[BC] WBZ as a IB

[cldube]

Some interesting information and fun stuff can be found here re: WBZA and 
Springfield MA radio courtesy
of my friend Chris Tracy.

http://www.springfieldradio.com/


Chuck Dube (former CE WSPR)
Amherst

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Strassberg" <dan.strassberg at att.net>
To: "Peter Haas" <PeterH5322 at aol.com>
Cc: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:06 AM
Subject: [BC] WBZ as a IB


>I always thought that WBZ's IB status was the result of its having a
> synchronized station, WBZA Springfield (which, incidentally, was 
> originally
> WBZ). Westinghouse first put WBZ on the air from a Westinghouse factory in
> Springfield. A year or so later, a synchronous transmitter was added to
> serve Boston and the WBZA calls were assigned here. Next, the call signs
> were flipped and eventually the Boston was signal improved while 
> Springfield
> remianed 1 kW-U from the original rooftop antenna. Not until Westinghouse
> wanted to add its seventh major-market AM did WBZA have to go--because the
> acquisition of another station would have put the company over the 
> ownership
> cap. IIRC, WBZA bit the dust to allow the purchase of WINS. If I'm right
> about that, the sacrifice of the Springfield "station," which generated no
> measurable revenue, was one of the smarter moves in US broadcast history. 
> I
> can't say for sure that WBZA really was a factor in WBZ's IB status, but I
> don't think WBZ was classified or reclassified as a IA until WBZA went
> silent. Somebody will surely post the date--which must have been in the 
> late
> '50s or early 60s.
>
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