From obrienron2@gmail.com Sat Mar 14 17:25:54 2020 From: obrienron2@gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 17:25:54 -0400 Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?FYI:_The_Secret_Oil_Patch_Roots_of_'Summer_Breeze'_-_Texas_M?= =?us-ascii?Q?onthly?= Message-ID: <002301d5fa47$25742b90$705c82b0$@gmail.com> Was reading this article about the origins of the song: Summer Breeze from Texas Monthly, and came across an interesting notation about Boston radio. Anyone know anything about this.and would have been "one of the city's most popular radio stations"? (WRKO? WHDH? WBZ?) While Jim and Dash were on tour in Boston, Marcia Day, shrewd as ever, convinced them that while they were there, they should make a pilgrimage to one of the city's most popular radio stations and play "Summer Breeze" for a DJ. Day knew that in an often impersonal business, a personal touch can make all the difference. She made the appointment, her boys arrived with the album, and they played the record for the DJ, nervously watching as he listened intently to the song they'd worked so hard to get right. When it was over, he looked up and delivered the news: "Summer Breeze" was going into rotation. Thought this might be of interest...: https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/secret-oil-patch-roots-summer-breez e/ From dlh@donnahalper.com Sun Mar 15 01:35:04 2020 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 01:35:04 -0400 Subject: FYI: The Secret Oil Patch Roots of 'Summer Breeze' - Texas Monthly In-Reply-To: <002301d5fa47$25742b90$705c82b0$@gmail.com> References: <002301d5fa47$25742b90$705c82b0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <76c7119d-1b8c-3aa1-15eb-4da42bbb796f@donnahalper.com> On 3/14/2020 5:25 PM, Ron wrote: > Was reading this article about the origins of the song: Summer Breeze from > Texas Monthly, and came across an interesting notation about Boston radio. > Anyone know anything about this.and would have been "one of the city's most > popular radio stations"? (WRKO? WHDH? WBZ?) According to Kal Rudman, who was then a music industry reporter for Record World Magazine, it broke on WRKO. -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From raccoonradio@gmail.com Wed Mar 18 10:01:38 2020 From: raccoonradio@gmail.com (Bob Nelson) Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:01:38 -0400 Subject: WMEX separate programming May 4 Message-ID: The following appeared on Facebook in the Remembering WMEX group Separate Programming on the New Quincy/Boston WMEX-AM 1510 Now Delayed to Monday, May 4, Due to Coronavirus Emergency. Meanwhile, WMEX Will Simulcast 95.9 WATD-FM, ?The South Shore?s Radio Station.? Ed Perry - Owner of WMEX, WATD in Marshfield, and WBMS in Brockton - Says Simulcasting will Help ?Create for WMEX a Local News and Public Service Infrastructure? BOSTON - Separate WMEX 1510-AM Quincy/Boston programming, similar to the station?s rock ?n? roll and local talk heydays of the 50s, 60s and 70s, has been pushed back to Monday, May 4. Between now and then, WMEX will simulcast its sister station, 95.9-FM WATD, Marshfield, with its multiple-award-winning local news and information infrastructure. The following statement was issued on Tuesday, March 17, by Ed Perry, owner of WMEX, WATD, and the new WBMS, 640-AM and 101.1-FM in Brockton: Here's an update on the schedule for getting WMEX officially on the air with its oldies format and local info for the north end of the South Shore. We originally scheduled the turn-on date as March 9, but that was postponed for two weeks until next Monday, March 23, due to the Coronavirus issues. Unfortunately those issues have expanded substantially creating the need to once again delay the WMEX transition to separate programming. While the oldies format would certainly be memorable and entertaining, it's very difficult to instantly include all the important information regarding the virus which we're now providing in our simulcast of WATD-FM. The new date for switching WMEX to separate programming is now Monday, May 4. This will allow us to create both a local news and public service infrastructure which will provide much needed information to residents of Quincy, Braintree, Randolph, Milton, Canton and perhaps a dozen more communities where the WMEX signal will be that of a local station. However, prior to May 4, as we gather information from those communities, we'll add it to the WATD-FM programming and simulcast that programming on WMEX. I'm sorry about the delay in getting WMEX back on the air with its original format, but it needs to provide its listeners not only with great music but with important community news and information. The extra six weeks of simulcasting WATD-FM will make that goal possible. Thanks again for all your help in getting both WBMS (Brockton) and WMEX back on the air and for continuing to make WATD-FM ?The South Shore's Radio Station.? From Chuckigo@maine.rr.com Tue Mar 24 17:08:17 2020 From: Chuckigo@maine.rr.com (Chuck Igo) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:08:17 -0400 Subject: Another One Bites the Dust Message-ID: <202003242140.02OLe2qV042819@isfahel.bostonradio.org> Hey gang ? Just a note to let you know that I?m hanging up the headphones on Friday (3/27) and calling it a broadcast day. After 40+ years, I?ve had some fun and now it?s time to repay the family for far too much lost time and missed events. I know it?s been quiet out here lately with much of the conversation taking place on various social media platforms, but I always enjoy keeping up with the discussions as they come along. Here?s hoping that when the dust settles, we?ll be healthy and able to keep doing whatever it is we do. In my case, my post-broadcast retirement endeavors will start on Monday with Grampy?s Child Care. (3 toddler grandchildren with working parents so I can jump in and help while we all hunker in the bunker for the time being) I?ve been blessed with doing what I always wanted to do, and even achieved my personal goal of working on the air in my hometown (Cambridge kid on the radio in Boston) after just a year & half full-time, made some amazing friends and worked alongside of the area?s legendary talent. I call that being ?call #9 at 931-16-68? and landing those front row tix at the Garden. Be well and Rock On! -- Chuck Igo Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From lspin@comcast.net Tue Mar 24 22:09:40 2020 From: lspin@comcast.net (Lou) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 22:09:40 -0400 Subject: Another One Bites the Dust In-Reply-To: <202003242140.02OLe2qV042819@isfahel.bostonradio.org> References: <202003242140.02OLe2qV042819@isfahel.bostonradio.org> Message-ID: <018901d6024a$7e94ba40$7bbe2ec0$@comcast.net> Congratulations, Chuck! And thanks for a bunch of years of great radio! -Lou -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest On Behalf Of Chuck Igo Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 5:08 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: Another One Bites the Dust Hey gang ? Just a note to let you know that I?m hanging up the headphones on Friday (3/27) and calling it a broadcast day. After 40+ years, I?ve had some fun and now it?s time to repay the family for far too much lost time and missed events. I know it?s been quiet out here lately with much of the conversation taking place on various social media platforms, but I always enjoy keeping up with the discussions as they come along. Here?s hoping that when the dust settles, we?ll be healthy and able to keep doing whatever it is we do. In my case, my post-broadcast retirement endeavors will start on Monday with Grampy?s Child Care. (3 toddler grandchildren with working parents so I can jump in and help while we all hunker in the bunker for the time being) I?ve been blessed with doing what I always wanted to do, and even achieved my personal goal of working on the air in my hometown (Cambridge kid on the radio in Boston) after just a year & half full-time, made some amazing friends and worked alongside of the area?s legendary talent. I call that being ?call #9 at 931-16-68? and landing those front row tix at the Garden. Be well and Rock On! -- Chuck Igo Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From billohno@gmail.com Tue Mar 24 22:58:11 2020 From: billohno@gmail.com (Bill O'Neill) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 02:58:11 +0000 Subject: Another One Bites the Dust In-Reply-To: <018901d6024a$7e94ba40$7bbe2ec0$@comcast.net> References: <202003242140.02OLe2qV042819@isfahel.bostonradio.org>, <018901d6024a$7e94ba40$7bbe2ec0$@comcast.net> Message-ID: Way to go, Chuck! As I reminisced with you last week, it seems like yesterday you were encouraging this dopey kid from Dracut on how the big-time works at the old ??85 in Boston?. I was working an evening shift at WSSH when you gave me a call from Maine and said, ?You?re having a ball with that jukebox aren?t you, 2-Ls?? When I finally got a chance to crack the mic on a Saturday morning at 5 AM on WHDH, the bat phone rang as the first song out of news played as you called to encourage me. 30+ years later and you don?t forget stuff like that. Amidst a perennially tough business, there comes along the occasional good guy. And you, Chuck, be one o? them. Abso-freakin-lutely. (Buy the book.) Enjoy Grampy?s Child Care and Storm Door Company, Cap?n. Bill O?Neill Shoreham, Vermont by way of Lowell, Massachusetts ________________________________ From: Boston-Radio-Interest on behalf of Lou Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 10:43 PM To: 'Chuck Igo'; boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: RE: Another One Bites the Dust Congratulations, Chuck! And thanks for a bunch of years of great radio! -Lou -----Original Message----- From: Boston-Radio-Interest On Behalf Of Chuck Igo Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 5:08 PM To: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: Another One Bites the Dust Hey gang ? Just a note to let you know that I?m hanging up the headphones on Friday (3/27) and calling it a broadcast day. After 40+ years, I?ve had some fun and now it?s time to repay the family for far too much lost time and missed events. I know it?s been quiet out here lately with much of the conversation taking place on various social media platforms, but I always enjoy keeping up with the discussions as they come along. Here?s hoping that when the dust settles, we?ll be healthy and able to keep doing whatever it is we do. In my case, my post-broadcast retirement endeavors will start on Monday with Grampy?s Child Care. (3 toddler grandchildren with working parents so I can jump in and help while we all hunker in the bunker for the time being) I?ve been blessed with doing what I always wanted to do, and even achieved my personal goal of working on the air in my hometown (Cambridge kid on the radio in Boston) after just a year & half full-time, made some amazing friends and worked alongside of the area?s legendary talent. I call that being ?call #9 at 931-16-68? and landing those front row tix at the Garden. Be well and Rock On! -- Chuck Igo Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu Tue Mar 24 19:45:42 2020 From: ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu (Sean Smyth) Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 19:45:42 -0400 Subject: Another One Bites the Dust In-Reply-To: <202003242140.02OLe2qV042819@isfahel.bostonradio.org> References: <202003242140.02OLe2qV042819@isfahel.bostonradio.org> Message-ID: I saw this on the New England radio Facebook group, too. Congrats on a well-deserved retirement, Chuck. You?ve been a class act in our handful of interactions off-list. ?Sean On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 6:50 PM Chuck Igo wrote: > Hey gang ? Just a note to let you know that I?m hanging up the headphones > on Friday (3/27) and calling it a broadcast day. After 40+ years, I?ve had > some fun and now it?s time to repay the family for far too much lost time > and missed events. I know it?s been quiet out here lately with much of the > conversation taking place on various social media platforms, but I always > enjoy keeping up with the discussions as they come along. Here?s hoping > that when the dust settles, we?ll be healthy and able to keep doing > whatever it is we do. In my case, my post-broadcast retirement endeavors > will start on Monday with Grampy?s Child Care. (3 toddler grandchildren > with working parents so I can jump in and help while we all hunker in the > bunker for the time being) > I?ve been blessed with doing what I always wanted to do, and even > achieved my personal goal of working on the air in my hometown (Cambridge > kid on the radio in Boston) after just a year & half full-time, made some > amazing friends and worked alongside of the area?s legendary talent. I > call that being ?call #9 at 931-16-68? and landing those front row tix at > the Garden. > Be well and Rock On! > > -- Chuck Igo > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > -- Sent from my iPhone From ashboy1951@gmail.com Mon Mar 30 17:03:45 2020 From: ashboy1951@gmail.com (Doug Drown) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:03:45 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio Message-ID: 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 kvahey@gmail.com Tue Mar 31 04:00:51 2020 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 04:00:51 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Doug - since we are talking radio I would eliminate Lobel from sports but one has to take a hard look at Eddie Andelman and Glenn Ordway. News - LaPierre was an icon but Anthony Silva has to be in the conversation. Weather - on radio it has to be Don Kent Talk - Jerry Williams invented talk radio in the Boston market and his impact was proven in the 80's when he got the seatbelt law repealed. He was so popular than when he left WMEX for WBBM in Chicago in 1965 that the Chicago station showed up in diary ratings in Boston. DJ - Jess and Arnie are icons but Carl DeSuze and Dave Maynard have to be considered along with Charles Laquidara and Matt Siegel. To Professor Halper - Somewhere in this equation we have to include one Maxwell E. Richmond who I believe should be in the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Richmond was an awful person to work for but he was a genius in finding talent. He adopted the same format that R. Peter Straus had taken with WMCA in New York that at 10 PM the teenagers were in bed and we will go talk. On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:48 AM Doug Drown wrote: > 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 Tue Mar 31 09:42:43 2020 From: LostCluster@lostcluster.me (Ben Levy) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 09:42:43 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 atolz@comcast.net Tue Mar 31 10:55:15 2020 From: atolz@comcast.net (Alan Tolz) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:55:15 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1D2BE582-59F5-4AA7-B58C-6082FEEA0CFE@comcast.net> Hi everyone, I haven?t replied to any messages for a while but I?d like to chime in on this Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio premise. 1) Arnie Ginsberg - As an influencer and night-time DJ in an era when there were limited entertainment options, he was king among the ?transistor radio under the pillow? demo. 2) Jerry Williams - I have a personal bias here (I co-authored his bio with Steve Elman) but even if I didn?t, I?d step back and see that he created the telephone - talk format in the early ?50s, brought it to Boston in 1957 and immediately had 50+ shares of audience when there was NO late-night TV. He was an activist, using radio to generate political change in varying degrees for 40+ years off and on in Massachusetts from Boston radio stations. 3) Mac Richmond - He?s how and why the ?top two? got their start in Boston radio as co-owner of WMEX. 4) Charles Laquidara - as a creative genius and DJ during the early and salad years of WBCN, the Boston radio station that defined a generation. All things BCN flowed from Charles on down, including Oedipus, who was originally an intern on Charles? ?Big Mattress?. There are others worthy of the ?4? spot...Gary LaPierre, Matt Seigel, Dan Griffin, Clark Smidt, Alan Dary, Larry Glick...but it seems that when radio in a post-TV world was king, these four either defined it, created its content, and/or owned and operated it better than anyone else in Boston. Sent from an I-thing > On Mar 31, 2020, at 9:42 AM, Ben Levy wrote: > > 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 martinjwaters@yahoo.com Tue Mar 31 10:11:43 2020 From: martinjwaters@yahoo.com (Martin Waters) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 14:11:43 +0000 (UTC) Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <372688881.1709443.1585663903875@mail.yahoo.com> ? ? ? The DJ category is tough if it has to be only two. But, at least at the moment -- pending someone reminding me and my bad memory of more candidates -- I'd say Arnie Ginsburg and Charles Laquidara. I usually lean toward history-related choices. They were not only very influential in their field, great at what they did and had impressive longevity, but they were pioneers. Can we find a bigger mountain to carve on so we can also include Jess Cain? Just my $0.02. On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 08:05:50 AM EDT, Kevin Vahey wrote: Doug - since we are talking radio I would eliminate Lobel from sports but one has to take a hard look at Eddie Andelman and Glenn Ordway. News - LaPierre was an icon but Anthony Silva has to be in the conversation. Weather - on radio it has to be Don Kent Talk - Jerry Williams invented talk radio in the Boston market and his impact was proven in the 80's when he got the seatbelt law repealed. He was so popular than when he left WMEX for WBBM in Chicago in 1965 that the Chicago station showed up in diary ratings in Boston. DJ - Jess and Arnie are icons but Carl DeSuze and Dave Maynard have to be considered along with Charles Laquidara and Matt Siegel. To Professor Halper - Somewhere in this equation we have to include one Maxwell E. Richmond who I believe should be in the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Richmond was an awful person to work for but he was a genius in finding talent. He adopted the same format that R. Peter Straus had taken with WMCA in New York that at 10 PM the teenagers were in bed and we will go talk. On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:48 AM Doug Drown wrote: > 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 martinjwaters@yahoo.com Tue Mar 31 16:11:24 2020 From: martinjwaters@yahoo.com (Martin Waters) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2120999830.2025775.1585685484764@mail.yahoo.com> ? ? How about another category -- utility player. Or, I prefer Man for All Seasons. And I say man because I propose this category for Norm Nathan -- DJ extraordinaire, all-news radio anchor and wonderful late-night talk show host.? From dlh@donnahalper.com Tue Mar 31 17:34:00 2020 From: dlh@donnahalper.com (Donna Halper) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:34:00 -0400 Subject: Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: <2120999830.2025775.1585685484764@mail.yahoo.com> References: <2120999830.2025775.1585685484764@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On 3/31/2020 4:11 PM, Martin Waters wrote: > ? ? How about another category -- utility player. Or, I prefer Man for > All Seasons. And I say man because I propose this category for Norm > Nathan -- DJ extraordinaire, all-news radio anchor and wonderful > late-night talk show host. And we can't forget the radio pioneers. None of us would be having this conversation if it were not for Harold J. Power, the founder of 1XE-WGI. -- Donna L. Halper, PhD Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies Lesley University, Cambridge MA From joe@attorneyross.com Tue Mar 31 17:45:07 2020 From: joe@attorneyross.com (A Joseph Ross) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:45:07 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5daf178f-8349-ec48-d3e4-3e03b88e27ec@attorneyross.com> I can't do better than that list. On 3/30/2020 5:03 PM, Doug Drown wrote: > 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 dmoisan@davidmoisan.org Tue Mar 31 21:58:48 2020 From: dmoisan@davidmoisan.org (dmoisan) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:58:48 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: <5daf178f-8349-ec48-d3e4-3e03b88e27ec@attorneyross.com> References: <5daf178f-8349-ec48-d3e4-3e03b88e27ec@attorneyross.com> Message-ID: <465e5d46f64466ce8917e07c64fd21dd@davidmoisan.org> On 2020-03-31 17:45, A Joseph Ross wrote: > I can't do better than that list. > >> News: Gary LaPierre >> Sports: Bob Lobel, Gil Santos >> Weather: Don Kent >> Talk: Jerry Williams, David Brudnoy Talk: Add Gene Burns and (maybe) Ted O'Brien. From tgordo49@gmail.com Tue Mar 31 19:35:18 2020 From: tgordo49@gmail.com (Tim Gordon) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:35:18 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dare I mention Howie Carr? Say what you will, he's proven himself to have staying power. --Tim On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 8:03 AM Kevin Vahey wrote: > Doug - since we are talking radio I would eliminate Lobel from sports but > one has to take a hard look at Eddie Andelman and Glenn Ordway. > > News - LaPierre was an icon but Anthony Silva has to be in the > conversation. > > Weather - on radio it has to be Don Kent > > Talk - Jerry Williams invented talk radio in the Boston market and his > impact was proven in the 80's when he got the seatbelt law repealed. He was > so popular than when he left WMEX for WBBM in Chicago in 1965 that the > Chicago station showed up in diary ratings in Boston. > > DJ - Jess and Arnie are icons but Carl DeSuze and Dave Maynard have to be > considered along with Charles Laquidara and Matt Siegel. > > To Professor Halper - Somewhere in this equation we have to include one > Maxwell E. Richmond who I believe should be in the Massachusetts > Broadcasters Hall of Fame. > > Richmond was an awful person to work for but he was a genius in finding > talent. He adopted the same format that R. Peter Straus had taken with WMCA > in New York that at 10 PM the teenagers were in bed and we will go talk. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:48 AM Doug Drown wrote: > > > 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 rbello@belloassoc.com Tue Mar 31 21:23:01 2020 From: rbello@belloassoc.com (Ron Bello) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:23:01 -0400 Subject: Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: <2120999830.2025775.1585685484764@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: For Utility Player I offer Dave Maynard: At WBZ he did middays until being shuffled to overnights only to rule AM drive after Carl DeSuze Although he would be categorized as talk, Larry Glick blended talk, laughter and just enough intelligence to get us through the night He never took himself too seriously and made us all smile Sports talk would not be what it is today without The Sports Huddle Eddie Andelman, Jim McCarthy and Mark Witkin paved the way --------------------------------------------------- On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 6:12 PM Donna Halper wrote: > On 3/31/2020 4:11 PM, Martin Waters wrote: > > How about another category -- utility player. Or, I prefer Man for > > All Seasons. And I say man because I propose this category for Norm > > Nathan -- DJ extraordinaire, all-news radio anchor and wonderful > > late-night talk show host. > > > And we can't forget the radio pioneers. None of us would be having this > conversation if it were not for Harold J. Power, the founder of 1XE-WGI. > > > -- > Donna L. Halper, PhD > Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies > Lesley University, Cambridge MA > > From aleckart@gmail.com Tue Mar 31 11:42:37 2020 From: aleckart@gmail.com (Andy Leckart) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:42:37 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: <1D2BE582-59F5-4AA7-B58C-6082FEEA0CFE@comcast.net> References: <1D2BE582-59F5-4AA7-B58C-6082FEEA0CFE@comcast.net> Message-ID: Gerry Williams, Gary LaPierre, Laquidara, Arnie Ginsburg? It's just too hard.....like trying to do the Rushmore of Boston sports. There's always someone left out, but that's the fun of it. *Andy Leckart* On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 11:30 AM Alan Tolz wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I haven?t replied to any messages for a while but I?d like to chime in on > this Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio premise. > > 1) Arnie Ginsberg - As an influencer and night-time DJ in an era when > there were limited entertainment options, he was king among the ?transistor > radio under the pillow? demo. > > 2) Jerry Williams - I have a personal bias here (I co-authored his bio > with Steve Elman) but even if I didn?t, I?d step back and see that he > created the telephone - talk format in the early ?50s, brought it to Boston > in 1957 and immediately had 50+ shares of audience when there was NO > late-night TV. > He was an activist, using radio to generate political change in varying > degrees for 40+ years off and on in Massachusetts from Boston radio > stations. > > 3) Mac Richmond - He?s how and why the ?top two? got their start in Boston > radio as co-owner of WMEX. > > 4) Charles Laquidara - as a creative genius and DJ during the early and > salad years of WBCN, the Boston radio station that defined a generation. > All things BCN flowed from Charles on down, including Oedipus, who was > originally an intern on Charles? ?Big Mattress?. > > There are others worthy of the ?4? spot...Gary LaPierre, Matt Seigel, Dan > Griffin, Clark Smidt, Alan Dary, Larry Glick...but it seems that when radio > in a post-TV world was king, these four either defined it, created its > content, and/or owned and operated it better than anyone else in Boston. > > > > > Sent from an I-thing > > > On Mar 31, 2020, at 9:42 AM, Ben Levy > wrote: > > > > 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 obrienron2@gmail.com Tue Mar 31 11:04:59 2020 From: obrienron2@gmail.com (Ron) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:04:59 -0400 Subject: The Mount Rushmore of Boston Radio In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000701d6076d$bf9b3d20$3ed1b760$@gmail.com> >> 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