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Danny on WKBW 1976
- Thread starter Mike Sheridan
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Danny Neaverth. The guy who prevented the Beatles from ever playing in Buffalo. Genius.
To be fair, he didn't prevent the Beatles from playing Buffalo. He didn't pony up the money to promote the show, and neither did anybody else.
Even to not pony up the money….great move
It's easy to risk other peoples' money. At the time it was a possibility, The Beatles hadn't been on Ed Sullivan and the date offered was a Monday night in February. The guarantee was $3500 - about $35,000 today. You have to remember that ticket prices for the first Beatles concert at the Washington Coliseum went for $2-4 bucks. The Aud had a capacity of about 15,000 for a concert at that time, and the promoter had to pay the venue rental, staging, sound, hospitality, labor, insurance, and more. WKBW passed on it, and Neaverth and the jocks would have been on the hook for all the upfront money if they took the deal. Hindsight is 20-20. At the time, the Beatles had a #1 record, but a packed Aud wasn't guaranteed, especially on a Monday night in February. Of course, after that Sunday night on the Sullivan show, things looked a little different.
Nice explanation, makes sense, but fact is, he passed in the Beatles. To me, that’s his legacy.
OK, I guess you'll just ignore everything he did after 1964.
The Beatles also toured America in 1965 and 1966.
No Buffalo show was ever scheduled. Dick Rowe of Decca Records decided not to sign The Beatles to the label. That was an even bigger mistake than some Buffalo radio station not booking an early concert. Sounds like someone has an axe to grind...
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Neaverth has address this Beatles thing at least a few times. He (and Reynolds) didn't "prevent" the Beatles from coming to Buffalo. Any other promoter(s) could have rolled the dice. Jerry Nathan, who produced and promoted jazz shows at the time (and later produced and promoted numerous rock shows with his son and daughter under the Festival banner), as well as a few other promoters, could have rolled the dice, but didn't.
It was Neaverth's and Reynolds' money. Not the station's ... and not any other jocks at KB. Neaverth and Reynolds made a business decision. It would have been a Monday night show. School night. Security costs money. Bad weather could have created havoc.
Neaverth has said a number of times that he didn't make "big money" until he moved to morning drive at KB. He was doing record hops and KB Yo-Yos basketball games, as did many of the other K-Big personalities. He picked up extra money doing the noon weather on Channel 7. When he moved from afternoon to morning drive, the biggest concession granted by CapCities was working a five day week for the first time in his career! He may "still have his confirmation money," but he's proven to be quite generous with his time and talent. He's also said that a substantial portion of his earnings/wealth came from Capital Cities stock which was part of the company's retirement and DRIP plans. He noted that the same applied to Irv, Rick and Tom, Buffalo TV's foremost anchor team in the late 60s and 70s.
It was Neaverth's and Reynolds' money. Not the station's ... and not any other jocks at KB. Neaverth and Reynolds made a business decision. It would have been a Monday night show. School night. Security costs money. Bad weather could have created havoc.
Neaverth has said a number of times that he didn't make "big money" until he moved to morning drive at KB. He was doing record hops and KB Yo-Yos basketball games, as did many of the other K-Big personalities. He picked up extra money doing the noon weather on Channel 7. When he moved from afternoon to morning drive, the biggest concession granted by CapCities was working a five day week for the first time in his career! He may "still have his confirmation money," but he's proven to be quite generous with his time and talent. He's also said that a substantial portion of his earnings/wealth came from Capital Cities stock which was part of the company's retirement and DRIP plans. He noted that the same applied to Irv, Rick and Tom, Buffalo TV's foremost anchor team in the late 60s and 70s.
Neaverth's legacy is all about a Beatles show that didn't happen? I never even heard of it until reading this thread.
His legacy to me (born late '60's) is as the weather man on Channel 7, "moving fanny's in the morning" on KB, and then his extended stint on Oldies 104. His later return to KB in the 2000's when they went oldies for a couple years. I was listening live when he cracked the mic the first day interrupting business news and said "enough of that".
The guy had a wife and young kids - can't blame him a bit for not fronting money to put on a concert. If it was such guaranteed money maker WKBW would have put up the money.
His legacy to me (born late '60's) is as the weather man on Channel 7, "moving fanny's in the morning" on KB, and then his extended stint on Oldies 104. His later return to KB in the 2000's when they went oldies for a couple years. I was listening live when he cracked the mic the first day interrupting business news and said "enough of that".
The guy had a wife and young kids - can't blame him a bit for not fronting money to put on a concert. If it was such guaranteed money maker WKBW would have put up the money.