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EPISODE · Mar 10, 2024 · 49 MIN

S3, Episode 4: Cha-Chi Loprete: A Day In The Life of WBCN & WZLX's Distinguished DJ

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Season 3, Episode 4, AJ chats with Cha-Chi Loprete, a native of Cambridge Massachusetts. After seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show as a youth, he immediately knew his career path would be in music. He started volunteering in the early 80's at WBCN on the listener line and by the end of the decade he was the station's Marketing Director. His show "Breakfast with the Beatles" has been on the air for over 40 years and has allowed him to interview the surviving members as well as many within their immediate circle. A friendship with Tony Bennett in the 90's helped solidify the crooner's amazing comeback. Cha-Chi has been on the front line of Boston radio, during it's heyday and  up to it's unfortunate decline. So may I introduce to you, the act you've known for all these years …. 

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