BRW: Honors in Sept for Ned Martin, Eddie A., Click & Clack, K. Meyer

[raccoonradio]

http://www.bostonradiowatch.com

Honors for Mass Broadcasters hall of fame in Sept. include Ned Martin, Eddie Andleman,
Tom & Ray aka Click and Clack, Ken Meyer

 

[thirdendorsed]

I was hoping they meant Ken Mayer, the man with the most relaxed show in town. But at least they got Sherm Feller who, believe it or not was once the most highly paid man in Boston radio and married to Judy Valentine, a major babe for the era.

As for Eunice Randall, she was a pioneer, but without sustaining influence. Same with Louise Morgan, a great broadcaster but she did 'women's shows' For changing the role of women in Boston radio, I'd suggest Janet Jeghelian, who did the first regular shift on a non-rock music station and then did morning drive talk when women were very scarce in morning drive, not even in the role of traffic/bimbo/sidekick; or Ellen Kimball who was the first woman to do telephone talk other than the unfortunate pairing of Les Woodruff with something entitled Lulu.

 

[SonicOverload]

Eddie actually left the original Sports Huddle long before '93. I didn't realize Mark and Jim had kept it going that long. Eddie definitely deserves to get in, given that Sports Huddle was by far the best sports program of its time and his charity work with Hot Dog Safari. It more than makes up for the nearly three decades of on-air mediocrity.

 

[DanStrassberg]

As for Eunice Randall, she was a pioneer, but without sustaining influence. Same with Louise Morgan, a great broadcaster but she did 'women's shows' For changing the role of women in Boston radio, I'd suggest Janet Jeghelian, who did the first regular shift on a non-rock music station

Were it not for Donna Halper, nobody alive today would even know that somebody named Eunice Rndall ever lived, much less played a role in a Boston-area radio station that nobody alive today would ever have heard of, were it not for, you guessed it... Dr Halper, again. So maybe the person who deserves to be in the Hall of Fame is Donna--for keeping alive memories of Boston radio people and radio stations from even before radio's golden age.

 

[ArtSpooner]

Eddie A. was very funny at the beginning of his career. It went bad when he decided that he was the guardian at the gate and his job was to expose all of the team owners as the charlatains that he insisted they were. For his last few years at WEEI, the only good thing I have to say about him is that he suppressed the hockey talk.

One name I thought I'd see on the HOF roster was Jack Chase. He was Don Kent's TV partner for many years. Whenever I hear snow day no-school listings I think of Jack Chase and Don Kent.