Paul Connors on HitRadio 103 WEEI-FM Boston | November 20, 1982

Paul Connors is our newest contributor – so it’s certainly fitting that we take an aircheck straight from the source!

WEEI-FM was a mainstay in the FM ‘Soft Rock’ arena, having been developed by CBS out on the west coast at Los Angeles’ KNX-FM in the 70s. While WEEI-FM in Boston had decent ratings and was highly regarded by audiophiles, CBS brass decided it was time for a change, and in January of 1982, that change was to the newest, hippest version of Top 40 – CHR. Initially, the plan was to slowly transition to CHR out of Soft Rock using many of the old format jocks but as time went on it became evident that new voices needed to be brought in. Paul Connors was one of these new voices.

Heard here, Connors is doing weekends on WEEI-FM, but later, Connors would do the morning show on 103.3 FM. Also, shortly after this aircheck was recorded, CBS would change the call letters from WEEI-FM to WHTT (see WHTT Buffalo, NY) – and a much harder form of CHR would ensue… or, to paraphrase some comments Connor made at our Yahoo! Classicairchecks Group, it SEEMED like the format was harder but it was just the music at that point in time. At any rate, HitRadio 103 has a unique and under-rated position in the history of Boston FM radio.

Total Time: 5:29 | Format: Real Audio G2 | Monaural