Eddie Andelman 5779868 213540820 2008-05-19T20:08:10Z 98.217.87.231 '''Eddie Andelman''' is an American sports radio [[talk show]] host. He has worked over 35 years in sports talk radio and appeared on over 100 sports stations all over the country. In the Boston area he has appeared on WNAC Channel 7 (Now [[WHDH]]) and [[WCVB]] Channel 5, and hosted talk radio shows on [[WUNR]], [[WBZ]], [[WHDH]], [[WEEI]], [[WWZN]] and currently hosts a Sunday evening talk show called Sports Huddle on [[WTKK]]. Andelman is a graduate of [[Boston University]], and received his MBA from [[Northeastern University, Boston|Northeastern University]]. His son David Andelman is the creator of The [[Phantom Gourmet]] television show. ==Charitable Work== ===Hot Dog Safari=== Andelman is involved with many charitable organizations, but is best known in the [[New England]] area for hosting Eddie Andelman's [[Hot Dog Safari]]. The event which he has hosted for the past 18 years raises money for the Joey Fund / [[Cystic Fibrosis]] (CF) Foundation. <ref>[http://www.greatermedia.com/press/detail.php?ID=119 Greater Media, Inc. - 17th ANNUAL EDDIE ANDELMAN’S HOT DOG SAFARI SET FOR JUNE 4, 2006<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The event started in 1990 when during his program Andelman declared the [[hot dog]] the ultimate sports food and he and his listeners proceeded to debate on who made the best ones. After some time, Andelman decided to resolve the issue by organizing a bus trip for 200 people to visit certain locations to sample various hot dogs. As Eddie told his listeners: "We are on a Hot Dog Safari". The money from ticket sales went to benefit the Joey Fund. Since then the event has grown, and now includes local celebrities, members of the media and professional athletes and over the years has raised over a million dollars for the Joey Fund / Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. ===Other charitable works=== He is the creator of the New York/Boston Unity Fund, which raised over $135,000 after the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|terrorist attack]] on [[September 11]], [[2001]] and was named Honorary Fire Chief upon his visit to [[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]]. He raised $50,000 to enable [[paralyzed]] [[jockey]] Rudy Biaz to build ramps in his house. Delivered baseball equipment to kids in the [[Dominican Republic]]. He and his wife Judith were made honorary Goodwill Ambassadors by the [[Aruba]] Tourism Authority in honor of them having visited the island 53 times over the 35 years.<ref>[http://www.aruba.com/phpNews/wmview.php?ArtID=304&PHPSESSID=859158f945e437847eb38e7a53042b86 EDDIE & JUDY'S TOP 10 REASONS TO RETURN TO ARUBA | Official Travel News from Aruba<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ===Recognition for works=== *He has been named [[Jimmy Fund]] Man of the Year *Joey Fund-Cystic Fibrosis man of the Year *[[Big Brothers Big Sisters of America|Big Brother]] Man of the Year. ==WEEI== Andelman worked at WEEI for ten years until abrupt departure in December 2001. Reports say that he was unhappy with the direction the station had taken towards more confrontational shows like ‘The [[John Dennis (talk show host)|Dennis]] and [[Gerry Callahan|Callahan]] Show’ and ‘[[The Big Show (sports radio show)|The Big Show]]’. Reports say he was also unhappy when the station paired him up with co-host [[Dale Arnold]] to form the ‘A-Team’. Though Arnold denies any personal problems existed, reports say that the two did not get along on or off the air. <ref>[http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20011213/SP_004.htm]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20011214/SP_010.htm]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref> WEEI replaced Andelman with former television sportscaster [[Bob Neumeier]]. ===Andelman Comments about WEEI since leaving the station=== Regarding the current state of sports radio, including WEEI, Andelman states, :“I’ve been planning this show at WTKK for almost two years. Radio should be a theater of the mind, not screaming and stupidity. :“WEEI has too many people who are not trained and not educated. They pay players and coaches to be on their shows. Then, they have to watch what questions they ask. I won't pay guests. Sports radio has become public relations. Everyone kisses ass.” <ref>[http://www.theremyreport.com/remy/featuredArticleActions.do?method=getFeaturedArticleByID&aid=966 The Remy Report<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He pledged to start a movement called Fans Against Idiot Radio (FAIR) as an antidote to the "venomous" WEEI. <ref>[http://www.visitingnewengland.com/andelman.html Eddie Andelman and the Sports Huddle<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==WWZN== In early 2002, Andelman joined WWZN in Boston, a direct competitor to WEEI.<ref>[http://www.visitingnewengland.com/andelman.html Eddie Andelman and the Sports Huddle<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The station hired Andelman as part of its strategy to challenge WEEI as Boston’s sports talk leader. Andelman joined former [[Red Sox]] announcer [[Sean McDonough]] and [[Ryen Russillo]] as on air talent. The station additionally paid for the rights to broadcast [[Boston Celtics]] basketball games for five years. In the end, the station couldn’t compete with WEEI and sold its Celtics rights to [[WRKO]] and ended all local broadcasts in October 2005 in favor of a nationally syndicated lineup.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2005/10/28/company_pulls_plug_on_wwzns_local_shows/ Company pulls plug on WWZN's local shows - The Boston Globe<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ===Kobe Bryant Comments=== On [[August 11]], [[2004]] Andelman angered many listeners during a discussion of the [[Kobe Bryant]] rape accusations. Commenting on Bryant’s accuser, Andelman suggested she was a [[gold digger]] out to get Bryant’s money, and that she would be able to make money by posing for ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine or getting into the pornography industry. He also said “that women ruin athletes by sapping all of their manly strength out of them”. When a female caller called to complain about his comments a heated exchange took place in which he stated: “that when a woman goes into a hotel room and kisses a man, she cannot cry rape even if she says no”. After the woman hung up, he told listeners that the caller ‘was obviously someone who had been raped in the past and never got over it.’ <ref>[http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/archives/blitz/2004/08/andelman_commen.php John Molori's Media Blitz: Andelman Comments<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Andelman submitted written apology and made an on-air apology one week later.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2004/08/17/red_sox_and_patriots_ceremoniously_beaten?pg=full Boston.com / Sports / Red Sox and Patriots ceremoniously beaten<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ===Parody=== Eddie is the subject of a WEEI [[Whiner Line]] personality known as "Eddie from Lynnfield". ==Notes and references== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.hotdogsafari.com/ Eddie Andelman's Hot Dog Safari Web Site] *[http://www.wtkk.com/ WTKK Web Site] *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1422351/ Eddie Andelman] [[IMDb]] *[http://www.1510thezone.com/ WWZN Web Site] *[http://www.weei.com/ WEEI Web Site] {{DEFAULTSORT:Andelman, Eddie}} [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:People from Boston, Massachusetts]] [[Category:American radio personalities]] [[Category:Sports in Boston, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American sports announcers]] [[Category:Boxing commentators]] [[Category:American horse racing announcers]]