On Feb 27, 2008, at 4:55 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:
> Actually, it was Rosalyn Tureck if memory serves me right.
I think you're right about that.
> It was particularly galling to see WNCN switch to rock when the
> midnight to 6am DJ, a guy named Watson, used to play the Well-
> Tempered Clavier nonstop. After it was done, he'd come on the air
> and say, "Now wasn't that beautiful?" and play it again in clear
> defiance of commercial broadcasting standards. I used to listen to
> Watson when I was a grad student in 1965 to 1967. He helped me make
> it through the night.
God, I loved Watson. I'm about 8 years younger than Lou, so Watson
helped me make it through high school.
Buckley sold WNCN in 1974. He says he did it for the shareholders.
When it comes to a conflict between culture and cash, cash always
wins. I wrote him a letter of complaint, pointing to our common
history in the Party of the Right. He wrote back pleading economic
necessity.
Doug