Posted on 11/17/2012 2:29:45 PM PST by EveningStar
A voice that for years introduced every newscast on WBEN, Buffalo, NY through much of the 1980s has been silenced.
Jefferson Kaye, the onetime WBEN 930 AM morning man, was a broadcast veteran who worked at WBZ 1030 AM Boston, when it was close to a Top 40 station in the mid-60s.
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RIP, Jeff.
The 1971 version is available at the link. Queue it up, turn out the lights, and let your imagination run wild.
On the return trip, starting around Richmond, VA, I'd start testing the radio to see if WKBW would come in. It ususally didn't show up till Point of Rocks, MD -- and then only if sunset was approaching.
But when when we could finally listen to "KB," we felt like we were almost home. Sorry to hear about Jeff Kaye's passing. May he rest in peace.
RIP.
I used to count on him to close our schools during the winter. He took over after Clint Buehlman (sp?) retired.
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