[115] That same day, WBZ dropped Paul Harvey after the station's contract to carry his broadcasts expired (however, despite coming under the CBS Radio banner once more, the station still maintains an affiliation with ABC News Radio);[116] in addition, the station dropped Looking at the Law, a legal advice show hosted by Neil Chayet, after its January 8, 2006, broadcast in favor of brokered financial programs. Arthur Amadon and Lindy Miller (WBZ-TV) During the turbulent 60s, with Vietnam War protests and African Americans demanding their civil rights, there was a change in front of the camera. WAAF FM 107.3 Worcester, Mass. [19] WBZ's Bruins broadcasts, which began in early December 1924, made it the first Boston station to broadcast a professional hockey game; the first play-by-play announcer for the hockey broadcasts was local sportswriter Frank Ryan. So, laughter is what this night is all about, Shields said. Biography [ edit] Bradley was born and raised in Rochester, New York. late night shift to early to mid evenings to replace the late
And he continued a tradition that had begun in the early 1960s with the folk music craze: there had been a Sunday night program on WBZ called Hootenanny, originally hosted by Jefferson Kaye, and by the mid-1960s, Dick was hosting folk music shows too, including a program that originated at the Unicorn Coffee House. 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.. Deb Lawler celebrates 35 years on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 News is breaking that WBZ Newsradio's owner, IHeartMedia, has let a number of long-time on-air employees go. This is another step in the companys successful transformation as a multiple-platform 21st-century media company, and we believe it is essential to our future it continues our momentum and adds to our competitiveness, our effectiveness and our efficiency with all our major constituencies. [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). [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). -- Loren (Owens) and Wally (Brine,
WBZ NewsRadio marks 100 years on the air this Sunday - MSN Glenn
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September 2002: On the anniversary of 9/11, WBZ sends reporters Carl Stevens and Lana Jones to New York to cover the commemorative events. She is a broadcasting
Sara Ann. 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. WMJX FM 106.7, Magic 106.7, Boston -- Addams, since his glory days
WBZ runs an all-news format during the day and a talk radio format at night, and is the current home of radio personality Dan Rea. [33] (Some programs continued to originate from the WBZA Springfield studios at the Hotel Kimball. [35] It remained there until Hurricane Carol destroyed the tower on August 31, 1954. run for president (saying he doesn't like what Kerry stands for
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Working overnights, a shift some station managers still considered unimportant, Dick proved there was a large and loyal audience just waiting to be entertained, and he made them part of his radio family. except with a more pedestrian voice and better interaction with
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Jay McQuaide wins an Edward R. Murrow Award, and David Brudnoy is named Best Talk Show Host by the Improper Bostonian magazine. at top-40 WRKO AM 680 in the 1970s, has always been a natural
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Listen to more episodes. He also appeared regularly on WISH-TV, hosting a dance party. the format by maintaining the energy, passion for sports, and
Aug 26, 2021 53 sec. out on the planned itinerary. Washington in New Hampshire to the beaches of Massachusetts during strong winter storms. Bob Raleighanyone know? | RadioDiscussions hard-rock station. [123] Rich and WBZ-TV reporter Dan Rea served as substitute hosts in the interim;[122] on October 1, Rea, who in the 1970s served as a weekend host for the station before moving to television in 1976, became the new host of the show, renamed NightSide with Dan Rea. As an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, he brought creativity, emotion and a sense of humor to local news reporting, covering everything from the snowy New England weather to military parents being reunited with their children. 122. As Dick tells it, one night in Indianapolis, while driving to work and seeking out something interesting to listen to on his car radio, he heard WBZs signalthen as now, WBZ was a 50,000 watt powerhouse, and it gets into more than 30 states at night. 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. [138][139] Overnight host Steve LeVeille retired from WBZ on June 8, 2012;[140] after a year of rotating guest hosts that included Jennifer Brien, Morgan White Jr., Bradley Jay, and Dean Johnson, Brien was named the new host on June 25, 2013. Carl Stevens also wins an award for one of his commentaries. February 2002: The New England Patriots win the Super Bowl, and play by play announcer Gil Santos has the call of Adam Vinatieris game-winning kick that triumphant moment will be replayed many many times on TV and radio. Norm Nathan and of course, the great late David Brudnoy, to name
Bill Shields, a longtime and beloved reporter at WBZ-TV, died at age 70 after a years-long battle with cancer. 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. It must be
[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. Prior to joining the Channel 4 news team, Hauser previously worked as the morning news anchor for News 12 Connecticut. it, Glenn Ordway is one of the best sports radio personalities
Steve Burton, sports director for the news outlet, called Shields beyond special in a tweet, and anchor David Wade called him the very best reporter with a top notch personality., This man was beyond special. Top notch personality. The edited broadcast included four hours of audience reaction with the participants and was aired on WBZ for 15 hours without commercials. DJ he was during his heydey on legendary top 40 rocker WRKO in
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like the back of their hands. the nay sayers spout! WBZ ultimately dropped it's NBC affiliation in 1956 after 3 decades, deciding to program popular music around-the-clock. Kudos to Magic 106.7 for hiring great radio personalities and
Authentic. (Among his on-air colleagues at WROW was Bruce Bradleythe two would meet again seven years later in Boston, when both were working at WBZ.). @wbz will always miss his laughter in the newsroom. Recently
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Bud Sawyer, former WGAN Morning Host 1960's-1970's-Part 2 Wbz Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images (mail that I just sent to WBZ's e-mail address) I am a former WBZ (LeVeille, Brudnoy, Raleigh, Sullivan, Rea) listener. [74] WBZ has, from time to time, played music on special occasions even after the change to news/talk; the station still offered 24 hours of Christmas music beginning on Christmas Eve through 1995, and it carried the audio of the Boston Pops' Fourth of July concert and fireworks display from 2003[76] through 2016; additionally, WBZ, along with sister stations WODS (103.3 FM, now WBGB) and WZLX (100.7 FM), carried the Beatles Let It Be Naked album premiere on November 13, 2003. He had most recently been working in Washington, D.C.His first day is May 16th. But that is why he has been
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. May God bless the entire Shields family. professional and full of interest statistics. It continued to run public affairs programming including "Shape-up Boston," "Stomp Smoking" and the 1969 "T-Group 15," a project produced by public affairs director Jerry Wishnow in which nine black and white school-decentralization activists in a room for 22 hours with microphones and cameras until compromises were reached. On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom (which locally owned WEEI, WEEI-FM, WKAF, WRKO and WAAF); the sale would be conducted using a Reverse Morris Trust so that it would be tax-free. end of Gilligan's Island and other high quality shows many years
Aug 26, 2021 1 min. [62] Also heard were Boston College Eagles football from 1987[63] through 1991. [65] Later in the year, a schedule shuffle ended Carl DeSuze's run on the morning show (which was taken over by Dave Maynard), and he was moved to middays; the overnight show was then taken over by Bob Raleigh,[49] who had been WBZ's midday host since June 1976. [107], For a time starting in the fall of 2001, the station relaunched the 1 p.m. hour of the Midday News as the WBZ Business Hour, with an increased focus on business news;[108] this program was similar to one on Los Angeles sister station KNX (WBZ has since returned to regular news in the 1 p.m. hour). Bill was an incredible journalist and storyteller who also made us laugh along the way, WBZ President and General Manager Justin Draper said in a statement. More Local News to Love Start today for 50% off Expires 3/6/23, Bruce Schwoegler, WBZ weather man for 33 years, dies at 80, Uma Pemmaraju, former WBZ anchor and reporter, dies at age 64, Renowned WBZ radio anchor Gary LaPierre dies at 76. Hear exclusive interviews with WGAN personalities discussing their memories of WGAN from our 70th annivesary. [49] In June 1990, WBZ announced that it would replace Brudnoy with Tom Snyder's ABC Radio talk show,[68] with his last show airing July 13;[69] listener complaints[70] led the station to return Brudnoy to the air by the end of September. Laura
Bill Shields, the longtime WBZ-TV reporter who graced New England viewers' screens for decades, died Saturday morning at age 70 following a years-long battle with cancer, the TV station. [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. A Texas boy who embraced New England, and LOVED telling stories here. Originally started by, and formerly owned for most of its existence by, Westinghouse Broadcasting and its successor CBS Radio, WBZ is owned and operated by iHeartMedia.[3][4][5]. [29] By 1927, it was operating with 15,000 watts. Hard work at several
Once got susupended at another radio station for telling his
Also, while today's WBZ has 50,000 watts and. Unlike some of the other staff, Adams is good-natured,
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. Holley is new to full-time sports radio, but
With a hint of "shock jock" in him
interviewing skills, noteworthy on a music station that plays
[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. [164], The station has won numerous Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in journalism. belittling and quite often annoying, but make no mistake about
to an artistic and technical level -- he could probably do this
March 2, 2010:Don Kent, the dean of WBZ weather forecasters, dies at age 92. The Bruins stayed through the 1977-78 season. #WBZ https://t.co/Geu1bP8MTT, The very best reporter. Street, WODS FM, Oldies 103.3 -- Bright, cheerful and flawless in
would be to listen to Nancy Quill on a daily basis. comic timing you'll ever need. [152][153] iHeart then began operating WBZ, WKAF, and WZLX under a local marketing agreement. Also in March, David Brudnoy celebrates his 25th anniversary in radio. #37 of 61. Us |. People came all the way to Connecticut to see the alleged
David Brudnoy, Radio Host and Raconteur, Dies at 64 Bruce Bradley (1933/1934-2013) was an American radio personality of the 20th century. WGAN History | Newsradio WGAN [30] Meanwhile, a combination of WBZ's growth and continued difficulties with the WBZA signal led the station to move its Boston studio to the Statler Hotel (now the Boston Park Plaza) on June 1, 1927,[29] and activate a new WBZA transmitter on June 9.