Dale Dorman To Be Inducted Into Mass Broadcasters Hall Of Fame

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103.3 WODS congratulates our own Dale Dorman on his induction into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame this Thursday!

Dale has been a part of Boston Radio for the last 43 years and is also a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Please post a message to Dale below on his induction and share any memory you may have of “Uncle Dale!”

From www.massbroadcastershof.org:

Boston has had its share of exciting rock ‘n’ roll disc jockeys, but Dale Dorman is its legendary master craftsman. With his lightening fast reflexes and a gift for genuinely clever patter, he did what few others have ever done — he remained a force and a positive influence on radio and music for 45 years.Dale Dorman Photos It all really began when he was starting out in Syracuse in 1964. He sent a tape to an up-and-coming programmer named Bill Drake at KYNO/Fresno who was gaining a national reputation for his unique style of broadcasting. Drake liked what he heard, hired Dale, and under his tutelage Dale became part of an approach that revolutionized popular music radio.

Dale was a master craftsman of rock ’n roll and Boston listeners were the beneficiaries. His local career included extended stays on WRKO (1968-1978); WXKS-FM (1978-2003); and WODS (2003-2008). In its day, WRKO was considered somewhat of a radio monster, boasting Dorman in morning drive. It was practically unthinkable back then that AM radio would be vulnerable. But as Dorman recalls, “We knew FM would take over, just because of the quality sound of the music. We had long discussions about that and also owned an automated station [WRKO-FM, later WROR] that played Oldies.” One day at a meeting, Dorman suggested that management flip WRKO-AM to WRKO-FM and let WRKO-AM do Talk. “The music sounded great in stereo on FM,” he says. The rest is history.