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Fred B. Cole

Fred B. Cole spent 32 years on the air in Boston on WNAC and WBZ in the late 30s-early 40s and on WHDH, where he hosted the midday show for 21 years. He was a huge proponent of the Big Band sound. He also live remotes from A&P Supermarkets (“The Fred B. Cole Road Show”) where listeners could stop by and watch him do the show while they shopped.

Fred B. Cole was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2007. He died later that year at the age of 92.