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Encyclopedia > Ted Sarandis

Ted Sarandis is a sports radio personality in Boston. Sarandis, who lives in Winthrop, is best remembered for being the host of the Ted Nation show that was broadcast from 7 PM to midnight weekdays on Boston sports radio station WEEI from 1995 until September 2005.[1] Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ...   Nickname: Winthrop-by-the-Sea Settled: 1635 â€“ Incorporated: 1852 Zip Code(s): 02152 â€“ Area Code(s): 617 / 857 Official website: http://www. ... WEEI is a sports radio station in Boston, Massachusetts that broadcasts on 850 kHz from a transmitter in Needham, Massachusetts. ...


During his tenure on WEEI, Sarandis was the leading advocate for college sports in the Boston area. Ted's program, heard weeknights from 7 to midnight was consistently rated number 1 in that time slot for men ages 25-54 according to the Arbitron ratings book Boston edition. Sarandis still acts as the play-by-play announcer for Boston College men's basketball on WEEI, a position he has held since 1995.[2] His former time slot at WEEI has been taken over by Mike Adams with the Planet Mikey show. For similarly-named academic institutions, see Boston (disambiguation). ... Planet Mikey is a sports talk radio program on Bostons WEEI 850 kHz AM. The show was officially announced on December 15, 2005 and runs from 7 p. ...


Sarandis currently hosts the Al Skinner Show. The half hour program about Boston College basketball is taped before a live audience at the Metropolitan Club in Chestnut Hill and aired each Thursday on WEEI during the college basketball season.[3] Albert L. Skinner (born June 16, 1952 in Mount Vernon, New York) is currently the mens college basketball head coach of the Boston College Eagles and has been since April 17, 1997. ... Boston College and the Chestnut Hill Reservoir Located 6 miles west of Boston, Chestnut Hill is a wealthy suburb notable for its stately old houses, scenic landscape and the historic campus of Boston College. ...


Sarandis has also done college basketball play-by-play for Boston University, Harvard University, Northeastern University and Holy Cross College. Additionally he has done play-by-play for the Boston Celtics, Harvard University hockey and the Beanpot Hockey Tournament on radio, and the ECAC Basketball Game of the Week, Boston University basketball and Lowell Lock Monsters hockey on television. For the unrelated Jesuit university in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) , is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. One of the eight Ivies, it was founded in 1636. ... This article is about the American institution. ... Not to be confused with Holy Cross College (Indiana) or other similarly named Holy Cross Colleges. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Beanpot refers primarily to a college mens ice hockey tournament between four major college hockey schools of the Boston, Massachusetts area, held annually since the 1952-53 season. ... The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a College Athletic Conference comprising schools that compete in 35 mens and womens sports. ... The Lowell Lock Monsters are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ...


Trivia

I have a question, why did Ted get let go from WEEI, he seemed cool, thanks?!!

  • Sarandis is a member of the Employers Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), and has spoken at many departure and welcome home ceremonies for Guard and Reserve units from Massachusetts that have deployed to the Southwest Asia.
  • In May 2003, Sarandis was suspended by WEEI for two weeks after he left the studio 20 minutes early and broadcast a taped version of a previous show.[4]
  • In April 2006, Sarandis was among a group of 50 business, civic, organizational and academic leaders that participated in a Joint Civilian Orientation Conference in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. Along with briefings by military leaders, they took part in training on how to conduct road maneuvers and confront improvised explosive devices. This is the same training give to soldiers prior to deploying to Iraq. They also flew aboard and observed operations on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.[1]
  • In May 2006 Sarandis announced that he planned to run as an independent for a position on the Massachusetts Governor's Council against incumbent Democrat Michael Callahan. The Governors Council is an elected board that oversees and approves gubernatorial appointments such as judges. His platform calls for term limits for judges and stopping the practice of potential judicial candidates donating money to political campaigns.[5] In the four person race, Sarandis came in last with approximately 8% of the vote; far behind Callahan who received 64% of the votes cast.[6]
  • Ted's typical reaction to any positive happening on court for the Boston College basketball team is a very emphatic "WOW" and Ted ends a BC victory with "The Horn Sounds this one is over, and Boston College has won WOW!"[7][8]

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References

  1. ^ Griffith, Bill (2005-10-01). Sarandis out as host of 'Nation'. Boston Globe. Retrieved on October 6, 2006.
  2. ^ Molori, John (2005-10-04). [http:http://www.theremyreport.com/remy/featuredArticleActions.do?method=getFeaturedArticleByID&aid=696 MEDIA BLITZ]. The Remy Report. Retrieved on February 15, 2007.
  3. ^ "Al Skinner Show Invites Live Audience", Boston College, 2006-12-11. Retrieved on January 22, 2007.
  4. ^ Fybush, Scott (2003-05-19). Sarandis suspended. NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved on September 5, 2006.
  5. ^ "Ted Sarandis Runs For Governor's Council", CBS4, 2006-05-31. Retrieved on September 5, 2006.
  6. ^ "Mass. Governor's Council races", Boston Globe, 2006-11-08. Retrieved on November 8, 2006.
  7. ^ "Like Ted Sarandis, all I can say is WOW!", Boston Sports Media Watch, 2003-05-11. Retrieved on January 22, 2007.
  8. ^ "Twilight star", Boston Globe, 2005-05-13. Retrieved on January 22, 2007.
  9. ^ "Fox believes the numbers add up", Boston Globe, 2006-10-20. Retrieved on January 22, 2007.

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