopes were laid to rest. > Lets hold our glasses high to Sam and Destiny Curtis and the entire staff of tireless, idealistic and loyal workers who kept the WBCN sound and legacy going for these last terrific years of great music! Larry Weil Lake Wobegone, NH From 011010001@interpring.com Fri Jan 29 19:31:04 2016 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:31:04 -0500 (EST) Subject: WBCN Free-Form Rock (100.7 HD-3) Cancelled In-Reply-To: <9746C573-0FE6-4A0F-92EB-3CEBE3A35F52@mac.com> References: <9746C573-0FE6-4A0F-92EB-3CEBE3A35F52@mac.com> Message-ID: On Fri, 29 Jan 2016, Larry Weil wrote: > Reposted with permission from Charles Laquidara?s Facebook page: >> I heard the News today. >> CBS pulled the plug on WBCN-HD this morning. What is CBS running in its place? I'll confess it's been a couple years since I last turned on my IBOC radio. Only one of the stations I work with runs IBOC, and I live too far away to receive anything but the FM. Rob From raccoonradio@gmail.com Fri Jan 29 20:12:36 2016 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 20:12:36 -0500 Subject: WBCN Free-Form Rock (100.7 HD-3) Cancelled In-Reply-To: References: <9746C573-0FE6-4A0F-92EB-3CEBE3A35F52@mac.com> Message-ID: Adult standards as the Lounge is the replacement