From LostCluster@lostcluster.me Wed Apr 1 11:07:45 2020 From: LostCluster@lostcluster.me (Ben Levy) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 11:07:45 -0400 Subject: Brudnoy In-Reply-To: <071501d607dc$09d7b760$1d872620$@gmail.com> References: <071501d607dc$09d7b760$1d872620$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Brudnoy was breaking rules left and right. He used his claim of AIDS to take too many days off, taking direct sponsor money for hours on his show (such as the ?It?s safe to go on Monster?? series), and calling out from the on-air line on in a way that WBZ isn?t allowed to do so now. 1999 was a rough year for all things WBZ. He became obsessed with me, and forced me on-air from the Syracuse University campus. I eventually ended up hosting the show, and keeping the station going until Paul Sullivan was ready. This lead to the timeslot being shrunk into 3 hours, with a WBZ Evening News at 7, and WBZ Latenight News at 11. Emily Johnston and Alicia Cutbert were great co-anchors. Going on at the time was the state?s MCAS Debates, and their non-understanding that WRKO didn?t reach most of their state. They wanted to be on WBZ, but were stuck in Norm Nathan?s time of Midnight-5am. Brudnoy didn?t want to let them in, which means I had to host those hours. Bottom line: If you want to honor Brudnoy, you weren?t listening in 1999. Ben Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Ron Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 12:14 AM To: 'Ben Levy' Subject: Brudnoy >> Uh, Brudnoy doesn?t deserve any honors. Remember how that show shut down. What's your problem with Brudnoy? How did that "show shut down"? R -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest On Behalf Of Ben Levy Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 9:43 AM To: Doug Drown ; Boston Radio Group Subject: RE: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio Uh, Brudnoy doesn?t deserve any honors. Remember how that show shut down. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Doug Drown Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:47 AM To: Boston Radio Group Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio A coronavirus diversion with which to have a little reflective fun: One of the regular respondents to the New York Radio Message Board challenged his fellow respondents this past weekend to each come up with four nominees for a Mount Rushmore of New York Radio Personalities. He laid down two requirements: the nominees have to have been part of New York radio between 1960 and the present; each of the four has to represent a specific genre (DJ, newscaster, sportscaster, meteorologist, talk host, et al.), with no overlapping --- one can't be nominated to represent two categories. His main criterion is that persons nominated be *influential --- *not necessarily in terms of popularity or longevity of service (though those can be factors), but overall excellence such that they were, or are, "cutting edge" --- ground breakers whose presence on the air in some way significantly influenced the broadcasting industry and/or the wider culture of the city or region: people whose singular gifts will long be remembered. Let's give this a try with Boston radio personalities. Participants may name a nominee and a runner-up in each category. I haven't lived in eastern Massachusetts in many years, but here's my list: DJ: Arnie Ginsburg, Jess Cain News: Gary LaPierre Sports: Bob Lobel, Gil Santos Weather: Don Kent Talk: Jerry Williams, David Brudnoy Your turn. Doug Drown From LostCluster@lostcluster.me Wed Apr 1 12:34:33 2020 From: LostCluster@lostcluster.me (Ben Levy) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 12:34:33 -0400 Subject: Brudnoy In-Reply-To: <000801d6083f$f83bd180$e8b37480$@gmail.com> References: <071501d607dc$09d7b760$1d872620$@gmail.com> <000801d6083f$f83bd180$e8b37480$@gmail.com> Message-ID: No, Syracuse 2002? and I?m not on Facebook at all. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Ron Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 12:09 PM To: 'Ben Levy' Subject: RE: Brudnoy I recall the night he was coughing non-stop on the air?.I don?t remember a Ben Levy filling in, though?but I may not have been paying attention. Is this you? https://www.facebook.com/ben.levy/about_work_and_education Syracuse, class of 2005? Ron From: Ben Levy Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 11:08 AM To: Ron ; boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org (boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org) Subject: RE: Brudnoy Brudnoy was breaking rules left and right. He used his claim of AIDS to take too many days off, taking direct sponsor money for hours on his show (such as the ?It?s safe to go on Monster?? series), and calling out from the on-air line on in a way that WBZ isn?t allowed to do so now. 1999 was a rough year for all things WBZ. He became obsessed with me, and forced me on-air from the Syracuse University campus. I eventually ended up hosting the show, and keeping the station going until Paul Sullivan was ready. This lead to the timeslot being shrunk into 3 hours, with a WBZ Evening News at 7, and WBZ Latenight News at 11. Emily Johnston and Alicia Cutbert were great co-anchors. Going on at the time was the state?s MCAS Debates, and their non-understanding that WRKO didn?t reach most of their state. They wanted to be on WBZ, but were stuck in Norm Nathan?s time of Midnight-5am. Brudnoy didn?t want to let them in, which means I had to host those hours. Bottom line: If you want to honor Brudnoy, you weren?t listening in 1999. Ben Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Ron Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 12:14 AM To: 'Ben Levy' Subject: Brudnoy >> Uh, Brudnoy doesn?t deserve any honors. Remember how that show shut down. What's your problem with Brudnoy??? How did that "show shut down"? R -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest On Behalf Of Ben Levy Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 9:43 AM To: Doug Drown ; Boston Radio Group Subject: RE: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio Uh, Brudnoy doesn?t deserve any honors. Remember how that show shut down. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Doug Drown Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:47 AM To: Boston Radio Group Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio A coronavirus diversion with which to have a little reflective fun: ?????? One of the regular respondents to the New York Radio Message Board challenged his fellow respondents this past weekend to each come up with four nominees for a Mount Rushmore of New York Radio Personalities.? He laid down two requirements:? the nominees have to have been part of New York radio between 1960 and the present; each of the four has to represent a specific genre (DJ, newscaster, sportscaster, meteorologist, talk host, et al.), with no overlapping --- one can't be nominated to represent two categories. ?????? His main criterion is that persons nominated be *influential --- *not necessarily in terms of popularity or longevity of service (though those can be factors), but overall excellence such that they were, or are, "cutting edge" --- ground breakers whose presence on the air in some way significantly influenced the broadcasting industry and/or the wider culture of the city or region: people whose singular gifts will long be remembered. ?????? Let's give this a try with Boston radio personalities.? Participants may name a nominee and a runner-up in each category. ?????? I haven't lived in eastern Massachusetts in many years, but here's my list: ?????? DJ:? Arnie Ginsburg, Jess Cain ?????? News:? Gary LaPierre ?????? Sports:? Bob Lobel, Gil Santos ?????? Weather:? Don Kent ?????? Talk:? Jerry Williams, David Brudnoy ??????? Your turn. ??????? Doug Drown From dlh@donnahalper.com Wed Apr 1 12:32:16 2020 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 12:32:16 -0400 Subject: Brudnoy In-Reply-To: References: <071501d607dc$09d7b760$1d872620$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <87d52ed1-113b-b5cc-53aa-2ae552d6c0dd@donnahalper.com> On 4/1/2020 11:07 AM, Ben Levy wrote: > Brudnoy was breaking rules left and right. He used his claim of AIDS to take too many days off, taking direct sponsor money for hours on his show (such as the ?It?s safe to go on Monster?? series), and calling out from the on-air line on in a way that WBZ isn?t allowed to do so now. 1999 was a rough year for all things WBZ. Ben, I do not want to seem like I am minimizing what you went through. But David was my friend for 40 years, and this is not about whether he was a perfect human being. He could be cantankerous, he was often convinced only he was right, and he & I did not always agree. But the point of the original post was whether the folks we would put on a mythical monument were influential in Boston radio. And it cannot be denied that David made a very big impact as a talk show host in Boston-- in fact, thanks to WBZ's signal, he was nationally known. It broke my heart when he died, and I still miss him.? A lot of Boston radio personalities were flawed human beings, by the way. Some cheated on their spouses, or took payola, or couldn't stay sober, or had addiction issues. But most listeners didn't know that... and maybe it's just me, but I prefer to remember the happiness these personalities brought to our lives. -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From tlmedia9@gmail.com Wed Apr 1 14:54:29 2020 From: tlmedia9@gmail.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 14:54:29 -0400 Subject: Brudnoy In-Reply-To: <87d52ed1-113b-b5cc-53aa-2ae552d6c0dd@donnahalper.com> References: <071501d607dc$09d7b760$1d872620$@gmail.com> <87d52ed1-113b-b5cc-53aa-2ae552d6c0dd@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: Thank you Donna. That's an excellent message. On 4/1/2020 1:12:59 PM, Donna Halper wrote: On 4/1/2020 11:07 AM, Ben Levy wrote: > Brudnoy was breaking rules left and right. He used his claim of AIDS to take too many days off, taking direct sponsor money for hours on his show (such as the ?It?s safe to go on Monster?? series), and calling out from the on-air line on in a way that WBZ isn?t allowed to do so now. 1999 was a rough year for all things WBZ. Ben, I do not want to seem like I am minimizing what you went through. But David was my friend for 40 years, and this is not about whether he was a perfect human being. He could be cantankerous, he was often convinced only he was right, and he & I did not always agree. But the point of the original post was whether the folks we would put on a mythical monument were influential in Boston radio. And it cannot be denied that David made a very big impact as a talk show host in Boston-- in fact, thanks to WBZ's signal, he was nationally known. It broke my heart when he died, and I still miss him.? A lot of Boston radio personalities were flawed human beings, by the way. Some cheated on their spouses, or took payola, or couldn't stay sober, or had addiction issues. But most listeners didn't know that... and maybe it's just me, but I prefer to remember the happiness these personalities brought to our lives. -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Apr 1 22:57:24 2020 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 22:57:24 -0400 Subject: Brudnoy In-Reply-To: <87d52ed1-113b-b5cc-53aa-2ae552d6c0dd@donnahalper.com> References: <071501d607dc$09d7b760$1d872620$@gmail.com> <87d52ed1-113b-b5cc-53aa-2ae552d6c0dd@donnahalper.com> Message-ID: <96441c92-7c3b-a684-e5c1-afbc410506fe@attorneyross.com> Actually, in one way or another, we are all flawed human beings. Unless some of us are Vulcans.? I suppose that's possible, since with radio and e-mail, we wouldn't be able to spot the pointed ears. On 4/1/2020 12:32 PM, Donna Halper wrote: > On 4/1/2020 11:07 AM, Ben Levy wrote: >> Brudnoy was breaking rules left and right. He used his claim of AIDS >> to take too many days off, taking direct sponsor money for hours on >> his show (such as the ?It?s safe to go on Monster?? series), and >> calling out from the on-air line on in a way that WBZ isn?t allowed >> to do so now. 1999 was a rough year for all things WBZ. > > > Ben, I do not want to seem like I am minimizing what you went through. > But David was my friend for 40 years, and this is not about whether he > was a perfect human being. He could be cantankerous, he was often > convinced only he was right, and he & I did not always agree. But the > point of the original post was whether the folks we would put on a > mythical monument were influential in Boston radio. And it cannot be > denied that David made a very big impact as a talk show host in > Boston-- in fact, thanks to WBZ's signal, he was nationally known. It > broke my heart when he died, and I still miss him.? A lot of Boston > radio personalities were flawed human beings, by the way. Some cheated > on their spouses, or took payola, or couldn't stay sober, or had > addiction issues. But most listeners didn't know that... and maybe > it's just me, but I prefer to remember the happiness these > personalities brought to our lives. > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From richard@chonak.com Thu Apr 2 00:12:24 2020 From: richard@chonak.com (Richard Chonak) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 04:12:24 +0000 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: <1D2BE582-59F5-4AA7-B58C-6082FEEA0CFE@comcast.net> Message-ID: One name that hasn't been mentioned yet: ??? ??? DJ: Robert J. Lurtsema --RC From dave@skywaves.net Thu Apr 2 01:11:11 2020 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 22:11:11 -0700 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000001d608ad$2100e700$6302b500$@skywaves.net> OK, here's another idea: A National Radio Station Mt Rushmore... This would be for the glory days of AM skywave. Not individuals, but stations... WABC, WLS, WCFL, WGN, WSM, KOA, KOB, KFL, etc... -d -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Doug Drown Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 2:04 PM To: Boston Radio Group Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio A coronavirus diversion with which to have a little reflective fun: One of the regular respondents to the New York Radio Message Board challenged his fellow respondents this past weekend to each come up with four nominees for a Mount Rushmore of New York Radio Personalities. He laid down two requirements: the nominees have to have been part of New York radio between 1960 and the present; each of the four has to represent a specific genre (DJ, newscaster, sportscaster, meteorologist, talk host, et al.), with no overlapping --- one can't be nominated to represent two categories. His main criterion is that persons nominated be *influential --- *not necessarily in terms of popularity or longevity of service (though those can be factors), but overall excellence such that they were, or are, "cutting edge" --- ground breakers whose presence on the air in some way significantly influenced the broadcasting industry and/or the wider culture of the city or region: people whose singular gifts will long be remembered. Let's give this a try with Boston radio personalities. Participants may name a nominee and a runner-up in each category. I haven't lived in eastern Massachusetts in many years, but here's my list: DJ: Arnie Ginsburg, Jess Cain News: Gary LaPierre Sports: Bob Lobel, Gil Santos Weather: Don Kent Talk: Jerry Williams, David Brudnoy Your turn. Doug Drown From billohno@gmail.com Thu Apr 2 16:35:15 2020 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 20:35:15 +0000 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: <000701d6076d$bf9b3d20$3ed1b760$@gmail.com> References: , <000701d6076d$bf9b3d20$3ed1b760$@gmail.com> Message-ID: I must say, I?ve been more than a little uncomfortable with the original remarks about the late David Brudnoy. I suppose not speaking ill of the dead went by the way of the handshake and the absence of social distancing. And the cart machine. Brudnoy easily earns a place high up in the Boston top ten talker category. His respectful interplay with callers from all sides was consistent and fair and he worked the clock and sold the station very well, too. If I had to build my Mt. Rushmore I would have to include WHDH?s Jess Cain, who drove Greater Boston to work for 35 years, starting in the days before (many if at all) cars had air conditioning or power anything. His humor, timing, class, and presence sustained so much change around him for decades. He got the big bucks for a reason. I?d have to carve-out a spot for The Commander, Larry Glick, whose late night WBZ program was a very formative master class in entertaining talk radio. I?d have to go for Loren Owens & Wally Brine in the third position for what was a consistent presence in the cars for so many for so long. Owens had the solid pipes, straight-man chops, humor, timing, and control; Wally was just plain funny and that imaging that defined the morning show. Bill O?Neill Ron Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 3:57 PM To: 'Ben Levy'; 'Doug Drown'; 'Boston Radio Group' Subject: RE: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio >> Uh, Brudnoy doesn?t deserve any honors. Remember how that show shut down. Ummm...with him dying? -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest On Behalf Of Ben Levy Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 9:43 AM To: Doug Drown ; Boston Radio Group Subject: RE: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio Uh, Brudnoy doesn?t deserve any honors. Remember how that show shut down. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Doug Drown Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:47 AM To: Boston Radio Group Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio A coronavirus diversion with which to have a little reflective fun: One of the regular respondents to the New York Radio Message Board challenged his fellow respondents this past weekend to each come up with four nominees for a Mount Rushmore of New York Radio Personalities. He laid down two requirements: the nominees have to have been part of New York radio between 1960 and the present; each of the four has to represent a specific genre (DJ, newscaster, sportscaster, meteorologist, talk host, et al.), with no overlapping --- one can't be nominated to represent two categories. His main criterion is that persons nominated be *influential --- *not necessarily in terms of popularity or longevity of service (though those can be factors), but overall excellence such that they were, or are, "cutting edge" --- ground breakers whose presence on the air in some way significantly influenced the broadcasting industry and/or the wider culture of the city or region: people whose singular gifts will long be remembered. Let's give this a try with Boston radio personalities. Participants may name a nominee and a runner-up in each category. I haven't lived in eastern Massachusetts in many years, but here's my list: DJ: Arnie Ginsburg, Jess Cain News: Gary LaPierre Sports: Bob Lobel, Gil Santos Weather: Don Kent Talk: Jerry Williams, David Brudnoy Your turn. Doug Drown From joe@attorneyross.com Fri Apr 3 20:39:18 2020 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 20:39:18 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: <1D2BE582-59F5-4AA7-B58C-6082FEEA0CFE@comcast.net> Message-ID: <5191b431-9d79-9bd1-ce27-f9fa2f72b8eb@attorneyross.com> That's a good one.? And how about Big Brother Bob Emery? On 4/2/2020 12:12 AM, Richard Chonak wrote: > One name that hasn't been mentioned yet: > > ??? ??? DJ: Robert J. Lurtsema > > --RC > > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From ashboy1951@gmail.com Fri Apr 3 22:00:49 2020 From: ashboy1951@gmail.com (Doug Drown) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 22:00:49 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: <5191b431-9d79-9bd1-ce27-f9fa2f72b8eb@attorneyross.com> References: <1D2BE582-59F5-4AA7-B58C-6082FEEA0CFE@comcast.net> <5191b431-9d79-9bd1-ce27-f9fa2f72b8eb@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: I certainly would consider Larry Glick and Bob Emery, both Boston broadcasting legends. The intention of the New York Radio Message Board thread that was the source of this idea was that nominations should be limited only to people from 1960 to today, given that many respondents have no memory of radio personalities prior to the period. It's apparent, though, that I struck a chord initiating this among Boston radio fans and that some *would *like to include those of past times who deserve being honored. So have at it, folks --- and have fun! Doug On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 9:29 PM A Joseph Ross wrote: > That's a good one. And how about Big Brother Bob Emery? > > On 4/2/2020 12:12 AM, Richard Chonak wrote: > > One name that hasn't been mentioned yet: > > > > DJ: Robert J. Lurtsema > > > > --RC > > > > > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com > From LostCluster@lostcluster.me Sat Apr 4 07:29:09 2020 From: LostCluster@lostcluster.me (Ben Levy) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 07:29:09 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: <1D2BE582-59F5-4AA7-B58C-6082FEEA0CFE@comcast.net> <5191b431-9d79-9bd1-ce27-f9fa2f72b8eb@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: What able Charles Adler? He was on WRKO and also on WABU(TV) uniting the 68s. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Doug Drown Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 10:23 PM To: A Joseph Ross Cc: Boston Radio Group Subject: Re: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio I certainly would consider Larry Glick and Bob Emery, both Boston broadcasting legends. The intention of the New York Radio Message Board thread that was the source of this idea was that nominations should be limited only to people from 1960 to today, given that many respondents have no memory of radio personalities prior to the period. It's apparent, though, that I struck a chord initiating this among Boston radio fans and that some *would *like to include those of past times who deserve being honored. So have at it, folks --- and have fun! Doug On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 9:29 PM A Joseph Ross wrote: > That's a good one. And how about Big Brother Bob Emery? > > On 4/2/2020 12:12 AM, Richard Chonak wrote: > > One name that hasn't been mentioned yet: > > > > DJ: Robert J. Lurtsema > > > > --RC > > > > > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 > 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com > From joe@attorneyross.com Sat Apr 4 17:27:33 2020 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 17:27:33 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: <1D2BE582-59F5-4AA7-B58C-6082FEEA0CFE@comcast.net> <5191b431-9d79-9bd1-ce27-f9fa2f72b8eb@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <402143e0-fc19-6967-ad6e-4df7a5097de3@attorneyross.com> Bob Emery was broadcasting on Channel 4 in the 1960s. On 4/3/2020 10:00 PM, Doug Drown wrote: > I certainly would consider Larry Glick and Bob Emery, both Boston > broadcasting legends. > > The intention of the New York Radio Message Board thread that was the > source?of this idea was that nominations should be limited only to > people from 1960 to today, given that many respondents have no memory > of radio personalities prior to the period.? It's apparent, though, > that I struck a chord initiating this among Boston radio fans and that > some /would /like to include those of past times who deserve being > honored.? So have at it, folks --- and have fun! > > Doug > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 9:29 PM A Joseph Ross > wrote: > > That's a good one.? And how about Big Brother Bob Emery? > > On 4/2/2020 12:12 AM, Richard Chonak wrote: > > One name that hasn't been mentioned yet: > > > > ??? ??? DJ: Robert J. Lurtsema > > > > --RC > > > > > > -- > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA > 02459 > 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com > -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From markwats@comcast.net Sat Apr 4 17:50:02 2020 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 17:50:02 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006c01d60aca$ffec34f0$ffc49ed0$@comcast.net> Doug Drown wrote: >Let's give this a try with Boston radio personalities. Participants may name a nominee and a runner-up in each category. So many greats to pick from, but here's My list: DJ: Dale Dorman, Loren & Wally News: Gary LaPierre Sports: Gil Santos, Johnny Most Weather: Don Kent, Dick Albert (did weather for some Boston area radio stations in addition to his TV work) Talk: Jerry Williams, Gus Saunders Utility Player: Norm Nathan, worked multiple formats during his career, from Sounds of the Night on WHDH, newscaster on WEEI in the 1970's, first morning host of WRKO's talk format in 1981, weekend music shifts on WBZ in the late 1980's, transitioning to weekend overnight talk when BZ dropped music in 1991. Mark Watson From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Sat Apr 4 23:58:25 2020 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 23:58:25 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: <1D2BE582-59F5-4AA7-B58C-6082FEEA0CFE@comcast.net> <5191b431-9d79-9bd1-ce27-f9fa2f72b8eb@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: This must be performance art because Chuck Adler, while a delightful personality, was in Boston for about 10 seconds. On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 7:30 AM Ben Levy wrote: > What able Charles Adler? He was on WRKO and also on WABU(TV) uniting the > 68s. > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Doug Drown > Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 10:23 PM > To: A Joseph Ross > Cc: Boston Radio Group > Subject: Re: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio > > I certainly would consider Larry Glick and Bob Emery, both Boston > broadcasting legends. > > The intention of the New York Radio Message Board thread that was the > source of this idea was that nominations should be limited only to people > from 1960 to today, given that many respondents have no memory of radio > personalities prior to the period. It's apparent, though, that I struck a > chord initiating this among Boston radio fans and that some *would *like to > include those of past times who deserve being honored. So have at it, > folks --- and have fun! > > Doug > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 9:29 PM A Joseph Ross wrote: > > > That's a good one. And how about Big Brother Bob Emery? > > > > On 4/2/2020 12:12 AM, Richard Chonak wrote: > > > One name that hasn't been mentioned yet: > > > > > > DJ: Robert J. Lurtsema > > > > > > --RC > > > > > > > > > > -- > > A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 > > 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com > > > > -- Sent from my iPhone From lsochrin@rcn.com Sun Apr 5 12:41:11 2020 From: lsochrin@rcn.com (Larry Sochrin) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 12:41:11 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Not quite Mr. Rushmore but possibly honorable mentions - Larry Glick Steve Fredericks Gene Burns Dan Rea Andy Moes and Joe Martel Janet Jegheliian Jay Severin > On Apr 1, 2020, at 12:00 PM, boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org wrote: > > From: Doug Drown > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:47 AM > To: Boston Radio Group > Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio > > A coronavirus diversion with which to have a little reflective fun: > One of the regular respondents to the New York Radio Message Board challenged his fellow respondents this past weekend to each come up with four nominees for a Mount Rushmore of New York Radio Personalities. He laid down two requirements: the nominees have to have been part of New York radio between 1960 and the present; each of the four has to represent a specific genre (DJ, newscaster, sportscaster, meteorologist, talk host, et al.), with no overlapping --- one can't be nominated to represent two categories. > His main criterion is that persons nominated be *influential --- *not necessarily in terms of popularity or longevity of service (though those can be factors), but overall excellence such that they were, or are, "cutting edge" --- ground breakers whose presence on the air in some way significantly influenced the broadcasting industry and/or the wider culture of the city or region: people whose singular gifts will long be remembered. > Let's give this a try with Boston radio personalities. Participants may name a nominee and a runner-up in each category. > I haven't lived in eastern Massachusetts in many years, but here's my list: > DJ: Arnie Ginsburg, Jess Cain > News: Gary LaPierre > Sports: Bob Lobel, Gil Santos > Weather: Don Kent > Talk: Jerry Williams, David Brudnoy > > Your turn. > > Doug Drown From wollman@bimajority.org Sun Apr 5 16:39:47 2020 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 16:39:47 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <24202.16915.477861.469250@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> I thought about doing this myself, but even though I've lived in Boston for 26 years now, I don't have a strong connection with the radio personalities, other than maybe Norm Nathan and Steve LeVeille; I never listened to personality radio here. I couldn't do it for Burlington-Plattsburgh, either, because my listening was pretty constrained -- I don't know anyone from WIZN or WOKO or WEZF or any of the stations that got dropped in over the past 30 years. (If I had to come up with names from my golden age of radio listening, it would be Ernie Farrar, Louie Manno and Jim Condon, Ken Squier, Walt Speck and Dena Yasner. Of those still alive, I don't think any are in the business any more, although Yasner moved to Phoenix and is now doing V/O work there.) -GAWollman From billohno@gmail.com Sun Apr 5 17:02:20 2020 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 21:02:20 +0000 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: <24202.16915.477861.469250@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: , <24202.16915.477861.469250@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: Ken Squier is still very active on the air at his Radio Vermont Group flagship WDEV (550//96.1). They?re available is livestream as well. ________________________________ From: Boston-Radio-Interest on behalf of Garrett Wollman Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020 4:39:47 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio I thought about doing this myself, but even though I've lived in Boston for 26 years now, I don't have a strong connection with the radio personalities, other than maybe Norm Nathan and Steve LeVeille; I never listened to personality radio here. I couldn't do it for Burlington-Plattsburgh, either, because my listening was pretty constrained -- I don't know anyone from WIZN or WOKO or WEZF or any of the stations that got dropped in over the past 30 years. (If I had to come up with names from my golden age of radio listening, it would be Ernie Farrar, Louie Manno and Jim Condon, Ken Squier, Walt Speck and Dena Yasner. Of those still alive, I don't think any are in the business any more, although Yasner moved to Phoenix and is now doing V/O work there.) -GAWollman From wollman@bimajority.org Sun Apr 5 18:07:14 2020 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 18:07:14 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: <24202.16915.477861.469250@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <24202.22162.941609.788829@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > Ken Squier is still very active on the air at his Radio Vermont > Group flagship WDEV (550//96.1). They?re available is livestream as > well. Ah, did the sale fall through? -GAWollman From billohno@gmail.com Sun Apr 5 18:28:47 2020 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 22:28:47 +0000 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: <24202.22162.941609.788829@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <24202.16915.477861.469250@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> , <24202.22162.941609.788829@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: Not sure what happened. I thought it was supposed to go into an LMA for a while but everything appears to have stalled. Bill O?Neill ________________________________ From: Boston-Radio-Interest on behalf of Garrett Wollman Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020 6:07:14 PM To: Bill O'Neill Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org Subject: Re: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio < said: > Ken Squier is still very active on the air at his Radio Vermont > Group flagship WDEV (550//96.1). They?re available is livestream as > well. Ah, did the sale fall through? -GAWollman From joe@attorneyross.com Wed Apr 8 19:33:11 2020 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 19:33:11 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: How about Bob and Ray? How about Marjorie Claprood? On 4/5/2020 12:41 PM, Larry Sochrin wrote: > Not quite Mr. Rushmore but possibly honorable mentions - > > Larry Glick > Steve Fredericks > Gene Burns > Dan Rea > Andy Moes and Joe Martel > Janet Jegheliian > Jay Severin > > > > >> On Apr 1, 2020, at 12:00 PM, boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org wrote: >> >> From: Doug Drown >> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:47 AM >> To: Boston Radio Group >> Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio >> >> A coronavirus diversion with which to have a little reflective fun: >> One of the regular respondents to the New York Radio Message Board challenged his fellow respondents this past weekend to each come up with four nominees for a Mount Rushmore of New York Radio Personalities. He laid down two requirements: the nominees have to have been part of New York radio between 1960 and the present; each of the four has to represent a specific genre (DJ, newscaster, sportscaster, meteorologist, talk host, et al.), with no overlapping --- one can't be nominated to represent two categories. >> His main criterion is that persons nominated be *influential --- *not necessarily in terms of popularity or longevity of service (though those can be factors), but overall excellence such that they were, or are, "cutting edge" --- ground breakers whose presence on the air in some way significantly influenced the broadcasting industry and/or the wider culture of the city or region: people whose singular gifts will long be remembered. >> Let's give this a try with Boston radio personalities. Participants may name a nominee and a runner-up in each category. >> I haven't lived in eastern Massachusetts in many years, but here's my list: >> DJ: Arnie Ginsburg, Jess Cain >> News: Gary LaPierre >> Sports: Bob Lobel, Gil Santos >> Weather: Don Kent >> Talk: Jerry Williams, David Brudnoy >> >> Your turn. >> >> Doug Drown -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From tlmedia9@gmail.com Wed Apr 8 22:03:19 2020 From: tlmedia9@gmail.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:03:19 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'd add Diane Stern. She was at 'BZ for 30+ years On 4/8/2020 9:20:36 PM, A Joseph Ross wrote: How about Bob and Ray? How about Marjorie Claprood? On 4/5/2020 12:41 PM, Larry Sochrin wrote: > Not quite Mr. Rushmore but possibly honorable mentions - > > Larry Glick > Steve Fredericks > Gene Burns > Dan Rea > Andy Moes and Joe Martel > Janet Jegheliian > Jay Severin > > > > >> On Apr 1, 2020, at 12:00 PM, boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org wrote: >> >> From: Doug Drown >> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:47 AM >> To: Boston Radio Group >> Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio >> >> A coronavirus diversion with which to have a little reflective fun: >> One of the regular respondents to the New York Radio Message Board challenged his fellow respondents this past weekend to each come up with four nominees for a Mount Rushmore of New York Radio Personalities. He laid down two requirements: the nominees have to have been part of New York radio between 1960 and the present; each of the four has to represent a specific genre (DJ, newscaster, sportscaster, meteorologist, talk host, et al.), with no overlapping --- one can't be nominated to represent two categories. >> His main criterion is that persons nominated be *influential --- *not necessarily in terms of popularity or longevity of service (though those can be factors), but overall excellence such that they were, or are, "cutting edge" --- ground breakers whose presence on the air in some way significantly influenced the broadcasting industry and/or the wider culture of the city or region: people whose singular gifts will long be remembered. >> Let's give this a try with Boston radio personalities. Participants may name a nominee and a runner-up in each category. >> I haven't lived in eastern Massachusetts in many years, but here's my list: >> DJ: Arnie Ginsburg, Jess Cain >> News: Gary LaPierre >> Sports: Bob Lobel, Gil Santos >> Weather: Don Kent >> Talk: Jerry Williams, David Brudnoy >> >> Your turn. >> >> Doug Drown -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From tlmedia9@gmail.com Wed Apr 8 22:03:23 2020 From: tlmedia9@gmail.com (Ted Larsen) Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:03:23 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 4/8/2020 9:20:36 PM, A Joseph Ross wrote: How about Bob and Ray? How about Marjorie Claprood? On 4/5/2020 12:41 PM, Larry Sochrin wrote: > Not quite Mr. Rushmore but possibly honorable mentions - > > Larry Glick > Steve Fredericks > Gene Burns > Dan Rea > Andy Moes and Joe Martel > Janet Jegheliian > Jay Severin > > > > >> On Apr 1, 2020, at 12:00 PM, boston-radio-interest-request@lists.BostonRadio.org wrote: >> >> From: Doug Drown >> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 2:47 AM >> To: Boston Radio Group >> Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio >> >> A coronavirus diversion with which to have a little reflective fun: >> One of the regular respondents to the New York Radio Message Board challenged his fellow respondents this past weekend to each come up with four nominees for a Mount Rushmore of New York Radio Personalities. He laid down two requirements: the nominees have to have been part of New York radio between 1960 and the present; each of the four has to represent a specific genre (DJ, newscaster, sportscaster, meteorologist, talk host, et al.), with no overlapping --- one can't be nominated to represent two categories. >> His main criterion is that persons nominated be *influential --- *not necessarily in terms of popularity or longevity of service (though those can be factors), but overall excellence such that they were, or are, "cutting edge" --- ground breakers whose presence on the air in some way significantly influenced the broadcasting industry and/or the wider culture of the city or region: people whose singular gifts will long be remembered. >> Let's give this a try with Boston radio personalities. Participants may name a nominee and a runner-up in each category. >> I haven't lived in eastern Massachusetts in many years, but here's my list: >> DJ: Arnie Ginsburg, Jess Cain >> News: Gary LaPierre >> Sports: Bob Lobel, Gil Santos >> Weather: Don Kent >> Talk: Jerry Williams, David Brudnoy >> >> Your turn. >> >> Doug Drown -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From bob.bosra@demattia.net Wed Apr 22 11:31:23 2020 From: bob.bosra@demattia.net (Bob DeMattia) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 11:31:23 -0400 Subject: FCC FM Query Message-ID: Does anyone know why every entry in the FCC's FM database is listed as a construction permit? This is true with the online query form, or if you download the database. AM and TV seem to be OK. -Bob From LostCluster@lostcluster.me Wed Apr 22 12:39:29 2020 From: LostCluster@lostcluster.me (Ben Levy) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:39:29 -0400 Subject: FCC FM Query In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FCC databases seem to get confused once in a while. Fybush, Scott Fybush please pick up the white courtesy e-mail form? Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Bob DeMattia Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 12:37 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: FCC FM Query Does anyone know why every entry in the FCC's FM database is listed as a construction permit? This is true with the online query form, or if you download the database. AM and TV seem to be OK. -Bob From wollman@bimajority.org Wed Apr 22 13:37:57 2020 From: wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:37:57 -0400 Subject: FCC FM Query In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <24224.33013.266249.11812@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> < said: > FCC databases seem to get confused once in a while. The "legacy" CDBS database exports have been broken for about a month and I haven't adjusted my importer yet, in the hopes that they'll fix the export first. I have no idea what the IT pipeline in the Media Bureau looks like but I suspect they're probably a bit short of time right now. -GAWollman From dave@skywaves.net Wed Apr 22 15:54:57 2020 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:54:57 -0700 Subject: FCC FM Query In-Reply-To: <24224.33013.266249.11812@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> References: <24224.33013.266249.11812@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <003c01d618df$e70a64c0$b51f2e40$@skywaves.net> I contacted Dale Bickel about it. He's looking into it. -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Garrett Wollman Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 10:38 AM To: Ben Levy Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: RE: FCC FM Query < said: > FCC databases seem to get confused once in a while. The "legacy" CDBS database exports have been broken for about a month and I haven't adjusted my importer yet, in the hopes that they'll fix the export first. I have no idea what the IT pipeline in the Media Bureau looks like but I suspect they're probably a bit short of time right now. -GAWollman From dave@skywaves.net Thu Apr 23 12:04:01 2020 From: dave@skywaves.net (Dave Doherty) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:04:01 -0700 Subject: FCC FM Query In-Reply-To: <003c01d618df$e70a64c0$b51f2e40$@skywaves.net> References: <24224.33013.266249.11812@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <003c01d618df$e70a64c0$b51f2e40$@skywaves.net> Message-ID: <005301d61988$ce833400$6b899c00$@skywaves.net> Looks OK now. -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Doherty Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 12:55 PM To: 'Garrett Wollman' ; 'Ben Levy' Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: RE: FCC FM Query I contacted Dale Bickel about it. He's looking into it. -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Garrett Wollman Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 10:38 AM To: Ben Levy Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: RE: FCC FM Query < said: > FCC databases seem to get confused once in a while. The "legacy" CDBS database exports have been broken for about a month and I haven't adjusted my importer yet, in the hopes that they'll fix the export first. I have no idea what the IT pipeline in the Media Bureau looks like but I suspect they're probably a bit short of time right now. -GAWollman From lsochrin@rcn.com Mon Apr 27 12:02:07 2020 From: lsochrin@rcn.com (Larry Sochrin) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:02:07 -0400 Subject: Channels 2-1 and 44-1 gone again in my part of Brooklne Message-ID: <8B39CFB6-3BEC-4045-A50D-C64C4671D943@rcn.com> Several weeks ago, the audio and video for the HD versions of WGBH and WGBX suddenly showed up after being gone since the Repack. This morning, they both are gone again. As before, they are on RF 5, and there is a digital signal indicated but no picture or sound at all. (And a friend in South Brookline finally has them both.) Anyone have any idea if they?ve been changing anything again? Thanks. From geo.allen@comcast.net Tue Apr 28 13:41:04 2020 From: geo.allen@comcast.net (George Allen) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:41:04 -0400 Subject: Channels 2-1 and 44-1 gone again in my part of Brooklne In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <202004281816.03SIGgKO066416@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> RF-5 is watchable in Swampscott. 65% strength with indoor rabbit ears fully extended. It's been this way for a month or 2, compared to early this year when it was just barely there and not really watchable. I can see the towers from here tho. George From: Larry Sochrin Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:02:07 -0400 Subject: Channels 2-1 and 44-1 gone again in my part of Brooklne Several weeks ago, the audio and video for the HD versions of WGBH and WGBX suddenly showed up after being gone since the Repack. This morning, they both are gone again. As before, they are on RF 5, and there is a digital signal indicated but no picture or sound at all. (And a friend in South Brookline finally has them both.) Anyone have any idea if they???ve been changing anything again? Thanks.