WBZ legend Dave Maynard dies at 82

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[LA_Guy]

Godspeed Dave.

You will be missed by many. Thanks for being a part of our lives for so many years.

[scranton]

think Howie will have a death pool

[Blackroc]

    David was big at 'BZ but maybe not as big as he thought he was. When they flipped him to overnights it was a stunner.
    He likely thought he should have been doing morning drive earlier in his career. I don't remember if he took over for C. De Sesuze or not?

[Skynet74]

 Sad. He seemed like a good guy. I have some tapes of him from the 80's.

[reelyreal]

    David was big at 'BZ but maybe not as big as he thought he was. When they flipped him to overnights it was a stunner.
    He likely thought he should have been doing morning drive earlier in his career. I don't remember if he took over for C. De Sesuze or not?

He only did one year of overnights before taking over for Carl DeSuze on mornings in 1980, and did mornings until '90 or '91 when he was on midddays briefly before retiring.

[nfladxer]

I had the pleasure of meeting Dave Maynard back in the mid '70's when he visited WHYN-AM in Springfield as a representative and spokesman for a promotion for one our on air sponsors, seems like it was a food company.  He was very personable and professional, and, with his help, the promotion, as I recall, was quite successful.  He also called me on the air when I was doing all-nights at WAPE in Jacksonville around 1979, it seems like he was at WHDH at the time.  We had a good on air conversation, and he wanted me to play the famous "Ape Yell"!  Dave, Rest in peace, you seemed like a class guy! 

[chrish]

He also spent time at WHIL and would occassionally stop by for a visit.

[raccoonradio]

RIP...his daughter was on facebook recently talking about his condition.
I don't think he's ever been in Howie's death pool.

[Retro]

I loved his zany TV commercials.