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OT: Official Sports Media Thread VI - Doc Emrick wins play by play Emmy for 6th consecutive year
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My family had a summer place in Hampton ( which I still retreat to in summer ) and Yokum's was a place we went to often. Now I have the radio jingle playing in my head
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My family had a summer place in Hampton ( which I still retreat to in summer ) and Yokum's was a place we went to often. Now I have the radio jingle playing in my head
My parents took us there once a million years ago. I remember the food was good and it was really crowded
Agree with this. I don't care what any out of towner has to say or any of the hacks that "write" articles in newspapers. I have zero time or interest in "talk" radio that is loaded with Patriot fan boys.
One thing I WILL take to the grave, the BRUINS have the most loyal legit fan base PERIOD. It's in our blood and its in the fabric of the City.
The levels of participation in Hockey at the grassroot levels in Boston and beyond in NE are off the chart. Not football Not baseball not basketball. Not disrespect to soccer.
It's to easy to say your a Pats fan. Hell I have relatives that will wear a Pats t-shirt and have parties that couldn't name 6 players on the team. Red Sox are an Advertising, tourist destination product that's owned by a group that keeps buying up precious gems for the soul reason of greed and control of the politicians in the city.
Being part of the busing crisis in the 70 I don't like to be lectured from out of towner and even people that claim they are from "Boston" but are not on what our city is in regards to racism. John Henry STFU and go away.
Basketball is just not my thing and I don't know many people I grew up with and still talk to that are either. Sure there is buzz when trader Dan adds a big name and sells some jerseys and the media follows like puppy dogs.
I know I'm all over the place with this sorry those my feeling this morning
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What a shame. Voice of my childhood for sure. hearing him say “Melrose” during a snowstorm was music to my ears.
Cancer sucks.
Remember him every morning in the late 60s and 70s with Gil Santos and Dick Stockton
I would see Gary every morning at a long-gone diner in North Cambridge (Vic's) He HATED getting up early and was grumpy.
Just before Christmas, the waitress was in a panic because she could not find a Cabbage Patch doll for her daughter. On Christmas Eve morning Gary walked into the diner and gave her a doll. He bought it at the WBZ Children's Hospital Telethon.
I grew up in Portsmouth, half a mile from Yoken's. Only ate there a few times before they closed because the food was so greasy. The lot was vacant for almost a decade it seems after they shut down. The gift shop had tchotchkes for days.
Gosh that picture brings back memories.
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That WBZ morning crew was the best- Dave Maynard was the DJ, Don Kent with the weather, Gil Santos with sports, Gary LaPierre with the news and Joe Green with the traffic report.
I think with Gary LaPierre's passing they are all gone.
There was also,"Dick Stockton,comments on sports"That WBZ morning crew was the best- Dave Maynard was the DJ, Don Kent with the weather, Gil Santos with sports, Gary LaPierre with the news and Joe Green with the traffic report.
I think with Gary LaPierre's passing they are all gone.
Honestly I don't remember him on the radio. But I definitely remember the others.....
That WBZ morning crew was the best- Dave Maynard was the DJ, Don Kent with the weather, Gil Santos with sports, Gary LaPierre with the news and Joe Green with the traffic report.
I think with Gary LaPierre's passing they are all gone.
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Glad to see Dale's feeling better.
Heard he got a nasty cold/flu and was out at WEEI and NESN for a bit
The telltale number is in the cume totals at the bottom which now indicate almost twice as many people sample WBZ-FM in a given week than WEEI-FM.
Obviously, some of it is Patriots related but is most likely is deeper than that. These kind of numbers can make corporate in Entercom Philadelphia consider a format change to reduce talent expenses. It is a dirty part of the radio business that many announcer contracts become void if the station changes format.
Obviously, some of it is Patriots related but is most likely is deeper than that. These kind of numbers can make corporate in Entercom Philadelphia consider a format change to reduce talent expenses. It is a dirty part of the radio business that many announcer contracts become void if the station changes format.
NBC just announced Mike Tirico is replacing Doc Emrick for the 2/20 Wednesday Night Hockey telecast between Detroit and Chicago
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It's no surprise to me that EEI is getting crushed. Like you said, a lot of that is Patriots related, but their shows overall just bring nothing to the table for me personally.
Their 2-6 is somehow even worse radio than F&M which is just an impressive feat.
They really need to get rid of the old guard there and start fresh.
Their 2-6 is somehow even worse radio than F&M which is just an impressive feat.
They really need to get rid of the old guard there and start fresh.
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WEEI dug their own grave. I'm surprised they even held out this long and stayed in business with the Sports Hub crushing them for a good 9 years now.
They'll probably get re-formatted to some pop music station and 985 will slowly become the monolith in the market, then refuse to change as Felger and Mazz become the old out of touch blowhards that Ordway and WEEI once were, then in a few years another media group will seize the opportunity to jump in with competition that speaks to the younger demographic and will take them down, etc.
They'll probably get re-formatted to some pop music station and 985 will slowly become the monolith in the market, then refuse to change as Felger and Mazz become the old out of touch blowhards that Ordway and WEEI once were, then in a few years another media group will seize the opportunity to jump in with competition that speaks to the younger demographic and will take them down, etc.
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