[BC] WBZ as a IB

[Alan Kline]

Chuck--

You're quite welcome, and please, by all means let Chris know!  I wasn't
aware of his website until you posted the link, but I'd be happy to have
him include it with his history...

I have an entire thick binder of things like this, mainly from my
great-uncle's collection, but also some Ekko's that I've picked up on
Ebay.  Barry has scans of a few of them already, and I plan to do more as
time allows...

ak

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 cld at admin.umass.edu wrote:

> Alan- that's really amazing! Thanks for posting that.
> Can I let Chris Tracy know about this for his website as well? Would you mind?
>
> Chuck Dube
> Amherst
>
>
> Quoting Alan Kline <akline at netins.net>:
>
> > As long as we're on the subject, I've scanned a letterhead from WBZ-WBZA
> > from 1927, with an Ekko stamp attached.
> >
> > It's at:
> > http://www.snugglebunny.us/WBZ-WBZA.jpg
> >
> > (Barry, Donna, Scott...if any of you find this interesting or useful,
> > please feel free to "borrow" it.  I have a larger scan available if you'd
> > like...)
> >
> > ak
> >
> > On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Dan Strassberg wrote:
> >
> > > 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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