The Big Mattress morning-drive radio show was a favorite of Boston listeners for nearly three decades - from 1969 to 1996. Hundreds of talented people worked on "The Mattress" at one time or another; and Charles Laquidara helped to launch the careers of scores of many familiar faces and voices on both local and national television and radio.

From mid-1996 to the Summer of 2000, New England listeners woke up on 100.7-FM WZLX, to the Charles Laquidara Radio Hour, a show which featured the world's greatest rock music, local and national news, sports, traffic, the latest entertainment buzz, no-holds barred comedy, and controversial opinions from the "other side", (and a little bit to the left). You can read Charles's resignation letter here.

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Cunningham Photography, 781-944-0893

"You can never change the Past, but you can see it;
You can never see the Future, but you can change it."
 - Charles Laquidara © 2000