If you have any news about past or future events, please e-mail them to Greg Weremey (click here)

Alumni Weekend 2007:

First of all, let me say a hearty "THANK YOU" to Jack Casey for being instrumental in organizing and including WECB as part of

Alumni Weekend 2007.   We missed our 50th anniversary, but thanks to Jack, we were warmly welcomed at our 60th.

Having a WECB alumni as GM of WERS and faculty advisor for WECB is invaluable to our future.

It was SO very good to see my long lost friends at our WECB 60th anniversary lunch.  It was truly a sight for sore eyes!

I can honestly say that you are ALL part of my extended family.  Some people I have not seen in 22 years while others I've just met.

Being surrounded by educated people with the same passion for quality and artistic ability made me feel right at home.

With so many "sheep" in this world, it was good once again to be considered among the "movers and shakers".

Here are but a few candid pictures taken at our lunch. (Click on the picture to see it in full size)

IF YOU HAVE PICTURES FROM OUR LUNCH, PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO ME SO I CAN POST THEM HERE.  

I welcome your stories from all 60 years of our history to be included in this web page.   It only takes minutes to jot a few thoughts down and email them to me.

Let's work together so that this site grows to encompass our ENTIRE history!

                                                                                                                       Greg Weremey

News Flash - WECB'ers  (see what they're up to lately) (click)

WECB History repeats itself: -Campus Life
WECB, 99.9 FM, aims for bigger and better
By Liz Raftery
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Charlie Fierstein writes: (12/07/04)

Donna Sweet (Munroe) writes: (11/2/04)

Hey Greg - -

Just out there surfing the net and came across your website! What a fun trip down memory lane - - it's sure been a long time since our days at WECB!!! I don't know if you remember me - - I was at WECB as the traffic director and on-air personality in 83 and 84. (I think I have those dates right - - it's been a long time! haha) Had a lot of fun during my time at the station and sure would love to hear you or others who were around during that time!

Lots has changed in the almost 20 years since we left at Emerson - can it really be that long ago?? Yikes!!! I spent many years working in marketing and pr, and am now the director of continuing legal education for a local bar association. Never a dull moment working here! Have been married for 19 years - no kids - and have been living in Ohio for most of that time. I get back to Boston a couple of times a year.

Anyway - thanks for the cool website! Would love to hear from you or others from the station. Hope all is well with you!

Donna
donna@cbalaw.org
 

Larry Benjamin writes: (8/29/04)

Hi Greg,

How are you? Your site is really cool. I got an email from Dan Guss who got an eamil from Ben Mayberry and I landed here. That's so cool that you put together a place for other "WECB'ers" to hook up. Thanks for the mention on the video page. I must say I hadn't seen that video since I did it many years ago and it was fun to see the station and people. I got a kick out of the way you "posted it" on the web via old fashioned film chain style technology...a kinescope.

I'm currently living in Sherman Oaks California and have been living in LA for 16 years now, I can't believe I've been here that long. I'm a Re-Recording Mixer on a mixing stage in Burbank mixing long form episodic television shows. What the hell does all that gibberish and doublespeak mean? I mix the audio (dialogue and music) for tv shows in post. You know that old expression, "We'll fix in post" or "We'll fix it in the mix"?  That's what I'm doing.

I'm currently mixing "JAG" and "Navy: NCIS" for Don Bellisario Productions but did the first season of "CSI" before I jumped ship and went to work at a different post house. As for "Navy: NCIS", I'm glad to hear it's your favorite show.   I'll ask the producer to get you a signed photo of Sasha Alexander and by the way she looks even better in person.  I know the music in Abby's lab is played way to loud but that's what Don Bellisario wants. He's a trifle deaf from some old war wound. He too is an ex-marine. We mix that show in three days (really two days of mixing and one day of fixing). The same applies for "JAG". I like doing "Navy:NCIS" more than "JAG" because it's newer, fresher and the stories are more plausible. Hopefully there will be an improvement in the production dialog track this season due to a new production sound mixer coming on-board. In defense of last season's mixer, the production track was done solely with RF lav mics due to the nature of how they shoot the show. They film with four cameras hot at all times to give the editors plenty of cutting options especially with those jump cuts. If you visited LA I'd take you to the sets which are really cool. The aircraft carrier (re-dressed) from "JAG" looks very real on TV but is very cool in person the way it blends into the soundstage. Metal is really made of wood in some of the set pieces. I add some cold reverb on Ducky's voice in the morgue to give it a senses of space and make it sound cold and a little uncomfortable. Ross (my effects mixer/partner) adds fluorescent hum and some beeps, ventilation hum, etc... It's fun mixing the show and challenging at the same time because they often go to many locations some of which are practical sets.

So basically, (a word that Russ used to love to use) I'm doing the same thing I did at school just different product. Radio was an excellent training ground for what I do.  As Russ said in his "memo" posted on your site, it was great to have been from a time when we used razor blades and splicing blocks instead of digital audio workstations like ProTools. These kids have it so easy huh?

I've been married to my wife Diana for 9 years and have a 2 3/4 year old son named James. What's up with you? What are you up to? Where do you live?
Any wife/wives, kids, etc..? I'm going to have to contact Russ, Fil, Fred and others to catch up. Where did the time go? I'm going to have to check my "archives" for any WECB related audio gems such as promos, jingles, airchecks and general stuff such as pictures. Thanks again for doing such a great job compiling all this material and I got a big laugh reading the cartoon I drew of you and Russ so many years ago!

Yours Truly,
Larry Benjamin
 

Donna Egan (Giardino) writes: (7/21/04)

If anyone is interested, I have been married since 1992 to Jim Egan, who I met on a blind date in 1990. We have 2 wonderful boys, Brian (8yrs old) and Kyle (6 yrs old). We live in Monroe NY, which is in Orange county (think West Point) -- I spend time working full- time for the local utility company & spending time with my boys!! I coach soccer these days & attend many little league baseball games.

Here's a picture of her family..  Click to see full size.

James Simon writes:  (7/11/03)

I've left the radio world and dove into theatre & film. Acted a little, but focusing now on producing.  Got a Tony Award nomination in 2000 for co-producing Bells Are Ringing, and now working on several new shows for Broadway and my first show as lead producer on a gem of a show called The It Girl for Off-Broadway in the spring. (www.itgirlmusical.com). We'll need to catch up when we get more time to breathe, slick!

Meawhile, a photo of me in front of my theatre from 2000.

 

 

 

 

 

And what's Fil Kovisars been up to lately?

 

Please, a round of applause to Fil and Debbie for their new daughter Olivia.  God bless.  (born March 2003)

See more pictures of Fil, Deb and Olivia by clicking... here

There's been a sighting.......   THE KING OF CORAM NY!  Yup, that's our trusty engineer "Da Chief"! (04/03)

  STILL playing with radios!!