Your Top 5 Most Respected Radio People

[MassMusicMan]

1) Jordan Rich. I'm one of his many voiceover alums. Now I just gotta network more.

2) Chris Shine. I used to do a TV show with him. I've never heard him say a bad thing about anybody. He's also a great air talent. Unlike many of his CHR peers, he can say what he needs to say without a bunch of obnoxious slang or a fake urban inflection. It's a travesty that he's no longer at Kiss 108. Clear Channel sucks for canning a local boy (he's from Hanson.)

3) Jackson Blue. Sticking with Kiss, I first met the then-monikered Shane Blue at Mix 98-5. Like me, he's also from Burlington, VT. He has an excellent sense of humor. I met up with him again at a recent television audition. He told me afterwards that he gave the show's producers a good word for me. Gotta tip the cap to a fellow Vermonter making it big in Boston.

4) Dan O'Brien. If there's a better radio show than "Acoustic Sunrise" to use as a backdrop for gettin' down on a Sunday morning with your girl, I haven't heard it.

5) Mike Mullaney. I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned him. When I first moved to Boston, I had a good buddy of mine who worked at Mix. I wanted a radio job, and pestered him for one at the suggestion of my friend. While he never hired me, he took the time to answer my calls and e-mails, and explain to a clueless kid from Vermont how things are done in the bigs. While I no longer care to work in the business, I'll remember him as one of the people who is an example of how to deal with people.

 

[salesdawg]

Ed Perry WATD 95.9 Marshfield MA. Runs a great 3000 watt FM that serves the C.O.L. above and beyond expectations.

 

[argytunes]

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Having worked for and with some incredible radio talents over the years, I think it's pretty difficult to establish A TOP 5!

So instead...I'd like to offer a "generic credit" to ALL GOOD (AND GREAT) RADIO TALENTS WHO HAVE MANAGED TO 'thrive and survive" in a profession filled with 'wannabees that will never be!'

Those are the "talented people" I admire...whether they're in front of the microphone or sitting behind a sales desk!*

argytunes

*Sorry for the generic response...but the John Williams Christmas music has finally gotten to me!!!

 

[Lucylu]

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Having worked for and with some incredible radio talents over the years, I think it's pretty difficult to establish A TOP 5!

So instead...I'd like to offer a "generic credit" to ALL GOOD (AND GREAT) RADIO TALENTS WHO HAVE MANAGED TO 'thrive and survive" in a profession filled with 'wannabees that will never be!'

Those are the "talented people" I admire...whether they're in front of the microphone or sitting behind a sales desk!*

argytunes

*Sorry for the generic response...but the John Williams Christmas music has finally gotten to me!!!

True talent wouldn't be sitting behind a desk; they would be out there selling, selling selling!

 

[redbaron]

Julie Deveraux, Greater Media/WROR FM .. Nice lady, has caried a lot of water for her employer without complaining.

The late David Brudnoy.. the name speaks for itself.

Ed Perry WATD 95.9 Marshfield MA. Runs a great 3000 watt FM that serves the C.O.L. above and beyond expectations.

Grady Moates, Loud and Clean is his company and he keeps many radio stations on the air. Brilliant engineer.

Amanda "The Brockton Biscuit" Albanese, WZLX Radio... not only is she cute, but she is very nice in person.

So many that come to mind that don't get my respect. That would be a much different list.

However, most certainly Brudnoy. His final broadcasts were exceptional.

Charles and the Big Mattress--Set the bar that no one has been able to come close to.

Jim Braude on WTKK--enjoy he and Margery's hour together, very entertaining despite their tendency to go all over the place and not always completey informed on certain topics (particulary pop culture).

Bob Stuart at the River--always pleasant, informed, brief and has stayed "afloat" despite the great deal of upheaval there.

Robin Young on WBUR--sounds right at home.

Tai Irwin--always entertaining, great on-air personality, wish he was on the air again.

Sadly for Amanda The Biscuit (who I have no doubt is a nice person), she's never been ready for morning radio and has since been dismissed from the latest incarnation of the am show there.

 

[bostonmusicman]

In no order

1. David Allen Boucher- The guy has done amazing things at night on Magic and in his demo with women.. theres no question there

2. Jackson Blue- Overall great guy, down to Earth, keeps an upbeat show and has great listener involvement

3. George Knight- Sunday Morning Over Easy is a great way to wake up on your final day of freedom before the work week and his tone and relation to the listener makes it enjoyable

4. Dan O Brien- Some odd weeks I'll listen to Acoustic Sunrise and Dan consistently has done good there as well with his MD position over at BCN. Before that he did overnights on Mix and I listened to him there too. Funny guy in person too

5. David Brudnoy- Nuff Said

Notable Mentions
Nik Carter- Putting up with stalkers while holding a gig in NYC
Lady D Diana Steele- Fitting right in @ mix after displacement from Star, always upbeat too
John DePetro- Repeatedly cussing out politicians LOL
Julie Kahn- Effectively being the undertaker for WRKO
;D

 

[Neggy]

well Lucy if we are going to open this list up to sales people who I respect, there is this one ad exec I know that looks very nice on (a) roadking

As for the Biscuit, she is still doing some work for ZLX, mostly in promotions, and is looking to get back into nursing. She is a R.N.. I saw her at a BeatleJuice show a couple of weeks ago doing a Bud promo. I got a shirt from her. (I finally own a T shirt without a Harley logo on it!)

Another reason to finish those degrees kids, the ones that will actually help you make a living after the radio business chews you up and spits you out.

 

[Lucylu]

That is too bad about the Biscuit. She was great on Steve Sweeney's show (one of the few things that was listenable) because they knew how to use her. I'm not surprised she didn't work out on the K&M show, they sound like they don't even know what to do with themselves let alone anyone else.

Did you mean 'on' or 'under' a roadking?

 

[kenhawk1160]

1. Vicki Hinterberger -- My boss at my existing station. She came into this business as a businesswoman, not a broadcaster, and by doing so, was able to bring fresh ideas to the table that actually DO work, rather than rely on the trusted 'It didn't work at WXXX 10 years ago, why would it work now' excuses why broadcasters don't readily welcome new ideas to the table. She's learned this industry and applied her ideas from her past business experiences to radio, and her philosophy has gained a lot of respect from seasoned pros who have spent decades doing this.

2. Rich Balsbaugh -- Though he's not really in the terrestial radio business anymore, he trusted the judgments of both his programmers and operators enough to leave them alone. That philosophy alone is what turned Pyramid into an empire, and you can't do that by micromanaging everything. He also believes in cultivating and developing existing personnel, as opposed to going out and stealing people from other stations.

3. Tony Renda -- Getting better is what he's all about. He could have the top biller in the country and still find a way to improve it. By proliferating a policy of never reaching a plateau, you can change and evolve over the times and still be a profitable enterprise.

4. Cary Simpson -- Applies the philosophy "the smaller the town, the bigger the station". He is a firm believer in small market radio and its duty to serve the community to which it's licensed, unlike some operators who buy big signals in smaller markets with large market penetration and try to pass themselves off as the larger market's station.

5. Bill Knight -- One of the few highly talented on-air people out there who really and truly understands the business side of radio.

 

[Neggy]

Lucy the answer is yes to one, and probalbly yes to the other, but I don't get to see those pictures.

 

[salesdawg]

Lucy the answer is yes to one, and probalbly yes to the other, but I don't get to see those pictures.

Correction..........yes to only one.

 

[NHRadio]

This is a great thread, my Top 5...
1. Uncle Dale-one of the people who made me want to be in this business along with...
2. Dave Maynard
3. Julie Devereaux-one of the nicest, most talented people I've ever worked with along with...
4. Michael Burns (Overnights Magic 106.7). He was my PD back in 1984 and his assistance, patience and ability to deflect managements' constant BS showed me how to do radio the right way.
5. Bruce Arnold (1490 WCCM Haverhill MA). Has been at WCCM over 40 years and my PD on 2 seperate occasions. I still use the lessons he taught me, especially when I got my first PD gig. My first day there he dropped a pencil on the floor and told me to pick it up. Then he said that's how we do things...if anything falls, we pick it up. We don't ask who dropped it".I'm paraphrasing, but that was the gist.

I still owe big thank yous to:
Jordan Rich-just for being a great role model. I hope to meet him and tell him sometime.
Ben Mevorach (former WCCM now WINS) for showing work and family could be balanced, even in radio.
Liz Solar (WHAV/WLYT, WSNE, WODS) anyone know where she is now?
Norm Ruby-Chief engineer when WUNR and WBOS were on North Washington St-I remember hearing he passed recently.
Larry Glick-a chance phone call to him started my career in radio.
Lindsay Collins-an excellent engineer and a true gentleman to boot. Nobody worked for him...we all worked WITH him.
Dave Symonds-now at Entercom Denver. He taught me more than he thought.

Last and certainly least...
Trevor Gowdy and Bob Frisch (tie)-for showing me how NOT to do things.

 

[WLYNWAZNgm]

Norm Ruby

Norm Ruby has been gone alot longer than that. When I worked for WUNR 13 years ago, they were still playing the ID with his voice - and he had already been gone for a while...

 

[Eli Polonsky]

Liz Solar (WHAV/WLYT, WSNE, WODS) anyone know where she is now?

Her resume also includes WZLX, WBOS and WGBH-FM.

Here's her latest voiceover website: [url]http://www.lizsolar.com[/url].

 

[broken headphones]

Actually, you're wrong............it wasn't "good-bye" in different languages...........it was "good morning"...........bonjour, buenos dias, buon giorno, good morning to you.............
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I stand corrected Salesdawg :-[.

 

[broken headphones]

Actually, you're wrong............it wasn't "good-bye" in different languages...........it was "good morning"...........bonjour, buenos dias, buon giorno, good morning to you.............

I stand corrected Salesdawg :-[. But only in the latter part of Larrys' career, if I am not mistaken, in the early to mid seventies, the Glickmans' shift was maybe 10-2a, or something like that. Maybe some other Glicknicks could chime in.......
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[radiodouble]

ok..So I thought i'd start a positive thread here and throw a few accolades seeing sometimes this board can get negative..you can work in radio, be a groupie, whatever,,here is my top 5..feel free to add your own (your list may cross over from other boards)..feel free to just name or elaborate why:

1. big o - glenn ordway - ok, he's a short fat big ego guy. ok, so he stabbed johny most in the back a few times and tried to be the show when he worked on the celtics radio. he did have an office romance which wrecked his first marriage, but hey...most entertaining four hours on radio anywhere. he gets the sales and programming side of the biz better than his managers.

2. bob stuart on the river 92.5. in hockey, they call some players grinders. this is guy is just a grinder in a thankless business. you just love the work ethic and passion for radio.

3. george knight on wbos - best sunday morning radio show in boston. i also enjoy dan o'brien on mix 98-5 but george is older, wiser and has been around the block. seniority rules.

4. matt siegal on kiss 108 - a true survivor. considering what has gone on with his personal life and with the business over the last 25 years, the guy comes ready to play and kicks butt day after day.

5. julie kramer on fnx - still has an attitude from the rock the boat radio days. something to be said for the elder stateswoman on a college kid's rock station.

 

[amyinthesky]

My maiden name is Amy Ruby. My father, Norm Ruby, passed away sixteen years ago today on October 16, 1991.
I want to thank everyone who remembers him fondly on this web site. What a tribute this is to stumble upon these
pages on the anniversary of his passing! I am deeply humbled and most grateful to hear what so many of you had to say
about my dad.

Blessings to all those who live and love radio just like Daddy did.
Please hold fast to your dreams.

Amy

p.s. My nickname, given to me by the guys in my band is...





"Pipes".

 

[raccoonradio]

>>Doug Mascott on WNSH

I don't believe he's on WNSH any more but he's still on WMWM

I'd nominate Bob Nelson of WMWM. He's been there since 1981, loyal and hard working,
does an interesting blues show--what, you can't nominate yourself? Rats

Oops...I think fccfight nominated me, though!

>>and has a good staff like Kid Fadoozala and Raccoon Radio.

These days, Ernie Lang and Larry Oakes help out. I'm more of a fill-in for Doug than staff
but I do help him with recording things, Web stuff..I might be on in early Dec. when Doug
does his usual "Toys For Kids" campaign.

 

[raccoonradio]

speaking of Jordan Rich, agreed on him. And my friend movie guy Frank Ochieng is back on, this
Sat Oct 20 (tech early Sunday 10/21) from mid.-3:30 am. It's movie night!

Frank has been on with me doing movie/TV stuff once in awhile on WMWM but more recently he's
been on WBZ (one night Morgan White, through whom I met Frank, was on and had Frank as a guest--
Jordan showed up to do his show and told Frank he should be on HIS show, etc.! Later when the
movie panel got going I called in, as I usually do, and suggested "you guys prob know a lot about
TV, too, so why not do a show about TV?" They agreed with me and do those shows alternatively
with the "movie panel".

>>Further, Jordan is not a knee jerk conservative. I think Jordan is alway aiming at a balanced presentation and I have never heard him allow callers of any political stripe to go unchallenged.

Agreed on that. Again it all depends on where one is on the political axis.

Obviously I'm gonna nominate Howie. Not only is he entertaining but I met him at a remote and
at a book signing and, I'm sorry to disappoint those of you who feel he's an ogre, but he seems
like a very nice guy, guy-next-door, guy you strike up a conversation with at the bar, etc.