Rock Radio Scrapbook

AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of November 3, 2013
Edition #756

Talent: DAVE MAYNARD
Station: WBZ Boston
Date: November 3, 1963
Time: 31:57

Like the Red Sox, Beacon Hill and baked beans, Dave Maynard was a Boston institution.

Maynard got his start in the Hub in 1952 at WHIL, later moving to WORL and serving as a rock 'n' roll jock at both stations. In 1958, he began a 33-year run at 50,000-watt powerhouse WBZ. He hosted music programs, mostly in middays, until 1979 when began doing talk on the all-night show. A year later, Maynard replaced Carl DeSuze as WBZ's morning man, and his "Maynard in the Morning Show" was number-one in the market throughout its decade-long run. He moved back to middays in 1990 and retired a year later.

An accomplished chef who wrote three cookbooks, Maynard was resident chef in the '80s on WBZ's "Evening Magazine" and also originated the "Phantom Gourmet" radio show. For 21 years beginning in 1965, Maynard hosted the amateur talent showcase "Community Auditions" on WBZ-TV. He also found time to teach in the Communications Department at Boston University for 17 years and dedicate himself to numerous charitable causes.

Maynard died February 9, 2012 in Citrus Hills, Fla. He was 82 and had suffered from Parkinson's Disease.

Enjoy Dave Maynard on WBZ here.

(The Don Shuttleworth Collection)

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