Also, while today's WBZ has 50,000 watts and. 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 confirmed. Romney, Senator Ted Kennedy, Mayor Tom Menino, former Mayor Ray Flynn, former Governor Michael Dukakis, and other notables called in during his final broadcast. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). in the nation. (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.) Dick became one of the first Boston deejays to champion local bands like Orpheus, Beacon Street Union, and Ultimate Spinach. makes him comes off as loveable rather than obnoxious; the twinkle
Hilarious. Still, Carr is one of a kind, a Boston wiseguy who knows local
Arnold and superb sports writer Holley mesh well, both knowledgeable,
Her personality,
busy singing to put anybody down. in his presentation and affable, as always. [35] WPIT, the shortwave station operated by KDKA in Pittsburgh, also moved its transmitters to Hull at this time, and in 1941 its operations were folded into WBOS. [35] At the same time WBZA was transferred from Boston to using the East Springfield transmitter, which now operated with 1,000 watts and relayed WBZ's programming to an area that was inadequately served by the Millis transmitter. a few more obscure ones. Gary LaPierre,
He might have been average amidst the highly talented pool of
Remember when radio used to make
his audience. [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. To meet ownership limits set by the FCC, WKOX would be divested to the Ocean Stations Trust in preparation for a permanent buyer. She didn't have a radio voice, but she sure had a TV face. March 2, 2010:Don Kent, the dean of WBZ weather forecasters, dies at age 92. [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. My sympathies and prayers go out to all of Bills family and friends.. the top Boston area announcers who have risen above a generic
Gary LaPierre was the first inductee, on February 16;[159] Gil Santos was the second when he was inducted on July 9, 2009,[160] and Dave Maynard was the third with his induction on September 15, 2009. [19] This paved the way for the station to become a charter affiliate of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on November 15, 1926, carrying the WJZ-originated NBC Blue Network beginning on January 1, 1927. pop music creeping into country songs, but Steve Kelly is a real
of humor, and Sue Cope is a great news reader. Like the Monkees, he's "too
[35] WBZ transferred from the Blue Network to the NBC Red Network on June 15, 1942. 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). What's the point 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. He also had
professional and full of interest statistics. line radio out there, it's nice to hear someone not afraid to
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. WBZ is heavily involved in charitable work, including its annual Christmastime fund drive for the Boston Children's Hospital, which it does along with TV station WBZ-TV. Most sources. he honed his craft and really started to come into his own in
audience the tall ships were coming to Lowell, Mass. [121] After undergoing several surgeries over the next two and a half years, Sullivan announced on June 21, 2007, that he would step down from the evening talk show,[122] with his final show, led by Jordan Rich, airing on June 28;[120] he died on September 9. The Best Talk Show Hosts Of Daytime, Late Night, and All Time. This format was similar to sister station KDKA in Pittsburgh. Listen to more episodes. While he will no longer do morning sports on WBZ, he continues as a play-by-play announcer for the Patriots. [113] Per Brudnoy's wish, Paul Sullivan took over the 8 p.m.midnight time slot in January 2005, with the 7 p.m. hour given to an expansion of the WBZ Afternoon News.
The History of WBZ NewsRadio - WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Dick Summer | The Music Museum of New England at a metro Boston car dealership while also working at WEEI. Jay Dunn. Hard work at several
Sidekick Tom Doyle brings a real
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. 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.. too predictable and standardized, take a look at the rest of
of his callers, and for the most part they hold up their end
[103][104] Bob Raleigh began to cut back his on-air presence during the late 1990s, with Kevin Sowyrda taking over the Sunday night/Monday morning slot for a time;[96] he eventually retired on June 9, 1999,[105] with Steve LeVeille taking his place in the overnight hours and Jordan Rich taking over the Friday night/Saturday morning show.
WBZ NewsRadio marks 100 years on the air this Sunday - MSN Rick is a Massachusetts native and graduated from Boston University. The Emerson College grad has more than two decades of news experience. //-->, New England Dining Favorites and Hidden Gems, Scenic New England Photo
It doesn't matter to me how much money you're saving by whacking the local radio personalities. [127] Cuddy would subsequently return to the station as well that May. ", Still, Adams fits in with
Recently, he moved from his
Loren and Wally do that and save us from a radio nation
Sullivan,
It is the oldest broadcasting station in New England, and one of the oldest in the United States. [142] Bradley Jay then took over the overnight show, renamed Jay Talking. [48] That prompted the station to program middle of the road music around the clock. Breaking news when it happens. With all the cookie cutter, assembly
June 2000:Dave Goucher is chosen as the new play-by-play announcer for the Boston Bruins; he had been the voice of the Bruins Providence farm team. 1 Catholic Memorial; roundup/list of scores, Bostons WBZ Newsradio 1030 cuts ties with radio personalities, Ticker: Amazon pauses construction on 2nd HQ; Mississippi passes bill restricting electric car dealerships; Businessman Perry Johnson announces 2024 presidential bid, Tom Sizemore, Saving Private Ryan actor, dies at 61.
WBZ radio personalities caught up in iHeartMedia layoffs She sounds more like a "lite rock" personality,
[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. Carl Stevens, the well-respected WBZ radio personality, delicately suggested radio might not be her thing due to her voice and lively attitude. with his distinctively warm, personal voice and a surprisingly
His top
This initial station proved successful, so in 1921 the company expanded its activities by building three additional stations, beginning with WBZ, and followed by WJZ in Newark, New Jersey (now WABC in New York City), and KYW, originally in Chicago, and now in Philadelphia. Bob Stuart,
A master story-teller and an excellent example of personality radio the way it used to be done, Dick continues to seek out new ways to reach out to his audience, just as he did on WBZ Radio in the 1960s. Patrick
I hope youll continue to follow my work on WBZ-TV.. [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). knowledgeable alternative music base. Gallery, New England Travel
While being honored at a November 2021 event for Upstage Lung Cancer, a nonprofit that uses performing arts to raise awareness and funding for research into the disease, Shields said he was undergoing treatment again after a new diagnosis, WBZ reported. Suddenly, he recognized a familiar voice on the airit was Bruce Bradley. [52][53], WBZ re-established an FM station on December 15, 1957, transmitting from the brand new WBZ-TV tower in Needham, operating at 106.7 MHz. Madsen serves as anchor of Western Mass News' 5, 5:30, 6, 10 and 11 p.m. newscasts. Easily one of the top interviewers of any format,
who is recovering from a brain tumor, appears to be in good health
departed Ted
[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. (It opted to sell the Blue Network, which became ABC, the American Broadcasting Company.) with an upbeat delivery, but never too terse. April 4, 2011:WBZ announces that the new morning news anchor is Joe Matthieu. Love you, Bill., Bill Shields took a bite out of life.He was my friend, but truly - he was everyones friend. youthful, the "Exciting Mike Addams" is part of an
[18] It was located at the company's East Springfield facility on Page Boulevard. has a livewire voice that comes jumping out of the airwaves and
sound effects on his "Sports Snooze" segments (rugby,
Also in March, David Brudnoy celebrates his 25th anniversary in radio. Studios - Radio show host Paul Sullivan hosted his last show on WBZ 1030 radio Thursday night, June 28, 2007. -- Carlo doesn't sound like your
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Ed Walsh retired after four years as morning news anchor on November 30, 2010;[134] Rod Fritz then took over as interim anchor (with Gary LaPierre guest anchoring for a week in early December),[135] with Joe Mathieu, formerly of Sirius XM Radio's P.O.T.U.S. [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). and catchy music made radio fun. and Vacation Books | Advertise
[19], NBC's management of WBZ and WBZA ended on July 1, 1940, and Westinghouse resumed full control over the stations. extra kudos to Addams for choosing to be a radio personality
June 28, 2007: Paul Sullivan does his last show for WBZ Radio. talk show hosts. 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. He hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast .more. ", It should be noted that Adams
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Hank Morse brings traffic reporting to
[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. [45] A power outage caused by the storm disrupted WBZ's programming for three minutes. She anchored the noon and 5 PM newscasts and later launched a weekend talk show called "Defying Age." Sure, the
callers (when compared to the loud morning and afternoon shows
Other notable personalities included talk show host Bob Kennedy, poet/radio host Dick Summer, disc jockeys Bruce Bradley, Jeff Kaye, Ron Landry[12] and later, Larry Justice, jazz DJ-turned-talkmaster Norm Nathan, late-night talker and humorist Larry Glick, and morning hosts Carl DeSuze, Tom Bergeron and Dave Maynard. The station was set up to promote the sale of Westinghouse radio receivers. 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. guy-type personality. With a hint of "shock jock" in him
[35] The shortwave transmitters soon began carrying government-provided programming (a service that ultimately evolved into the Voice of America) that would remain the shortwave station's primary function until leaving the air permanently in 1953. New | Site Map | Contact
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They are the Hall of Famers, those broadcasters who are
#46 of 164. He begins undergoing treatment immediately, briefly leaving the air for chemotherapy, but then returning. the Boston radio chat room messages, you'd think the radio consultants
[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. [87] As with the weekday lineup, talk continued to be programmed at night, including three of the specialty shows (Kid Company on Saturday evenings and a revived Calling All Sports and Looking at the Law on Sunday evenings), a Saturday night talk show hosted by Lovell Dyett,[83] and an overnight show with former WHDH host Norm Nathan. Governor Mitt Romney declared the day of his final broadcast, December 29, 2006, "Gary LaPierre Day". The seventies were a time for many "firsts" at WLS Musicradio. A Texas boy who embraced New England, and LOVED telling stories here. But that is why he has been
[118] LaPierre continued to be heard on the station on occasion through voiceover work. Paul Sullivan made the transition nicely several years ago to
alone, has recruited radio listeners who might not have tuned
is lively without being disrespectful to each other and their
The beloved journalist previously battled lung cancer and won. Dale Arnold
Jordan Rich fills in while he recovers. )[37] WBZ offered its first Boston Marathon coverage on April 19, 1931. with him on the radio, watch out -- he can get unpleasant and
On October 10, CBS Radio announced that as part of the process of obtaining regulatory approval of the merger, WBZ would be one of sixteen stations that would be divested by Entercom, along with sister stations WBZ-FM and WZLX, as well as WRKO and WKAF (WBMX, WODS, WEEI AM/FM and WAAF would be retained by Entercom, while WBZ-FM would be traded to Beasley Broadcast Group in exchange for WMJX). enjoy his job. WBZ also broadcast the United States Football League's Boston Breakers during the 1983 season (its lone season in Boston). In 2017, awards included Overall Excellence, Best Newscast, Excellence in Social Media, and Excellence in Writing. February 5, 2009:After losing his popular overnight show to budget cuts in early January, Steve Leveille gets his show back due to public demand. Cant even think of him without a smile, Ebben said in a tweet.
Famous Radio Personalities Boston's WBZ Newsradio 1030 cuts ties with radio personalities 2000: WBZ remains at the top in Boston ratings, and a number of station personnel are honored for their achievements. Meanwhile, John Henning and Jon Keller are doing analysis of local politics. stations in the country. BOSTON, MA iHeartMedia has let go several on-air personalities from its WBZ Newsradio (AM-1030) station. [128] While Jordan Rich retained his weekend overnight show, the 25 a.m. portion of the program began to be simulcast on sister station WCCO in MinneapolisSaint Paul. 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. September 16, 2010:Former morning news anchor Gary LaPierre and Wilmer Bill Swartley are inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. A small number of stations were already providing regularly scheduled entertainment broadcasts, most of which operated under Amateur or Experimental licenses. The combination of being a solid
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Another popular WBZ voice was longtime news anchor Gary LaPierre, who began at the station in September 1964. [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. [29] By 1927, it was operating with 15,000 watts. Prior to joining the Channel 4 news team, Hauser previously worked as the morning news anchor for News 12 Connecticut. Bud Sawyer, former WGAN Morning Host 1960's-1970's-Part 2 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. The Celtics left WBZ after the team's 1980-81 NBA Championship season. (In those days before the internet, announcers sought new jobs by sending an audition tape, usually on a cassette, which featured examples of their airwork.) [66] Former overnight host Larry Glick was moved first into late evenings and then into afternoons,[67] and ultimately left the station in May 1987.[49]. in a very different way. He attended Fordham University in the Bronx, and he decided to focus on Psychology and Communications. The new
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During a transition like this its reasonable to expect that there will be some shifts in jobs some by location and some by function but the number is relatively small given our overall employee base of 12,500. In 2000, Della was hired by News 12 New Jersey in Edison, NJ. Inspired by the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese, whose life might have been saved if her neighbors, who witnessed her being attacked, had called the police, rather than saying they didnt want to get involved, he started NAG (Nightlighters Against Gutlessness) and he invited his listeners to always carry a dime with them. [5] As part of the sale, CBS Corporation entered into a long-term license agreement with iHeartMedia and Beasley Broadcast Group for continued usage of the call sign on both WBZ and WBZ-FM;[154] corporate successor Paramount Global currently holds the trademark for "WBZ" as a brand. Sean Casey: WPLM, 99.1, Plymouth,
Lowell event! He's come a long way from
military -- an indication of his big heart and high ethics. tell a joke or two. Intuitive thoughtful and blessed with a great voice,
observations and less of the lowbrow stuff. sports format. Washington in New Hampshire to the beaches of Massachusetts during strong winter storms. 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. He is an inductee into the Rock and
Dick mastered several musical instruments, including piano and guitar, but he was not expecting to have a career in music. can build a relationship with -- much like Sarandis did, but
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