From obrienron2@gmail.com Mon Jun 1 13:13:39 2020 From: obrienron2@gmail.com (Ron) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 13:13:39 -0400 Subject: Boston media...and the overnight protests.... Message-ID: <001201d63837$febf1260$fc3d3720$@gmail.com> Was anyone glued to their TV set last night watching the live on-the-street coverage of the protest Channels 4-5-7-10 were covering it. Occasions like this made me realize what good local news broadcasting is all about. Anyone have any comments on what channel did the best coverage? I didn't check the radio dial, but someone said WBZ was in an infomercial..and I assume WRKO was running syndicated Bill Cunningham. I did not check WBUR and WGBH. Were there any local radio reporters on-duty at any station working last night? From joe@attorneyross.com Mon Jun 15 20:18:51 2020 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:18:51 -0400 Subject: Fwd: "April Fools Day 1975 WMUA 91.1 FM UMass" on YouTube In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <27aa408e-6ba4-1be8-ad22-b3b9c9eba415@attorneyross.com> This is a great April Fools spoof of stations such as WRKO at the time and WMEX of blessed memory.? They were on the air with this nonsense for a whole 18 hours on April Fools Day 1975.? I don't know who made this 15-minute excerpt or posted it on YouTube. https://youtu.be/rDbUtiIrHhE -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Jun 16 01:36:36 2020 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 01:36:36 -0400 Subject: "April Fools Day 1975 WMUA 91.1 FM UMass" on YouTube In-Reply-To: References: <27aa408e-6ba4-1be8-ad22-b3b9c9eba415@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <3a95762b-a172-8ad3-364c-f0c60f709a0e@attorneyross.com> I'm told that many of the participants in this project have gone on to distinguish themselves as pros in radio. On 6/15/2020 10:23 PM, Bill O'Neill wrote: > Hey, this is good stuff! Plus, they went monaural, reverbed, and > hot-processed for the day. > > Bill O?Neill > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Boston-Radio-Interest > on behalf of A > Joseph Ross > *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2020 8:18:51 PM > *To:* Boston Radio > *Subject:* Fwd: "April Fools Day 1975 WMUA 91.1 FM UMass" on YouTube > This is a great April Fools spoof of stations such as WRKO at the time > and WMEX of blessed memory.? They were on the air with this nonsense for > a whole 18 hours on April Fools Day 1975.? I don't know who made this > 15-minute excerpt or posted it on YouTube. > > https://youtu.be/rDbUtiIrHhE > > -- > 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 martinjwaters@yahoo.com Tue Jun 16 03:06:32 2020 From: martinjwaters@yahoo.com (Martin Waters) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:06:32 +0000 (UTC) Subject: "April Fools Day 1975 WMUA 91.1 FM UMass" on YouTube In-Reply-To: <27aa408e-6ba4-1be8-ad22-b3b9c9eba415@attorneyross.com> References: <27aa408e-6ba4-1be8-ad22-b3b9c9eba415@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <2050636753.1210663.1592291192251@mail.yahoo.com> ? ? I'm turning myself in as the perpetrator of the newscast at the beginning of that telescoped segment on youtube. I have a tape of some of that day, but didn't know it had surfaced on youtube. Of course, my radio name that day, J. Paul Muddlemouth, was an homage to the CKLW newscaster J. Paul Huddleston. The two WMUA "news writers" I mention, Leo T. Baldwin and David Smith, were, as best as my feeble memory can recall, the creators and hardest-working-lunatics-ever who put the crazy 18 hours together. They wrote most or all the ridiculous fake news. Leo, IMO, was one of the funniest people ever born. ? ? ? And, as the text shown on the youtube video mentions, Charlie Pellett -- one of the few using his real name that day -- went on to a distinguished career with WINS and, more recently, WBBR/Bloomberg Radio, where I have heard him as recently as within the past year or so. He also is famous (with a few of us who are in the know) as one of the recorded voices used for announcements on NYC subway cars. One of his famous lines is -- wait for it now -- "Mind the closing doors." His voice has been cycled in and out of use for two or three decades. But I heard him one day last year on the F train. And I laughed the other week when I was watching an episode of the original "Law & Order.". In a scene in a subway car, I heard Charlie in the background. Life is a hoot and a half, luckily. On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 12:38:22 AM EDT, A Joseph Ross wrote: This is a great April Fools spoof of stations such as WRKO at the time and WMEX of blessed memory.? They were on the air with this nonsense for a whole 18 hours on April Fools Day 1975.? I don't know who made this 15-minute excerpt or posted it on YouTube. https://youtu.be/rDbUtiIrHhE -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From martinjwaters@yahoo.com Tue Jun 16 05:51:38 2020 From: martinjwaters@yahoo.com (Martin Waters) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 09:51:38 +0000 (UTC) Subject: WMUA April Fool's Day In-Reply-To: References: <27aa408e-6ba4-1be8-ad22-b3b9c9eba415@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <1971086886.1229167.1592301098196@mail.yahoo.com> ?RE: WMUA April Fool's Day ?? My brain just generated a wave and I must correct myself: J. Paul Huddleston broadcast on KHJ, not CKLW. Can I convince anyone I just wrote that to see if anyone was paying attention and would catch it? I didn't think so. >On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 03:50:34 AM EDT, Martin Waters via Boston-Radio-Interest wrote:? > ?? I'm turning myself in as the perpetrator of the newscast at the beginning of that telescoped segment on youtube. I have a tape of some of that day, but didn't know it had surfaced on youtube. Of course, my radio name that day, J. Paul Muddlemouth, was an homage to the CKLW newscaster J. Paul Huddleston . . . From billohno@gmail.com Mon Jun 15 22:23:29 2020 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 02:23:29 +0000 Subject: "April Fools Day 1975 WMUA 91.1 FM UMass" on YouTube In-Reply-To: <27aa408e-6ba4-1be8-ad22-b3b9c9eba415@attorneyross.com> References: , <27aa408e-6ba4-1be8-ad22-b3b9c9eba415@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: Hey, this is good stuff! Plus, they went monaural, reverbed, and hot-processed for the day. Bill O?Neill ________________________________ From: Boston-Radio-Interest on behalf of A Joseph Ross Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 8:18:51 PM To: Boston Radio Subject: Fwd: "April Fools Day 1975 WMUA 91.1 FM UMass" on YouTube This is a great April Fools spoof of stations such as WRKO at the time and WMEX of blessed memory. They were on the air with this nonsense for a whole 18 hours on April Fools Day 1975. I don't know who made this 15-minute excerpt or posted it on YouTube. https://youtu.be/rDbUtiIrHhE -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Jun 16 23:47:19 2020 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 23:47:19 -0400 Subject: "April Fools Day 1975 WMUA 91.1 FM UMass" on YouTube In-Reply-To: <2050636753.1210663.1592291192251@mail.yahoo.com> References: <27aa408e-6ba4-1be8-ad22-b3b9c9eba415@attorneyross.com> <2050636753.1210663.1592291192251@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Congratulations to you and your collaborators for this.? It's a good thing I was no longer on campus by then because I wouldn't have wanted to leave my radio to eat, sleep, pee, or attend classes for the whole 18 hours. On 6/16/2020 3:06 AM, Martin Waters wrote: > I'm turning myself in as the perpetrator of the newscast at the > beginning of that telescoped segment on youtube. I have a tape of some > of that day, but didn't know it had surfaced on youtube. Of course, my > radio name that day, J. Paul Muddlemouth, was an homage to the CKLW > newscaster J. Paul Huddleston. The two WMUA "news writers" I mention, > Leo T. Baldwin and David Smith, were, as best as my feeble memory can > recall, the creators and hardest-working-lunatics-ever who put the > crazy 18 hours together. They wrote most or all the ridiculous fake > news. Leo, IMO, was one of the funniest people ever born. > > And, as the text shown on the youtube video mentions, Charlie Pellett > -- one of the few using his real name that day -- went on to a > distinguished career with WINS and, more recently, WBBR/Bloomberg > Radio, where I have heard him as recently as within the past year or > so. He also is famous (with a few of us who are in the know) as one of > the recorded voices used for announcements on NYC subway cars. One of > his famous lines is -- wait for it now -- "Mind the closing doors." > His voice has been cycled in and out of use for two or three decades. > But I heard him one day last year on the F train. And I laughed the > other week when I was watching an episode of the original "Law & > Order.". In a scene in a subway car, I heard Charlie in the > background. Life is a hoot and a half, luckily. > > On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 12:38:22 AM EDT, A Joseph Ross > wrote: > > > This is a great April Fools spoof of stations such as WRKO at the time > and WMEX of blessed memory.? They were on the air with this nonsense for > a whole 18 hours on April Fools Day 1975.? I don't know who made this > 15-minute excerpt or posted it on YouTube. > > https://youtu.be/rDbUtiIrHhE > > -- > 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 gspatola@gmail.com Wed Jun 17 00:36:50 2020 From: gspatola@gmail.com (Glenn Spatola) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 21:36:50 -0700 Subject: "April Fools Day 1975 WMUA 91.1 FM UMass" on YouTube Message-ID: Those April Fools news stories were very entertaining, and showed a LOTS of creativity! "Uncle Steve" is Stu Goldman. And I'm quite sure that the first newscaster ("J. Paul Muddlemouth") was Jay Policow. Both are UMass Amherst and WMUA alumni from the early 70s. Glenn Spatola WMUA PD 1967-'68 Class of 1968 From markwats@comcast.net Sat Jun 20 17:37:46 2020 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 17:37:46 -0400 Subject: Jim Sands Has Passed Message-ID: <02d001d6474b$0ad26c10$20774430$@comcast.net> Larry Justice posted on Facebook this afternoon that Jim Sands passed away yesterday at the age of 87. Jim hosted a Saturday night all request oldies show on WHDH, with an added Sunday edition later before the station went more in a news/talk direction. He later did afternoons on the 1150 incarnation of WMEX and his last Boston radio gig was at Oldies 103. In the 1960's he was on WLOB in Portland. A great talent, may he Rest In Peace. Mark Watson From billohno@gmail.com Sat Jun 20 22:01:05 2020 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 02:01:05 +0000 Subject: Jim Sands Has Passed In-Reply-To: <02d001d6474b$0ad26c10$20774430$@comcast.net> References: <02d001d6474b$0ad26c10$20774430$@comcast.net> Message-ID: My condolences to Jim?s family. I have fond memories listening to Jim on Saturday nights on WHDH. The first time I got to work with Jim WHDH I remember marveling at his set up for the program in master control. It was the same control room that was used for the morning an the talk programming. It had turntables that were usually under cover until Jim brought the place to life?speakers blaring, incoming calls onto reel decks, played back over talkups in real-time. Exhausting to watch. I was on duty til midnight and on a few occasions Jim would invite me to join him downstairs and around the corner from the New England Life Hall studios at the Lenox for a refreshing beverage. A dopey kid in his 20s, hanging with a radio legend like Jim Sands was a master class. I recall watching Jim in the production studio as he cut station promos, spots, etc. What a pro. And I just recalled that you?d know when he was refueling when he would fire-up the popcorn popper. It was a sad day when management decided to replace Jim Sands with The Sounds of Sinatra with Sid Marks. I had the unenviable duty of teching the board for that show and voicing the live-read spots as booth. The phones were not happy for many weeks. Again, my deepest condolences to Jim?s friends and family at this time. Bill O?Neill ________________________________ From: Boston-Radio-Interest on behalf of Mark Watson Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2020 5:37:46 PM To: 'Boston Radio Group' Subject: Jim Sands Has Passed Larry Justice posted on Facebook this afternoon that Jim Sands passed away yesterday at the age of 87. Jim hosted a Saturday night all request oldies show on WHDH, with an added Sunday edition later before the station went more in a news/talk direction. He later did afternoons on the 1150 incarnation of WMEX and his last Boston radio gig was at Oldies 103. In the 1960's he was on WLOB in Portland. A great talent, may he Rest In Peace. Mark Watson From rbello@belloassoc.com Sat Jun 20 20:48:25 2020 From: rbello@belloassoc.com (Ron Bello) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 20:48:25 -0400 Subject: Jim Sands Has Passed In-Reply-To: <02d001d6474b$0ad26c10$20774430$@comcast.net> References: <02d001d6474b$0ad26c10$20774430$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Jim has been on evenings at WKFY on Cape Cod since the station started in 2013 --------------------------------------------------- On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 7:20 PM Mark Watson wrote: > Larry Justice posted on Facebook this afternoon that Jim Sands passed away > yesterday at the age of 87. Jim hosted a Saturday night all request oldies > show on WHDH, with an added Sunday edition later before the station went > more in a news/talk direction. He later did afternoons on the 1150 > incarnation of WMEX and his last Boston radio gig was at Oldies 103. In the > 1960's he was on WLOB in Portland. A great talent, may he Rest In Peace. > > Mark Watson > > From markwa1ion@aol.com Sat Jun 27 01:59:58 2020 From: markwa1ion@aol.com (Mark Connelly) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 05:59:58 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Arnie Ginsburg R.I.P. References: <1949834519.4501813.1593237598554.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1949834519.4501813.1593237598554@mail.yahoo.com> Arnie Ginsburg of WMEX fame has passed away at age 93. One article online:https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/197753/boston-radio-legend-arnie-woo-woo-ginsburg-passes- I was an avid listener of his show in the early '60s when I lived in Arlington, MA. Mark Connelly From raccoonradio@gmail.com Fri Jun 26 23:31:28 2020 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:31:28 -0400 Subject: Woo Woo Ginsburg RIP Message-ID: It was a premature report last week but now it is official--the passing of a legend. All Access on the death of Arnie Woo Woo Ginsburg https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/197753/boston-radio-legend-arnie-woo-woo-ginsburg-passes- From joe@attorneyross.com Sat Jun 27 22:06:56 2020 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 22:06:56 -0400 Subject: Woo Woo Ginsburg RIP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: At this moment, WATD (and pesumably WMEX) is playing Arnie's "Cruising 1961" album. On 6/26/2020 11:31 PM, Bob Nelson wrote: > It was a premature report last week but now > it is official--the passing of a legend. > All Access on the death of Arnie Woo Woo > Ginsburg > > https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/197753/boston-radio-legend-arnie-woo-woo-ginsburg-passes- -- 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 Jun 27 22:53:34 2020 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 22:53:34 -0400 Subject: Arnie Ginsburg Message-ID: <28f993c2-3f4d-3f6e-dd99-036c9c9ba968@attorneyross.com> It was just announced on WATD and WMEX that they will have a program tomorrow morning from 8:00 to 1:00 on WMEX (they didn't say whether it would be on their other stations) remembering Arnie Ginsburg as well as a program at 11:00 PM tomorrow night. WATD is currently playing a conversation between Ed Perry and Arnie Ginsburg. -- A. Joseph Ross, J.D. ? 1340 Centre Street, Suite 103 ? Newton, MA 02459 617.367.0468 ? http://www.attorneyross.com From markwats@comcast.net Sun Jun 28 10:49:11 2020 From: markwats@comcast.net (Mark Watson) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 10:49:11 -0400 Subject: Arnie Ginsburg In-Reply-To: <28f993c2-3f4d-3f6e-dd99-036c9c9ba968@attorneyross.com> References: <28f993c2-3f4d-3f6e-dd99-036c9c9ba968@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <013001d64d5b$56bbf6d0$0433e470$@comcast.net> A. Joseph Ross wrote: >It was just announced on WATD and WMEX that they will have a program tomorrow morning from 8:00 to 1:00 on WMEX (they didn't say whether it would be on their other stations) remembering Arnie Ginsburg as well as a program at 11:00 PM tomorrow night. Just saw a posting on a Facebook page that at 11:00 this morning (Sunday) joining the special will be John H. Garabedian, Larry Justice and Joe Martelle. Mark Watson