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Boston radio shows you miss

Nice to see the mention of Dave Maynard – he was the personality most responsible for making me want to get into the business. He made is seem “so effortless.”… Warm, friendly and funny. (And I think few in Boston had his live read skills).

Happy to see Gary Collard’s name pop up too… having grown up in Plymouth he was somewhat of a mentor to me. And even though it was long after death I was thrilled to pick up PLM as one of my first clients.

Honorable mention to: J Michael Wilson (and Rodney the Rodent) at WMEX as well as Tom Allen… Robin Young over nights at ‘BZ. … And Martin and Woods on Red Sox broadcasts.
 
Anyone know where you can download some of these old talents?
 
Don Juan said:
Ums and Ahs are not an indicator of intelligence. It's an indicator of lack of radio savvy, and speech.
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That reminds me of a tale I heard told about one Don Dolloff, a WHRB alumnus who worked for a while at WCRB, long before my time. I know the story is true because I have heard the tape.

Dave MacNeill was the news director, and afterwards VP/station manager, at WCRB. He used to interview people: musicians, film stars, politicians, etc.., and would spend many hours in the production studio with splicing block and razor blade, making his interviews airworthy. He would often leave the floor of the studio littered with bits and pieces of tape. So one day Mr. Dolloff waited for Dave to come out of the studio, went in and swept up every little bit of tape he could find... and spliced them all together: "umm, err, [cough], uhh... ahem! Uhh... [snort]... ahhhh..."

The other Don Dolloff reductio ad absurdam I've heard is a William Pierce Boston Symphony broadcast with all the music and most of the announcing edited out, leaving just a series of invocations by Mr. Pierce of the second syllable of then-BSO music director Erich Leinsdorff's last name: "Dorf dorf dorf dorf, dorf dorf dorf! [applause] Dorf dorf dorf dorf, dorf dorf dorf, dorf dorf! [applause]..."

I never met Mr. Dolloff, but suspect many stations today could use a dose of his humor.
 
Boston_Bill said:
The original Sports Huddle on WEEI. One of the funniest shows ever.
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Boston sports radio owes quite a lot to that old-time trio of Eddie, Mark, and Jim. Too bad so much of sports radio these days has "evolved" into shout-fests.

I reference, in particular, "The Giggling Gargantuans in the Afternoon"...on WEEI.

Also topping the list of folks the market has been a lot poorer without: Gene Burns.....the late Jerry Williams......and the late David Brudnoy.
 
Dighton Rockhead said:
Boston_Bill said:
The original Sports Huddle on WEEI. One of the funniest shows ever.
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Boston sports radio owes quite a lot to that old-time trio of Eddie, Mark, and Jim. Too bad so much of sports radio these days has "evolved" into shout-fests.

I reference, in particular, "The Giggling Gargantuans in the Afternoon"...on WEEI.
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... and the "comedy" bits that the Big Show have done pale in comparison to what the Sports Huddle did back in the day. Too bad Eddie eventually became a parody of himself.
 
I'll second the motion on the WBZ 30 hours of Christmas. I have an hour of this on tape from about 1994 in AM Stereo from 600 miles away by skywave. The sound quality would blow you away - you could put up against any FM and beat them hands down.

I had it more as a sample of what AM done right can sound like, only later did I realize the mix of music was really good - better than what you usually hear on xmas eve.
 
And who could forget "The Ruach Hour?" Joy Berger put joy in people's lives every Tuesday from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. She was so emotional when she did her shows; she really brought Jewish history to life!
 
On Cape Cod....."Your Weekend Class Reunion" with Ron Dwyer on WCIB Cool 102
 
Yeah, Cool 102 got rid of it and are taking Tom Kent's Saturday night request show! Bums! At least he's still on WATD-FM on Saturday afternoon!
 
I've scrolled through this entire thread and saw no mention of Bill Marlowe on WLYN. His knowledge of jazz was great as was his taste in music. He was also an interesting and entertaining personality.

I know he had listeners, or was that just my multiple personalities.

Anyway when it comes to Boston people/shows we miss this topic could go on another three years. What a radio market!
 
Per request from Blackgold, 46 minutes of the WBZ 1993 Christmas Eve in AM Stereo. Along with the excellent music, Scott Fybush makes an appearance along with Gil Santos and Lana Jones anchoring the news.

This is unscoped and split into two parts. MP3 @ 192Kpbs.

http://cid-fe8228656db4c2d1.office....Bsrc=EMSHOO&Bpub=SN.Notifications&sa=53318938

This was recorded off the air in Lockport NY (roughly 450 miles from Boston). Being winter, the skywave starts early and is pretty stable. There are only a couple spots with minor fading (you here the tuner pop to mono mode a couple times). I think this was recorded in the early evening (I started tape rolling as I was leaving for some family gathering).

Equipment used to record this back in 1993 was a Sony XR-A33 car stereo set to wide mode. It was powered by a 12 volt bench power supply and the front speaker leads connected to the AUX input (with careful volume control throttling) on an Aiwa shelf top stereo system which contained the cassette deck. No noise reduction used on the cassette. A Parsec ARC amplified antenna was connected to the XR-A33 antenna lead.

The background noise on this is so low you can hear a distinct hum at two points when some jingling bells are playing (like right before the top of the hour). I think this hum is in the source media at the studio as it isn't heard underneath anything else.
 
I JUST DOWNLOADED the 2 part Christmas recording from WBZ, and it's stunning! It's amazing that I have to turn to their FM sister stations for Christmas music nowadays. All that WBZ Newsradio plays on Christmas Eve is the station's news staff in "A Christmas Carol." And that's starting to wear on my nerves. Let's bring holiday music back!
 
I remember during the 1986 World Series (I know, it still hurts), WRKO's Janet Jeghelian did a simulcast with Don Imus, who was then at the old WNBC in New York. I was working in Manchester, NH at WGIR Radio (NBC affiliate) at the time and had the NBC Radio network feed in our newsroom. Imus's show was always on in the background. On this morning, Imus tried to intimidate Janet by asking her how large her busom was, although he said it in a much cruder way. She wouldn't dignify his question with an answer and proceeded to calmly but effectively berate him for his on-air demeanor and Imus didn't know what to do and just went to a commercial. It was the only time I've ever heard someone do that to him on the air, and he was much worse then than he is now. I know Janet as we are both part of the Armenian community here in Boston, and years later told her how much I respected and admired what she did.
 
DanStrassberg said:
Am I right that, until now, nobody in this thread has mentioned the late Bud Ballou? He certainly deserves a mention (more than one mention, actually)! One of the most talented and engaging top-40 jocks ever to work in this market. For sure, he was at WMEX and I think that, shortly before his death, he moved to WVBF.
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Had the pleasure of working at 'VBF while Bud (died far too young...34, I think !) was there. Also, got a trial by fire during one of our shift crossovers on a kooky Sat. afternoon. Bud was playing a Beatles song, I think, and he pointed to the turn table and said, "When it fades out, I want you to drop the needle back to the start of the track." I'm going, jeez, what's he doing and how will that sound ? Nervously, as he had the mike open and was starting to talk, I attempted it. I don't know, it was something like an instant re-play type of thing he was going for as he must have loved that song and wanted everyone to know ! We got it done and he gave this pup a wink of job accomplished ! Man, those were the days, over at 100 Mt. Wayte Ave., in Framingham on the quiet shores of Farm Pond !
 
Many great posts, but the gold, silver and bronze award winners for me, a 53-year-old lifetime New Englander, are:

Gold - Johnny Most's Celtics Broadcasts
Silver - Sports Huddle
Bronze - Larry Glick

I literally hated to leave the house or have company Sunday nights from 7-11 and typically treated each Celtics broadcast as must-hear radio even while watching televised games. The Commander often made it difficult to succumb to sleep.
 
Calling All Sports
Let's Talk Radio
Duane
Dick Syatt's Hot Line
Dr. Joel Sobel
Gene Burns
Jerry Williams
Norm Nathan and Jordon Rich
Mike Roy's Cooking Thing
Spectrum
Saturday Night Live at the Oldies
Zito and Karen Blake
One in Ten
Tests and Trivia
CBS Radio Mystery Theatre
Ron Robin
 
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