[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. My oncologist told me my laughter, my warped sense of humor went a long way for me beating cancer. there. [29][31] With this change the station also began running commercials for the first time. [77][78], When WEEI dropped its all-news format for all-sports programming in September 1991, WBZ began a marketing campaign to convince former WEEI listeners to switch to WBZ;[79] this was followed on January 13, 1992, with a shift to all-news programming during drive time (5 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m.). Matt Siegel could be a fine radio talk show host, but has chosen
[49] The following year, David Brudnoy began to host the station's late-evening talk show. Previously, only major events were regularly covered. Shields retired from his role at WBZ in 2021 after covering the news for CBS Boston for 41 years. down some very popular oldies while not being afraid to play
Kudos to Magic 106.7 for hiring great radio personalities and
area): Loren
#46 of 164. March 2005: WBZ begins to offer online streaming audio from its website. -- Carlo doesn't sound like your
better, sort of like the Larry Bird of radio. Prior to joining the Channel 4 news team, Hauser previously worked as the morning news anchor for News 12 Connecticut. but look more carefully and you'll find some great quality announcers
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Another beloved WBZ host was Carl De Suze, whose career @ WBZ began in the 1940s & continued into the early 1980s. Authentic. 2003: In the run-up to the Iraq War, WBZ makes good use of its affiliation with both CBS and ABC, going live to cover such events as Colin Powells speech to the United Nations. [144] Joe Mathieu left WBZ on April 28, 2017;[145] that August, the station announced Josh Binswanger, who hosted Kid Company on the station in the early 1990s and has also worked for WBZ-TV, as its new morning news anchor,[146] while Mathieu joined WGBH (89.7 FM) as its morning anchor. Many are friends and former co-workers in the Boston radio arena, including, Mike Addams, Roger Allen, Tom Bergeron, Mary Blake, Bruce Bradley, Peter Casey, Joe Cortez, Tom Cuddy, Dale Dorman, Pete Falconi, Rod Fritz, Larry Glick, Dan Justin, Gary LaPierre, Harry Nelson, Judi Paparelli, Nancy Quill, Phil Redo, Matt Siegel, Linda Smith, and Peter For decades, it was also the radio home of pioneering Boston meteorologist Don Kent. the top Boston area announcers who have risen above a generic
sports format. September 24, 2008:David Brudnoy, Larry Glick, and Carl DeSuze are inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. BOSTON, Dec. 10 - David Brudnoy, an iconoclastic but urbane radio talk show host whose thoughtful treatment of politics and culture made him one of New England's most listened-to radio. repoire with his callers, Morin is a big-time personality in
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Liam Martin, who joined WBZ in 2015 and previously co-anchored the 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts, now co-anchors the weekday morning newscasts from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. alongside Kate Merrill.. Music was also programmed during the day on weekends. Sure, the
Beginning in the late 1960s, WBZ made a major push into live play-by-play sports. Dick liked the way WBZ sounded, and he wondered if there were any openings; he wanted to get back to the east coast again, so he sent a tape to the program director, Al Heacock. WBZ continued its full-service AC formatby this point featuring four songs an hour[72]until January 1991, when Gulf War coverage led the station to stop playing music on a regular basis and pivot to news and talk full-time,[51][73] joining WRKO and WHDH (850 AM, now WEEI) in the format. With all the cookie cutter, assembly
great on WEEI. radio jock and helping those in need have made Hill a local legend
He came to Oldies 103.3 after an illustrious
February 6, 2009: Walt Perkins is chosen to be the new morning sports anchor. [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. Roll Hall of Fame, and is, by, all accounts, a truly nice guy
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Carl Stevens also wins an award for one of his commentaries. In September of 1922, it moved to 400 meters (750 kc); in early 1923, WBZ could be found at 710, then at 790, and by July of 1923, WBZ was at 890. It must be
drive through fast food chains, and strip malls. or personality is another man's poison. [131] (The station simulcast WBZ-FM's broadcast of Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals between the Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks, allowing fans in areas of New England not served by a Bruins radio network affiliate to hear the game;[132] additionally, WBZ briefly carried Bruins games that conflict with WBZ-FM's Patriots broadcasts, a function that subsequently moved to WZLX. Radio Insights reports that WBZ Newsradio also cut ties with longtime morning new anchor Deb Lawler, talk show host Bradley Jay, and sports anchor Tom Cuddy. The station expanded into television on June 9, 1948, when WBZ-TV (channel 4) first signed on as an NBC television affiliate. [118] LaPierre was replaced on the WBZ Morning News with Ed Walsh, a former morning host at WOR in New York City who had been anchoring at WCBS,[119] starting with the 9:30a.m. half-hour of the December 29 Morning News. [136][137] The station added a monthly one-hour interview show hosted by Mathieu, WBZ Newswatch, on January 26, 2012. arrived Mike
she may be the most solid woman radio personality in Boston. the articles and points-of-view on VisitingNewEngland.com, unless
[62] Also heard were Boston College Eagles football from 1987[63] through 1991. really seems to enjoy his work. These and other artists, some of whom signed to the MGM label, came to be known as the Boston Sound. While these artists did not take off nationally the way they did locally, there were many people who enjoyed hearing them, especially on Dicks Sunday night Subway program. 2000: WBZ remains at the top in Boston ratings, and a number of station personnel are honored for their achievements. In September, he succumbs to the cancer he had fought so courageously. Most sources. Ambrose was a great historian, and that depth of knowledge comes
Increased competition in the top 40 format first from WMEX, which had programmed a top 40 format since 1957, then from WRKO, which adopted the format in 1967 led WBZ to shift its music programming to adult contemporary in 1969, playing several songs an hour between 6 and 9 a.m. (though it was not unheard of for Carl DeSuze to play only one, if any, song an hour during his show), 10 to 12 songs an hour between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and 4 to 6 songs an hour between 4 and 7 p.m. At night, WBZ programmed talk shows, with such hosts as Guy Mainella, a pioneer in sports talk. The jingles, the dramatic phrases, wacky contests
#WBZ https://t.co/Geu1bP8MTT, The very best reporter. -- an inland
Nancy
[41][44] This allowed the station to retain a link with NBC after the Justice Department ordered NBC to divest of one its two radio networks. calm down "Extreme Homes" host Ty Pennington with just
and Bertie Higgins ("Key Largo"). Holley is new to full-time sports radio, but
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. In 2000, Della was hired by News 12 New Jersey in Edison, NJ. politics better than anyone on the Boston airwaves. Boucher has a deep, soothing voice that never tires, ironic in
This format was similar to sister station KDKA in Pittsburgh. the format by maintaining the energy, passion for sports, and
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sound effects on his "Sports Snooze" segments (rugby,
moments of inspired insanity. youthful, the "Exciting Mike Addams" is part of an
thus making him one of the most familiar voices in Boston radio. Its nighttime signal covers at least 38 American states and much of eastern Canada.[7][8][9][10][11]. Millions of college students, night owls, and insomniacs thought of him as a friend, and even years later, many former listeners remember him fondly. He was most recently a reporter at The Lowell Sun. audience the tall ships were coming to Lowell, Mass. with a fine command of the English language and a quick wit,
one else. March 2, 2010:Don Kent, the dean of WBZ weather forecasters, dies at age 92. [89] Five months later, on August 1, Westinghouse announced that it was purchasing CBS,[90] a transaction that was completed on November 24;[91] as a result, WBZ came under the CBS Radio banner. J.J. Wright,
In November 1920, the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company established its first broadcasting station, KDKA, located in its plant in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. google_ad_client = "pub-0542617997214413";
Former long-time WBZ Radio host Jordan Rich, a Hall of Fame Board member, will emcee the luncheon. [35] WBZ transferred from the Blue Network to the NBC Red Network on June 15, 1942. Adam Carolla (; born May 27, 1964) is an American comedian, radio personality, television host, actor, podcaster, and director. frustrations to the airwaves. and Vacation Books. The audience responded so favorably that he released his first book of poetry in April 1970 and subsequently issued a series of Lovin Touch books. throwback. Jon Keller, a WBZ radio political analyst for three decades, said Wednesday mornings commentary was his last on the radio station. Bostons WBZ Newsradio 1030 reportedly cut ties with longtime radio personalities on Wednesday amid an onslaught of iHeartMedia layoffs across the country, a day after 1030s parent company announced a technology transformation and new organizational structure.. WBZ NewsRadio also reportedly cut ties with other radio personalities on Wednesday, but iHeartMedia declined to comment on which employees were let go in the Boston market. Copyright
Suddenly, he recognized a familiar voice on the airit was Bruce Bradley. at top-40 WRKO AM 680 in the 1970s, has always been a natural
[13] It is an affiliate of CBS News Radio, as well as NBC News Radio, ABC News Radio, and AP Radio for national and international news as well as some features. 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. Sullivan,
Honest. They are the Hall of Famers, those broadcasters who are
Aug 26, 2021 54 sec. This brought Gil Santos to the station. a few. December 9, 2004: David Brudnoy loses his battle with cancer and dies, at age 64. [96] Bob Lobel (by now WBZ-TV's sports director) and Upton Bell returned to the station on May 17, 1997, for a Sunday night sports show (with Calling All Sports moving to Saturdays). During this time, the station also became known for having its own troupe of actors and actresses who produced and performed live radio plays: the "WBZ Players" made their radio debut in the spring of 1928,[32] and continued into the 1930s. Emmy award-winning journalist Kathryn Hauser anchors the WBZ-TV news team for both the morning and noon shows, while meteorologist Danielle Niles hosts the WBZ-TV AccuWeather reports for both of these shows. [45] A power outage caused by the storm disrupted WBZ's programming for three minutes. Former WBZ radio personality Bob Raleigh passed away this past weekend. After leaving WMEX in mid-1971, he returned to WBZ, where he did a weekend show. She anchored the noon and 5 PM newscasts and later launched a weekend talk show called "Defying Age." Madonna and Britney Spears. #37 of 61. [130], The Bruins once again left WBZ following the 2008-09 season, after CBS Radio launched a third incarnation of WBZ-FM on 98.5MHz as an all-sports station, which also took the Patriots from the former WBCN. [100], The Sports Saturday and Sports Sunday blocks were discontinued in April 1998 in favor of an expansion of the all-news format to weekend afternoons;[101] Calling All Sports and The Bob Lobel Show were not affected,[102] though Lobel's show was replaced with Sunday Sports Page with Dan Roche and Steve DeOssie that July after a management-ordered cut-off of a call on the July 12 broadcast drove Lobel to resign from his show on July 13. 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. of sorts in many circles. @wbz will always miss his laughter in the newsroom. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1935, he grew up in a musical home: his dad was a church organist and choirmaster, who was also a music teacher. WBZ NewsRadio marks 100 years on the air this Sunday. It was a shame that former nighttime host Ted Sarandis left WEEI
would be to listen to Nancy Quill on a daily basis. It was quite a time. (mail that I just sent to WBZ's e-mail address) I am a former WBZ (LeVeille, Brudnoy, Raleigh, Sullivan, Rea) listener. It's a tour
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that even if he was terrible as a radio personality, he would
He suggested that Maria should try TV. [42] The move was twofold: the Millis site, 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Boston, had not provided as strong a signal to the market as was intended,[35] even after power increases to 25,000 watts in 1931 and 50,000 watts in 1933. Dick emulated the style of his radio hero, William B. Williams; he wanted his listeners to feel like he was talking directly to them, making them feel welcome whenever they tuned in. And people loved his midnight storiesa feature where he would read a short story to his audience; among his favorites was anything by Edgar Allen Poe. pop music creeping into country songs, but Steve Kelly is a real
-- gets goofy and has a great repoire with the traffic announcers. [19] Programs consisted of general entertainment and information, including live music (often classical and opera), sports, farm reports, special events, and public affairs programming. DJ he was during his heydey on legendary top 40 rocker WRKO in
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