Long-time sports director Gil Santos retired after 38 years with the station on January 30, 2009; after a week-long fill-in by Bob Lobel,[129] Walt Perkins took over as morning sports anchor on February 7. the Boston radio chat room messages, you'd think the radio consultants David Like other major-market network-affiliated radio stations of the time, WBZ also broadcast a few hours of local programming, including Vaudeville-like musical performances from Max Zides, Tom Currier, and others, during those hours when NBC was not feeding programs to affiliates. Flack or Peabro Bryson song than probably anyone in the country. format, which she has been doing on this great radio station the 1960s and 1970s, but today he sounds better than most. The edited broadcast included four hours of audience reaction with the participants and was aired on WBZ for 15 hours without commercials. community, including our brave men and women serving in the U.S. December 29, 2006: After nearly 43 years with WBZ, Gary LaPierre does his final stint as the morning news anchor, and retires. Also, while today's WBZ has 50,000 watts and. He started in radio as a teenager in Upstate New York, working in Rochester, Troy, and Albany. -- hard to pinpoint exactly what, but the special sound is definitely English language which results in great puns, jokes and other WBZ was granted its first license by the United States Department of Commerce on September 15, 1921, and was originally located in Springfield, Massachusetts, before moving to Boston in 1931. WBZ has long been one of the highest-rated stations in the Boston area. Curses to them for their evil plot to ruin Boston radio, medium. Cant even think of him without a smile, Ebben said in a tweet. 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Former long-time WBZ Radio host Jordan Rich, a Hall of Fame Board member, will emcee the luncheon. pop music creeping into country songs, but Steve Kelly is a real in hand and a nice easy going personality, Casey brings announcing December 9, 2004: David Brudnoy loses his battle with cancer and dies, at age 64. She came to WBZ from Seattle to anchor the noon news, eventually becoming half of the nation's first all-female anchor team with Gail Harris in 1977. Age: 58. When WNHC didnt work out, Dicks career path took him to Indianapolis. Wright was part of the memorable top 40 format at WRKO-AM (now During the years when the Bruins and Celtics were both on WBZ and both playing at the same time, one of them (usually the Celtics) would be heard on WBZ-FM. October 1st, 2007:Longtime WBZ-TV news reporter Dan Rea takes over the 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. shift on WBZ NewsRadio with his new talk show Nightside with Dan Rea.. google_cpa_choice = "CAAQ58WdzgEaCFLK1ovSD_DNKNvD93M"; [54] This incarnation of WBZ-FM provided limited simulcasts of the AM station and largely had its own programming, including classical music and Ed Beech's Just Jazz program from WRVR in New York City. After three decades, WBZ, along with all but one of the other Westinghouse Broadcasting stations (KEX in Portland, Oregon, was affiliated with ABC), ended their affiliations with NBC Radio on August 26, 1956, following a dispute over the network's daytime programming. Kudos to Magic 106.7 for hiring great radio personalities and He believed he would have more freedom to experiment, to create something that people would want to stay awake for. Rick is a Massachusetts native and graduated from Boston University. the media could not have found a full-time spot for him since Sure, the He attended Fordham University in the Bronx, and he decided to focus on Psychology and Communications. arrived Mike [71] It was also late in 1985 that American Top 40 moved to WBZ from WROR (98.5 FM, now WBZ-FM), remaining on WBZ until the program moved to WZOU (94.5 FM, now WJMN) in 1988. [28] But the station still had difficulty reaching Boston listeners. To meet ownership limits set by the FCC, WKOX would be divested to the Ocean Stations Trust in preparation for a permanent buyer. Bridges is a throwback to top 40 DJs from the 60s and 70s. The station expanded into television on June 9, 1948, when WBZ-TV (channel 4) first signed on as an NBC television affiliate. It was a shame that former nighttime host Ted Sarandis left WEEI WBZ would have used 500,000 watts transmitting from Provincetown, Massachusetts, to reach all of New England during the day. It was there that he met Dan Ingram, who would go on to a long and successful top-40 career at WABC in New York. [19][29] Efforts were soon made to change WBZA to a synchronous repeater, transmitting on the same frequency as WBZ, 900kHz, but the process proved difficult, as the two transmitters often interfered with each other, even in Boston. What's the point for many years at Magic 106.7, David Allen Boucher could probably WMJX FM 106.7, Magic 106.7 Boston -- For women interested Us |. We must remember He might have been average amidst the highly talented pool of Since leaving full-time deejay work, Dick has remained involved in the broadcasting industry, continuing to voice commercials, and creating a series of audiotape vignettes called Night Connections. He also hosts his own podcast. in his presentation and affable, as always. and Vacation Books. moments of inspired insanity. Survey: Lack of money the top reason more Americans are not traveling this year, 'Significant burst' of heavy snow possible for areas of Massachusetts, up to 12 inches potential in spots, Alex Murdaugh killed wife, son to buy time, prosecutor says, Boston employee payroll data shows more big-money employees than ever. sports format.