Larry Glick

Larry Glick (May 16, 1922 – March 26, 2009) [1] was an American talk radio host, based in Boston, Massachusetts, whose long-running show on WBZ and later WHDH became a New England institution in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Larry Glick
Born(1922-05-16)May 16, 1922
Massachusetts, US
DiedMarch 26, 2009(2009-03-26) (aged 86)
Boca Raton Community Hospital, Boca Raton, Florida
Other names"Commander" Glick; "Streeter" Glick
EducationRoxbury Memorial High School, Roxbury, MA
Alma materEmerson College, Boston
OccupationRadio announcer
Years active40+
Known forBoston-based radio talk show; "The Story Behind the Story"
Notable work
Comedy Album "Larry Glick? Let Me Check."
AwardsMassachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, 2008

Prior to ending its run on WHDH in 1992, Glick's show went out first over WMEX in 1965. By 1967, he had been hired by WBZ, where he would spend the next 20 years.[2]

After his retirement from the air and as late as 2007, Larry was the Ambassador of Good Will for the Legal Seafood Restaurant in the Boca Raton (Florida) Mall. In September 2008, he traveled back to Dedham, Massachusetts, for his induction into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame[3] at Massasoit Community College. His acceptance speech "brought the house down".[4]

Outside of his broadcasting career, Larry pursued pilot training and was a founding partner in a commercial hypnotherapy business [5] in Brookline, Massachusetts, to help people quit smoking and with weight loss.

Glick died on March 26, 2009, following 10 hours of open-heart surgery, when complications arose and the doctors were unable to revive him. In Boston, his obituary ran March 28, 2009, in The Boston Globe.[6]

See also

References
  1. http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/03/28/larry_glick_hub_radio_voice_long_a_beacon_for_nightowls/
  2. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090330/nerw.html
  3. http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/03/larry_glick_rad.html
  4. http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/03/28/larry_glick_hub_radio_voice_long_a_beacon_for_nightowls/
  5. http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/03/larry_glick_rad.html
  6. obituary
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