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Who came before Wease?

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John C

With all this Wease talk lately I'm trying to remember who preceded Wease as the morning man at 'CMF? I'm sure I'll recognize the name as soon as someone posts it. Thanks!
 
I was going to say GOD, but figured I might upset the Mike Huckabee supporters on here.

You know I can't remember for the life of me who was on mornings before Wease.

The name Bill Tremell (sp) comes to mind, but that was back in the 70s.

The person who might know is Bob Bittner or you might try contacting Fybush.
 
I'll take a stab at it. I seem to recall listening to Chuck Ingersoll on WCMF during my drive into work in the late 70's.
 
Bosoxman said:
I'll take a stab at it. I seem to recall listening to Chuck Ingersoll on WCMF during my drive into work in the late 70's.
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I worked with Chuck at WSAY during the early 80s....but it is possible that he did have a gig at CMF. But somehow I don't think Chuck was before Wease.
 
Chuck did mornings at CMF for a spell. He was kind of quirky. I liked his show. They hired a guy at WCMF who I can't really recall but he went by Seabass or Sebastion or something like that. I may be totally off on that but they made a big deal about this show for a spell and then..poof..gone. Tony Matthews spent about 18 months at AMD and it made his career. It's so long ago however I'm questioning my recollections. Today Tony is perfectly suited to the WARM morning audience.
 
The fact that so few remember the details of a pre-Wease WCMF, tells you all you need to know about what an indelible impression he has made. Think about it...we all remember the guy who hosted the morning trick at WHAM for so many years before Chet and Beth (Jack Slattery); we all remember the man who woke us up on WBBF and then WVOR for so many years through the 60s and 70s before he opted for the off-air entrepreneur's role (Jack Palvino); all of us who were in town in the generation after World War II remember the man who held down mornings on the old WHEC for 25 years before he moved over to TV and pioneered morning local news/talk television (Eddie Meath); and everyone remembers and misses Clifford and Newman's predecessor at WBEE (Bill Coffey). The incumbents in succeeding morning shows (where those stations still do live and local morning shows) are all talented people in their own right and deserve the following they enjoy. But they didn't obliterate the impression their predecessors made. Wease did. He is, in that regard, unique in this market, and that has to be taken into account if Entercom plans to hold on to WCMF and keep the 35-54 male audience it has built.
 
I wasn't in town early enough to hear Chuck Ingersoll on WCMF (although knowing him now, I'm sure it was great.) My favorite CMF morning host was Geoff Nimmo back in the early '80's. Problem was, his humor was as highbrow and urbane as Wease's is not ... Dennis Miller smart but with a self-deprecating attitude.
 
Bob1370 said:
Think about it...we all remember the guy who hosted the morning trick at WHAM for so many years before Chet and Beth (Jack Slattery)
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There were quite a few other iterations between Slattery and Chet and Beth. Don't forget Jeff Howlett and Jeff "Brian" Simek; Sile McGrath and Tara Howard with Chet; nor your old Buffalo compatriot Jack Mindy among others.
 
Hell I may have tried mornings at WCMF. I doubt Simon Jeffries did AMD. Tony warmed the chair. Norton wanted it and others gave it a shot and someone here refreshed my memory. Geoff Nimmo tried his luck at WCMF. I remember his show, never knew him, remember some hype and then heard the crackle of the flame.

By 84 or 85 "CMF" was desperate for a host. They did good with Wease.
 
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