Boston-Radio-Interest Digest, Vol 26, Issue 18

[Supersport 106.1]

I would think Gregg "Hillman".

John

On May 6, 2022 12:01:24 PM 
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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big'
>      announcement Tuesday morning (Doug Drown)
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> Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement Tuesday morning
> From: Doug Drown ashboy1951@gmail.com
> Date: May 5, 10:26 AM
> To: Rob Landry 011010001@interpring.com
> CC: Paul Currier pbencurrier@hotmail.com, 
> boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org
>
> Now that Matty is retiring, I wonder who can now lay claim to having the
> greatest longevity at one station in Boston (and, for that matter, New
> England) broadcasting?
>
> Bangor's George Hale has been at WABI/WVOM (to which WABI's personalities
> and all-talk format were transferred when it went all-sports) for 69
> years.  He's now 90, and still does the live weekday morning shift with Ric
> Tyler from 5 to 9.  He still does weekday sports commentary on the TV
> station as well, and has been there just as long.
>
> Doug
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 10:11 AM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Well, right now you can hear jazz on WZBR (AM 1410; FM 98.1, but the FM
>> range is limited to Medford and the surrounding towns).
>>
>> WHRB is in its spring Orgy(R) period, and its usual time slots for
>> different types of programming don't necessarily apply. Orgy period ends
>> with the Commencement broadcasts -- there are two of them this year: on
>> Thursday, May 26; and Sunday, May 29. After that, WHRB will go back to its
>> usual schedule.
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> On Wed, 4 May 2022, Paul Currier wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Speaking of WHRB, I always listened the Jazz show weekday mornings when I
>> > had occasion to leave the cape and head north.   Today classical music
>> was
>> > on.    Seems like the jazz show was on forever and it is a major
>> > disappointment to have it gone.  Why can’t we keep jazz on the radio?
>> >
>> >  Paul
>> >
>> > Sandwich
>> >
>> > Sent from Mail for Windows
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: Rob Landry
>> > Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 12:51 PM
>> > To: Donna Halper
>> > Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
>> > Subject: Re: FYI: 'Matty in the Morning' host to make 'big' announcement
>> > Tuesday morning
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, 4 May 2022, Donna Halper wrote:
>> >
>> > > Matty announced his retirement, effective immediately.  He joined Kiss
>> 108
>> > in
>> > > 1980, and his morning show debuted in mid-January 1981. An impressive
>> > career.
>> > > Carl De Suze spent 39 years as a morning host at WBZ. Matty beat
>> that-- he
>> > > lasted for 41 years at Kiss 108.
>> >
>> > There are a couple of my former WCRB colleagues who can beat that. Dave
>> > Tucker started at WCRB when it first went on the air in 1948 and retired
>> > in 1995. Dave MacNeill started in 1950 and retired in 2009 when WCRB was
>> > sold to WGBH.
>> >
>> > The memorial service for another long time voice on the Boston airwaves,
>> > David Elliott of WHRB, will be held on May 13. WHRB will interrupt its
>> > spring Orgy season to broadcast the service live starting at 3 PM. David
>> > started doing air as a student in the early 1960s and was a fixture at
>> > WHRB until 2018, when a speech impediment he had developed turned out to
>> > be an early symptom of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). David passed away in
>> > December, 2020, but Covid delayed his memorial service until now.
>> >
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
>> > "Orgy" is a registered trade mark of the Harvard Radio Broadcasting
>> > Company, Incorporated.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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