Really? Even as a conservative talker? I thought RKO shattered all the "Now Radio" fans' hearts when the music died. WBZ was my first radio obsession in the mid-'60s when it was a Top 40, but it was really good as a full-service station with "chicken rock" or AC. For a couple of years, overnights had Larry Glick weekdays and Robin Young from 1-5 Sunday morning. Couldn't beat that. But apart from Red Sox games for a few years, nothing WRKO did after moving away from music ever appealed to me at all.
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Looks like michael coleman's gone from wbz!
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Really? Even as a conservative talker? I thought RKO shattered all the "Now Radio" fans' hearts when the music died. WBZ was my first radio obsession in the mid-'60s when it was a Top 40, but it was really good as a full-service station with "chicken rock" or AC. For a couple of years, overnights had Larry Glick weekdays and Robin Young from 1-5 Sunday morning. Couldn't beat that. But apart from Red Sox games for a few years, nothing WRKO did after moving away from music ever appealed to me at all.
Nothing on FM for you? Music or talk?
Nope!
That ship sailed when, in less than a year's time, I lost both Oldies 103.3 and 96.9 FM Talk.
In fact, my car radio might as well not even have an FM section.
Really? Even as a conservative talker? I thought RKO shattered all the "Now Radio" fans' hearts when the music died. WBZ was my first radio obsession in the mid-'60s when it was a Top 40, but it was really good as a full-service station with "chicken rock" or AC. For a couple of years, overnights had Larry Glick weekdays and Robin Young from 1-5 Sunday morning. Couldn't beat that. But apart from Red Sox games for a few years, nothing WRKO did after moving away from music ever appealed to me at all.
Oh, I loved "Now Radio", Bill Drake's programming, and all that, but it began to slip away shortly after 1968, way too soon in my book.
WBZ was rather good as a top 40 station, but I switched to what was then 98.5 WRKO-FM in 1966. Recall that RKO-General introduced rock on FM before trashing 680 WNAC and rebuilding it as WRKO in 1967. Truth be told, I did not at all enjoy WBZ as a "chicken rock" station. Their changeover to news/talk in the early 90s was, therefore, quite welcome.
Oh, I loved "Now Radio", Bill Drake's programming, and all that, but it began to slip away shortly after 1968, way too soon in my book.
WBZ was rather good as a top 40 station, but I switched to what was then 98.5 WRKO-FM in 1966. Recall that RKO-General introduced rock on FM before trashing 680 WNAC and rebuilding it as WRKO in 1967. Truth be told, I did not at all enjoy WBZ as a "chicken rock" station. Their changeover to news/talk in the early 90s was, therefore, quite welcome.
I discovered RKO-FM in the winter of 1966-67, listened to it a lot until WNAC flipped to WRKO on AM. Repetitious as hell, but when you're 11 and love most of the songs on the playlist you don't care. Still remember hearing "I'm a Believer" or "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" at the top of every other hour for a few weeks as they remained No. 1 and No. 2 on the survey.
The fun of RKO-FM was the new music they'd give a chance, stuff that WBZ and WMEX never played. Alan Price Set's "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear," the Yardbirds' "Ha Ha Said the Clown," the Jet Stream's "All's Quiet on West 23rd," etc.
Nope!
That ship sailed when, in less than a year's time, I lost both Oldies 103.3 and 96.9 FM Talk.
Nothing on WBUR or WGBH that you can enjoy?
Nothing on WBUR or WGBH that you can enjoy?
I loved Jim and Marjorie on 96.9; great rapport and lots of double entendre`. Made me laugh many a time. However, on 'GBH, they seem so high-brow and are into interviews with artsy/literary types, as opposed to the zany Andelmann brothers. Not my cup of joe.
Nothing preventing him from voicing ads working for an agency or directly for the advertiser, right? I suppose iHeart could refuse the ad unless someone else's voice was on it, but would they be that petty -- especially if it could cost them the spot? After all, Coleman was a behind-the-scenes presence and his termination was only big news in the insular Boston radio community. As a listener -- and I used to listen to WBZ when I was visiting the Boston area regularly until 3 years ago -- I had no idea who he was until he became the focus of so much outrage here.
I am grateful to both Mackinnon’s Meat Market and Post Road Carpet of Acton, as well as WBZ itself, for continuing to use those ads produced and voiced by Michael Coleman. They elicit a broad grin from me every time I hear them. I hope Mikey is still standing; he was WBZ’s BEST voice-over artist.
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