[Mb-hair] An Untold Tale, of HAIR....

[Michael Butler]

Super, thanks for telling us.
Michael

> 
> Suzyn Waldman has been a bit of a pioneer.
> 
> As one of the first woman sportscasters in the country, Waldman was the
> "beat" reporter, covering the New York Mets, and later Knicks, for WFAN
> radio, the country's first all-sports radio station.
> 
> She went to work with the station as a newswoman, when it debuted, in
> 1987.
> 
> (Now, a sad digression, for those of us who grew up with rock and roll
> in the greater Tri-State area: WFAN started on 1050 AM, but a year
> later, took over the bandwidth, of the old WNBC, at 660....)
> 
> (Even those non-sports fans amongst you are familiar with WFAN, as the
> home station of IMUS IN THE MORNING, simulcast daily, on MSNBC....)
> 
> But before Suzyn became a sports commentaor...
> 
> She was an actress.
> 
> And while she never played Broadway, she WAS successful, touring for
> years, with Richard Kiley, in MAN OF LA MANCHA.
> 
> And she had other good roles.
> 
> This year, Waldman made history when the New York Yankees made her the
> first woman ever to be a member of a baseball team's everyday radio
> broadcast team. Waldman supplies the color commentary for the
> play-by-play, of John Sterling.
> 
> (Way back in 1994, Suzyn became the first woman ever to work a national
> TV game, when she teamed with the legendary Bob Murphy, to call a Mets
> game, on NBC.)
> 
> But Waldman DID have one Broadway gig, previous to her sports
> ascendancy.
> 
> A couple of years ago, Suzyn and  I were doing a bit on the radio, and
> it developed that her first job, just out of college, was working as an
> usher at the Biltmore, in the spring of '69....
> 
> 
> House left mezzanine.
> 
> 
> And she has nothing but good memories, from HAIR.
> 
> 
> Jim Burns
> 
> 
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