This board tends to reach much younger demos then the other board in town. Many of the cats that post here may have never heard of WBLI's BRUCE MICHAELS. Bruce did middays at 106.1 back in the 70s til 1984. He had the voice any radio geek wanted. Smooooooth. Had the pleasure to work with him. Our shifts did not meet. Only got to see him a few times. Bruce had middays so when the jocks had the jock meetings Bruce would just pop in for a few seconds to say hi.
I have no idea what station Bruce came from. BLI hired a few folks from 1290 WGLI (John Allen aka Al Meredith on WCBS-FM). I'm not sure if he worked at WGLI. Could have.
In high school I would listen to him during lunch break or at the beach in the summer. Or out in the backyard while hangin' in the pool. The owners at the time (BECK-ROSS) did NOT like their jocks to be high key. Low...very low.
When WXLO 99X, in NYC, dropped their CHR format to AC sound/oldies thing called FM99 (1979)...they raided WBLI for talent. They took BLI's PD/AM DRIVE guy Jeff Thomas, Randy Taylor (PM DRIVE) and a kid named Jerry St. James who did part-time work (now the voice over king JIM CUTLER)....at FM99 Jeff was ASS'T PD/jock shift using name MIKE SCALZI, Randy did overnights under RANDY BACKMAN (female) Jerry used his real name. The Research Group did consulting for them (my brother's employer). Why didn't they take Bruce? I have no idea. He was made for NYC.
FM99 did not last long. They made the move to 98.7 KISS FM and the rest is history. The Research Group helped them with the new 98.7.
Did Bruce leave radio in 1984? I have no clue. Still miss him on the radio.
I have no idea what station Bruce came from. BLI hired a few folks from 1290 WGLI (John Allen aka Al Meredith on WCBS-FM). I'm not sure if he worked at WGLI. Could have.
In high school I would listen to him during lunch break or at the beach in the summer. Or out in the backyard while hangin' in the pool. The owners at the time (BECK-ROSS) did NOT like their jocks to be high key. Low...very low.
When WXLO 99X, in NYC, dropped their CHR format to AC sound/oldies thing called FM99 (1979)...they raided WBLI for talent. They took BLI's PD/AM DRIVE guy Jeff Thomas, Randy Taylor (PM DRIVE) and a kid named Jerry St. James who did part-time work (now the voice over king JIM CUTLER)....at FM99 Jeff was ASS'T PD/jock shift using name MIKE SCALZI, Randy did overnights under RANDY BACKMAN (female) Jerry used his real name. The Research Group did consulting for them (my brother's employer). Why didn't they take Bruce? I have no idea. He was made for NYC.
FM99 did not last long. They made the move to 98.7 KISS FM and the rest is history. The Research Group helped them with the new 98.7.
Did Bruce leave radio in 1984? I have no clue. Still miss him on the radio.