♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> COMING UP, WE'RE CONNECTING >>> COMING UP, WE'RE CONNECTING YOU WITH THE CREATIVITY AND QUL YOU WITH THE CREATIVITY AND QUL TOUR IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND TOUR IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND TAKING A LOOK BACK AT SOME TAKING A LOOK BACK AT SOME ICONIC CULTURAL LANDMARKS THAT ICONIC CULTURAL LANDMARKS THAT ARE GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.

ARE GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.

>> WE PLAYED THERE WITH LYDIA >> WE PLAYED THERE WITH LYDIA PENCE AND COLD BLOOD WHICH TOOK PENCE AND COLD BLOOD WHICH TOOK THE PAINT OFF THE WALLS IN THAT THE PAINT OFF THE WALLS IN THAT PLACE.

PLACE.

>> WE'LL REMEMBER WHAT WAS ONCE >> WE'LL REMEMBER WHAT WAS ONCE NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST AMUSEMENT NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST AMUSEMENT PARK.

PARK.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> RIVERSIDE HAD PRETTY MUCH >> RIVERSIDE HAD PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

♪ GIVE YOU THAT FEELING ♪ ♪ GIVE YOU THAT FEELING ♪ >> THE SKATING RINK, THEY HAD >> THE SKATING RINK, THEY HAD THE ROLLER COASTERS.

THE ROLLER COASTERS.

>> AND WE'LL TURN BACK THE DIAL >> AND WE'LL TURN BACK THE DIAL TO LISTEN TO A BELOVED RADIO TO LISTEN TO A BELOVED RADIO STATION FROM THE PASSION.

STATION FROM THE PASSION.

>> -- FROM THE PAST.

>> -- FROM THE PAST.

>> BUSINESS IN FRONT, PARTY IN >> BUSINESS IN FRONT, PARTY IN THE BACK.

THE BACK.

THE RADIO STATION, AT NIGHT AND THE RADIO STATION, AT NIGHT AND WEEKENDS IT WAS A PARTY.

WEEKENDS IT WAS A PARTY.

>> JOIN US FOR THOSE STORIES AND >> JOIN US FOR THOSE STORIES AND MORE AS WE EXPLORE THE MORE AS WE EXPLORE THE CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY, THAT MAKE US WESTERN COMMUNITY, THAT MAKE US WESTERN NEW ENGLAND, UP NEXT ON NEW ENGLAND, UP NEXT ON "CONNECTING POINT."

"CONNECTING POINT."

>>> SUPPORT FOR "CONNECTING >>> SUPPORT FOR "CONNECTING POINT" PROVIDED BY OUR POINT" PROVIDED BY OUR CONTRIBUTING VIEWERS.

CONTRIBUTING VIEWERS.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> WELCOME AND THANKS FOR >>> WELCOME AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR "CONNECTING JOINING US FOR "CONNECTING POINT," YOUR SOURCE FOR POINT," YOUR SOURCE FOR CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND CREATIVITY, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY.

I'M ZYDALIS BAUER.

I'M ZYDALIS BAUER.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A NOSTALGIC LOOK BACK AT SOME NOSTALGIC LOOK BACK AT SOME ICONIC WE KNOW NEW ENGLAND ICONIC WE KNOW NEW ENGLAND PLACES AND INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE PLACES AND INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US BUT STILL NO LONGER WITH US BUT STILL FONDLY REMEMBERED BY MANY.

FONDLY REMEMBERED BY MANY.

RIVERSIDE AMUSEMENT PARK BEGAN RIVERSIDE AMUSEMENT PARK BEGAN AS A PICNIC GROVE IN THE LATE 18 AS A PICNIC GROVE IN THE LATE 18 HOUSTON BEFORE BEING BOUGHT BY HOUSTON BEFORE BEING BOUGHT BY THE CARROLL FAMILY IN THE LATE THE CARROLL FAMILY IN THE LATE '30S AND BLOSSOMING INTO '30S AND BLOSSOMING INTO NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST AMUSEMENT NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST AMUSEMENT PARK.

PARK.

IT HAS STILL FOND MEMORIES FOR IT HAS STILL FOND MEMORIES FOR MANY IN THE REGION AS A PLACE 4 MANY IN THE REGION AS A PLACE 4 FUN, RELAXACE, AND SUMMER FUN, RELAXACE, AND SUMMER EMPLOYMENT.

EMPLOYMENT.

"CONNECTING POINT" PRODUCER DAVE "CONNECTING POINT" PRODUCER DAVE FRASER TALKS WITH A LOCAL FRASER TALKS WITH A LOCAL HISTORIAN TO LEARN THE HISTORY HISTORIAN TO LEARN THE HISTORY OF THE PARK AND TO REMINISCE OF THE PARK AND TO REMINISCE ABOUT A BYGONE ERA.

ABOUT A BYGONE ERA.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> RIVERSIDE PARK REALLY >> RIVERSIDE PARK REALLY ATTRACTED THE LOCAL AREA, BUT ATTRACTED THE LOCAL AREA, BUT ALSO ALL OVER NEW ENGLAND.

ALSO ALL OVER NEW ENGLAND.

IT WAS THE LARGEST AMUSEMENT IT WAS THE LARGEST AMUSEMENT PARK IN NEW ENGLAND FOR DECADES.

PARK IN NEW ENGLAND FOR DECADES.

RIVERSIDE WAS KNOWN AS GALLOPS RIVERSIDE WAS KNOWN AS GALLOPS GROVE BACK IN THE 1850S.

GROVE BACK IN THE 1850S.

IT WAS A PICNIC GROVE THAT IT WAS A PICNIC GROVE THAT PEOPLE CAME DOWN FROM PEOPLE CAME DOWN FROM SPRINGFIELD AND IT WAS, YOU SPRINGFIELD AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ON THE RIVER AND THE COOL KNOW, ON THE RIVER AND THE COOL BREEZE WAS A NICE PLACE FOR BREEZE WAS A NICE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO SPEND THEIR SUNDAY PEOPLE TO SPEND THEIR SUNDAY AFTERNOONS.

AFTERNOONS.

IT WAS A 300-FOOT DIAMETER POOL.

IT WAS A 300-FOOT DIAMETER POOL.

WHEN IT OPENED IT WAS THE WHEN IT OPENED IT WAS THE RIVERSIDE PARK NATATORIUM AND RIVERSIDE PARK NATATORIUM AND THAT SOON BECAME KNOWN AS TAKE THAT SOON BECAME KNOWN AS TAKE TAKE A BIT.

TAKE A BIT.

-- A DIP.

-- A DIP.

BY THE END OF THE DURNL THEY BY THE END OF THE DURNL THEY DOUBLED THE PRICE FOR A BATHING DOUBLED THE PRICE FOR A BATHING SUIT AND TOWEL UP TO 50 CENTS, SUIT AND TOWEL UP TO 50 CENTS, BUT THERE WAS A HUGE DIVING BUT THERE WAS A HUGE DIVING PLATFORM IN THE MIDDLE AND IT PLATFORM IN THE MIDDLE AND IT WAS THIS BIG CONCRETE STRUCTURE.

WAS THIS BIG CONCRETE STRUCTURE.

AND AFTER THE POOL HAD BEEN AND AFTER THE POOL HAD BEEN FILLED IN, THAT WAS IN THE FILLED IN, THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT ATIVER MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT ATIVER SIDE PARK UP UNTIL -- AT SIDE PARK UP UNTIL -- AT RIVERSIDE PARK UP UNTIL THE RIVERSIDE PARK UP UNTIL THE 1990s.

1990s.

PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS THIS GIANT BECAUSE IT WAS THIS GIANT CONCRETE THING THEY JUST THOUGHT CONCRETE THING THEY JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF DEVOUR BASE IT WAS SOME KIND OF DEVOUR BASE OR SOMETHING.

OR SOMETHING.

BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY -- TOWER BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY -- TOWER BASE OR SOMETHING BUT IT WAS THE BASE OR SOMETHING BUT IT WAS THE DIVING PLATFORM THAT HAD BEEN DIVING PLATFORM THAT HAD BEEN FILLED IN.

FILLED IN.

ED CARROLL WAS MANAGING THE ED CARROLL WAS MANAGING THE DRIVE-IN THEATER.

DRIVE-IN THEATER.

AND IN 1939 HE BOUGHT RIVERSIDE AND IN 1939 HE BOUGHT RIVERSIDE PARK AND HE STARTED WORKING ON PARK AND HE STARTED WORKING ON GETTING RIDES.

GETTING RIDES.

HE BOUGHT THE THUNDER BOLT AND HE BOUGHT THE THUNDER BOLT AND HAD IT REBUILT.

HAD IT REBUILT.

RIVERSIDE HAD PRETTY MUCH RIVERSIDE HAD PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

THEY HAD A BOWLING ALLEY.

THEY HAD A BOWLING ALLEY.

THEY HAD THE SKATING RINK.

THEY HAD THE SKATING RINK.

THEY HAD THE ROLLER COASTERS.

THEY HAD THE ROLLER COASTERS.

THEY HAD DANCING.

THEY HAD DANCING.

THEY -- YOU KNOW, RIVERSIDE PARK THEY -- YOU KNOW, RIVERSIDE PARK WAS A DESTINATION.

WAS A DESTINATION.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ GIVE YOU THAT FEELING ♪ ♪ GIVE YOU THAT FEELING ♪ ♪ THAT GOOD HAPPY FEELING ♪ ♪ THAT GOOD HAPPY FEELING ♪ >> ED CARROLL WOULD GO OUT TO >> ED CARROLL WOULD GO OUT TO CALIFORNIA EVERY YEAR AND SEE CALIFORNIA EVERY YEAR AND SEE WHAT WAS THE LATEST AND WHAT WAS THE LATEST AND GREATEST.

GREATEST.

AND HE REALLY USED DISNEYLAND AS AND HE REALLY USED DISNEYLAND AS A MODEL FOR RIVERSIDE PARK.

A MODEL FOR RIVERSIDE PARK.

WHEN THE MONORAIL WAS BUILT AT WHEN THE MONORAIL WAS BUILT AT RIVERSIDE PARK, IT WAS THE ONLY RIVERSIDE PARK, IT WAS THE ONLY MONORAIL OUTSIDE OF DISNEYLAND MONORAIL OUTSIDE OF DISNEYLAND IN THE COUNTRY.

IN THE COUNTRY.

AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO ADMISSION TO GET INTO THE PARK.

ADMISSION TO GET INTO THE PARK.

SO TO GET PEOPLE INTO THE PARK, SO TO GET PEOPLE INTO THE PARK, THEY HAD FREE SHOWS.

THEY HAD FREE SHOWS.

SO HE WOULD SCOUT CELEBRITIES, SO HE WOULD SCOUT CELEBRITIES, SINGING GROUPS, YOU KNOW.

SINGING GROUPS, YOU KNOW.

HE TRIED TO GET PEOPLE RIGHT, HE TRIED TO GET PEOPLE RIGHT, AND THAT -- IN THAT CUSP WHERE AND THAT -- IN THAT CUSP WHERE THEY WERE -- HE COULD STILL THEY WERE -- HE COULD STILL AFFORD TO BRING THEM IN BUT THEY AFFORD TO BRING THEM IN BUT THEY WERE JUST BREAKING.

WERE JUST BREAKING.

SO BY THE TIME THEY APPEARED AT SO BY THE TIME THEY APPEARED AT THE PARK, THEY WOULD BE A BIG THE PARK, THEY WOULD BE A BIG NAME, LIKE THE CAST OF BONANZA NAME, LIKE THE CAST OF BONANZA WAS AT THE PARK, YOU KNOW, LORN WAS AT THE PARK, YOU KNOW, LORN GREEN WAS SINGLE.

GREEN WAS SINGLE.

-- LOREN GREENE WAS SINGING.

-- LOREN GREENE WAS SINGING.

MICHAEL LANDON RODE THE ROLLER MICHAEL LANDON RODE THE ROLLER COASTERS.

COASTERS.

LASSIE CAME OUT TO THE PARK.

LASSIE CAME OUT TO THE PARK.

SO PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES SO PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES OF THE SHOWS THAT WERE OUT THERE OF THE SHOWS THAT WERE OUT THERE ALSO, AND THAT GOT PEOPLE INTO ALSO, AND THAT GOT PEOPLE INTO THE PARK AND THEN THEY WOULD BUY THE PARK AND THEN THEY WOULD BUY THEIR TICKETS TO DO THE RIDES.

THEIR TICKETS TO DO THE RIDES.

WHEN I WAS DOING RESEARCH FOR MY WHEN I WAS DOING RESEARCH FOR MY BOOK, WHAT I -- WAY I PUT IT IS BOOK, WHAT I -- WAY I PUT IT IS EVERYBODY HAS A RIVERSIDE STORY.

EVERYBODY HAS A RIVERSIDE STORY.

SO MANY PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE EITHER PARENT OR GRANDPARENTS EITHER PARENT OR GRANDPARENTS MET AT RIVERSIDE PARK.

MET AT RIVERSIDE PARK.

SO MANY PEOPLE WORKED THERE.

SO MANY PEOPLE WORKED THERE.

THEY MET THEIR SPOUSE AT THEY MET THEIR SPOUSE AT RIVERSIDE PARK.

RIVERSIDE PARK.

IT WAS JUST -- SOCIALLY IT WAS JUST -- SOCIALLY RIVERSIDE PARK PLAYED SUCH A RIVERSIDE PARK PLAYED SUCH A HUGE ROLE IN THIS AREA.

HUGE ROLE IN THIS AREA.

IT WAS A FAMILY PARK AND IT IT WAS A FAMILY PARK AND IT REALLY JUST TOUCHED PEOPLE IN A REALLY JUST TOUCHED PEOPLE IN A REALLY PERSONAL WAY.

REALLY PERSONAL WAY.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> MANY LOCAL MUSIC-GOERS STILL >>> MANY LOCAL MUSIC-GOERS STILL FONDLY REMEMBER THE OLD FONDLY REMEMBER THE OLD SUNDERLAND ROAD HOUSE CLUB ON SUNDERLAND ROAD HOUSE CLUB ON ROUTE 47, THE RUSTY NAIL.

ROUTE 47, THE RUSTY NAIL.

BURNED TO THE GROUND OVER 30 BURNED TO THE GROUND OVER 30 YEARS AGO, THE NAIL HOSTED AN YEARS AGO, THE NAIL HOSTED AN INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF LOCAL AND INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL ACTS, INCLUDING THE RAMONES, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, THE RAMONES, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, AND JAMES BROWN.

AND JAMES BROWN.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TONEE TAKES EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TONEE TAKES US ON A TRIP -- TONY DUNNE TAKES US ON A TRIP -- TONY DUNNE TAKES US ON THE TRIP.

US ON THE TRIP.

>> THE RUSTY NAIL.

>> THE RUSTY NAIL.

♪ .

♪ .

♪ ON ITS DUSTY TRAIL ♪ ON ITS DUSTY TRAIL ROUTE 47 ROUTE 47 THERE'S LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN ♪ THERE'S LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN ♪ >> THE RUSTY NAIL WAS ONE OF >> THE RUSTY NAIL WAS ONE OF THOSE PLACES.

THOSE PLACES.

>> IT WAS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF >> IT WAS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

NOWHERE.

I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHERE IT WAS I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHERE IT WAS NOW.

NOW.

IF WE DROVE PAST IT, I PROBABLY IF WE DROVE PAST IT, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T EK ARE NIZE THE PLACE.

WOULDN'T EK ARE NIZE THE PLACE.

>> LOOKED LIKE THIS PARG IN THE >> LOOKED LIKE THIS PARG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOTTING MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOTTING AND THE LOT WAS PACKED.

AND THE LOT WAS PACKED.

>> IT WAS CHEAP.

>> IT WAS CHEAP.

>> REALLY GREAT SOUND.

>> REALLY GREAT SOUND.

>> AND IT SMELLS MUSTY AND ALSO >> AND IT SMELLS MUSTY AND ALSO FLAMMABLE.

FLAMMABLE.

THE RANGE OF SMELLS WAS THE RANGE OF SMELLS WAS INTERESTING.

INTERESTING.

AND IT DID FINALLY BURN.

AND IT DID FINALLY BURN.

>> IT WAS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO >> IT WAS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO PLAY THERE.

PLAY THERE.

YOU HAD THIS NICE STAGE TO PLAY YOU HAD THIS NICE STAGE TO PLAY ON, GREAT SOUND.

ON, GREAT SOUND.

>> WE PLAYED THE NAIL, FIRST OF >> WE PLAYED THE NAIL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S KIND OF FUZZY BECAUSE ALL, IT'S KIND OF FUZZY BECAUSE IT WAS THE '60S AND '70S.

IT WAS THE '60S AND '70S.

BUT WE PLAYED THERE AT LEAST BUT WE PLAYED THERE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH IN THE BEGINNING.

ONCE A MONTH IN THE BEGINNING.

>> I PROBABLY SAW FAT CLEAN >> I PROBABLY SAW FAT CLEAN LIVING, REAL TEARS, MANY, MAY BE LIVING, REAL TEARS, MANY, MAY BE TIMES.

TIMES.

>> I REMEMBER SEEING NRBQ AND >> I REMEMBER SEEING NRBQ AND BEING TOTALLY KNOCKED OUT.

BEING TOTALLY KNOCKED OUT.

>> WE PLAYED ONE NIGHT AND >> WE PLAYED ONE NIGHT AND PEOPLE WERE LITERALLY CLIMBING PEOPLE WERE LITERALLY CLIMBING UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOWS.

UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR WINDOWS.

>> SAW KING SUNNY AND HIS >> SAW KING SUNNY AND HIS AFRICAN BEAT, 17-PIECE BAND, AFRICAN BEAT, 17-PIECE BAND, ORCHESTRA LUNA, TOM WAITS -- ORCHESTRA LUNA, TOM WAITS -- WAITES WAS THERE, THE NEVILLE WAITES WAS THERE, THE NEVILLE BROTHERS.

BROTHERS.

>> LEDDIA PENCE AND COLD BLOOD >> LEDDIA PENCE AND COLD BLOOD WHICH TOOK THE PAINT OFF THE WHICH TOOK THE PAINT OFF THE CALLS IN THAT PLACE.

CALLS IN THAT PLACE.

>> THE DARK BAND WAS THERE, >> THE DARK BAND WAS THERE, JAMES COTTON.

JAMES COTTON.

LES McCAMP.

LES McCAMP.

THE OLDER MUSICIANS WERE ALWAYS THE OLDER MUSICIANS WERE ALWAYS THE BEST ONES TO DEAL WITH THE BEST ONES TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTHERED BY BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTHERED BY THE LEAST.

THE LEAST.

AND THEY KNEW EVERYBODY SO THEY AND THEY KNEW EVERYBODY SO THEY HAD GREAT STORIES.

HAD GREAT STORIES.

>> HOOKER.

>> HOOKER.

I REMEMBER GEORGE CARLIN WAS I REMEMBER GEORGE CARLIN WAS THERE A COUPLE TIMES.

THERE A COUPLE TIMES.

>> JUST AN AMAZING ARRAY OF >> JUST AN AMAZING ARRAY OF ARTISTS FROM ALL DIFFERENT KINDS ARTISTS FROM ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF MUSIC.

OF MUSIC.

>> WE PLAYED THERE WITH THE >> WE PLAYED THERE WITH THE RAMONEES.

RAMONEES.

>> THEY TOOK YOUR FACE OFF.

>> THEY TOOK YOUR FACE OFF.

THEY WERE A GREAT ROCK BAND.

THEY WERE A GREAT ROCK BAND.

>> I HAD A GREAT VIEW OF JOEY >> I HAD A GREAT VIEW OF JOEY RAMONE HOLDING UP THE GABA GABA RAMONE HOLDING UP THE GABA GABA HAY SOUND.

HAY SOUND.

>> THEY WERE ASKING, WHERE DO WE >> THEY WERE ASKING, WHERE DO WE GO TO EAT!

GO TO EAT!

THEY LEARNED ABOUT DINO'S.

THEY LEARNED ABOUT DINO'S.

THAT'S WHERE THEY ENDED UP.

THAT'S WHERE THEY ENDED UP.

AND I'M SURE THERE WERE PEOPLE AND I'M SURE THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN DIMO'S THAT NIGHT WHO WALKED IN DIMO'S THAT NIGHT TO GET A CHEESE WATERINGER AND TO GET A CHEESE WATERINGER AND THERE WERE THE WERE MONEYS.

THERE WERE THE WERE MONEYS.

IT -- RA MONEYS.

IT -- RA MONEYS.

-- RAMONES.

-- RAMONES.

IT WAS A WACKY EXPERIENCE.

IT WAS A WACKY EXPERIENCE.

MY FAVORITE WAS SEEING JAMES MY FAVORITE WAS SEEING JAMES BROWN THERE.

BROWN THERE.

>> I CAN REMEMBER JAMES BROWN >> I CAN REMEMBER JAMES BROWN DROPPING TO HIS KNEES AND DROPPING TO HIS KNEES AND GETTING THE CAPE PUT ON HIM.

GETTING THE CAPE PUT ON HIM.

>> AND IT WAS REMARKABLE TO SEE >> AND IT WAS REMARKABLE TO SEE JAMES BROWN AT, YOU KNOW, IN JAMES BROWN AT, YOU KNOW, IN SUNDERLAND.

SUNDERLAND.

>> AND IN THE EARLY '80S, WE DID >> AND IN THE EARLY '80S, WE DID A HANDFUL OF SHOWS, INCLUDING A HANDFUL OF SHOWS, INCLUDING THE BUZZ COCKS, 999, THE DEAD THE BUZZ COCKS, 999, THE DEAD KENNEDYS.

KENNEDYS.

>> I REMEMBER THE CROWD WAS VERY >> I REMEMBER THE CROWD WAS VERY NEW WAVE BACK THEN.

NEW WAVE BACK THEN.

LOTS OF VERY SHORT HAIRCUTS AND LOTS OF VERY SHORT HAIRCUTS AND SKINNY TIES.

SKINNY TIES.

IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE ABILITY TO SEE NEW WAVE AND ABILITY TO SEE NEW WAVE AND ALTERNATIVE BANDS IN THE VALLEY.

ALTERNATIVE BANDS IN THE VALLEY.

>> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZED >> I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZED JUST HOW VIBRANT THE VALLEY WAS JUST HOW VIBRANT THE VALLEY WAS BACK THERE.

BACK THERE.

>> THE IDEA YOU DISAW A JAMES >> THE IDEA YOU DISAW A JAMES BROWN OR -- YOU SAW A JAMES BROWN OR -- YOU SAW A JAMES BROWN OR RAMONE IN THE MIDDLE OF BROWN OR RAMONE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN A WOODEN SHACK, IT'S NOWHERE IN A WOODEN SHACK, IT'S MIND BLOWING.

MIND BLOWING.

>> THE RUSTY NAIL >> THE RUSTY NAIL ON THE DUSTY TRAIL ♪ ♪ .

ON THE DUSTY TRAIL ♪ ♪ .

A LOT ARE 47 A LOT ARE 47 THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN PRETTY ROUTE 47 PRETTY ROUTE 47 THERE WAS A LITTLE PIECE OF THERE WAS A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN ♪ HEAVEN ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> THE MT.

TOM SKI AREA >>> THE MT.

TOM SKI AREA OPERATED FOR NEARLY 35 YEARS IN OPERATED FOR NEARLY 35 YEARS IN HOLYOKE, INTRODUCING THOUSANDS HOLYOKE, INTRODUCING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO THE SPORT OF ALPINE OF PEOPLE TO THE SPORT OF ALPINE SKIING, BEFORE IT CLOSED FOR SKIING, BEFORE IT CLOSED FOR GOOD IN 1998.

GOOD IN 1998.

PRODUCER DAVE FRASER SPOKE WITH PRODUCER DAVE FRASER SPOKE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAD AN SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAD AN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ICONIC ASSOCIATION WITH THE ICONIC LANDMARK TO UNCOVER THE HISTORY LANDMARK TO UNCOVER THE HISTORY OF A PLACE THAT'S REMEMBERED SO OF A PLACE THAT'S REMEMBERED SO FONDLY BY SO MANY.

FONDLY BY SO MANY.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> IT WAS ALMOST LIKE AN >> IT WAS ALMOST LIKE AN ACCIDENT BUT WE TOOK CREDIT FOR ACCIDENT BUT WE TOOK CREDIT FOR IT.

IT.

THIS WAS A NOBODY RODE THE BENCH THIS WAS A NOBODY RODE THE BENCH SPORT.

SPORT.

NO -- NOW, I TOOK CREDIT FOR NO -- NOW, I TOOK CREDIT FOR INVENTING IT, BUT IT'S NOT TRUE.

INVENTING IT, BUT IT'S NOT TRUE.

IT JUST HAPPENED.

IT JUST HAPPENED.

AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE I WAS AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE I WAS LUCKY I GOT TO SKI EVERYWHERE.

LUCKY I GOT TO SKI EVERYWHERE.

AND I'D SAY MY TWO FAVORITE AND I'D SAY MY TWO FAVORITE PLACES, TO SKI, MY TWO FAVORITE PLACES, TO SKI, MY TWO FAVORITE TRAILS, WERE THE UPPER T AT TRAILS, WERE THE UPPER T AT MT.

TOM AND RUBY'S RUN IN ASPEN MT.

TOM AND RUBY'S RUN IN ASPEN BECAUSE IT WAS BIG AND WIDE AND BECAUSE IT WAS BIG AND WIDE AND FUN.

FUN.

>> THAT WAS MY FIRST RIDE ON A >> THAT WAS MY FIRST RIDE ON A CHAIRLIFT AT MT.

TOM IN THE MID CHAIRLIFT AT MT.

TOM IN THE MID '60S.

'60S.

THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY WENT.

THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY WENT.

THAT LINE OF LIGHTS IN THE THAT LINE OF LIGHTS IN THE DISTANCE IN SOUTHERN DISTANCE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, THAT WAS A BEACON NEW ENGLAND, THAT WAS A BEACON FOR SOUTHERN PEOPLE FOR PEOPLE FOR SOUTHERN PEOPLE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO DO SOMETHING.

WHO WANTED TO DO SOMETHING.

FIRST TIME I'D SEEN SNOW-MAKING, FIRST TIME I'D SEEN SNOW-MAKING, WHICH WAS ANOTHER UNBELIEVE WHICH WAS ANOTHER UNBELIEVE THING TO ME.

THING TO ME.

THEY MAKE SNOW HERE?

THEY MAKE SNOW HERE?

COOL.

COOL.

I WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN!

I WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN!

>> WHEN I FIRST GOT THERE, >> WHEN I FIRST GOT THERE, BETWEEN 2:30 IN THE AFTERNOON BETWEEN 2:30 IN THE AFTERNOON AND 6:00 AT NIGHT, THE PLACE WAS AND 6:00 AT NIGHT, THE PLACE WAS EMPTY.

EMPTY.

IT WAS -- YOU KNOW, THEY WERE IN IT WAS -- YOU KNOW, THEY WERE IN THE COUNTRY CLUB AT 2:00 AND AT THE COUNTRY CLUB AT 2:00 AND AT NIGHT IT WAS A BUSY PLACE NIGHT IT WAS A BUSY PLACE WEEKDAYS.

WEEKDAYS.

SO WE HAD ALL THIS TIME.

SO WE HAD ALL THIS TIME.

THE LIFTS WERE TURNING.

THE LIFTS WERE TURNING.

WE MADE AND GROOMED THE SNOW.

WE MADE AND GROOMED THE SNOW.

OUT WE GO INTO THE SCHOOLS AND OUT WE GO INTO THE SCHOOLS AND AGAIN, I TAKE A LOT OF CREDIT3 AGAIN, I TAKE A LOT OF CREDIT3 FOR IT, BUT IT WAS REALLY THE FOR IT, BUT IT WAS REALLY THE TEACHERS OR THE ADMINISTRATORS TEACHERS OR THE ADMINISTRATORS AT THE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS THAT AT THE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS THAT TRUSTED US.

TRUSTED US.

WE JUST TAUGHT THEM HOW TO SKI.

WE JUST TAUGHT THEM HOW TO SKI.

BUT WE TAUGHT A LOT OF THEM HOW BUT WE TAUGHT A LOT OF THEM HOW TO SKI.

TO SKI.

>> BUSES WOULD ROLL UP.

>> BUSES WOULD ROLL UP.

THERE WOULD BE 300 -- TWO, 300 THERE WOULD BE 300 -- TWO, 300 KIDS GETTING OFF THE BUSES AT KIDS GETTING OFF THE BUSES AT ONE TIME.

ONE TIME.

AND THEY WOULD GET BROKEN UP AND THEY WOULD GET BROKEN UP INTO GROUPS BY SCHOOL AND INTO GROUPS BY SCHOOL AND ABILITY.

ABILITY.

SO WE WOULD HAVE 10, 15, 20 SO WE WOULD HAVE 10, 15, 20 GROUPS OF 20 KIDS ALL OVER THE GROUPS OF 20 KIDS ALL OVER THE MOUNTAIN.

MOUNTAIN.

>> AND IT WAS FAMILIES AND IT >> AND IT WAS FAMILIES AND IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO GATHER AND WAS A GREAT PLACE TO GATHER AND RECREATE WITH PEOPLE YOU WERE RECREATE WITH PEOPLE YOU WERE NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE YOU DIDN'T NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE YOU DIDN'T KNOW AND IT WAS VERY FRIENDLY.

KNOW AND IT WAS VERY FRIENDLY.

A GREAT PLACE TO GO ON A WEEKEND A GREAT PLACE TO GO ON A WEEKEND OR WEAK NIGHT AND SKI AND HAVE A OR WEAK NIGHT AND SKI AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

GREAT TIME.

>> PEOPLE WOULD COME IN, PICK UP >> PEOPLE WOULD COME IN, PICK UP THEIR KIDS, DROP OFF THEIR THEIR KIDS, DROP OFF THEIR FAMILY, WHATEVER IT WAS.

FAMILY, WHATEVER IT WAS.

FIVE, SIX, -- 5, 6, 7 YEARS OLD FIVE, SIX, -- 5, 6, 7 YEARS OLD AND LEAVE THEM THERE FOR THE DAY AND LEAVE THEM THERE FOR THE DAY OR THE NIGHT.

OR THE NIGHT.

I'M LIKE, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING I'M LIKE, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT HERE!

RIGHT HERE!

WE WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO HAVE WE WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO HAVE THE GROOCHIE FAMILY, THE THE GROOCHIE FAMILY, THE FIREWORKS PEOPLE IN WESTERN FIREWORKS PEOPLE IN WESTERN MASSES AND WE HAD THEM SHOOTING MASSES AND WE HAD THEM SHOOTING OFF FIREWORKS AT THE TOP OF THE OFF FIREWORKS AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.

MOUNTAIN.

AND THE FIRST TIME WE WERE AND THE FIRST TIME WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO IT SNOWED LIKE SUPPOSED TO DO IT SNOWED LIKE CRAZY.

CRAZY.

RIGHT?

RIGHT?

WE WERE WAITING FOR THE SNOW ALL WE WERE WAITING FOR THE SNOW ALL WINTER AND IT SNOWED WHEN THEY WINTER AND IT SNOWED WHEN THEY WERE ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.

WERE ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN.

BUT ALWAYS WHITE DAY AND NIGHT.

BUT ALWAYS WHITE DAY AND NIGHT.

THE MOUNTAIN IN YOUR OWN THE MOUNTAIN IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD.

BACKYARD.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MILLION OF YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MILLION OF THEM.

THEM.

EVERYONE WHO IS EVER GOING TO EVERYONE WHO IS EVER GOING TO WATCH THIS IS GOING TO SAY, IT'S WATCH THIS IS GOING TO SAY, IT'S RAINING OUT AND HE'S GONNA SAY, RAINING OUT AND HE'S GONNA SAY, COME ON UP.

COME ON UP.

IT'S A REALLY NICE DAY FOR IT'S A REALLY NICE DAY FOR SKIING!

SKIING!

I THOUGHT IT WAS VITAL THAT I I THOUGHT IT WAS VITAL THAT I OUT AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT OUT AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT SOMEBODY REALLY WHO I'M GOING TO SOMEBODY REALLY WHO I'M GOING TO SEE THERE IS GONNA BE THERE AND SEE THERE IS GONNA BE THERE AND TELLING ME THIS THIS IS GOING TO TELLING ME THIS THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD AND IT'S GOING TO BE BE GOOD AND IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD NOW.

GOOD NOW.

THE SKI AREA CLOSED IN '98 AND THE SKI AREA CLOSED IN '98 AND THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF FACTORS THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF FACTORS LEADING UP TO IT.

LEADING UP TO IT.

MOSTLY ECONOMIC.

MOSTLY ECONOMIC.

PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.

TIME.

THE PLACE REALLY WAS MEANINGFUL.

THE PLACE REALLY WAS MEANINGFUL.

I FEEL FABULOUS ABOUT IT.

I FEEL FABULOUS ABOUT IT.

I FEEL LIKE IT WAS -- IT WAS I FEEL LIKE IT WAS -- IT WAS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

AND I WISH IT WERE STILL THERE.

AND I WISH IT WERE STILL THERE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> FOR MANY HARD ROCK MUSIC >>> FOR MANY HARD ROCK MUSIC FANS IN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN FANS IN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASS, THE ONLY STATION WORTH MASS, THE ONLY STATION WORTH LISTENING TO WAS THE ROCK, 106.9 LISTENING TO WAS THE ROCK, 106.9 F. FM, WCCC.

F. FM, WCCC.

THE RADIO STATION PROVIDED THE THE RADIO STATION PROVIDED THE SOUNDTRACK TO MANY LOCAL LIVES SOUNDTRACK TO MANY LOCAL LIVES AND SPAWNED THE CAREER OF ONE AND SPAWNED THE CAREER OF ONE HOWARD STERN.

HOWARD STERN.

THE STATION WAS SOLD OFF IN 2014 THE STATION WAS SOLD OFF IN 2014 AND CEASED BROADCASTING LOCALLY AND CEASED BROADCASTING LOCALLY PREPARED MUSIC AFTER 54 YEARS, PREPARED MUSIC AFTER 54 YEARS, BUT LONG-TIME DJS MIKE KAROLYI BUT LONG-TIME DJS MIKE KAROLYI AND STEPHEN WAYNE TALKED TO SUV AND STEPHEN WAYNE TALKED TO SUV PRODUCER TONEE AND TURN THE -- PRODUCER TONEE AND TURN THE -- TONY DUNNE AND TURN THE DIAL TONY DUNNE AND TURN THE DIAL BACK ON THE STEREO TO LISTEN TO BACK ON THE STEREO TO LISTEN TO THE HAY DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE HAY DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF WCCC.

WCCC.

>> IT WAS WHCN AND WCCC.

>> IT WAS WHCN AND WCCC.

>> AND ONE OF THE FIRST >> AND ONE OF THE FIRST INTEREST -- ENCOUNTERS WAS INTEREST -- ENCOUNTERS WAS FRANKENSTEIN BY EDGAR WINTER.

FRANKENSTEIN BY EDGAR WINTER.

I'M DOWN WITH THAT.

I'M DOWN WITH THAT.

>> THIS STATION WAS THE STATION >> THIS STATION WAS THE STATION EVERYBODY LISTENED TO, EVERYBODY LISTENED TO, ESPECIALLY EVEN PEOPLE FROM ESPECIALLY EVEN PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK AND BOSTON BECAUSE WHEN NEW YORK AND BOSTON BECAUSE WHEN YOU DROVE, YOU LISTENED TO YOU DROVE, YOU LISTENED TO CWX -- WCCC.

CWX -- WCCC.

>> EY WERE ALWAYS THERE.

>> EY WERE ALWAYS THERE.

NO MATTER WHERE WERE YOU IN YOUR NO MATTER WHERE WERE YOU IN YOUR LIFE, YOU COULD PUT ON 106.9 AND LIFE, YOU COULD PUT ON 106.9 AND HEAR SOMEBODY VERY FAMILIAR TO HEAR SOMEBODY VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU.

YOU.

IT WAS A GREAT PLACE FOR THESE IT WAS A GREAT PLACE FOR THESE KIND OF EXTRA SPECIAL BERNLTS KIND OF EXTRA SPECIAL BERNLTS TO -- PERSONALITIES TO HONE TO -- PERSONALITIES TO HONE THEIR CRAFT AND REALLY BECOME THEIR CRAFT AND REALLY BECOME STARS, GOING BACK TO HOWARD STARS, GOING BACK TO HOWARD STERN, OF COURSE.

STERN, OF COURSE.

>> AND WHAT A RICH HISTORY.

>> AND WHAT A RICH HISTORY.

YOU GO IN AND MEET THESE GREAT YOU GO IN AND MEET THESE GREAT GUYS WHO ARE ALL TRYING TO FIND GUYS WHO ARE ALL TRYING TO FIND THEMSELVES, PETER COLE, AND THEMSELVES, PETER COLE, AND TBRIEN BATTLES.

TBRIEN BATTLES.

BUT IT WAS A PLACE WHERE YOUNG BUT IT WAS A PLACE WHERE YOUNG BROADCASTERS COULD LEARN AND YOU BROADCASTERS COULD LEARN AND YOU COULD MAKE YOUR WAY.

COULD MAKE YOUR WAY.

>> THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS >> THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS ABOUT WCCC OR "THE ROCK," THAT ABOUT WCCC OR "THE ROCK," THAT BECAME CHARACTERS THEMSELVES.

BECAME CHARACTERS THEMSELVES.

EVEN THINGS LIKE OUR BUILDING.

EVEN THINGS LIKE OUR BUILDING.

>> IT WAS LIKE A MULLET.

>> IT WAS LIKE A MULLET.

YOU'RE BUSINESS IN FRONT, PARTY YOU'RE BUSINESS IN FRONT, PARTY IN THE BACK.

IN THE BACK.

THE RADIO STATION IS BUSINESS THE RADIO STATION IS BUSINESS TURNED TO DAY, AND AT NIGHT AND TURNED TO DAY, AND AT NIGHT AND WEEKENDS IT WAS A PARTY.

WEEKENDS IT WAS A PARTY.

>> WE RICK -- NIM NAKED IT THE >> WE RICK -- NIM NAKED IT THE A -- NICKNAMED IT THE ASSUME A -- NICKNAMED IT THE ASSUME LIME BECAUSE WE WERE ON -- SAY LIME BECAUSE WE WERE ON -- SAY EYE LUM.

EYE LUM.

>> -- ASYLUM.

>> -- ASYLUM.

>> THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING >> THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON.

GOING ON.

WE WERE COOKING 24 HOURS A DAY, WE WERE COOKING 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

WE WEREN'T PEOPLE TO BE IN RADIO WE WEREN'T PEOPLE TO BE IN RADIO TO BE IN RADIO.

TO BE IN RADIO.

WE WERE PEOPLE TO TO BE IN WCCC WE WERE PEOPLE TO TO BE IN WCCC BECAUSE OF THE MUSIC WE WERE BECAUSE OF THE MUSIC WE WERE PLAYING BECAUSE WE BELIEVED IN PLAYING BECAUSE WE BELIEVED IN THE MUSIC.

THE MUSIC.

>> AND OUR OWNER DECIDED HE HAD >> AND OUR OWNER DECIDED HE HAD ENOUGH AND HE WAS MOVING FORWARD ENOUGH AND HE WAS MOVING FORWARD BY SELLING THE RADIO STATION.

BY SELLING THE RADIO STATION.

ME AND MANY OF US, PUT OUR HEART ME AND MANY OF US, PUT OUR HEART AND SCOAL INTO THAT -- HEART AND AND SCOAL INTO THAT -- HEART AND SOUL INTO THAT STATION FOR A SOUL INTO THAT STATION FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

VERY LONG TIME.

>> KNOWING OUR FAMILY, ALL THE >> KNOWING OUR FAMILY, ALL THE THOUSANDS OF LISTENERS THAT WE THOUSANDS OF LISTENERS THAT WE HAD, THEY WERE GOING TO BE HAD, THEY WERE GOING TO BE WITHOUT SOMETHING THAT MEANT AS WITHOUT SOMETHING THAT MEANT AS MUCH TO THEM AS IT MEANT TO US.

MUCH TO THEM AS IT MEANT TO US.

SO IT WAS REALLY -- THAT WAS SO IT WAS REALLY -- THAT WAS REALLY HARD TO GET BY.

REALLY HARD TO GET BY.

>> TO OUR OWNER'S CREDIT, WCCC, >> TO OUR OWNER'S CREDIT, WCCC, HE DID GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO HE DID GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY GOOD-BYE, YOU DON'T GET TO SAY GOOD-BYE, YOU DON'T GET TO DO IN RADIO.

DO IN RADIO.

>> WE THANK YOU.

>> WE THANK YOU.

WE WERE ONE OF YOU.

WE WERE ONE OF YOU.

WE ARE ONE OF YOU.

WE ARE ONE OF YOU.

WHEN WE GO TO CONCERTS, WE GO WHEN WE GO TO CONCERTS, WE GO BECAUSE WE'RE A FAMILY.

BECAUSE WE'RE A FAMILY.

JUST LIKE YOU ARE.

JUST LIKE YOU ARE.

AND -- MAN, I DON'T KNOW -- I'M AND -- MAN, I DON'T KNOW -- I'M NEVER GOING TO -- HOW I'M EVER NEVER GOING TO -- HOW I'M EVER GOING TO TOP THIS, BUT -- GOING TO TOP THIS, BUT -- [CRYING] [CRYING] >> SOMEHOW I WILL.

>> SOMEHOW I WILL.

>> I MEAN, NOT HAVING A JOB, YOU >> I MEAN, NOT HAVING A JOB, YOU CAN MOVE ON FROM THAT.

CAN MOVE ON FROM THAT.

BUT LOSING YOUR FAMILY LIKE YOU BUT LOSING YOUR FAMILY LIKE YOU SAID, AND WE LOST OUR FAMILY, SAID, AND WE LOST OUR FAMILY, THAT WAS HARD TO TAKE.

THAT WAS HARD TO TAKE.

THAT WAS REALLY HARD TO TAKE.

THAT WAS REALLY HARD TO TAKE.

>> AS ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM AND >> AS ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYBODY WHO'S EVER PUT ON A EVERYBODY WHO'S EVER PUT ON A WCCC T-SHIRT OR ATTENDED ONE OF WCCC T-SHIRT OR ATTENDED ONE OF OUR EVENTS, IT'S TIME FOR US TO OUR EVENTS, IT'S TIME FOR US TO WALK.

WALK.

[CHEERING] [CHEERING] [CHEERING] [CHEERING] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> FOR OVER 170 YEARS, THE >>> FOR OVER 170 YEARS, THE NORTH ADAMS TRANSCRIPT SERVED NORTH ADAMS TRANSCRIPT SERVED THE RESIDENTS OF THE NORTHERN THE RESIDENTS OF THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES, INFORMING THE LOCALS BERKSHIRES, INFORMING THE LOCALS AND SERVING AS A TRAINING GROUND AND SERVING AS A TRAINING GROUND FOR WORLD-CLASS JOURNALISTS.

FOR WORLD-CLASS JOURNALISTS.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TONY DUNNE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TONY DUNNE FIRES UP THE PRESS ONE LAST TIME FIRES UP THE PRESS ONE LAST TIME AND TURNS THE BAKE -- PAGE BACK AND TURNS THE BAKE -- PAGE BACK FOR A LOOK AT THE STORIED FOR A LOOK AT THE STORIED HISTORY OF WHAT WAS ONCE CALLED HISTORY OF WHAT WAS ONCE CALLED THE BEST SMALL DAILY NEWSPAPER THE BEST SMALL DAILY NEWSPAPER IN NEW ENGLAND.

IN NEW ENGLAND.

>> THE NEWSROOM WAS A HUB.

>> THE NEWSROOM WAS A HUB.

PEOPLE WOULD COME INTO THE PEOPLE WOULD COME INTO THE NEWSROOM.

NEWSROOM.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'D BE IRATE YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'D BE IRATE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE A STORY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE A STORY OR THEY'D COME IN BECAUSE THEY OR THEY'D COME IN BECAUSE THEY WANTED A STORY.

WANTED A STORY.

>> AND THERE WOULD BE THIS HUGE >> AND THERE WOULD BE THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY.

AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY.

THERE WOULD BE NOTHING HAPPENING THERE WOULD BE NOTHING HAPPENING AND THEN SORT OF LIKE THIS BURST AND THEN SORT OF LIKE THIS BURST OF ACTIVITY WOULD HAPPEN AND THE OF ACTIVITY WOULD HAPPEN AND THE PRESS WOULD BE ROLLING AND THE PRESS WOULD BE ROLLING AND THE PARENS WOULD BE COMING OFF AND PARENS WOULD BE COMING OFF AND PEOPLE WOULD BE COMING IN AND IT PEOPLE WOULD BE COMING IN AND IT WAS SORT OF EXCITING TO BE WAS SORT OF EXCITING TO BE THERE.

THERE.

>> I REMEMBER A FEW TIMES THE >> I REMEMBER A FEW TIMES THE SPORTS GUYS BLOWING OFF SOME SPORTS GUYS BLOWING OFF SOME STEAM AND THROWING A FOOTBALL IN STEAM AND THROWING A FOOTBALL IN THE NEWSROOM AND HAVING IT WIZ THE NEWSROOM AND HAVING IT WIZ PAST MY HEAD, STUFF LIKE THAT.

PAST MY HEAD, STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST >> PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS IS ONE TIME I EXCITING THINGS IS ONE TIME I GOT TO YELL "HOLD THE PRESSES," GOT TO YELL "HOLD THE PRESSES," BECAUSE I FOUND AN ERROR ON THE BECAUSE I FOUND AN ERROR ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE TABLOID WE FRONT PAGE OF THE TABLOID WE WERE WORKING ON.

WERE WORKING ON.

>> WE HAD JUST A HUGE NEWS STAFF >> WE HAD JUST A HUGE NEWS STAFF THAT INFORMED PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT THAT INFORMED PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

WAS GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> EVERYBODY HAD A CALM.

>> EVERYBODY HAD A CALM.

SO EVEN I WROTE A COLUMN AND SO EVEN I WROTE A COLUMN AND EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK EVERYONE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK EVERYONE ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WE WROTE ON A WEEKLY BASIS, WE WROTE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE -- FELT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE -- FELT PASSIONATE ABOUT.

PASSIONATE ABOUT.

>> AND SO WE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE >> AND SO WE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND WE TOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE'S AND WE TOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE'S STORIES.

STORIES.

AND I MEAN, FOR ME IT WAS THE AND I MEAN, FOR ME IT WAS THE MOST REWARDING EXPERIENCE MOST REWARDING EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONALLY IN MY LIFE PROFESSIONALLY IN MY LIFE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I ENDED UP BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I ENDED UP BEING INVITED TO THANKSGIVING TO BEING INVITED TO THANKSGIVING TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES FOR THANKSGIVING PEOPLE'S HOUSES FOR THANKSGIVING AT CHRISTMAS.

AT CHRISTMAS.

>> WORKING AT THE TRANSCRIPT, >> WORKING AT THE TRANSCRIPT, YOU'RE DEFINITELY PART OF THE YOU'RE DEFINITELY PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, YOU KNOW, AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, EVERYBODY KNEW WHO I WAS BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNEW WHO I WAS BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THESE I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THESE EVENTS AND COVER THEM.

EVENTS AND COVER THEM.

>> DAY TO DAY, YOU NEVER KNEW >> DAY TO DAY, YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT YOU'D EXPERIENCE.

WHAT YOU'D EXPERIENCE.

>> YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE AND >> YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE AND REPORTERS GO OUT AND DO THEIR REPORTERS GO OUT AND DO THEIR THING AND A SNOWSTORM COMES AND THING AND A SNOWSTORM COMES AND SUDDENLY YOU HAVE A PAPER TO SUDDENLY YOU HAVE A PAPER TO FILL IN THE MORNING.

FILL IN THE MORNING.

NOTHING IS HAPPENING THAT NIGHT NOTHING IS HAPPENING THAT NIGHT EXCEPT SNOW.

EXCEPT SNOW.

>> THE OCTOBER 4TH SNOWSTORM.

>> THE OCTOBER 4TH SNOWSTORM.

THAT WAS MY WEEKEND TO DO THE THAT WAS MY WEEKEND TO DO THE PARADE AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A PARADE AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A TWO-PAGE SPREAD FROM THE TWO-PAGE SPREAD FROM THE SNOWFALL.

SNOWFALL.

IT WAS HUGE!

IT WAS HUGE!

>> I FORGET THE YEAR, MAYBE 8 -- >> I FORGET THE YEAR, MAYBE 8 -- '84, OR 85, THERE WAS A '84, OR 85, THERE WAS A TRACTOR-TRAILER THAT COULDN'T TRACTOR-TRAILER THAT COULDN'T MAKE THE TURN, THE HAIRPIN MAKE THE TURN, THE HAIRPIN 2UR7B, HIT A WALL AND IT -- 2UR7B, HIT A WALL AND IT -- TURNS HIT A WALL, AND IT WAS TURNS HIT A WALL, AND IT WAS GASOLINE TANKER AND IT EXPLODED GASOLINE TANKER AND IT EXPLODED INTO FLAMES.

INTO FLAMES.

>> IT WAS WAS A SCENE IN A WAR >> IT WAS WAS A SCENE IN A WAR ZONE.

ZONE.

IT'S THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER IT'S THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER BEEN FRIGHTENED FOR MY LIFE BEEN FRIGHTENED FOR MY LIFE DOING A JOB BECAUSE IT WAS SO DOING A JOB BECAUSE IT WAS SO OTHER-WORLDLY AND I THOUGHT THAT OTHER-WORLDLY AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE IRANIC DONE -- IRONIC WOULD BE IRANIC DONE -- IRONIC TO BE DONE MY FINAL AFTERNOON AT TO BE DONE MY FINAL AFTERNOON AT THE PAPER.

THE PAPER.

>> WE ALL?

>> WE ALL?

THAT SOMEDAY -- ALL KNEW THAT THAT SOMEDAY -- ALL KNEW THAT SOMEDAY THE TRINS SCRIPT -- SOMEDAY THE TRINS SCRIPT -- TRANSCRIPT WOULD END.

TRANSCRIPT WOULD END.

IT WAS A MONEY-MAKER.

IT WAS A MONEY-MAKER.

>> A LOT OF THE EX-TRANSCRIPT >> A LOT OF THE EX-TRANSCRIPT PEOPLE, WE USED TO JOKE ABOUT PEOPLE, WE USED TO JOKE ABOUT TAKING IT OVER AT SOME POINT.

TAKING IT OVER AT SOME POINT.

WE WERE JOKING, BUT YOU KNOW, WE WERE JOKING, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HEARD THAT -- THAT IT WHEN WE HEARD THAT -- THAT IT WAS GONNA CLOSE DOWN FOR GOOD, WAS GONNA CLOSE DOWN FOR GOOD, WE SAID, WELL, I GUESS WE WE SAID, WELL, I GUESS WE MISSED -- IRGUESS WE SHOULD HAVE MISSED -- IRGUESS WE SHOULD HAVE TRY -- I GUESS WE SHOULD HAVE TRY -- I GUESS WE SHOULD HAVE TRIED THAT.

TRIED THAT.

>> I THINK BEING AT THE >> I THINK BEING AT THE TRANSCRIPT WAS AN AMAZING JOB TRANSCRIPT WAS AN AMAZING JOB FOR ME AND BEING IN THE FOR ME AND BEING IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I LIVE IN AND I COMMUNITY, WHICH I LIVE IN AND I CARE ABOUT.

CARE ABOUT.

>> WE LIVED HERE.

>> WE LIVED HERE.

WE WORKED HERE.

WE WORKED HERE.

WE WALKED DOWN THE STREETS.

WE WALKED DOWN THE STREETS.

WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED AT THE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED AT THE SCHOOLS, WERE -- WE WERE SCHOOLS, WERE -- WE WERE AFFECTED.

AFFECTED.

AT TOWN HALL, WE WERE AFFECTED.

AT TOWN HALL, WE WERE AFFECTED.

>> PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THE >> PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE TRANSCRIPT EXTENT TO WHICH THE TRANSCRIPT COVERED EVERYTHING AND WAS SO COVERED EVERYTHING AND WAS SO INTEGRAL TO THE NORTH BIERKS INTEGRAL TO THE NORTH BIERKS COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY.

>> IT WAS -- BIEWRKS -- >> IT WAS -- BIEWRKS -- BERKSHIRES.

BERKSHIRES.

>> IT WAS A GREAT LOCAL PAPER.

>> IT WAS A GREAT LOCAL PAPER.

IT WAS THE BEST OF THE BEST.

IT WAS THE BEST OF THE BEST.

THE EAGLE STILL COVERS NORTH THE EAGLE STILL COVERS NORTH BERKSHIRES, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE BERKSHIRES, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME.

THE SAME.

>> I'M HOPING AS WE MOVE INTO >> I'M HOPING AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE, WE'LL REMEMBER THE THE FUTURE, WE'LL REMEMBER THE TRANSCRIPT AND TALK ABOUT IT.

TRANSCRIPT AND TALK ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ONE OF BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T JUST THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T JUST LET DISAPPEAR INTO THE HISTORY, LET DISAPPEAR INTO THE HISTORY, BECAUSE IT COVERED SO MUCH OF BECAUSE IT COVERED SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES.

OUR LIVES.

>> THERE IS NO PAPER THAT SAYS >> THERE IS NO PAPER THAT SAYS NORTHAMPTON TRANSEGYPT ANYMORE, NORTHAMPTON TRANSEGYPT ANYMORE, BUT THERE'S STILL -- TRANSCRIPT BUT THERE'S STILL -- TRANSCRIPT ANYMORE, BUT THERE'S STILL A ANYMORE, BUT THERE'S STILL A LEGACY.

LEGACY.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> RIVERSIDE PARK SPEEDWAY WAS >>> RIVERSIDE PARK SPEEDWAY WAS BUILT IN 1948.

BUILT IN 1948.

FOR 50 YEARS AUTO RACES WAS HELD FOR 50 YEARS AUTO RACES WAS HELD THERE, AND MANY PROMINENT THERE, AND MANY PROMINENT DRIVERS GOT THEIR START AT DRIVERS GOT THEIR START AT RIVERSIDE, INCLUDING NASCAR RIVERSIDE, INCLUDING NASCAR DRIVERS RICHIE EVANS AND GEOFF DRIVERS RICHIE EVANS AND GEOFF BODINE.

BODINE.

"CONNECTING POINT" PRODUCER DAVE "CONNECTING POINT" PRODUCER DAVE FRASER SAT DOWN WITH SOME OF FRASER SAT DOWN WITH SOME OF THOSE ASSOCIATED TO RELIVE THE THOSE ASSOCIATED TO RELIVE THE MEMORIES THAT WERE CREATED AT MEMORIES THAT WERE CREATED AT RIVERSIDE PARK SPEEDWAY.

RIVERSIDE PARK SPEEDWAY.

>> I KIND OF GOT INTO RACING >> I KIND OF GOT INTO RACING ONCE I GOT MY LICENSE AT 16.

ONCE I GOT MY LICENSE AT 16.

I DECIDED TO BRING MY OWN CAR I DECIDED TO BRING MY OWN CAR OVER THERE.

OVER THERE.

SO I STARTED RUNNING NUMBER 711.

SO I STARTED RUNNING NUMBER 711.

I PICKED UP THAT NUMBER FROM -- I PICKED UP THAT NUMBER FROM -- MY DAD USED TO TAKE ME UP TO MY DAD USED TO TAKE ME UP TO SPRINGFIELD PLAZA.

SPRINGFIELD PLAZA.

THEY HAD THE GB PLANES.

THEY HAD THE GB PLANES.

A LITTLE DICE ON THE SIDE AND A LITTLE DICE ON THE SIDE AND SEVEN 11 AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, SEVEN 11 AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, PUT I PICKED UP THAT NUMBER AND PUT I PICKED UP THAT NUMBER AND STARTED RACING IN RIVERSIDE IN STARTED RACING IN RIVERSIDE IN '54.

'54.

MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.

MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.

I SPENT A TOTAL OF $700 IN TWO I SPENT A TOTAL OF $700 IN TWO YEARS AND THAT WAS A LOT OF YEARS AND THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY AT THAT TIME.

MONEY AT THAT TIME.

I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN YOU JUMP IN I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN YOU JUMP IN THAT RACECAR AND IT'S JUST LIKE THAT RACECAR AND IT'S JUST LIKE SITTING IN YOUR -- YOUR CHAIR IN SITTING IN YOUR -- YOUR CHAIR IN THE LIVING ROOM.

THE LIVING ROOM.

I AM SO COMFORTABLE IN THERE.

I AM SO COMFORTABLE IN THERE.

ONCE IN A WHILE I MEAN, YOU GET ONCE IN A WHILE I MEAN, YOU GET SLAMMED INTO -- I REMEMBER RAY SLAMMED INTO -- I REMEMBER RAY MILLER ONCE HIT ME SO BAD IN THE MILLER ONCE HIT ME SO BAD IN THE BACK, MY HELMET -- MY HELMET BACK, MY HELMET -- MY HELMET WENT DOWN OVER MY EYES.

WENT DOWN OVER MY EYES.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE.

WE LAUGHED ABOUT IT AFTER.

WE LAUGHED ABOUT IT AFTER.

HE DIDN'T MEAN IT.

HE DIDN'T MEAN IT.

WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING.

WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING.

AND WE HAD SOME GOOD YEARS AT AND WE HAD SOME GOOD YEARS AT RIVERSIDE PARK.

RIVERSIDE PARK.

>> MY JOB WAS IN THE BEGINNING >> MY JOB WAS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, GO DOWN THROUGH THE OF THE DAY, GO DOWN THROUGH THE PIT AREA AND GET MY NOTES AND PIT AREA AND GET MY NOTES AND FIND OUT THE SPONSORS ON THE FIND OUT THE SPONSORS ON THE RACECARS.

RACECARS.

SPONSORS CHANGE FROM THE SPONSORS CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK.

PREVIOUS WEEK.

SOMETIMES I WOULD DO SOME PIT SOMETIMES I WOULD DO SOME PIT REPORTING.

REPORTING.

I WAS THE EYES BACK IN THE PIT I WAS THE EYES BACK IN THE PIT AREA TO LET THE FANS KNOW WHAT AREA TO LET THE FANS KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHERE THEY WAS GOING ON, WHERE THEY COULDN'T SEE THE RACECARS AND COULDN'T SEE THE RACECARS AND MAYBE TALK TO CREW CHIEFS OR MAYBE TALK TO CREW CHIEFS OR DRIVERS.

DRIVERS.

AND BROUGHT A LOT MORE TO THE AND BROUGHT A LOT MORE TO THE FANS.

FANS.

SO IT MADE THEM PEOPLE MORE LIKE SO IT MADE THEM PEOPLE MORE LIKE THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN THE PIT THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN THE PIT AREA WITH ME.

AREA WITH ME.

>> SOME GUYS HAD DIFFERENT NAMES >> SOME GUYS HAD DIFFERENT NAMES AND THE REASON THEY DID IT, THEY AND THE REASON THEY DID IT, THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR BOSSES TO KNOW DIDN'T WANT THEIR BOSSES TO KNOW THEY WERE DRIVING OR THEY WERE THEY WERE DRIVING OR THEY WERE UNDER CONTRACT.

UNDER CONTRACT.

SOME OF THE GUYS IN THE SERVICE.

SOME OF THE GUYS IN THE SERVICE.

AND ONE OF THE GUYS SITTING ON AND ONE OF THE GUYS SITTING ON THE PANEL RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW THE PANEL RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW DID SUCH A THING.

DID SUCH A THING.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT HE HAD I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT HE HAD CAME IN UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME, CAME IN UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME, HUH?

HUH?

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH.

IN MY SITUATION, IT WAS IN MY SITUATION, IT WAS REGARDING A BANK LOANS.

REGARDING A BANK LOANS.

USED TO HAVE TO SIGN A USED TO HAVE TO SIGN A DISCLOSURE FOR BUSINESS DISCLOSURE FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES, TO HAVE A LINE OF PURPOSES, TO HAVE A LINE OF CREDIT, ET CETERA, THAT YOU SEND CREDIT, ET CETERA, THAT YOU SEND A THING YOU WOULD NOT FLY A A THING YOU WOULD NOT FLY A PRIVATE AIRPORT, YOU WOULD PRIVATE AIRPORT, YOU WOULD NOT -- AIRPLANE, YOU WOULD NOT NOT -- AIRPLANE, YOU WOULD NOT RACECARS, SEVERAL DIFFERENT RACECARS, SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU HAD TO SIGN OFF THINGS THAT YOU HAD TO SIGN OFF ON.

ON.

THE NAME I CHOSE, AND A LOT OF THE NAME I CHOSE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, RED CAR.

PEOPLE, RED CAR.

>> THEY SPELT THE -- SPELLED THE >> THEY SPELT THE -- SPELLED THE NAME RED CARR.

NAME RED CARR.

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH.

>> IT WAS NEAT.

>> IT WAS NEAT.

AND AT THE TIME, MYSELF RACING, AND AT THE TIME, MYSELF RACING, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS AL I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS AL FEENEY.

FEENEY.

WHO I KNEW.

WHO I KNEW.

>> THROUGH BUSINESS, WE KNEW >> THROUGH BUSINESS, WE KNEW EACH OTHER.

EACH OTHER.

>> THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

>> THAT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

>> THE FANS TENDED TO BE VERY >> THE FANS TENDED TO BE VERY PASSIONATE.

PASSIONATE.

YOU HAD YOUR -- SUPPORTERS YOU HAD YOUR -- SUPPORTERS SITTING IN ONE SEX, CLOSE SITTING IN ONE SEX, CLOSE TOGETHER -- ONE SECTION, CLOSE TOGETHER -- ONE SECTION, CLOSE TOGETHER AS POSSIBLE, AND TOGETHER AS POSSIBLE, AND ANOTHER SECTION WAS MAYBE A ANOTHER SECTION WAS MAYBE A JACK, HE HAD HIS SECTION AND JACK, HE HAD HIS SECTION AND ALL -- TWO DRIVERS HAD TO TOUCH ALL -- TWO DRIVERS HAD TO TOUCH EITHER ON -- ACCIDENTALLY TOUCH EITHER ON -- ACCIDENTALLY TOUCH EACH OTHER ON THE TRACK AND THE EACH OTHER ON THE TRACK AND THE FANS WENT CRAZE.

FANS WENT CRAZE.

SOME OF THE RACETRACKS WENT OUT SOME OF THE RACETRACKS WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND JUST CLOSED.

OF BUSINESS AND JUST CLOSED.

AND YOU WENT BACK THE NEXT YEAR AND YOU WENT BACK THE NEXT YEAR AND THERE WAS NOACING.

AND THERE WAS NOACING.

ONE -- NO RACING.

ONE -- NO RACING.

SINCE FLAGS, WE KNEW THAT SINCE FLAGS, WE KNEW THAT OCTOBER 17TH WAS GOING TO BE THE OCTOBER 17TH WAS GOING TO BE THE LAST RACE.

LAST RACE.

WE GOT READY FOR IT.

WE GOT READY FOR IT.

WE HAD A HALL OF FAME RENDITION.

WE HAD A HALL OF FAME RENDITION.

WE WERE PREPARED FOR -- I WAS WE WERE PREPARED FOR -- I WAS PSYCHED FOR IT AND TURNED OUT TO PSYCHED FOR IT AND TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT NIGHT.

BE A GREAT NIGHT.

>> HERE I WAS A YOUNG KID AS A >> HERE I WAS A YOUNG KID AS A FAN OF BOB, AND THEN BEING ON FAN OF BOB, AND THEN BEING ON THE BROADCAST SIDE, I GOT TO THE BROADCAST SIDE, I GOT TO ANNOUNCE BOBBY AT THE FINAL RACE ANNOUNCE BOBBY AT THE FINAL RACE OF RIVERSIDE PARK SPEEDWAY, OF RIVERSIDE PARK SPEEDWAY, WHICH WAS IN OCTOBER OF '99.

WHICH WAS IN OCTOBER OF '99.

>> I REMEMBER THE SUN WAS >> I REMEMBER THE SUN WAS SETTING.

SETTING.

AND YOU LOOKED UP THERE AND YOU AND YOU LOOKED UP THERE AND YOU KNEW IT WAS THE LAST NIGHT.

KNEW IT WAS THE LAST NIGHT.

AND THEN LIKE HE SAYS, IT WASN'T AND THEN LIKE HE SAYS, IT WASN'T MY NIGHT TO WIN A RACE.

MY NIGHT TO WIN A RACE.

I WAS GOING TO COME IN THIRD.

I WAS GOING TO COME IN THIRD.

AND EDDIE PHLEGMPKEY, JR., AND AND EDDIE PHLEGMPKEY, JR., AND BRAD GOT TANGLED PROBABLY FIVE BRAD GOT TANGLED PROBABLY FIVE LAPS TO GO AND FOR SOME REASON I LAPS TO GO AND FOR SOME REASON I WON THAT RACE AND IT WASN'T MINE WON THAT RACE AND IT WASN'T MINE TO WIN, BUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE TO WIN, BUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE YEARS WE WERE AT THE PARK, I YEARS WE WERE AT THE PARK, I GUESS IT WAS JUST MEANT TO BE.

GUESS IT WAS JUST MEANT TO BE.

BUT IT WAS KIND OF NICE.

BUT IT WAS KIND OF NICE.

I'LL NEVER FORGOT IT.

I'LL NEVER FORGOT IT.

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