Anyone remember WMEX-AM in the '60s?

[ificandream]

I lived back there then and remember listening to Woo Woo Ginsberg. I also went to school with the children of "Juicy Brucie" Bradley from WBZ, who would sometimes come to the school and pick them up. But WMEX was the best station, really. I was fortunate later to move to the New York area and listen to WABC and WMCA. But WMEX was really the best.

Here's a re-creation of an Arnie Ginsberg show from 1961 with his theme song, vintage music and vintage commercials. It's a kick to listen to.

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[rsdsharp]

1. Sure. It was owned by Maxwell (Mac) Richmond and his brother.

Mac managed it; he was a notorious tightwad and asshole within the radio business. The frequency, if memory serves, was 1510, and the studios were located near Fenway. They were popular in the early 1960s, but when WRKO switched to the Drake format, that format, and a better signal at 680, allowed them to beat MEX handily.

A number of great jocks passed through. Most tried to get away from Max as fast as possible. Larry Lujack (he used Johnny because there were already two Larrys on the station — Justice and Glick), bought his way out of his contract after about 4 months to go to WCFL in Chicago. Charlie Tuna was right behind him, out the door to KHJ in LA. Jack Gale (later WAYS) and JJ Jeffrey (later WLS) both worked there under the house name “Fenway.” Jack Armstrong left to go to Canada, and Richmond tried to invoke a noncompete covenant to keep him locked in. Richmond had also intercepted a phone call from WCFL, pretended to be Lujack, and told them he was no longer interested in the job. A real prince of a guy.

[ificandream]

2. Wow ... thank you..

I have to say I don't remember a lot of those guys, except maybe Charlie Tuna and Jack Armstrong. I guess Arnie Ginsburg was the best known.

[rsdsharp]

3. Woo Woo was best known, but he left in 1967, about the same time WRKO started to cook.