Word: wbur
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...irate letters. Lameduck Mayor Kevin White was lambasted when he declared that he saw nothing wrong with providing "preferential treatment" to powerful political figures who help Boston. Said White: "I do favors if I think it's in the best interests of the city." Said Tony Cennamo, a WBUR-FM radio station announcer: "When I read about the ticket-fixing, I got damned crazy, almost violent. I wanted to go to Mayor White and shake him." To help douse the fury, one of the errant McGees, Colleen, 24, paid the full amount of the fines. But the space race...
...produce two outstanding news shows with one of the most talented staffs in the business. What's more, the listener support that poured in during the three-day fundraiser attests to the fact that people do recognize quality when they hear it. (Close to home, Boston public radio station WBUR raised $255,000, by far the largest amount given by any station...
...including local affiliate WBUR, will begin a centralized fundraising drive on Monday for the first time in its 14 year history. Hanreth said, adding that the money a would be used to pay back the local stations which have recently donated part of their own federal funding to help salvage the financially troubled network...
...WBUR, affiliated with Boston University, will air specially prepared requests for money in between its musical programs and the nationally syndicated programs "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered" will for the first time interrupt their news programs to ask for contributions. Jane Christa, a WBUR spokesman, said...
...standard problem with radio stations," David G. Standaert '82, WHRB's chief engineer, said yesterday. "WBCN covers blocks and blocks of Boston with it, and WBUR has had even more problems," he added...