Steve Leveille

Is it just vacation for Steve LeVeille?

adamg — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:12:54 -0400

LeVeille isn't on WBZ 1030 this week and some anxious fans are wondering.

UPDATE: Just heard from one of those people in A Position to Know, who says there's nothing sinister going on: LeVeille had a cold last week and now he's on vacation: "He hasn't been purged again!"

Protests worked: Steve LeVeille to return to WBZ

adamg — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:41:15 -0500

A little bird chirps in our ear that management just let staff know that LeVeille is returning. The station had dropped the overnight host earlier this month to save money, but apparently decided it couldn't argue with the hundreds of people who barraged station management with letters and e-mail.

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The heartbroken little old lady and WBZ

adamg — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:54:37 -0500

The Salem News interviews Generosa Aiello on her sadness at the loss of Steve Leveille:

... Aiello, a chatty 96-year-old, phoned the station every Friday morning between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. for the past 30 years. Her weekly discussions earned the great-grandmother a following of her own. ...

Dear CBS: Please sell WBZ-AM before you destroy it completely

adamg — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:14:56 -0500

Garrett makes the case:

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Outraged Steve LeVeille fans want him back on WBZ

adamg — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:59:10 -0500

UPDATE: WBZ comes to its senses, re-hires LeVeille.

A little birdie from Brighton passes along some of the e-mail WBZ's gotten since canning Steve LeVeille (along with Lovell Dyett, Tom Cuddy and Pat Desmarais). Posted verbatim, although I took out last names, phone numbers and the like:

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