WHDH Sports Talk Show circa 1986

[Pjries]

On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 10:35 PM Sean Smyth <ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu> wrote:

> Somewhere on MP3 I have about 5-10 minutes of an Eddie Andelman show from
> c. 1990-91. There’s nothing super noteworthy on there.
>
> Eddie is in his 80s now, hard to believe. I hope he’s hanging in there.
>

Thanks Sean.

That's the thing about these shows. Nothing really noteworthy on any of the
recordings I have either, but they're entertaining. A snapshot in time.
And while I know they're probably not, it would be great if some of these
guys were writing books. I'd read them.

Pam



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> On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 8:15 PM Pjries <pjries@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 10:57 AM Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com> wrote:
>>
>> > On 8/1/2022 7:23 PM, Pjries wrote:
>> > > It's been awhile since I sent any notes to this list and I don't know
>> if
>> > > the procedure remains the same.
>> > >
>> > > I worked at WHDH radio, in news, from 1984-1987.
>> > >
>> > > I recently came across a couple of airchecks I made of some of the
>> > > programming other than my own newscasts, specifically, random
>> recordings
>> > of
>> > > the Sports Talk show with Eddie Andelman.
>> >
>> > I don't think there is any one place where all the audio (or video) from
>> > sports talk lives. It seems to be random at this point-- some clips are
>> > posted to YouTube, some are posted on the person's own page, etc. But I
>> > think there would definitely be interest in having an archive of sports
>> > audio. In fact, I wonder if Eddie has any audio of his late 60s and
>> > early 70s first iteration of the Sports Huddle.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Donna L. Halper, PhD
>> > Associate Professor of Communication & Media Studies
>> > Lesley University, Cambridge MA
>> >
>> >
>> Thanks Donna,
>>
>> I agree. It would be great to have an archive of sports audio, and video,
>> for that matter.
>>
>> In looking around, I've seen Eddie quoted as saying there are no archives,
>> and Phil Sirkin, who I think was the first producer of the Sports Huddle,
>> also tells me he doesn't know of any. (Phil, who was my editor at WHDH, is
>> here in Indiana now, about 15 minutes away from me. Small world.)
>>
>> I don't have a lot of recordings. It was kind of a lark for me at the time
>> and I wish I had more.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Pam
>>
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