Word: wbz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surprising and significant departure from its normal fare, radio station WBZ has begun broadcasting a Sunday-evening series of half-hour biographical dramas concerning notable American Negroes. Entitled "The Great Ones," and produced in cooperation with the University of Chicago's Department of History, the series focuses on individuals who have had important influence on America and the world...
...jeans you have to be beamed to the scream. Since not even Madison Avenue can conjure up their sales pitch, many rock jockeys operate consulting firms for advertisers on the side. Recently, for instance, Boston's Juicy Brucey gave a classic lesson in the teen pitch over WBZ's "50,000 watts of flower power." "I want to talk, friends," he cried, "about those blemishes, which are pimples! Yes, pimples. If you can't get rid of them, at least have them spell 'love' on your forehead." Says Cousin Brucie (no kin to Juicy...
...express an opinion, McCarthy argues. The CNCV resolution is clearly beyond the legislative domain of the City of Cambridge, and therefore it is not a proper subject for an initiative petition, he reasoned. "If they want to hold a public opinion poll, they should go talk to WBZ," McCarthy said last week...
There will be some kind of show free to the public every night at the festival from July 19 through September 4. WBZ and WGBH plan to televise some of the performances. "I want the Negro community to see it on TV," says Miss Lewis, Director of the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts. "I want them to see that more than the riot news can come out of here...
...remember listening to WBZ just over a year ago when Bruce Bradley introduced a new song. he predicted it would be in the top ten within a week. I thought he was crazy; I was wrong. "The Ballad of the Green Berets" sold something over two million copies, and brought fame and fortune to a 26-year-old high school drop-out named Barry Sadler, who has a son called Thor and a smart-aleck grin like that kid in your homeroom who used to shoot craps during morning announcements...