Local Radio Hall of Fame????

[DanStrassberg]

Re: And going back another generation or three...

> John Shepard.
>
> Gordon Swan.
>
> "Big Brother" Bob Emery and his Medford Hillside colleagues
> Eunice Randall and Hal Power.
>
> Carl DeSuze and Streeter Stuart.
>
> Hartford Gunn (and Ralph Lowell, too.)
>
> Robert J. Lurtsema.
>
> T. Mitchell Hastings.
>
> Norm Nathan.
>
Jess Cain, Norm Prescott, Bill Marlowe, Jerry Howard, Alan Dary, Don Kent, Jim Westover. And does anyone besides me remember Cedric Foster? During WW II, he had one of the few programs that originated in Boston but was fed to a national network--Mutual.

And the only woman broadcaster whose name I've noticed in this thread is Eunice Randall. There were many others, although at the moment, the only one I can think of is the late (and incredibly talented) Marcia Masters.

 

[HHH]

Re: And going back another generation or three...

> > John Shepard.
> >
> > Gordon Swan.
> >
> > "Big Brother" Bob Emery and his Medford Hillside
> colleagues
> > Eunice Randall and Hal Power.
> >
> > Carl DeSuze and Streeter Stuart.
> >
> > Hartford Gunn (and Ralph Lowell, too.)
> >
> > Robert J. Lurtsema.
> >
> > T. Mitchell Hastings.
> >
> > Norm Nathan.
> >
> Jess Cain, Norm Prescott, Bill Marlowe, Jerry Howard, Alan
> Dary, Don Kent, Jim Westover. And does anyone besides me
> remember Cedric Foster? During WW II, he had one of the few
> programs that originated in Boston but was fed to a national
> network--Mutual.
>
> And the only woman broadcaster whose name I've noticed in
> this thread is Eunice Randall. There were many others,
> although at the moment, the only one I can think of is the
> late (and incredibly talented) Marcia Masters.
>

Great idea:

My votes (probably showing my age here) of those who may not have been mentioned:

E. B. Rideout (radio weatherman from the 1920s right through to the 1960s, mostly on WEEI)

Gus Saunders (WNAC)

Louise Morgan (long running WNAC radio--and TV--host. There's another woman for you)

Max Richmond (OK, not the world's most refined guy, but a genius with his ownership of WMEX)

Arnie Ginsburg (what can you say?)

Mel Miller (WMEX PD for many years, later WEEI and WRKO)

Larry Justice (WMEX, WBZ and ownership later)

Bruce Bradley (one of the greats)

Dick Summer (totally unique and if only for his groundbreaking WBZ "Subway" show on Sunday.

Norm Ruby (WBOS long running staff announcer)

Paul Benzaquin (sp?)

Ken Carter (WORL-WRYT owner)

Jimmy "Early" Byrd (long running morning guy at WILD)

Ted Jones (WCRB)

People (not sure) behind Harvey Radio Labs (Pioneering FM WXHR)