I remember Howie being on with Jerry during the '88 Dem. convention and for a long time Jerry had Howie and Barbara Anderson on Tue. afternoons as "the Governors". I think
when Howie went to WHDH, they replaced him with Bob Katzen in The Governors. Howie had some sort of show and may have gotten fired after verbal harrassment of an intern; there was some
sort of setup in mornings where a liberal British host, Victoria Jones, had 2 hours, Howie had 2 hours, and they had an hour in common; or maybe each solo-ed for one hour. He went off to WHDH and did 3-6 (or 3-7?) pm after Rush. In 94 the owners of RKO at the time bought WHDH and moved the intellectual property of WEEI 590 sports radio over to 850.
There was the famous toilet flush that sent the WHDH calls off. Promos on 590 told listeners that on a certain date it would switch to 850 (may have been a simulcast for a week).
Rush and Howie moved to WRKO and Jerry was sent off to 10-noon I think, and eventually Jerry wound up on weekends. "The fastest two hours on radio" or even "the fastest
hour on radio". When Jeff Kuhner would much more recently do 11 till noon (even in addition to a morning show) he also called it "the fastest hour on radio". Jerry went to smaller stations like 1060 and 950 for a time. Shortly before his death, Jerry did a 12-3 Sat. show that was kind of a reunion with people like
Alex Beam of the Globe calling in (I may have that on cassette). When Jerry did pass, Howie did a show in tribute and also the following Saturday, Pat Whitley did a 12-3 pm
tribute to Jerry show.
A vid on youtube has Howie on WHDH in Aug of 94--shortly before the switch to RKO--and we hear Jim Cutler introducing the show as "live from the party house at
Chappaquiddick" on the 25th anniversary of the incident-- "on News Talk 850. WHDH." Tommy James' Crystal Blue Persuasion is the music bed and Howie quips,
"Another bad song from 1969."
when Howie went to WHDH, they replaced him with Bob Katzen in The Governors. Howie had some sort of show and may have gotten fired after verbal harrassment of an intern; there was some
sort of setup in mornings where a liberal British host, Victoria Jones, had 2 hours, Howie had 2 hours, and they had an hour in common; or maybe each solo-ed for one hour. He went off to WHDH and did 3-6 (or 3-7?) pm after Rush. In 94 the owners of RKO at the time bought WHDH and moved the intellectual property of WEEI 590 sports radio over to 850.
There was the famous toilet flush that sent the WHDH calls off. Promos on 590 told listeners that on a certain date it would switch to 850 (may have been a simulcast for a week).
Rush and Howie moved to WRKO and Jerry was sent off to 10-noon I think, and eventually Jerry wound up on weekends. "The fastest two hours on radio" or even "the fastest
hour on radio". When Jeff Kuhner would much more recently do 11 till noon (even in addition to a morning show) he also called it "the fastest hour on radio". Jerry went to smaller stations like 1060 and 950 for a time. Shortly before his death, Jerry did a 12-3 Sat. show that was kind of a reunion with people like
Alex Beam of the Globe calling in (I may have that on cassette). When Jerry did pass, Howie did a show in tribute and also the following Saturday, Pat Whitley did a 12-3 pm
tribute to Jerry show.
A vid on youtube has Howie on WHDH in Aug of 94--shortly before the switch to RKO--and we hear Jim Cutler introducing the show as "live from the party house at
Chappaquiddick" on the 25th anniversary of the incident-- "on News Talk 850. WHDH." Tommy James' Crystal Blue Persuasion is the music bed and Howie quips,
"Another bad song from 1969."
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