Sale gives Quincy’s WMEX a fresh start

A former Quincy-based radio station that once featured talk-radio pioneer Jerry Williams is coming back on the air, the businessman buying WMEX told the Herald.

“The idea is to create a local voice once again for the communities south of Boston,” said Ed Perry, who said last night he’s “under agreement” to purchase the station for $125,000.

Once all the necessary approvals are obtained from the Federal Communications Commission, Perry said he’s going to put WMEX “back on the air with what makes good economic sense.”

That formula will be all-local news and sports, he said.

“We want the station to serve towns south of Boston, from Quincy to Braintree, Weymouth and Milton,” he added. “It’s going to be a challenge, but we have plenty of people who can produce local content.”

He said he wants to give high schoolers along the South Shore a place to hear their achievements broadcast along with news of students who excel.

Perry owns WATD 95.9 in Marshfield, a successful FM that’s been around for 40 years, and a bust-out AM in Brockton, 1460, that he’s in the process of getting back up and running.

Williams joined WMEX in the 1960s and helped launch the late-night talk scene. He moved on to bigger and better days at WBZ Radio and beyond where he earned the nickname “The Dean of Talk Radio.”