Robert J. Lurtsema: on the radio (1980)
Published: 8/19/2016 7:23:19 PM
Robert J. Lurtsema: On the Radio (Nov. 6, 1980)
For our Leisure magazine, I headed into Boston for an interview with one of my radio heroes, Robert J. Lurtsema when his daily classical music to do a program aired over WFCR, was a favorite here and across the country. Lurtsema, with a uniquely comfortable, knowledgeable delivery, was known for his quirkiness. So it shouldn’t have surprised me during the interview when our conversation, while his recordings played, caused him to miss his “on-air” cue.
“Damn it!” he said. And then, he returned to his bewildered listeners: “I should never agree to interviews when I’m doing a program!”