[BC] WLW Superpower Coverage

[Scott Fybush]

>Unfortunately, none of these Crosley letters are dated.   I have yet to go
>through the envelopes.  Postmarks may supply date info.  One item in the
>collection is a confirmation from WCBS, Inc. (100 W on 1210 kc) of
>Springfield, Illinois.  Apparently, those call letters were in use in IL in
>November of 1933.  I wonder if that call sign was abandoned or purchased by
>Columbia Broadcasting System for use in NY.

Purchased, in 1946. The Springfield station, by then on 1450, changed from 
WCBS to WCVS. That station is now WFMB, but the WCVS calls live on in 
Springfield on a co-owned FM.

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