From kvahey@gmail.com Fri Nov 18 21:29:25 2022 From: kvahey@gmail.com (Kevin Vahey) Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:29:25 -0500 Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) Message-ID: Dick was best known for his love of folk music. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/richard-pleasants-obituary?id=37148042 From 011010001@interpring.com Sat Nov 19 10:52:51 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 10:52:51 -0500 (EST) Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: When Dick retired from WUMB several years ago, the station staged a concert in his honor at Sanders Theater in Cambridge. It was recorded, and a DVD of it was produced by Grady Moates, who was then WUMB's director of engineering. It was quite an event; musicians from all over New England came out of the woodwork to wish Dick well. Rob On Fri, 18 Nov 2022, Kevin Vahey wrote: > Dick was best known for his love of folk music. > > https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/richard-pleasants-obituary?id=37148042 > From elipolo881@gmail.com Sat Nov 19 12:28:56 2022 From: elipolo881@gmail.com (Eli Polonsky) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 12:28:56 -0500 Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The official obit didn't detail his complete radio career. This was what I posted in radiodiscussions (with edits): Longtime Boston area folk music radio host and concert promoter Dick Pleasants passed away at 75 on Tuesday, November 8, after more than a decade of battling Parkinson's Disease, which took him off the air in 2012. I believe he began on-air after graduating Emerson College in the early '70s at WCIB in Falmouth, followed by folk programs on the former WCAS in Cambridge in the '70s, many years hosting an evening folk show on WATD in Marshfield, and 25 years at the former weekend folk music program "Folk Heritage" on WGBH-FM. Dick also co-founded and programmed former commercial folk music station WADN "Walden 1120 AM" in Concord in the late '80s to the late '90s (when it became WBNW, business news, through today), and as I remember he also had a stint as a morning co-host with Robin Young at 92.9 WBOS at some point during its AAA years in the '90s. Dick spent the last fifteen years of his radio career at professional public radio music station WUMB during its more strictly folk and acoustic music formatted years when it positioned itself as "Folk Radio". (It dropped that slogan about ten years ago and went to its present Americana and Roots music leaning AAA format). The many live folk music events that he booked, or had a hand in booking, included the former Boston Folk Festivals on the U.Mass. Boston campus, and he was the Director of the annual Summer Acoustic Music Week camp in the NH Lakes region. I enjoyed meeting him many times at folk music events, at WADN when I visited, and when I briefly worked at WUMB during his tenure. He was a great guy, and a legend in presentation of folk music in New England. EP > Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:29:25 -0500 > From: Kevin Vahey > To: Boston Radio Interest > > Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) > > Dick was best known for his love of folk music. > > > https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/richard-pleasants-obituary?id=37148042 > > > From 011010001@interpring.com Mon Nov 21 11:31:53 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:31:53 -0500 (EST) Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I had quite forgotten about WADN "Walden" 1120 in Concord. That was supposed to be a successor to WCAS, but it didn't cover the city, only the western suburbs. I was briefly involved with the launch of WADN, having been hired at the last minute to install an audio processor at the transmitter site. In the long run, WCAS's successor has proven to be WUMB. Rob On Sat, 19 Nov 2022, Eli Polonsky wrote: > The official obit didn't detail his complete radio career. This was what I > posted in radiodiscussions (with edits): > > Longtime Boston area folk music radio host and concert promoter Dick > Pleasants passed away at 75 on Tuesday, November 8, after more than a > decade of battling Parkinson's Disease, which took him off the air in 2012. > > I believe he began on-air after graduating Emerson College in the early > '70s at WCIB in Falmouth, followed by folk programs on the former WCAS in > Cambridge in the '70s, many years hosting an evening folk show on WATD in > Marshfield, and 25 years at the former weekend folk music program "Folk > Heritage" on WGBH-FM. > > Dick also co-founded and programmed former commercial folk music station > WADN "Walden 1120 AM" in Concord in the late '80s to the late '90s (when it > became WBNW, business news, through today), and as I remember he also had a > stint as a morning co-host with Robin Young at 92.9 WBOS at some point > during its AAA years in the '90s. > > Dick spent the last fifteen years of his radio career at professional > public radio music station WUMB during its more strictly folk and acoustic > music formatted years when it positioned itself as "Folk Radio". (It > dropped that slogan about ten years ago and went to its present Americana > and Roots music leaning AAA format). > > The many live folk music events that he booked, or had a hand in booking, > included the former Boston Folk Festivals on the U.Mass. Boston campus, and > he was the Director of the annual Summer Acoustic Music Week camp in the NH > Lakes region. > > I enjoyed meeting him many times at folk music events, at WADN when I > visited, and when I briefly worked at WUMB during his tenure. He was a > great guy, and a legend in presentation of folk music in New England. > > EP > > >> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:29:25 -0500 >> From: Kevin Vahey >> To: Boston Radio Interest >> >> Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) >> >> Dick was best known for his love of folk music. >> >> >> https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/richard-pleasants-obituary?id=37148042 >> >> >> > From 011010001@interpring.com Mon Nov 21 14:48:42 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:48:42 -0500 (EST) Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) In-Reply-To: <004901d8fdd6$4bcb1a20$e3614e60$@gmail.com> References: <004901d8fdd6$4bcb1a20$e3614e60$@gmail.com> Message-ID: The same station is still on the air, but with different call letters (WBNW?), running a business news format. It's owned by Money Matters Radio, and is part of a network that I think includes WPLM(AM) and one other station I've forgotten. Rob On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Ron wrote: >>> I had quite forgotten about WADN "Walden" 1120 in Concord. That was > supposed to be a successor to WCAS, but it didn't cover the city, only the > western suburbs. >>> In the long run, WCAS's successor has proven to be WUMB. > > What is on 1120AM now? Is it dark? > > R > From elipolo881@gmail.com Mon Nov 21 15:12:43 2022 From: elipolo881@gmail.com (Eli Polonsky) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:12:43 -0500 Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) In-Reply-To: References: <004901d8fdd6$4bcb1a20$e3614e60$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Yes, the former WADN became WBNW, business news owned by Money Matters, in 1998. Money Matters is no longer broadcasting on any other stations, just WBNW (and its FM translator). As far as i know, 1390 AM WPLM is just simulcasting its 99.1 FM. Money Matters was also on WESO 970 AM Southbridge, MA, now a religious station. EP On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 2:48 PM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > The same station is still on the air, but with different call letters > (WBNW?), running a business news format. It's owned by Money Matters > Radio, and is part of a network that I think includes WPLM(AM) and one > other station I've forgotten. > > > Rob > > On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Ron wrote: > > >>> I had quite forgotten about WADN "Walden" 1120 in Concord. That was > > supposed to be a successor to WCAS, but it didn't cover the city, only > the > > western suburbs. > >>> In the long run, WCAS's successor has proven to be WUMB. > > > > What is on 1120AM now? Is it dark? > > > > R > > > From obrienron2@gmail.com Mon Nov 21 13:23:03 2022 From: obrienron2@gmail.com (Ron) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 13:23:03 -0500 Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004901d8fdd6$4bcb1a20$e3614e60$@gmail.com> >> I had quite forgotten about WADN "Walden" 1120 in Concord. That was supposed to be a successor to WCAS, but it didn't cover the city, only the western suburbs. >> In the long run, WCAS's successor has proven to be WUMB. What is on 1120AM now? Is it dark? R From elipolo881@gmail.com Mon Nov 21 18:49:04 2022 From: elipolo881@gmail.com (Eli Polonsky) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:49:04 -0500 Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) In-Reply-To: <00a201d8fdfb$fc8f0680$f5ad1380$@gmail.com> References: <004901d8fdd6$4bcb1a20$e3614e60$@gmail.com> <00a201d8fdfb$fc8f0680$f5ad1380$@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 5:52 PM Ron wrote: > >> Money Matters is no longer broadcasting on any other stations, just > WBNW (and its FM translator). > > > > Isn?t this the show that?s on WRKO 10-Noon? > > > Yes, but only that one two-hour daily weekday show from Money Matters airs on WRKO. I was thinking of other stations that were simulcasting the Money Matters programming still on WBNW 24/7, there are no longer any others doing that. EP > > > *From:* Eli Polonsky > *Sent:* Monday, November 21, 2022 3:13 PM > *To:* Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> > *Cc:* Ron ; > boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org > *Subject:* Re: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) > > > > Yes, the former WADN became WBNW, business news owned by Money Matters, in > 1998. > > > > Money Matters is no longer broadcasting on any other stations, just WBNW > (and its FM translator). > > > > As far as i know, 1390 AM WPLM is just simulcasting its 99.1 FM. Money > Matters was also on WESO 970 AM Southbridge, MA, now a religious station. > > > > EP > > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 2:48 PM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> > wrote: > > > The same station is still on the air, but with different call letters > (WBNW?), running a business news format. It's owned by Money Matters > Radio, and is part of a network that I think includes WPLM(AM) and one > other station I've forgotten. > > From obrienron2@gmail.com Mon Nov 21 17:52:51 2022 From: obrienron2@gmail.com (Ron) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:52:51 -0500 Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) In-Reply-To: References: <004901d8fdd6$4bcb1a20$e3614e60$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <00a201d8fdfb$fc8f0680$f5ad1380$@gmail.com> >> Money Matters is no longer broadcasting on any other stations, just WBNW (and its FM translator). Isn?t this the show that?s on WRKO 10-Noon? From: Eli Polonsky Sent: Monday, November 21, 2022 3:13 PM To: Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> Cc: Ron ; boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org Subject: Re: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) Yes, the former WADN became WBNW, business news owned by Money Matters, in 1998. Money Matters is no longer broadcasting on any other stations, just WBNW (and its FM translator). As far as i know, 1390 AM WPLM is just simulcasting its 99.1 FM. Money Matters was also on WESO 970 AM Southbridge, MA, now a religious station. EP On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 2:48 PM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com > wrote: The same station is still on the air, but with different call letters (WBNW?), running a business news format. It's owned by Money Matters Radio, and is part of a network that I think includes WPLM(AM) and one other station I've forgotten. Rob On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Ron wrote: >>> I had quite forgotten about WADN "Walden" 1120 in Concord. That was > supposed to be a successor to WCAS, but it didn't cover the city, only the > western suburbs. >>> In the long run, WCAS's successor has proven to be WUMB. > > What is on 1120AM now? Is it dark? > > R > From elipolo881@gmail.com Mon Nov 21 14:14:31 2022 From: elipolo881@gmail.com (Eli Polonsky) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:14:31 -0500 Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) In-Reply-To: <004901d8fdd6$4bcb1a20$e3614e60$@gmail.com> References: <004901d8fdd6$4bcb1a20$e3614e60$@gmail.com> Message-ID: 1120 is now WBNW, a business news format owned by Money Matters Radio in Needham where the studios were moved to, though the transmitter is still the same directional 5kW day/1KW night site in Acton. It also now runs an 82 watt translator at 102.9 FM from the Acton site. As the folk format became difficult to sustain by 1997, WADN began running network business talk programming at times, and the folk music was soon dropped. Money Matters bought the station in 1998 and changed the calls to WBNW. It never went dark. EP On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 1:23 PM Ron wrote: > >> I had quite forgotten about WADN "Walden" 1120 in Concord. That was > supposed to be a successor to WCAS, but it didn't cover the city, only the > western suburbs. > >> In the long run, WCAS's successor has proven to be WUMB. > > What is on 1120AM now? Is it dark? > > R > > From 011010001@interpring.com Tue Nov 22 14:14:11 2022 From: 011010001@interpring.com (Rob Landry) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:14:11 -0500 (EST) Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) In-Reply-To: <00a201d8fdfb$fc8f0680$f5ad1380$@gmail.com> References: <004901d8fdd6$4bcb1a20$e3614e60$@gmail.com> <00a201d8fdfb$fc8f0680$f5ad1380$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Yes, and it's on WNTK and WUVR in New Hampshire, too. But it's a two-hour show, not a 24/7 format. Rob On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Ron wrote: > > >> Money Matters is no longer broadcasting?on any other stations, just WBNW > (and its FM translator). > > ? > > Isn?t this the show that?s on WRKO 10-Noon? > > ? > > ? > > ? > > ? > > From: Eli Polonsky > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2022 3:13 PM > To: Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> > Cc: Ron ; boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org > Subject: Re: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) > > ? > > Yes, the former WADN?became WBNW, business news owned by Money Matters, in > 1998. > > ? > > Money Matters is no longer broadcasting?on any other stations, just WBNW > (and its FM translator). > > ? > > As far as i know, 1390 AM WPLM is just simulcasting its 99.1 FM. Money > Matters was also on WESO 970 AM Southbridge, MA, now a religious station.? > > ? > > EP > > ? > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 2:48 PM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > > The same station is still on the air, but with different call > letters > (WBNW?), running a business news format. It's owned by Money > Matters > Radio, and is part of a network that I think includes WPLM(AM) > and one > other station I've forgotten. > > > Rob > > On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Ron wrote: > > >>> I had quite forgotten about WADN "Walden" 1120 in Concord. > That was > > supposed to be a successor to WCAS, but it didn't cover the > city, only the > > western suburbs. > >>>? In the long run, WCAS's successor has proven to be WUMB. > > > > What is on 1120AM now?? Is it dark? > > > > R > > > > > From rbello@belloassoc.com Tue Nov 22 14:24:23 2022 From: rbello@belloassoc.com (Ron Bello) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:24:23 -0500 Subject: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) In-Reply-To: References: <004901d8fdd6$4bcb1a20$e3614e60$@gmail.com> <00a201d8fdfb$fc8f0680$f5ad1380$@gmail.com> Message-ID: On 14 stations according to their website: - *WRKO AM 680 Boston, MA M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WXTK FM 95.1 Cape Cod M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WTAG AM 580 Worcester, MA M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WTAG FM 94.9 Worcester, MA M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WHYN AM 560 Springfield, MA M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WHJJ AM 920 Providence, RI M-F 11AM-12PM * - *WHJJ FM 104.7 Providence, RI M-F 11AM-12PM * - *WGIR AM 610 Manchester, NH M-F 11AM-12PM * - *WQSO FM 96.7 Portsmouth, NH M-F 11AM-12PM * - *WELI AM 960 New Haven, CT M-F 11AM-12PM * - *WELI FM 96.9 New Haven, CT M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WBEC AM 1420 Pittsfield, MA M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WBNW AM 1120 Boston, MA M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WBNW FM 102.9 Concord, MA M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WNTK FM 99.7 New London, NH M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WUVR AM 1490 Lebanon,NH/WhiteRiver Junc VT M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WPOP AM 1410 Hartford, CT M-F 10AM-12PM * - *WPOP FM 100.9 Hartford, CT M-F 10AM-12PM * On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 2:14 PM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote: > > Yes, and it's on WNTK and WUVR in New Hampshire, too. But it's a two-hour > show, not a 24/7 format. > > > Rob > > On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Ron wrote: > > > > > >> Money Matters is no longer broadcasting on any other stations, just > WBNW > > (and its FM translator). > > > > > > > > Isn?t this the show that?s on WRKO 10-Noon? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Eli Polonsky > > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2022 3:13 PM > > To: Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> > > Cc: Ron ; > boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org > > Subject: Re: RIP Dick Pleasants (WUMB and WGBH) > > > > > > > > Yes, the former WADN became WBNW, business news owned by Money Matters, > in > > 1998. > > > > > > > > Money Matters is no longer broadcasting on any other stations, just WBNW > > (and its FM translator). > > > > > > > > As far as i know, 1390 AM WPLM is just simulcasting its 99.1 FM. Money > > Matters was also on WESO 970 AM Southbridge, MA, now a religious > station. > > > > > > > > EP > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 2:48 PM Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> > wrote: > > > > > > The same station is still on the air, but with different call > > letters > > (WBNW?), running a business news format. It's owned by Money > > Matters > > Radio, and is part of a network that I think includes WPLM(AM) > > and one > > other station I've forgotten. > > > > > > Rob > > > > On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Ron wrote: > > > > >>> I had quite forgotten about WADN "Walden" 1120 in Concord. > > That was > > > supposed to be a successor to WCAS, but it didn't cover the > > city, only the > > > western suburbs. > > >>> In the long run, WCAS's successor has proven to be WUMB. > > > > > > What is on 1120AM now? Is it dark? > > > > > > R > > > > > > > > > >