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Born to a Polish Jewish family in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, [1] his birth name was Norman Zachary Pransky. [2] His father Edward was a tailor and a shirt-maker. [3] A graduate of Boston Latin School and Boston University, [4] he began his career as a disc jockey. His first radio job, c. 1947, was at WHEB in Portsmouth NH. [5]
In the 1950s, when top-40 was new, Norm Prescott was there, winning over the teen listeners. A popular disc jockey on the old WORL and then as one of the “Live Five” on WBZ, he was a personality disc jockey who interviewed the stars of the day and did plenty of station promotions. But Norm could do much more than play the hits. He founded ...
Born in Boston, Massachusetts 1/31/1927; died 7/3/2004 of natural causes in Encino, California. Prescott began his career during the late 1940s in radio, working as a program director and disc jockey at WORL-Boston.
Re: Obit: Norm Presscott at 78, former WHDH DJ I think Norm Prescott moved to WBZ-1030 in 1956 when the station dropped it's affiliation with NBC Radio (as all of Group W/Westinghouse's radio stations affiliated with a network did at around the same time) to go to the increasingly popular "music and news" format.
Jul 7, 2005 · Norm Prescott, 78, ... Born in Boston, Prescott began his career in radio, working as a program director and disc jockey. In 1959, he became a record producer and vice president of music for ...
Next message: Norm Prescott Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] <<<Counsellor Ross and Steve Ordinetz asked about Norm Prescott...>>> Norm Prescott was a popular deejay at WHDH 850AM in the late 1940's, on staff shows working with Bob and Ray, et al - later he was competing as a DJ for audience with WHDH's Bob Clayton ...
Prescott is the first leading disc jockey to admit getting payola amounting to $9,955.08 from various Boston companies. Music Suppliers promoter H. Weiss testifies he rigged lists of Top 10 Records using stationery borrowed from Boston radio stations and sent them to the trade publication Cash Box top 10 lists supposedly compiled by disc ...
