WGBH celebrated Eric Jacksons more than 40 years of employment with Eric Jackson Week activities in April, 2018. It became the flagship station for the Metromedia broadcasting group [and Mr. Bennett headed that companys station group, then the largest in the nation]. Up in the barn loft of the Henry Putnam Jr. house, Tony, Phil, and Thom discuss movies of the 80s and beyond.and whether we've smartened up. Sam Hill is stepping down as midday host at Entercom Hot AC "Alice 105.9" He began his on air career in February 1976 as the weeknight forecaster at WCSH-TV 6 in Portland, Maine. Tickets for the June 8 Hall of Fame luncheon are $90 each, or if purchased by May 18, $80 each. The Film Detective has distributed its extensive library of 3,000+ hours of film on DVD and Blu-ray and through leading broadcast and streaming platforms including TCM, NBC, EPIX, Amazon, MeTV, PBS, and more. From crime stories to human interest features to political campaigns, Barnett has covered an incredibly wide range of major stories of local, national and international interest. For more than 20 years, Cinedigm has led the digital transformation of the entertainment industry. Dana Hersey was a mainstay of the viewer advocate seat for many years. He is currently a member of the Northeastern University faculty where he teachesThe African American Experience Through Music. Early life [ edit] Avruch was born in Boston and grew up in Winthrop, Massachusetts. In November of 2010, Rea was honored with the prestigious Yankee Quill Award by the Academy of New England Journalists and the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. Here are excerpts from a Boston Globe Sept. 26, 2019 story about Carl written by Globe staffer Travis Andersen: Carl Stevens, the legendary WBZ radio reporter and poet known for his signature voice and calm demeanor during chaotic press scrums, is dialing it back. Ive got to do the best that I can to relate to peopleto be real. The Film Detective has distributed its extensive library of 3,000+ hours of film on DVD and Blu-ray and through leading broadcast and streaming platforms including TCM, NBC, EPIX, Amazon, MeTV, PBS, and more. Over the past three decades, Smyth served in a variety of capacities within Greater Media, including General Manager of WMJX-FM in Boston, Vice President of the Radio Group, and Chief Operating Officer of Greater Media, Inc. Maxanne Sartori was hired for the afternoon shift as a WBCN Radio deejay on Friday the 13th of November, 1970, and by the time she left the station, on April Fools Day 1977, she had become what the Music Museum of New England called, WBCNs most powerful and distinctive personality. Maxanne championed Boston artists like The J. Geils Band, The Cars and Billy Squier, and Aerosmith. Thermans 37-year career at Channel 7 included coverage of most of the major stories and events that shaped and changed the New England region. The last four years of her career in Boston reunited her with Barry Nolan on the Comcast Network entertainment show Backstage with Barry Nolan.. During Berkerys tenure at TV38, the station was the home for the Boston Red Sox, The Boston Bruins, and later the Boston Celtics, airing more than 150 live sporting events a year. Byron Barnett, host of the long running WHDH-TV public affairs show Urban Update, joined Bostons 7NEWS in 1983. While [their] show may be known for its outrageous humor and commentary, the newspaper wrote, it [was] also a venue for local political discussion. Likes. Therman, the youngest son in a family of 11, will be remembered as a pioneering black TV news photographer. She passed away suddenly earlier this year. Movies. | Source: ET on December 31. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cinedigm, the leading independent streaming company super-serving enthusiast fan bases, announced today that The Film Detective, the classic film restoration and streaming company, will be ringing in the New Year with respected broadcast veteran Dana Hersey, featuring an exclusive interview about Hersey's popular New Year's Eve Three Stooges Marathon. Classics from The Marx Brothers and The Three Stooges includingThe Marx Brothers TV Collection(1951-1976),A Night in Casablanca(1946),The New Three Stooges(1965),The Three Stooges Family Album(1998),and more will join the line-up, beginning at 6 p.m. Dana Hershey. When Richard Chase was asked what he liked about being a TV photographer, Chase answered, Its loving what you do, caring about people, and enjoying photography. In 1970, Richard Chase traded his newspaper camera for a TV one and spent a total of four decades at WBZ-TV before retiring in May 2008. Alphabetically by last name, they are: former longtime WHDH-TV, 7NEWS journalist Victoria Block, legendary advertiser in the automotive industry Ernie Boch who will be honored posthumously with the organizations special Pioneer Award, three-time Emmy award-winner and former co-host of Evening Magazine Sara Edwards, retired Boston radio news veteran Listo Fisher, the dean of Western Massachusetts television journalism Ray Hershel, WCVB-TV Director of Public Affairs and Community Services and host/executive producer of CityLine Karen Holmes Ward, the late WBZ Radio news reporter/anchor Lana Jones, WCVB-TVs Chief Meteorologist Harvey Leonard, This Old House Executive Producer/Director Russell Morash, and one of the early WBCN Radio deejays Maxanne Sartori. The interview will be exclusively available on The Film Detective's YouTube channel, social media platforms, and website. Following are brief biographical sketches of the 2017 Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductees. They are the leaders who set forth the path that future generations will follow. 8. ET, leading up to the New Year's Eve marathon on The Film Detective channel. A permanent Hall of Fame exhibit with plaques representing all past inductees is on display opposite the Akillian Gallery on the Canton campus of Massasoit Community College. I really dont know. Watch Dana's entire induction into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame at www.massbroadcastershof.org/dana-hersey/ What bothered me the most about that story, he told an interviewer on his retirement, were the kids getting off buses young children with glass in their hair and crying. Chase also remembers the more joyous stories over the years, such as the Olympics and championship seasons with the Bruins, Celtics, and Patriots. Even earlier, she was news director at WEIM in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, where. Veteran meteorologist Barry Burbank is the regions longest-tenured broadcast meteorologist, having begun with WBZ-TV on March 3, 1978. Stern also specialized in covering stories involving the vast changes in the medical world. For more information, visit https://www.thefilmdetective.com/. WSBK-TV38 Boston, MA: 'Ask The Manager' LOS ANGELES, December 30, 2021 (Newswire.com) - Cinedigm, the leading independent streaming company super-serving enthusiast fan bases, announced today that The Film Detective, the classic film restoration and streaming company, will be ringing in the New Year with respected broadcast veteran Dana Hersey, featuring an exclusive interview about Hersey's popular New Year's Eve Three Stooges . In expanding the Red Sox network in 1975, Paul included FM stations WPLM FM for extra coverage to the south and WWEL FM (now KISS) for added coverage to the north. View the profiles of people named Donna Hersey. , Media Contact: Burt Peretsky (781) 828-4714 executivedirector@massbroadcastersHOF.org, A Veritable Whos Who from Local Radio and TV Will Attend the Massachusetts Broadcasters, Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Luncheon, Thursday, September 28, at Quincy Marriott Hotel. 2. ET, leading up to the New Year's Eve marathon on The Film Detective channel. Peter Smyth is recognized as a visionary and thought leader in the radio broadcasting industry. For 20 years, she produced and often hosted WCVBsFive on Five, at one time the nations longest running, locally produced public affairs discussion program. As the camera moves from an aerial shot of the city down through the Harbor and into the tunnel to reveal the family stuck in . Today, his legacy lives on. Donna Hersey Profiles | Facebook In 2007, he received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Hundred Club of Massachusetts and the Golden Mike Award from the Broadcasters Foundation of America for exemplary service in the radio Industry. Therman Toons professional and community achievements have been recognized with numerous Boston Press Photographer awards, The Black Achiever Award, and the NATAS Silver Circle Award for lifetime achievement. McDonoughs broadcast work includes a College Football Playoff (CFP) Semifinal on ESPN and the CFP National Championship on ESPN Radio, capping each college football season in which he calls weekly marquee regular season games on ESPN or ABC. Jess Sauvatier. He received the 2006 Award for Outstanding Service by a Broadcast Meteorologist, a national honor presented by the American Meteorological Society. WSBK-TV (channel 38) is an independent television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Hersey also asked the questions onAsk the Managerwith then Channel 38 General Manager Dan Berkery. Remy had his best year in 1978 when he batted .278, scored 87 runs, stole 30 bases and was selected to the American League All Star Team. Madsen was also voted the Favorite Local TV Personality in the Springfield Republicans Readers Raves poll for fourconsecutive years. Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Press (2011). He was, for 34 years, the principal weeknight sports anchor for Channel 5 and, in all, a member of the WCVB sports team for 37 years. Menu. Radio Ink Magazine, a leading broadcast industry publication, in 2005 and 2011, selected Smyth as Americas Best Broadcaster. In addition, he has been recognized as one of Radio Inks 40 Most Powerful People in Radio, ranking among the top ten. Inducted into the Hall of Fame by emcee Jordan Rich and Hall of Fame Committee Chairman Peter Brown on behalf of the association were: Mike Baxendale, the long-time morning co-host on Springfields Rock 102, WAQY; WCRB Classical 99.5 Boston morning program host of more than 20 years,Laura Carlo;Eric Jacksonof Bostons WGBH 89.7 Radio, widely considered the Dean of Boston Jazz Radio; pioneering broadcast executivePaul Kelley; ESPNs award-winning former Boston Red Sox TV play-by-play announcerSean McDonough;John OBrien, the popular iHeart Radio podcaster and former Rock 102, WAQY morning co-host;Nancy Quill, who for 38 years with WMJX, Boston, Magic 106.7, was among the top-rated mid-day radio ratings leaders;Jorge Quiroga, the award-winning WCVB-TV, Channel 5, Boston journalist who reported news for more than four decades at the station; andGerald Walsh, the former President and General Manager of Bostons WLVI, Channel 56, as well as WFXT, Channel 25, and one-time President of Boston Celtics Broadcasting. With his deep, resonant theatrical voice, Hersey expertly. It was something I told my parents about in high school. Mullins has also received the bronze award for Best Network Anchor in the New York Festivals international radio competition, andBoston Magazinehas honored her with its Best Radio Voice award. He made it easier for others. For the next 30 years Russ and Julia created a number of cooking classics for television, which continue to represent the gold standard of that genre. From 1998 through 2012, Mullins was chief anchor of the daily international news program, The World, co-produced by the BBC, WGBH and PRI. While based there she also served as a film critic and entertainment reporter for NBC News serving that networks affiliates across the United States. Only the Cincinnati Reds at the time had more (85). press release distribution service at Newswire.com, Starbucks earnings: 3 things were watching ahead of the Earnings Call, China's exit bans multiply as political control tightens under Xi, UPDATE 1-Vice Media preparing to file for bankruptcy - NYT, Asian finance leaders to debate beefing up market safeguards, Milken Latest: Private Equity Role in Bank Rescues Sparks Debate. The station manager would go on the air once a month for half an hour (usually the early- Saturday or Sunday morning timeslot) along w/ another person and would answer questions about the programming on WSBK and the programming industry in general. From jumping out of trunks and smashing windshields to Come on Down, Ernie Boch led the way for the self-promoting owner/operator. Rising through the ranks in television sales, Gerry Walsh became President and General Manager of WLVI, Channel 56, Boston, and served in that position from 1980 to 1989. On September 22, 2022 nine prestigous radio and television broadacsters were inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame during a luncheon induction at the Boston Marriott Quincy Hotel. Several months ago, as I was preparing the eulogy for Gary, I was thinking that I needed to stop working. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cinedigm, the leading independent streaming company super-serving enthusiast fan bases, announced today thatThe Film Detective, the classic film restoration and streaming company, will be ringing in the New Year with respected broadcast veteranDana Hersey, featuring an exclusive interview about Hersey's popularNew Year's Eve Three Stooges Marathon. And she is known for discovering the classic rock band Rush, who dedicated two albums to her; she can be seen in the 2010 documentary Beyond the Lighted Stage. Donna holds multiple degrees from Northeastern University while an NU student, she was the first female DJ at the schools radio station and a PhD in Communication from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. WCVB-TV, from the start, was conceived as a model of what local television broadcasting could be in America. For more information, visit www.thefilmdetective.com. This content was issued through the press release distribution service at Newswire.com. Harvey Leonard is WCVB-TVs chief meteorologist and forecasts for NewsCenter 5s early evening and late newscasts, as well as for the stations website. He has also covered every Presidential campaign since Reagan vs Mondale in 1984, including the historic campaigns of the nations first African-American President Barack Obama and the nations first female major party Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. Sean McDonough, the popular former Boston Red Sox TV play-by-play announcer and commentator, who is still heard throughout New England as a commentator on the Red Sox Radio Network, recently re-signed as a play-by-play several-sport commentatorwith ESPN, extending the veteran broadcasters tenure with the network well beyond three decades. The luncheon event will be held at the Marriott Boston Quincy Hotel located at 1000 Marriott Dr. in Quincy. Dana Hersey, Mugs McGonagle out at North Shore 104.9 In 2006, Jackson received the National Jazz Journalists Associations Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting. The Film Detective has released its classic movie app on web, Android, iOS, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV and is available live with a 24/7 channel on Sling, STIRR, Plex, Local Now, Rakuten TV, and DistroTV. Over the years, Jackson has hosted more than 3000 interviews with music greats ranging from Wynton Marsalis to Ornette Coleman to Dizzy Gillespie. Capping a broadcasting career that spans five decades, William M. Pepin retired last year as Vice President and General Manager of WWLP-TV, 22News. Mixed. Nine major figures in radio and television will be inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame at its annual Induction and Awards Luncheon on Friday, September 27, at the Boston Marriott Quincy Hotel. Find your friends on Facebook. Here is a just discovered third part of the classic "Ask the Manager" TV show from WSBK TV-38 in Boston featuring Dana Hersey and ESPN's Sean McDonough. From 2000 to 2014, he was an adjunct professor at UMass, developing and teaching a television news reportingcourse in the Journalism department. Dana Hersey The Movie Loft and Ask the Manager are two iconic programs formerly on TV 38 that remind us of Dana Hersey. Quote Tweets. In 2012, Jackson received the 2012 Duke Dubois Humanitarian Award. This years group stands out for its leadership, innovation, inspiration and dedication. The Movie LoftandAsk the Managerare two iconic programs formerly on TV 38 that remind us of Dana Hersey. Powered by their team of 150 people, Cramer produces meetings and events, experiential marketing, and video for global brands. Being actively involved in his local and broadcast communities has been a staple of Pepins career. NightSide focuses on a wide variety of issues, political, economic and social. In 1985, he arranged and directed the sale of WCVB-TV to the Hearst Corporation for $450 million, which was then cited as the new high-water mark for any television station sale in the U.S. "Dana Hersey is a true broadcasting pioneer, celebrating one of the most illustrious careers the industry has ever seen," saidPhil Hopkins, President of The Film Detective. During his nearly five-decade career, he also produced dozens of radio features including golf and ski tips and coverage of local high school and college sports teams. The Movie LoftandAsk the Managerare two iconic programs formerly on TV 38 that remind us of Dana Hersey. Berkery launched many successful careers, including in 1985, hiring a young broadcaster out of Syracuse University, Sean McDonough, as the Bruins between-period host. The late Ernie Boch was, as the Boston Herald once described him, the windshield-smashing, price-slashing, llama-pasturing sultan of Bay State auto sales. His groundbreaking TV commercials hit the airwaves in 1964. Since 2016, Hersey has also been the voice of The Film Detective, bringing his expertise to the channel and narrating introductions for films from Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn's Charade (1963) to the cult classic Carnival of Souls (1962). Hes been a broadcast journalist at the same station in Springfield for the last 50 years and just retired as a full-time TV reporter for Western Mass News, WGGB abc40, CBS 3, & Fox 6 in Springfield, on April 27, 2018. In 1971, he was drafted in the eighth round by the California Angels. She is the voice ofAll Things Consideredon Bostons NPR affiliate, WBUR Radio. The late Lana Jones was a long-time reporter for WBZ NewsRadio 1030 in Boston and was part of WBZs award-winning coverage of the Catholic priest sexual abuse scandal. He began his career in 1968 with Channel 7 (then WNAC-TV), covering race riots in Boston that followed the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Thermans courage and determination ensured safe access for all media in the most strife-torn sections of Boston. He also served as chief meteorologist at WPRI-TV in Providence, RI. Remember, channel 38 became more than a local phenomenon since it was the flagship station of Storer Cable. That was quite an eye- and ear-opener for someone who was watching shows likeGilligans Island,Leave it to Beaver, andGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. She has been both a part-time Music Host and News Anchor on New Yorks WQXR and in Boston, Weekend News Anchor on WBZ Radio and Weekend News Writer/News Producer for WCVB-TV 5; Afternoon News Anchor for Channel 27 (Worcester); and News Director/Morning Anchor on Fall Rivers WALE Radio. Hersey also asked the questions on Ask the Manager with then Channel 38 General Manager Dan Berkery. She has given many guest lectures at libraries, civic organizations, and other universities. WSBK-TV Boston | Dana Hersey - The Voice of Boston | TV 38 Mr. Shields brought empathy and compassion to difficult stories, including the delicate task of knocking on the doors of families whose loved ones had died the worst thing you have to do as a reporter. As a youth he hoped to eventually work in media. He spent 15 years as a political reporter for WBZ-TV, Bostons Channel 4, before moving in 1993 to what is today, WHDH-TV, 7NEWS in Boston. He is also the host of High School Quiz Show on WGBH-TV. In 2007, the publication named him Radio Executive of the Year. An active philanthropist, Smyth currently serves on the Board of Directors of New England Baptist Hospital and the One Hundred Club of Massachusetts, an organization dedicated to enhancing the welfare and safety of the families of public safety officers and firefighters. The WGBH program continues to be seen on PBS. See Photos. Karen Holmes Ward is the Director of Public Affairs and Community Service for WCVB Channel 5 in Boston, as well as host and executive producer of CityLine, WCVBs award-winning weekly magazine program which addresses the accomplishments, concerns and issues facing people of color living in Boston and its suburbs. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Watching games on WSBK TV38 : r/BostonBruins - Reddit WSBK TV-38 BOSTON WE DON'T KNOCK Dana Hersey - SoundCloud The mission of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame remains the same to honor the industrys most noteworthy members from Massachusetts, commemorate their achievements and contributions to broadcasting and to preserve their work for future generations. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. Russell Morash has been called the father of how-to and know-how television. Soon after, WEEI became one of the most popular sports talk stations in the country. Hersey also asked the questions onAsk the Managerwith then Channel 38 General Manager Dan Berkery. It produced more than 60 hours of locally produced programming at a time when most stations were content simply to run local news and occasional documentaries. Radio is in her blood: she is the daughter of the late Doris and Joe Quill, owner and general manager of WRLM in Taunton, Massachusetts. Each person stands alone for his or her outstanding contributions, and together they represent some of the very best in the radio and television industry across the state. Former long-time WBZ Radio host Jordan Rich, a Hall of Fame Board member, will emcee the luncheon. Even earlier, she was news director at WEIM in Fitchburg. For many viewers, though, the most memorable moments of his 41 years on WBZ aired during the past decade, after his first diagnosis with lung cancer, when he encouraged others to seek treatment and survive with the optimism and humor for which he was known. Continuing his work in college radio, he went on to host WBURs The Grotto(1970) and at Harvards WHRBGoing East(1971) before moving to the commercial airwaves and a Sunday afternoon jazz program on Bostons WILD (1972). Donna Halper, winner of this years Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame Pioneer Award, was an original Board member of the MA Broadcasters Hall of Fame. An innovator of hosted television and reality programming, Dana Hersey is joined by The Film Detective's Don Stradley to discuss everything from the history The Movie Loft, to iconic Ask the Manager letters asking why so many Shemp episodes of The Three Stooges were featured, and the full inside scoop on local programming of the 1970s and 80s. His encyclopedic knowledge of movies made his introductions to the films ofThe Movie Lofta preview you did not want to miss. Went radio cold turkey. So, Stevens plans to stick around in a limited capacity. During the lucnehon, the association announced that its 2023 Hall of Fame ceremony would take place on June 8 with nominations being sought through October 2022. For more information, visithttps://www.thefilmdetective.com/. Photo Courtesy of Hes involved with Baystate Healths Rays of Hope Walk, serving as emcee for a number of its events. Dana Hersey is our Guest DJ this week and next! Local broadcast legend Dana Hersey joins The Film Detective's Don Stradley for an exclusive interview about Hersey's annual New Year's Eve Three Stooges Marathon. McDonoughs other CBS assignments included a diverse array of sports mens and womens college basketball, NFL, college football, golf, U.S. Open Tennis and the Olympic Winter Games. Bill Shields, the WBZ-TV, Boston reporter, passed away in February of this year. During one six-months sabbatical, however, he was replaced by sports announcer Sean McDonough. I want[ed] them to know that I care, that Im there for them. A graduate of the University of Lowell with a degree in music education, Quill is an accomplished singer, songwriter and musician. Slated for induction, and their presenters, are (alphabetically by inductees last names): Looking on among the (to date) more than 325 guests, will be the following past Hall of Fame inductees (others may be added before the event): In addition, most of the Hall of Fames Board of Directors will be present, a group that includes general managers and other key executives of Bay State radio and television stations. "Dana Hersey is a true broadcasting pioneer, celebrating one of the most illustrious careers the industry has ever seen," said Phil Hopkins, President of The Film Detective. She is a prolific and respected broadcast historian, professor at Lesley University, and much more. Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame Honoree Dana Hersey Returns to Every weeknight (at least when the Bruins or Red Sox weren't playing), Hersey would avuncularly present some of the best in cinema history from Channel 38's calculatedly cluttered "loft" set. featuring Dana Hersey. McDonoughs voice extends beyond ESPNs college football coverage, calling signature mens college basketball games concluding the basketball season with the NCAA Mens Final Four for ESPN International. Under the stations original ownership she also hosted the morning show for the World Classical Network, syndicated in 16 US cities, making her the most listened-to stand-alone female music announcer in America, according to Arbitron. Rea spent 31 years as an on-air television reporter at WBZ Radios sister television station, WBZ-TV, the CBS affiliate in Boston.
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