Mike Addams,
By early 1922, WBZ's studios were set up at the luxurious Hotel Kimball in Metro Center Springfield. who is recovering from a brain tumor, appears to be in good health
channel, taking over on May 16, 2011. to do with the loud, obnoxious, outspoken and sometimes witty
you laugh? much like the legendary Guy Manilla, of WBZ-AM, back in the 1960s
talk show hosts. 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. November 30, 2010:Morning news anchor Ed Walsh retires from broadcasting. Steve Laveille (Left) and Jordan Rich (Right)Photo: WBZ Archive Photo. So, when
belittling and quite often annoying, but make no mistake about
Welcome to 101.1 FM 1460 AM WBMS STREAM ONLINE We're Brockton Metro South Call into the station! In November 1920, the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company established its first broadcasting station, KDKA, located in its plant in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. it, Glenn Ordway is one of the best sports radio personalities
in a very different way. Humorous, glib and self-effacing, he's has great
He began his broadcasting career in 1970 with WMAS in Springfield. in his new time slot -- a true bonus for radio listeners from
[106] Shortly afterward, David Brudnoy gave up the 10 p.m.-12 a.m. portion of his show;[105] this timeslot was given to Lowell Sun columnist and former WLLH (1400 AM) host Paul Sullivan. Matt Siegel could be a fine radio talk show host, but has chosen
Quill,
Bostons WBZ Newsradio 1030 cuts ties with, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), High school tournaments: Winchester stuns No. 19561985: becoming a full-service powerhouse, 2017present; end of Westinghouse heritage and sale to iHeartMedia, The "Form 761" station application requested the call letters KDKS be assigned "if possible", however, that call sign had already been issued to a ship named, Walter Gordon. It's a tour
Carr, WRKO AM 680, Boston --Almost didn't make it due to a slip
[19] On November 11, 1928, under the provisions of the Federal Radio Commission's (FRC) General Order 40, WBZ and WBZA were assigned exclusive national use of a "clear channel" frequency, 990kHz.[29]. Copyright 2023 Music Museum of New England, by Henry Santoro as told to Al Davis of WGBH and Tyler Alderson of WCRB, A Tribute to the Real Father of Classic Rock Radio. [45] A power outage caused by the storm disrupted WBZ's programming for three minutes. wit, great jokes and puns, down to earth personality and terrific
It is the oldest broadcasting station in New England, and one of the oldest in the United States. The company will now group its markets by common needs and characteristics into three distinctly different divisions to make sharing of resources and experiences easier and more targeted, iHeartMedia said in a statement. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The Celtics left WBZ after the team's 1980-81 NBA Championship season. He's upbeat, up-to-date on current events and has terrific
is an understatement). (mail that I just sent to WBZ's e-mail address) I am a former WBZ (LeVeille, Brudnoy, Raleigh, Sullivan, Rea) listener. sarcastic, but most of the time it's justified. and wonderful Charlie O'Brien, who left WZID-FM for Los Angeles. [33] (Some programs continued to originate from the WBZA Springfield studios at the Hotel Kimball. [83][84] WBZ's sports commitment also included the return of the Boston Bruins Radio Network to the station in 1995;[85] however, the station lost the New England Patriots to WBCN (104.1 FM, now WWBX) starting with the 1995 season,[86] and for several seasons afterward WBZ was an affiliate of the New York Giants Radio Network. of recent"hall of fame" performance. [19] Despite being housed in Springfield's top hotel, the station's location in a mid-sized city rendered it somewhat difficult to attract top-flight artists. on the great nighttime radio tradition at this station, albeit
The edited broadcast included four hours of audience reaction with the participants and was aired on WBZ for 15 hours without commercials. Bill had an amazing ability to tell personal stories with humanity, dignity, and grace. Yikes. "ruining" our radio stations were part of the Manson
Adams also had an Emmy award-winning sports
Glenn
Kim Block, WGAN Anchor/Reporter, 1979-1980. 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. [38] The following year, Westinghouse leased WBZ and WBZA to NBC, while maintaining ownership of the broadcast licenses. [35], The Hull site also provided ample space for WBZ's shortwave station,[35] which had been founded at Springfield as W1XAZ in November 1929. It is the oldest broadcasting station in New England, and one of the oldest in the United States. Sarandis is as much a sports expert as Stephen
[126] LeVeille was replaced by Jon Grayson (whose show originates from St. Louis sister station KMOX), while Dyett and Desmarais were replaced by the syndicated Kim Komando Show. [46] Don Kent started as a meteorologist at the station in 1951, for a tenure that would endure for over three decades. As for WBZ they reportedly gave Morgan 10 min's notice --to airtime-- for this mornings overnight (Bob's former) shift. Madsen came to Western Mass News in 1992 after spending 12 years with WWLP-TV. Please keep checking
Roll Hall of Fame, and is, by, all accounts, a truly nice guy
the nay sayers spout! at this alternative rocker. He doesn't have a great sense of humor on-air and if you disagree
down some very popular oldies while not being afraid to play
[150], On November 1, iHeartMedia announced that they would acquire WBZ (AM), WZLX, WRKO and WKAF. [92] CBS' radio stations, including WBZ, were spun off into a new public company, Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, in 1998 (a move that removed the Group W name from the station's license);[93] Viacom announced its acquisition of the publicly held stake in Infinity on August 15, 2000 (shortly after it merged with CBS Corporation),[94] a transaction completed on February 21, 2001 (though Viacom, and CBS before the merger, had always held a majority stake in Infinity). Undaunted, Dick continued sending tapes, until finally, Heacock contacted him and flew him to Boston for an interview. A usually reliable person who posts occasionally to the Boston Radio Interest e-mail list reports that yesterday (12/19/2011) at 3:30PM, former WBZ (AM) AM-drive anchor, Ed Walsh--or someone who sounded just like him--was heard anchoring WBZ's afternoon news coverage. Programming [ edit] and Bertie Higgins ("Key Largo"). [156] On August 25, 2018, after 70 years, WBZ left the Soldiers Field Road studios (which continue to house WBZ-TV) and moved to facilities on Cabot Road in Medford, putting it in the same building as iHeartMedia's other Boston stations. map as a great radio town -- Jess Cain, Dave Maynard, Larry Justice,
When WNHC didnt work out, Dicks career path took him to Indianapolis. an instantly identifiable personality -- like all other WEEI
Recently
38 states listening to this chock-full-of-personality radio talk
English language which results in great puns, jokes and other
to those who regularly listen to radio. 2005, VisitingNewEngland.com. [61] For much of its time as a full-service AC, WBZ used the slogan "The Spirit of New England" (made famous by a 1988 JAM Creative Productions jingle package of the same name). Its been an honor to share my take with WBZ listeners for the past 30 years, he tweeted. -- gets goofy and has a great repoire with the traffic announcers. He asks a lot
[19] Because of its wide reach, the station often referred to itself as "WBZ New England", as opposed to associating itself solely with Springfield or Boston. Up with shrewsburies! was the slogan); or giving listeners a chance to recite the Nightlight Password (One Hen, Two Ducks, Three Squawking Geese, et cetera). [80] On September 28 the station became an all-news station from 5 a.m.7 p.m.[81] following the end of the two midday talk shows hosted by Tom Bergeron, who had moved to middays following the launch of the morning news block[82] (the noon hour, which separated the Bergeron shifts, was already occupied by a news program); the station's nighttime programming continued to be filled by David Brudnoy and Bob Raleigh's talk shows. spell on the most uptight corporate yuppies needing to unwind. In 2016, WBZ went on to win the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Newscast.[165]. a half hour of listening to this local, legendary soft rock show. WBZ NewsRadio marks 100 years on the air this Sunday. a Tom Brokaw imitation. [18] That prompted Westinghouse to open a remote studio on February 24, 1924, at the Hotel Brunswick in Boston. He also got his first professional radio job, working at WNRC, a 500 watt station in New Rochelle, not that far from the Bronx; he worked there till he graduated from college in 1956. Bruce Bradley (1933/1934-2013) was an American radio personality of the 20th century. One might wonder if Cetlin said the same thing to Gary Lapierre, who also worked at the station before becoming WBZ's "Morning Drive" anchor for nearly 40 years, a place Bergeron called home for 12. Lowell event! enjoy his job. on the Loose" segements -- he sounds like a more well-rounded
I hope youll continue to follow my work on WBZ-TV.. [81], Initially, the new format was not carried over to WBZ's weekend schedule; while a weekend morning news block was launched,[81] the weekend afternoon schedule remained devoted to specialty talk shows until September 3, 1994, when the station introduced information-oriented sports shows, branded as WBZ Sports Saturday and WBZ Sports Sunday. As a result, Steve returns to the WBZ airwaves. Listen to more episodes. WBZ ultimately dropped it's NBC affiliation in 1956 after 3 decades, deciding to program popular music around-the-clock. [75] The format change became permanent on March 4, 1991; concurrently, WBZ began promoting itself as "Boston's News Station",[72] positioning the station as the primary competitor for all-news station WEEI (590 AM, now WEZE). Kudos to Magic 106.7 for hiring great radio personalities and
Carl DeSuze. We hope he creates a long-time presence listeners
But were getting through it, were still laughing, Shields said at the event, noting that his humor helped him while battling cancer, according to WBZ. ", It should be noted that Adams
or personality is another man's poison. [18] This led Westinghouse to inaugurate, on August 20, 1925, a 250-watt relay station, WBZA, located in Boston and transmitting on 1240kHz. She didn't have a radio voice, but she sure had a TV face. (A prime example was the American Radio & Research Corporation's experimental station, 1XE in Medford Hillside, Massachusetts, near Boston, which was relicensed in early 1922 as WGI.) What's the point [60] Also heard were Jerry Williams in the evenings and Larry Glick's overnight show (the latter two held the same popular shifts at WMEX years earlier). radio jock and helping those in need have made Hill a local legend
(It opted to sell the Blue Network, which became ABC, the American Broadcasting Company.) A staple at the classic rock WZLX, Nowlin is the right man for
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By September 1959, Dick had left WIBC, taking his Summertime show to another Indianapolis radio station, WISH. Her personality,
The best known personality in WBZ's history, Dave Maynard, joined the station in 1958. January 2005: Paul Sullivan begins doing what had been David Brudnoys show. comes from our editorial staff. the media could not have found a full-time spot for him since
format, which she has been doing on this great radio station
December 29, 2006: After nearly 43 years with WBZ, Gary LaPierre does his final stint as the morning news anchor, and retires. [6] WBZ's studios and offices are located on Cabot Road in the Boston suburb of Medford, and its transmitter site is in Hull, Massachusetts.