By Donald Griswold
Radio listeners have heard Rob Adams and Paul Silverfarb broadcast subjects as diverse as a baseball game from Cooperstown, N.Y., to business owners on Greenwich Avenue.
This Sunday, they’ll be wearing some green.
Silverfarb, the editor of the Sentinel, is teaming up with Adams to co-host coverage of the annual St. Patrick’s Day on WGCH Radio (1490 am/wgch.com).
Adams, the broadcasting manager and also the sports director at the Greenwich radio station, said he was asked by the station to anchor the coverage.
“I’ve been in the parade a few times, representing the station, and I consider it a great privilege,” the veteran broadcaster said. [WGCH General Manager] “James Forte asked me to host, and I’m pleased.”
His next mission was to find a partner for the broadcast, and felt Silverfarb was the right call.
“A mutual friend suggested that Paul join me, and I knew that he and I would have fun,” Adams said.
“I am really excited to join the broadcast for the Greenwich St. Patrick’s Day parade,” said Silverfarb. “While I have marched in a bunch of St. Patrick’s Day parades when I was in the Trumbull High School Golden Eagle Marching Band, I have yet to enjoy a parade from the sidelines, so I am really looking forward to chatting with my good friend and broadcast partner Rob Adams and describing everything happening down Greenwich Avenue.
“There will be a plethora of fun and excitement on Sunday.”
The parade—presented by the Greenwich Hibernian Association—will step off at 2 p.m. at Greenwich Town Hall, proceed up Field Point Rd before turning on West Putnam Avenue. Marchers will then turn right and proceed down Greenwich Avenue.
Adams said that he and Silverfarb will likely be set up near the intersection of Greenwich Avenue and Arch Street.
“That’s where I know WGCH has worked from in prior years,” he said.
While they’ve primarily worked in sports, both Adams and Silverfarb are no strangers to leaving the fields of play.
“Paul and I have had to address serious topics, even during sporting events,” Adams said. “As for a parade, I think we’ll laugh a lot and let the natural sounds be the star of the day. We’re just there to describe the scene.”
Adams said St. Patrick’s Day is a day of mixed emotions for him.
“It’s personal,” he said. “My goal is to do something joyous on St. Patrick’s Day. While the parade won’t be on the actual St. Patrick’s Day, I think this will be a happy and memorable event.”
The broadcast will kick off at 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. Operations manager Bob Small will anchor the proceedings from the WGCH studios on Lewis Street.
“Bob’s a pro,” Adams said. “You have to have somebody running the controls that knows what to do in case of anything happening. Because it will,” he added with a grin.
